The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[Sassafras]

Yeah I was surprised they were able to restrain themselves from having Ahsoka show up at the end to tease her own series.

That just tells me there's gonna be a girl power scene in this big crossover movie, hopefully better executed than in EG.

Headed up by the girl bros Bo-I'm-queen-with-a-new-Darksaber-and-lots-of-money-since-my-throne-literally-sits-on-a-mine and Ahsoka-I-may-not-have-an-epic-presence-like-Cate-Blanchet-but-I-can-use-a-reverse-sword-grip unkillable Tano.

Then there'll be Sabine, Fennec, Hera, the Armorer, Koska....

But yah know, without Din D'jarin, Bo would still be sulking on her throne, probably with a half gallon of ice cream in the evenings. He's the Man.

Srsly tho KS did a fine job as Bo-Katan live action. I liked her talks with Din, it was nice to see distinct characters, different points of view, interacting. We don't get much of that in these series.

 

[Ramatuelle]

... how or why would Ahsoka showing up have anything to do with Gideon, Mandalore, Mandalorian concerns or any of these characters? Doing this would give more life than ever to the claims that Filoni shoehorns her into every last thing whether appropriate or not.

Ahsoka does not really belong on Mandalore and Thrawn certainly does not. Yeah, I know. Gideon. To someone like Thrawn Gideon would be extremely small potatoes. Thrawn is not hauling an entire fleet to Mandalore over the likes of Gideon, and his doing so would be nonsensical - in a season that is already straining at every seam to make the least bit of sense.

 

[Sassafras]

A straightforward finale. No twists or turns or surprises or deus ex machina cameos showing up to save the day. No surprising deaths, no cliff hangers.
A nice solid episode with some good action.
I'll never rewatch ep1-6 but I may well watch ep 7 & 8 again.
Overall this season sucked but at least it went out on 2 good episodes.
Now to wait for figures of red elite boys, white beskar boys and Gideon in shiny black beskar power armour.

Oh, I dunno, been binging the series more or less; the alien/spider episode is IMO pretty good.

And appreciate for the most part, the setup Favreau spun does connect dots and problem solve - Bo gets her fleet back, and the Darksaber in a reasonably way, Din and Bo hook up again, Grogu gets more mobile for a while and takes some steps growing up, Din gets his redemption, Mandalore is reclaimed, Din gets to go back to his life without needing a gunship to store everything including carbonite blocks, psycho Gideon is removed from the board (maybe), avoiding the messiness of having 2 major villains to deal with in future SW productions, IG is brought back in a way that took some effort and is plausible enough, we get shriek hawks and a Mythosaur as well.

I appreciate when things get pulled together A to B, as opposed to, say, the much reviled Sith knife thing in TROS that just as a concept has way too many holes to start with. As Y-Tubers have pointed out - things like seawave action and needing to be able to predict that someone would be standing in exactly the right spot, etc.

Not that there wasn't some stupid stuff like jetpacks running out of gas.

 

[Sassafras]

... how or why would Ahsoka showing up have anything to do with Gideon, Mandalore, Mandalorian concerns or any of these characters? Doing this would give more life than ever to the claims that Filoni shoehorns her into every last thing whether appropriate or not.

Ahsoka does not really belong on Mandalore and Thrawn certainly does not. Yeah, I know. Gideon. To someone like Thrawn Gideon would be extremely small potatoes. Thrawn is not hauling an entire fleet to Mandalore over the likes of Gideon, and his doing so would be nonsensical - in a season that is already straining at every seam to make the least bit of sense.

Because, she and Bo have a history, so no doubt when Ahsoka rallies the troops she'll call on Bo, and probably anyone else who showed up in these series.
Including Luke, so that should make a lot of fans happy.

I just don't know how they'll get around, yah know, that the effort presumably fails, since we end up with the First Order and that whole bit, long after, of the Jedi being "myths".

Ye gawds, the ST really screwed up a lot, unless Luke was right at Jakku being the most pathetic backwater in the galaxy.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

Oh, I dunno, been binging the series more or less; the alien/spider episode is IMO pretty good.

And appreciate for the most part, the setup Favreau spun does connect dots and problem solve - Bo gets her fleet back, and the Darksaber in a reasonably way, Din and Bo hook up again, Grogu gets more mobile for a while and takes some steps growing up, Din gets his redemption, Mandalore is reclaimed, Din gets to go back to his life without needing a gunship to store everything including carbonite blocks, psycho Gideon is removed from the board (maybe), avoiding the messiness of having 2 major villains to deal with in future SW productions, IG is brought back in a way that took some effort and is plausible enough, we get shriek hawks and a Mythosaur as well.

I appreciate when things get pulled together A to B, as opposed to, say, the much reviled Sith knife thing in TROS that just as a concept has way too many holes to start with. As Y-Tubers have pointed out - things like seawave action and needing to be able to predict that someone would be standing in exactly the right spot, etc.

Not that there wasn't some stupid stuff like jetpacks running out of gas.

I was reading your post and you've got good points but I must be honest, I've realised that, now the season is finished, my interest in this entire show and its characters has almost entirely evaporated. Can't even articulate why I didn't like most of this season or want to dispute anything.
At this point I don't give a crap if they do anything else with the Mandalorians. I'm totally Mandoed out for a good long while.
As I posted, I did like the last 2 episodes.

 

[Sassafras]

I was reading your post and you've got good points but I must be honest, I've realised that, now the season is finished, my interest in this entire show and its characters has almost entirely evaporated. Can't even articulate why I didn't like most of this season or want to dispute anything.
At this point I don't give a crap if they do anything else with the Mandalorians. I'm totally Mandoed out for a good long while.
As I posted, I did like the last 2 episodes.

lol I was Ahsoka'd out - not sure when - but for sure I'll be lined up for her show.

