The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[Khev]

Remember back when Gamorrean Guards were fat and Boba Fett was skinny?

 

[jye4ever]

You just made covid come out of me sideways lol

I also can?t get JAWS cosplay comment out of my head and Buffinator ripping on the poster cgi lol

 

[Khev]

Overweight cosplayers are adding extra padding to their Boba Fett costumes as we speak, lol.

 

[jye4ever]

Filoni is hard at work on the new Imperial Guards

 

[Khev]

Crazy that an episode written by Jon Favreau and directed by Robert Rodriguez was way less polished with dumber lines than an episode written and directed by Dave Filoni. How the hell did that happen, lol.

 

[Wor-Gar]

First I thought... Oh Yeah Cad Bane

Don't worry, they'll ruin him too.

Crazy that an episode written by Jon Favreau and directed by Robert Rodriguez was way less polished with dumber lines than an episode written and directed by Dave Filoni. How the hell did that happen, lol.

The Rodriguez episode did feel really off and awkward from the very beginning. This from the guy who got started making a feature for $7,000.

 

[Prime Clone]

Fett just flat out said what are you gonna do to make ME happy and Vader, *ESB Vader*, went out of his way to keep the bounty hunter appeased.

 

[jye4ever]

Crazy that an episode written by Jon Favreau and directed by Robert Rodriguez was way less polished with dumber lines than an episode written and directed by Dave Filoni. How the hell did that happen, lol.

Even the action felt a bit clunky.

Or should I say Maclunkey.

 

[user 64404]

DAAAAMMMN
you close the deal man, this is the reason and in all these years i didn't even make the connection and i am rewatching the TCW.

 

[Khev]

And all these years I thought it was just one badass hiring another competent badass. It's so much better knowing that ESB Vader is just a big softy when it comes to the sound of another man's voice.

 

[Sassafras]

Hasbro RC should have come with a photo of a smiling Moff Gideon with his finger on an orbital trigger button that you can hang on wall and see every time you walk by your RC lol

They switch from a clear acrylic stand to a 22" diameter realistically painted diorama of a smoking crater.

Overall, when you think about it, that scene pretty well sums up 2020.

 

[youbastards]

 

[a-dev]

^

And all these years I thought it was just one badass hiring another competent badass. It's so much better knowing that ESB Vader is just a big softy when it comes to the sound of another man's voice.

 

[Prime Clone]

And all these years I thought it was just one badass hiring another competent badass. It's so much better knowing that ESB Vader is just a big softy when it comes to the sound of another man's voice.

Search your feelings, particularly your feminine side... you know it to be true.

 

[darth dennis]

And all these years I thought it was just one badass hiring another competent badass. It's so much better knowing that ESB Vader is just a big softy when it comes to the sound of another man's voice.

He did keep the stormie from shooting Chewie while he was backpacking golden rod... imagine if he?d known it was R2 on the x wing in ANH... all that force choking is just compensating for his internal turmoil [emoji16]


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[a-dev]

Even after all these years that the PT has been with us it has never occurred to me while watching the OT that Vader gives any thought whatsoever to R2-D2 and C-3PO. He doesn't know them.

 

[xipotec]

Back when the film first came out my Dad thought Boba Fett might be the "There is another" that Yoda was talking about.. I asked why and he said.. "Did you see the way he stood up to Darth Vader? He's not afraid of him"

Boy he was way off


But that's the kind of impact he had back then when Vader was known as the baddest of the bad

Actually that?s a good point. But to me, the one character the embodies the ?I don?t give a crap that your Darth Vader was Tarkin. He was unimpressed with Vader from the start.

Honestly , even Fett , with his comebacks to Vader, was dismissed by Vader pretty quickly.

I think he became more important that the average Stormie, for sure, but how much more valuable was in the eye of the beholder.

What we really got was a glimmer of potential , a slight respect from Vader, that was all dashed to bits by a jet pack that was obviously not well maintained......


