The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[Sassafras]

Some prat named Rob Bricken over on the Gizmodo blog site has this to say about the new trailer:

"Here's the one thing that bugs me: How much of this Mandalore lore is going to make sense to people who havent watched the entireity of Dave Filoni's other work? It feels like its getting increasingly self-referential - or at least all the dude wants to do is tell stories about Mandalore. There's a big, wide galaxy out there, and the best part of "The Mandalorian" has been getting to see parts of Star Wars we haven't seen before."

*clutches pearls* WHAT, he wants to tell stories about Mandalore?! THE HORROR

NO DUH and what we have not seen in live-action is.... Mandalore. We want to see it, thanks. I was gratified to see that many others were low-level dragging him over this statement in the comments.

I dont have enough eyes to eye-roll with for this one, either.

Reminds me of someone watching the Mandalorian with the attention of a spoon. Whatever flaws the show may have, just in the show Mandalorian culture was introduced IMO in just the right way - neither too much or too little. And I, for one, would like to see more Mandalorians, and the arc picking up after the destruction of Mandalore.

That's kind of the whole point "our secrecy is our survival". So what's the point if nothing is done with that survival? It's like Paul Atreides just ditching the Fremen and you never hear about them again. WTF.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

Din Djarin's particular Mandalorian cult was introduced in this show so no pre reading needed for them.
I'm not sure the Mando "culture" in TCW is required reading either. You had the pacifist government and Deathwatch Rebels who wanted to return to the "old ways" of being warriors. Not that deep. It introduced the Darksaber and you'd know more about Bo Katan but you don't need to have seen it to understand Mandalorians in the Mando show.
Rebels explained the Darksaber a bit more and introduced the "difficult to weild" aspect that Din Djarin experiences in BoBF.

 

[wormlander]

Guess I'm not eagle-eyed enough to understand why the Volume seems to be getting crapped on.
Like way back during Mando Season 1, there's scenes I was mildly bummed out finding out they weren't actually on location. E.g. to me it's pretty great tech.



I've been whining about that since Season 2 when the series slid into rehash and/or the Ahsoka commercial episode, tho having Mando take over BF equalized things

Yeah I'm hyped tho TBH think the leaked SDCC trailer was the best, plus the crowd reaction. I would have stopped there. But just the few trailer lines, as an arc, Mando seems to have come a long way, from the stoic, by the code bounty hunter to questioning a world view. Luv that it's an actual character building arc, broken down and rebuilt.



IMO they shouldn't have been separated, at least not like that, just to make sure a cash cow was put with a legacy cash cow. I still miss when you never knew what Grogu would do next, and neither did Mando.
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Plus Andor. Am less enthused about Ahosoka/Sabine/Thrawn or maybe just wary. Loved Rebels, but moving to live action - the Obi series keeps reminding me what not having good writers is like. Plus, you have to have the right actors who have more than 2 facial expressions.

It's not the tech that's getting crapped on. It's just that one sequence with the dude in the egg-mobile. It became evident after Obi-Wan that simply having access to the Volume isn't an automatic win by any means. It still takes real skill in compositing, lighting and staging etc for it to look believable. Mando seasons 1 & 2 did amazing in all those regards.

 

[wormlander]

The audacity of George Lucas to set STAR WARS in SPACE of all things!

I'll personally never forgive him for this

 

[wormlander]

It might make sense Gideon is answering to Thrawn, but that's a lot of backstory explaining to do re Thrawn, all things considered after Rebels. Gideon is such a *&^% in his own right, it'd take someone pretty up the food chain that he'd answer too. Also if Mando has a failing (besides the Cara debacle) 2 seasons in, and we don't know much about Gideon, at all.

Don't know much about Thrawn but he sounds interesting enough

 

[ArtDamage]

Reminds me of someone watching the Mandalorian with the attention of a spoon. Whatever flaws the show may have, just in the show Mandalorian culture was introduced IMO in just the right way - neither too much or too little. And I, for one, would like to see more Mandalorians, and the arc picking up after the destruction of Mandalore.

Right? If you can't tell Mandalorian stories in "the MANDALORIAN" where exactly are you supposed to tell that story

 

[Sassafras]

Right? If you can't tell Mandalorian stories in "the MANDALORIAN" where exactly are you supposed to tell that story

Well, to be fair, we had an Ahsoka episode in Mando, and a Mando episode(s) in BF...waiting Obi to show up as a force ghost to Grogu - anything to justify Obi season 2, 'coz that's how Disney rolls

 

[ArtDamage]

Well, to be fair, we had an Ahsoka episode in Mando, and a Mando episode(s) in BF...waiting Obi to show up as a force ghost to Grogu - anything to justify Obi season 2, 'coz that's how Disney rolls

Well that was kinda my point. You could argue all those things don't belong in their respective shows, but pretty sure it's okay to show mandalorians and Mandalore in The Mandalorian.

