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I tempered my enthusiasm until it was confirmed. I couldn't bare to get my hopes up and have Ezra drop the hood and say "hey dudes!"...

The Xwing and the robbed figure sent my emotions into overdrive, I knew they were going for the ultimate fan service scene then but didn’t know if it was going to be Sebastian Stans face, cgi or what when the hood came down.
Then I thought maybe the face would stay shrouded beneath the hood but Hamills voice would be the only reveal.
Within a week we will see deepfakes doing a better job on Luke’s face on YouTube.
 
The rest of you seemed sure it was gonna be Luke. I didn't share your optimistic appraisal of the situation. I've been burned too many times.

I thought it was all gonna be a giant fake out. I was convinced it was gonna be some nobody or some cartoon character I didn't know about.

My hopes went up and up and up, the more we saw...the saber, the outfit.....but I don't think I exhaled until he dropped that hood. Oh man, then the tears were flowing. Ah **** it....it felt good.
 
The hidden face of a Jedi with a black robe, green lightsaber and a black glove slashing though the troopers had enough screen time to establish to the viewer?s that this was Luke Skywalker. By the time he revealed himself I think I was ready to see a new actor portrayed Luke Skywalker for the new era on Disney + shows. I think I would have preferred this rather than a CG Luke.

Moving forward I don?t think there will be a stone left unturned that will change my perspective of what I held so sacred?The OT. We have already seen Boba return, skinny Gammoream guards, Bib Fortuna who I thought was dead this past 37 years only to show up for 1 minute alive then go back to being dead, when young Han met Chewie, the use of Carbonite etc etc. It?s all good in this new age. What can we do.

If anything the CG of Luke might tell us that the character may not be used as much as we might think. Or hope for.
 
Not sure. As much as I'll miss Grogu, it's kind of a relief that we don't have to worry about him now and they can shift the focus a bit. There's sure to be some drama and tension between Din Djarin and Bo Katan over the Dark Saber.

Yeah I'll miss the little green dude however I'd like to see Din shift his focus.
 
Amazing..but with some caveats.
The CGI was a little dodgy. Luke did seem a little life less.
Had Hamill been actually used in person at the age depicted I can?t help but think Mark would have a slight smile upon seeing the child.

Gotta remember it's a TV show, sure it still has a big budget but nowhere near what a movie would. Less money with more runtime so the CGI is never going to be as good as a feature film.
 
HOLY ****!!!

This whole time, I haven't been as impressed as everyone else with this show. And this final episode had some script issues and dialogue clunkers that added plenty more mediocrity. I was so bummed. But then came the last 5 minutes.

WOW!!!!!

Everything else went out the window. All script problems forgiven. All nonsense character choices forgiven. All flaws of any kind forgiven. And I'm so damn glad it wasn't another Filoni character to set up yet another spinoff. :clap

Thank you Jon Favreau! I didn't even know how much I wanted that until I got it. I'm totally blown away. Nothing but gratitude right now.

If every SW show from here on out is crap, and ruins anything about the OT for me (I'm looking at you Hayden vs. Ewan), it won't matter. This episode ended in a way that I can easily consider the end of the line and be perfectly happy if need be.

And I've already resolved the Fett problem in my head, and am so onboard with that post credits scene. So ****ing perfect! Thank you again Jon Favreau!
 
I wish Luke tossed Grogu over his shoulder. :pfft:

Oh, you mean something like this:

boba_sucks3.jpg
 
I don't know. I'm kind of emotionally drained. I liked every episode of this series except the Ashoka one....what a clunker.

When (if?) the series comes back, I'll for sure watch, but if the entire focus of the show has shifted to Clone Wars/Rebels crap I don't care about, I'll just stop watching and Episode 16 will be be the series finale for me.

This season got a little off the rails compared to the 10/10 pilot episode I fell in love with last year.
 
HOLY ****!!!

This whole time, I haven't been as impressed as everyone else with this show. And this final episode had some script issues and dialogue clunkers that added plenty more mediocrity. I was so bummed. But then came the last 5 minutes.

WOW!!!!!

Everything else went out the window. All script problems forgiven. All nonsense character choices forgiven. All flaws of any kind forgiven. And I'm so damn glad it wasn't another Filoni character to set up yet another spinoff. :clap

Thank you Jon Favreau! I didn't even know how much I wanted that until I got it. I'm totally blown away. Nothing but gratitude right now.

If every SW show from here on out is crap, and ruins anything about the OT for me (I'm looking at you Hayden vs. Ewan), it won't matter. This episode ended in a way that I can easily consider the end of the line and be perfectly happy if need be.

And I've already resolved the Fett problem in my head, and am so onboard with that post credits scene. So ****ing perfect! Thank you again Jon Favreau!

:rock :rock

See post #6869 where I echo similar sentiments:

We'll forever have our post-OT Luke RO Vader moment. And I love the ST but am still beyond thrilled that the final live-action appearance of Red 5 was piloted by Luke and R2. Anything that sucks from here on out can be compartmentalized away because the Grogu narrative had a satisfying resolution and King Fett will forever be an awesome final image over Sarlacc burp or loser kid holding his dad's helmet.