Mando sucked me into "Star Wars" and I can't stand what I might miss. I'll pretty much give anything SW a try at this point.

Whether I re-watch or buy anything related - well, that's something different.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

lol I was Ahsoka'd out - not sure when - but for sure I'll be lined up for her show.

Mando sucked me into "Star Wars" and I can't stand what I might miss. I'll pretty much give anything SW a try at this point.

Whether I re-watch or buy anything related - well, that's something different.

By the time Mando season 4 comes around, I'll probably be ready for it and more interested but right now, I've had enough Mandos for now
Ready for something else. I know it's quite a wait, but I'm ready for Andor season 2 now.

 

[𝘨⃨𝘭⃨𝘪⃨𝘵⃨𝘤⃨𝘩⃨10ᔦᔦ]

SW Theory posted an interesting video. Fans found some interesting info hinting that the Gideon that died was a clone.
So more than likely, he'll be back! Possibly with force powers.

 

[dukefett]

I enjoyed the whole season overall. Oddly looking back, the one episode with the Imperial doctor is completely out of place seeing as how little that had to do with the show overall. I really liked the episode for showing that aspect of Star Wars life we haven't really seen. But looking back like I said, it's completely out of place and was a really extended part of the episode, I think it was like a half hour by itself. All that comes of it is the quick scene with the woman and the probe droid saying Mando is coming.

 

[Otomofan]

SW Theory posted an interesting video. Fans found some interesting info hinting that the Gideon that died was a clone.
So more than likely, he'll be back! Possibly with force powers.

I don't know.

I am aware that the concept of exactly what the Force is has changed dramatically over the years.

Even when I was a kid, I never thought that only people born from "strong bloodlines" could use it. I always got the impression that some people were more tuned into it, and some weren't. But even if you weren't, if you really trained and practiced, you could at least "tap into it" in some way, but maybe not throw rocks around with your mind.

Then Episode One ruined it all with midichlorians.

All it takes now to master the Force is a blood transfusion? That's so stupid. That shouldn't work for anybody. It's just too stupid a concept.

 

[greygoose]

SW Theory posted an interesting video. Fans found some interesting info hinting that the Gideon that died was a clone.
So more than likely, he'll be back! Possibly with force powers.

Didn't they need study Grogu first before he had those powers? They never had Grogu long enough.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Bale-man has spoken.

 

[Ramatuelle]

What the Andor intrusion ep was good for was, sightseeing on Coruscant. I did enjoy the scenery and the production values. Oooo look at that, pretty!

Then we got some guy getting his brain fried at the end. Very Star Wars.

 

[jye4ever]

That would truly be one of the most shocking, unexpected developments ever...... NOT.

Maybe it started with Maul and his stupid robot legs, maybe it started with Palpatine's return from atomization (a fall down a bottomless shaft, combined with being cut in half or incinerated by a planet-sized explosion, ain't what it used to be), but SW has become the franchise where they need to pulverize your body, place it in acid for a month until there's nothing visible, then fire your remains into the inferno of a supernova before you are declared dead.

But even then .... your DNA could not only return, but with GREATER POWERS...!!!!

Epic post is epic lol

 

[ZE_501]

After seeing a superbowl stadium sized crowd of Boba Fett helmets every ep for an eternity, looking forward to just Din and Grogu next season.

Less is more. Thoughts on that a couple quotes below...

... with Beskar Clone Gideon (in new slightly crispy armour)

More machine, than man now -- wait what?

I also hate the stupid Mandalorian religion.

Which one? The one where they worship violence and militancy or the one where they never take their helmets off like a bunch of sweaty LARPers?

Less Mandalorians on screen is better than more lol

Yes.

The idea that EVERYONE gets a helmet and EVERYONE fights is just weird. I can't remember the Clone Wars episodes but I think maybe they showed some Mandalorians were normal citizens?

An entire planet full of Spartans sounds cool in a misunderstood teenager kind of way until you really think about it.

Maybe I'm mistaken and that's not how it's supposed to be? I just think if they'd elevated Mandalorian warriors as some kind of super rare elite, warrior-monk or something, it'd make them more dangerous and mysterious while loaning realism to the idea that only the very best of the best in a militant culture, got to don the helmet and walk The Way. Like Shaolin or something.

As portrayed in the series it almost seemed pedestrian, especially the cult with the kiddies in Hasbro or Rubies (whatever) helmets.

But yah know, without Din D'jarin, Bo would still be sulking on her throne, probably with a half gallon of ice cream in the evenings. He's the Man.

Din gets to go back to his life without needing a gunship to store everything including carbonite blocks,

That ship was the coolest thing since the Falcon and a super useful tool. It just made sense. The souped up fighter is plausible as a superior dog fighter but otherwise makes no sense for any kind of long haul.

I'm pretty sure I glimpsed three giant ball-shaped Mandos during that aerial battle against the Stormalorians... the new mando-padawan terradactyl chicks saved the day!!

I thought they spit-roasted and ate the pteradactyl things?

 

[Otomofan]

Then we got some guy getting his brain fried at the end. Very Star Wars.

Stranger Things called...they want their "Mind Flayer" back.

 

[jye4ever]

Leave Mandalorian alone the mighty Star Trek Picard just copied Palpatine’s return from TROS lol

Why are there no seat belts in Star Trek?

 

[Khev]

These last two episodes and RO might be my favorite things to come out of SW since ESB.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I do love the final episode of S2 Mando as well. Luke. Mando vs Dark Trooper. Good stuff.

 

[jye4ever]

These last two episodes and RO might be my favorite things to come out of SW since ESB.

Dude all we need is all of Mando S1/S2, then ep 5 and 6 from BOBF and ep 7 and 8 from Mando S3 and we have an amazing seamless Mando arc.