The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[a-dev]

Sounds like some of you guys are just mad your personal head canon didn’t happen. That always has been the biggest discrepancy between fans of the PT and those who aren’t. One group is younger and went in with little expectations and thoughts. The other is older and had years and years to think and dream of what would happen, and when it didn’t, raged hard. Can’t really blame you though.

It is interesting to see the trilogies fandom play out.

OT - Everyone loves

PT - younger fans loved, popularity growing, older fans typically hated

ST - Nobody really cares about it

How come this feller was banned? Someone we have known in the past?

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

banned in 28 days! What is the record?

 

[e30ernest]

How come this feller was banned? Someone we have known in the past?

I think it's because he wasn't very nice.

 

[a-dev]

I think it's because he wasn't very nice.

I tried looking up his posting history to ascertain if that were the case but it seems you can't do that once someone is banned.

 

[pixletwin]

How come this feller was banned?

Coz’ cartoons ur hard to unnerstan.

 

[Otomofan]

The Prequel era is the largest, most epic, most galaxy-spanning (not a term), most expansive that Star Wars has ever been.

Such a huge, impossibly vast and expansive galaxy that Darth Vader built C-3PO before he beat up Greedo and had R2-D2 as his astromech for 20 years while he trained with Yoda who was roommates with Chewbacca.

The prequels showed us that there's only about two dozen occupants of the "galaxy far, far away."

 

[wormlander]

Sounds like some of you guys are just mad your personal head canon didn’t happen. That always has been the biggest discrepancy between fans of the PT and those who aren’t. One group is younger and went in with little expectations and thoughts. The other is older and had years and years to think and dream of what would happen, and when it didn’t, raged hard. Can’t really blame you though.

It is interesting to see the trilogies fandom play out.

OT - Everyone loves

PT - younger fans loved, popularity growing, older fans typically hated

ST - Nobody really cares about it

Back in the 80's there never was a great demand for Skywalker prequels in the first place. What people wanted was getting the bounty hunters and villains fleshed out and to change the focus to new worlds and different characters, which unfortunately didn't happen until The Mandalorian (not counting the animated stuff). Also, the major reason the prequels are not as actively hated on these days is because there's an even worse trilogy available to make fun of.

 

[pixletwin]

Back in the 80's there never was a great demand for Skywalker prequels in the first place. What people wanted was getting the bounty hunters and villains fleshed out and to change the focus to new worlds and different characters, which unfortunately didn't happen until The Mandalorian (not counting the animated stuff). Also, the major reason the prequels are not as actively hated on these days is because there's an even worse trilogy available to make fun of.

Actually not in my group of friends back in the 80's. Once we heard about the fight on what we thought was going to be a volcano between Ben and Vader with Vader falling in lava... Man we all NEEDED to see that shizz!

 

[Khev]

Actually not in my group of friends back in the 80's. Once we heard about the fight on what we thought was going to be a volcano between Ben and Vader with Vader falling in lava... Man we all NEEDED to see that shizz!

Yep.

Obi-Wan/Vader lava fight
Clone Wars
Elite group of Mandalorians fighting Jedi including a younger Boba Fett in his prime (NOT a kid)

That was what me and my friends all wanted to see.

 

[jye4ever]

Yep.

Obi-Wan/Vader lava fight
Clone Wars
Elite group of Mandalorians fighting Jedi including a younger Boba Fett in his prime (NOT a kid)

That was what me and my friends all wanted to see.

And naked like in The Northman lol

 

[Khev]

And naked like in The Northman lol

Naked Obi-Wan and Vader or naked Mandalorians fighting naked Jedi, lol.

 

[Garlador]

Such a huge, impossibly vast and expansive galaxy that Darth Vader built C-3PO before he beat up Greedo and had R2-D2 as his astromech for 20 years while he trained with Yoda who was roommates with Chewbacca.

The prequels showed us that there's only about two dozen occupants of the "galaxy far, far away."

As vast as an ocean. As deep as a puddle.

 

[MeatHookGekko]

Back in the 80's there never was a great demand for Skywalker prequels in the first place. What people wanted was getting the bounty hunters and villains fleshed out and to change the focus to new worlds and different characters, which unfortunately didn't happen until The Mandalorian (not counting the animated stuff). Also, the major reason the prequels are not as actively hated on these days is because there's an even worse trilogy available to make fun of.