This will be a day long remembered. I hope Deluxe HT Mando Fett comes with a throne.

Otherwise enjoy reading my endless bellyaching on other matters...

lol
 
Early predictions for where they go with season 3?...
1) Deal with the somewhat questionable Darksaber issue. Questionable 'coz of some stuff in Rebels but will leave it at that. Maybe Sabine Wren finally shows up and argues for some sanity, arguing a greater threat exists e.g. Thrawn. Could be Ahsoka being the peacekeeper as well, since she's a goodie-goodie and Filoni loves her and will give her speech etc.

2) Mando gets a new ship - possibly in trade for a job, since he has time on his hands now:crying and is down and out.

3) Gideon escapes, killing multiple beings along the way and smiling while doing it, the psycho.:taz

4) The Child's blood is used for something horrible:horror and Din D'jarin and friends need to take out whatever abomination has been created.

5) Beginning of plan to retake Mandalore/clash with Death Watch as Bo Katan tries to pull Mandalorian clans together. Din D'jarin has to fight the Death Watch leader or other to prove himself (because he took off the helmet) while everyone watches (because that always happens).

6) Grogu is reunited with Din D'jarin and it's hilarious because he now has some training but is still ridiculously cute. There's another heart-stabbing scene where Grogu calls Din D'jarin "Father" or "Papa" for the first time. (EVERYONE cries including hardened construction workers and the cranky neighbors up the street who hate everyone.)

7) Season ends with the attempt to take back Mandalore and the arrival of psycho Gideon and possibly some new nasty allies like Dark Force users. Battle lines drawn.

:cool:
 
That conversation Cara Dune had with that pilot about the Death Star though....awesome!

Here's my favorite conversation that Cara Dune was part of.



(I listen to old Billy Red Balls twice a week, so this had me cracking up!! But he really was awesome as Mayfeld. Even better than his first appearance. If they make a Black Series figure of Bill Burr how could I possibly resist??)
 
The hidden face of a Jedi with a black robe, green lightsaber and a black glove slashing though the troopers had enough screen time to establish to the viewer?s that this was Luke Skywalker. By the time he revealed himself I think I was ready to see a new actor portrayed Luke Skywalker for the new era on Disney + shows. I think I would have preferred this rather than a CG Luke.

Moving forward I don?t think there will be a stone left unturned that will change my perspective of what I held so sacred?The OT. We have already seen Boba return, skinny Gammoream guards, Bib Fortuna who I thought was dead this past 37 years only to show up for 1 minute alive then go back to being dead, when young Han met Chewie, the use of Carbonite etc etc. It?s all good in this new age. What can we do.

If anything the CG of Luke might tell us that the character may not be used as much as we might think. Or hope for.

Adding that the ST already killed of Luke so this could have been the start of a new beginning for this character. Again I didn't hate it but coming from the POV as a opportunity,
 
Here's hoping, lol.

Man I can't believe after the tidal wave of new show announcements at the Disney Investor's Meeting that they somehow saved the biggest for a post-credits scene. :rock

I honestly was figuring they'd kill off Fett since they didn't announce a show.

:rotfl

Fabulous idea! Damn, that's two more figures I need to buy now.

BTW, am I the only one expecting a HT Mando Luke to go up for order before the end of the year? lol

Part of me doesn't think they'll do it, since they've done 2 already in that outfit, but part of me knows there's zero work to do, the outfit was exactly the same, so they'll probably do it. I'm sure it'll come with a non-saber lit gripping glove just to piss off everyone who have the others lol.

I don't know. I'm kind of emotionally drained. I liked every episode of this series except the Ashoka one....what a clunker.

When (if?) the series comes back, I'll for sure watch, but if the entire focus of the show has shifted to Clone Wars/Rebels crap I don't care about, I'll just stop watching and Episode 16 will be be the series finale for me.

This season got a little off the rails compared to the 10/10 pilot episode I fell in love with last year.

I tend to agree in that, I really don't want this to be The Mandalorian coming back and now being King of Mandalore or something. I just wish they didn't have the stupid crap about the Darksaber. JUST TAKE IT. She yells at Mando for not taking his helmet off and believing all that crap, but now that it's the darksaber, she's like 'whoa hold on, I can't just TAKE IT! That's against my beliefs!'
 
:rock :rock

See post #6869 where I echo similar sentiments.



Otherwise enjoy reading my endless bellyaching on other matters...

lol

I suspect that I won't be able to undo the resentment you have about that "incident" in this episode, but here's how I resolve it in my mind:

Fett is a killer, not a fighter. If he can't fight to kill, he can be overtaken by a trained warrior. If he *could* have fought her with a kill being an option, she'd be dead.

I don't need Fett to be a technically proficient "grappler." I just need him to be the best at what he does; and what he does isn't nice. ;) And it isn't based on "takedowns" and "winning" a fight.
 
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