Was Obi-Wan popular views wise? It wasn't really a critical success. Not sure if they'll double down on that just based on how much it would cost to bring Ewan back.

 

[jye4ever]

Here I am fondly remembering that the best episodes in BOBF didn’t have Boba Fett in them AT ALL…

 

[choombaz]

And some of the best episodes of The Mandalorian had Boba Fett in them. Makes complete sense!

Just on the volume, the two key camera guys who were major contributors to the creation of it, Greig Fraser and Baz Iodine were not involved in BoBF and OW so I’m wondering if the other DPs like Dave Klein and Chung-Hoon Chung just didn’t have the level of skill in matching lighting, camera moves etc to trick the audience more convincingly. I think the main problem is that they spent a ton of money on technology that would make everything cheaper and faster to make but the irony now is they are shooting so fast and cheap without the experience and skill so it’s coming out looking cheap.

 

[greygoose]

Here I am fondly remembering that the best episodes in BOBF didn’t have Boba Fett in them AT ALL…

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[Sassafras]

Here I am fondly remembering that the best episodes in BOBF didn’t have Boba Fett in them AT ALL…

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LOL pretty hilarious when I think about it. Remember watching that episode thinking "just 5 more minutes of Mando before they switch back to *&^%$ Tatooine, just 5 more minutes....by the end, that episode was a gift

Still, the finale of BOBF was insane; some nice interchanges with Mando and Boba, and little did I suspect of the ominous sea change heading my way; e.g., the depressed, "what's it all about, really?" Obi-Wan, watching hardened Stormtroopers drop at a slap, watching Darth Vader stand pondering whether he wanted a caramel or peppermint vente with extra whipped cream vs. firestorming Obi (and then ponders whether he wants pizza or burgers for lunch, while a ship takes off), depressingly having a favorite villain morph into boring; having another villain I was initially excited about apparently unable to attain more than 2 expressions.

BOBF is its own masterpiece, and at least Morrison gave it 100%. Plus there was dancing.

 

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[Mondragon]

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[e30ernest]

That first image looks strange. The backpack looks lopsided and Grogu's lighting does not match Mando's.

 

[Ramatuelle]

....Bored? Need a good hate-read? Hey dont we all. Get off Reddit for a few [hah] and check out this ridiculousness:

Star Wars Is Too Obsessed With Mandalore and the Mandalorians

"... Mandalore is “cursed” and “everyone who goes there dies.” He’s not wrong. The history of Filoni’s Mandalore is filled with death, tragedy, death, violence, and more death." Yo dude, we are in the Star ***WARS*** universe, where this is a reality over that whole galaxy except for maybe Corellia and idk, Kuat Drive Yards? Peaceful planets get trashed first; Mandalore had to wait its turn.

This Rob Bricken guy is really something. Go write about Babu Frik's bloodline or something, you can speak with authority on that. Evidently season 3 of "Mando" really has his knickers in a twist: two articles so far. Die mad about it, we are going to Mandalore! And many of us want to go there. Hopefully someone from 501st Legion shows up in Mandalorian armor at Bricken's house and beats him with the flat of their beskad.

From the comments: "Rob Bricken and that other guy who writes about Star Wars here are idiots."

Welp....

 

[Mondragon]

Didn't watch much of the cartoons, SW to me has mostly been live action (and even then only selective head-canon that serves my understanding of the OT, everything else is pretty easy to disregard (and Mando is pushing it).
I didn't know there was a Dark Saber until it showed up on Mando, or what the "Purge" was, or who Death Watch, the Night Owls, or Sabine or any others were. Or that frikin Darth Maul had apparently survived and at some point lead the Mandalorians. (it does read as a bunch of "but this one goes to 11" nonsense.)
So even though it might be over saturated from Clone wars or Rebels, I've only looked into bits and pieces of this Mandalore narrative, and while much of it seems overwrought, it's all pretty new and vague to me.
And (for better or worse) I'm happy to learn about it through and how it affects Din Djarin's character and journey.

Beyond that, I don't care much, truth is by seasons end, after helping them reunite, forge their new identity, place (whatever they imagine), I do hope he leaves them, their rule, their clans, their ways, to their own fate and devices, and just wanders off into the sunset, forging his own path.

It would however be funny if in the end, he just did a big FU, and walked off with their saber though.

 

[krieg-der-sterne]

Anyone got an idea what the color of the helmet is called?

 

[ArtDamage]

Anyone got an idea what the color of the helmet is called?

I wouldn't be surpised if that's just looking more redish due to lighting. It's probably the same Montana Red as Durasteel Mando.

 

[Sassafras]

Anyone got an idea what the color of the helmet is called?

Russet? Meanwhile, all the HT and Hasbro execs are giggling hysterically at the prospect of churning out multiple color variants of more or less the same figure, all the Mandalorians will be the new cash cows like IM.