Lucas did sort of throw out a test balloon before the prequel trilogy. Back circa 95-ish, the Power Of The Force 4 inch line was released. And the response was massive. This kind of financial muscle convinced Toys R Us to take a pretty bad deal to stock up toys for The Phantom Menace, which turned into entire shelves of peg warmers. Does anyone remember there were literally two full rows of ST-TPM toys back then? I mean top to bottom, back and forth, both sides, just for Star Wars. And we are talking Toys R Us style aisles, which is essentially a warehouse format.

Kids just didn't respond to TPM. Not the way the original trilogy toys were a merchandising giant. But people forget that you could buy SW toys back then just about anywhere. Liquor stores had them. And they cost like 1.25 each. The bump to 7.99 - 9.99 was a bridge too far for many collectors. Then Kenner/Hasbro had to shortpack things. Which was stupid. Maybe one of the biggest stupidest moves in the history of the American toy industry. In 95-ish, it was hard to find a basic Stormtrooper. And when TPM came out, it was hard to find a Darth Maul. But if you wanted a Jar Jar or a Ric Olie ( I literally only remember his name from the films because I walked by his figure on the shelves probably half a million times) , you could have them in spades.

It's not just the films, it's the merchandising market around the films. Grogu/Baby Yoda is a money printing machine all on his own.

Lucas designed the prequel trilogy with merchandising in mind. And why not, he would not have had the financial firepower to make Empire and ROJ without all those toy sales back in the day.

The Rey/Kylo chronicles was a failure on two fronts. They were bad films that wasted legitimate opportunity/talent. Then they were bad for overall merchandising. Stuff sold, but we aren't talking Terminator/Predator/Aliens kind of cash cow longevity.

I loved Star Trek 2009, it was probably the only JJ Abrams film I didn't find mind numbing. But that success jump started his appeal to convince people he should helm the next big SW trilogy, and we saw how that turned out. It's like Gene Roddenberry got his backdoor revenge some how.

Maybe there's a hard reality here. The prequels didn't do so well because sometimes a good story should have it's origins somewhat unexplored. Finding out being a Jedi was basically like having an STD was depressing. That the communicator used to discuss it was a chick's leg razor dressed up with paint while it happened was even more tragic. And the Rey Mary Sue lifebook showed that sometimes when a story has nowhere left to go, it should be left alone. ROJ was a perfectly acceptable end to the SW lore.

So it's become clear over time that if you are the male -co-lead/paired lead in a film, and Natalie Portman is your main co star, then she will likely hook up with you. Lukas Haas got a piece during Mars Attacks. Even Zack Braff, just a TV star, got some with Garden State. And her dancing coordinator on Black Swan ended up married to her. And apparently Hayden Christensen got with her during the prequels.

So that's Lucas' big achievement if you ask me. He got a zero acting talent in Christensen ( "Look at how beautiful the sand is... it's making me weep...") millions of dollars and in bed with a legitimate dime in prime years Natalie Portman. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, or lucky over talented, or lucky over skilled.

This is the enduring Lucas legacy - He made hash browns look like home fries.

 

[Mondragon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmlulVHWQAEgZOl?format=jpg&name=small

Interesting no emphasis on the Darksaber. (in hand or clipped to his belt (at least not visible)

Never figured this guy was looking to rule, he even tried giving it away. He might use it to lead and inspire others, but not to Mandalord over anyone. I'm guessing he helps inspire and reunite the clans, yet by the end, leaves them to their own devices, and rides off to continue his own path "way".

 

[Dave_W]

Gonna be hard for HT to sell ANOTHER one of these. Unless he has something up his sleeve.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Gonna be hard for HT to sell ANOTHER one of these. Unless he has something up his sleeve.

Not much harder than Vader’s are, I’m sure.

Make the Beskar “clean” and throw some accessories of whatever items he holds in season 3 and another easy sell

 

[slynger]

Does anyone know if the trailer is hitting YT after it airs on tv?

 

[Jaycepticon]

Does anyone know if the trailer is hitting YT after it airs on tv?

I’m sure it’ll go live on YouTube and all of their social medias almost simultaneously, like usual.

 

[jye4ever]

Trailer not needed for me i’m good.

 

[slynger]

I’m sure it’ll go live on YouTube and all of their social medias almost simultaneously, like usual.

thanks, I’m hoping so.