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[xipotec]

As Khev pointed out, Din found out about Cobb Vanth's Mandalorian armor from an informer on another planet. Cobb was not just some locally-known entity; he had made enough reputation with his armor for word to get across the galaxy to guys hanging out at underground fights.

You're right in suggesting that the Sarlacc can be used to explain a lot, but I don't think it'll be able to explain everything with logical consistency. We don't know much about what happened to post-ROTJ Fett, but there are things we *do* know.

1.) We know he was able-bodied enough to be out in the middle of nowhere, spot Fennec on the ground, and take her with him to wherever he knew he could get her healed up.

2.) We can safely assume that Fennec's treatment and healing would take more than just mere days.

3.) We know that Boba had a functioning Slave I ship in time to track Mando's exit from Tatooine all the way to (eventually) Tython.

4.) We know Fett had acquired both a long-range weapon and a melee weapon, and still retained plenty of fighting skill.

5.) We know he's willing to go extreme lengths to get his armor back.

So, if they ever give us a backstory, it'll have to negotiate a path that accounts for all these points while explaining what would keep Fett from having taken back what was his. Long recovery; period of amnesia; change in personality; having to do ship repairs . . . whatever. It just needs to make sense. For me, it doesn't make sense from what details I know. Hoping it will; and glad it makes sense to you.



I don't think Fett being a cold, calculated, and ruthless bounty hunter with great awareness, foresight, and skill would make just a "one-note" character. I think it makes for a unique villain in the SW landscape.

Getting a Mandalorian bounty hunter who becomes an anti-hero and goes on a quest to recover an asset from the Empire is what we already have in Din. I would prefer a Boba Fett that has his own unique characterization that is more of a true fearsome badass in an often-kid-friendly universe of stories. Villains with a soft side, or redeemable qualities, is great. But SW has those. Anti-heroes are great. But SW has those. Does SW have the Fett that Khev, jye, JAWS, and I thought of growing up? I don't really see one. A profit-driven badass who just doesn't give a ****. Hire him, pay him, and get out of his way.

Just different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Very very well said.

This is why I believe he is a distraction, created by Gideon , to ensure the asset was obtained.

Plan 1. Fett infiltrates Din to ascertain the situation. (Fetts one motive included to get the armor) and possibly obtain the asset as well.

Plan 2. Send Stomies to get the asset , unlikely scenario, but also distraction and extendible so why not.

Plan 3. Use the Dark Troopers to swoop in and grab the kid if needed.

Why else destroy the crest, but not the SL1?

Why else would Fett even wait to be there at all?

Why have the child under sniper scope at all??

I think Gideon is showing his cunning side. He learned what an advisory Din is after an entire platoon was unable to extract him back on Tatooine.

We do not need another ?honorable? Mandalorian.....we have oodles of them. Give us the selfish bad *** bounty hunter.


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[xipotec]

Exactly. Original ESB Fett had a unique place in the mythos. We don't need more Hans, Landos, or Din Djarins who start out as selfish opportunists before being revealed to have hearts of gold.

I fully admit to being charitable in even considering accepting this new Fett. I mean OT Fett was literally *Jabba level* scum. Look at his reaction to Boushh with the detonator. The official bounty on Chewie was 25,000 but she squeezed another 10 out of Jabba by threatening to openly murder everyone in the room! Was Fett all "what the hell Boushh, stick to the code, somebody could have gotten hurt." No way, he and Jabba were the only ones saying "damn, nice move, I was ready to kill you but let me instead give you a nod of respect!"

Again, great scene showing his level of ?feeling? and character. Let?s remember this is only suppose to be what ? 5 years???? I doubt anyone that far gone changes that much in 5 years......even partially digested.

Nice post Khev.


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[jye4ever]

And all these years I thought it was just one badass hiring another competent badass. It's so much better knowing that ESB Vader is just a big softy when it comes to the sound of another man's voice.

Ughhh i?m really starting to hate TCW again