The Mandalorian

19-12-2020 10:57am

Is that not a spin-off show of its own?

Drumpot · 19-12-2020 11:06am

Acosta wrote: »

It's one of my Christmas movies, so I'll be watching it soon.

Overall I loved season 2. The best star wars has been since 1983. Probably could have done without the digital jedi at the end. It slightly took me out of what was happening, but just a minor complaint.

And I did not get emotional at the very end, YOU DID!

Yeh, the thing with the

luke moment

was that this was the icing on the cake but like

Vader’s end scene in rogue one

it didn’t define the story, it was a nice compliment for me anyway. I was more invested in

Mando saying goodbye to Grogu

but it was nice that he was giving him to

Luke

and not some randomer.

Fair play to all involved for keeping the secret, serious cudos. Glad I watched it yesterday!

ShaneU · 19-12-2020 11:16am

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Is that not a spin-off show of its own?

It said December 2021 which is when season 3 starts

Drumpot · 19-12-2020 11:22am

ShaneU wrote: »

It said December 2021 which is when season 3 starts

That’s a

spin off

seperate to Mando

Paul Weller · 19-12-2020 11:22am

ShaneU wrote: »

After credits scene would suggest the next series is based around
Boba Fett and the Grogu story is over

You should watch the credits...it actually tells you something

Slydice · 19-12-2020 7:46pm

Drumpot wrote: »

Damn you, I’m going to have to watch Rogue one again now.:p

Acosta wrote: »

It's one of my Christmas movies, so I'll be watching it soon.

Fantastic Plan! I'm gonna do it!

Acosta wrote: »

And I did not get emotional at the very end, YOU DID!

Who're you callin motional... you're face is motional! *cries in motional*
ah jeez.. they must be draftin in the R1 and Pixar crews or something.

NIMAN · 19-12-2020 7:51pm

ShaneU wrote: »

After credits scene would suggest the next series is based around
Boba Fett and the Grogu story is over

I think there is both happening in Dec 2021.

A boba Fett series AND The Mandalorian series 3

touts · 19-12-2020 9:47pm

NIMAN wrote: »

I think there is both happening in Dec 2021.

A boba Fett series AND The Mandalorian series 3

It might make sense to film them at the same time. There would definitely be some overlap in cast and sets. It could save money and time.

AMKC · 19-12-2020 10:32pm

Well that was dragged out and boring as well as silly in parts. A laser gun getting jammed lol. I thought the end could have been done so much better. Mandos armourvwas looking dull in this and I knew as soon as he let the dark Troopers out to space that they would be back.
Anyway not the best episode could have been much better.

19-12-2020 10:40pm

I don’t think you’re alone in thinking the robots would come back, it was supposed to be obvious.

ted1 · 20-12-2020 3:48pm

If Luke is going to train him, does that mean kylo ren is going to kill him ?

Sonics2k · 20-12-2020 4:04pm

ted1 wrote: »

If Luke is going to train him, does that mean kylo ren is going to kill him ?

That's really the big question. Did Grogu get out or was he somewhere else when Kylo went crazy.

It could be Disney planning for down the line and later stories.

Realt Dearg Sec · 21-12-2020 6:46am

I am so disappointed by that ending. What made the show really interesting to me was that it depicted the galaxy as this lived in, and living, world beyond the stuff from the main movies, and they didn't get too hung up on fan service. It was nice to know they could finally do a story that would stand on its own, not inevitably have to be part of the main storyline.

When boba fett showed up I forgave it because it made some sense in the context and it was done pretty well all in all. Then the ending of the last episode happened and I couldn't decide between rolling my eyes at how awful an idea it was, and laughing at how distracting the crappy cgi was on his face. Looked like a ken doll.

The post credit sequence was even worse fan service. They just couldn't help themselves, star wars just has to go down that road every time it seems. Not sure who to blame. Anyway a great series, and a really great season, but totally undermined by that codswallop ending reminding us once again that, if there really is a bigger world to explore here, the people at Disney have no interest in exploring it really. Sooner or later they'll get back to cannibalizing the original trilogy. This is the way.

Tony EH · 21-12-2020 12:00pm

Luke showing up makes a hell of a lot more sense than Boba Fett making an appearance. Fett died and was the subject of necromancy because some fans bitched about it for 30 odd years. Now THAT'S bullshit fan service.

Whereas the Mandalorian had been tasked with bringing baby Yoda to a Jedi. That Jedi being Luke was the only thing that held any kind of logic.

How it was brought to the screen is another thing entirely.

Realt Dearg Sec · 21-12-2020 2:29pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Luke showing up makes a hell of a lot more sense than Boba Fett making an appearance. Fett died and was the subject of necromancy because some fans bitched about it for 30 odd years. Now THAT'S bullshit fan service.

Whereas the Mandalorian had been tasked with bringing baby Yoda to a Jedi. That Jedi being Luke was the only thing that held any kind of logic.

How it was brought to the screen is another thing entirely.

Fair point about fett. But it was so cool to finally have a story that doesn't revolve around the feckin skywalkers. But they decided that wasn't possible.

Cgi versions of beloved characters failed horribly in rogue one, this was even worse than that.

robinph · 21-12-2020 2:34pm

ted1 wrote: »

If Luke is going to train him, does that mean kylo ren is going to kill him ?

Ben Solo is only just born at this point in Grogus story. Plenty of time for Luke to train him up and something else to happen before Luke starts doing any training with Ben, or for Ben to even remember the mini green goblin ever existing.

Slydice · 25-12-2020 5:05am

Hego Damask · 28-12-2020 12:24am

Wow .... that was something else!!

I suspected it might be

Luke as soon as Ashoka said that if he communicates with a Jedi from that temple he may come and find him ... for a horrible moment I thought it might be Leia that rescued him ...

And as for

Bobba Fet, did we know he was alive from another book or series, or is this the first time he's showed up in the Star Wars universe since ep VI ?

Overall a great season, my favourite episode is probably The Jedi

Michael Biehn !!!

AbusesToilets · 28-12-2020 4:46pm

This season has been great, but it still suffers from being too safe I feel. There's no real threat to any of the characters. I hope that's something that will change in the future, for this show and the new ones.

Slydice · 28-12-2020 6:41pm

Hego Damask wrote: »

Michael Biehn !!!

This is the way!

Hego Damask wrote: »

And as for
Bobba Fet, did we know he was alive from another book or series, or is this the first time he's showed up in the Star Wars universe since ep VI ?

Not since the events but has appearred in clone wars. Details on wiki: here

Realt Dearg Sec · 28-12-2020 9:05pm

AbusesToilets wrote: »

This season has been great, but it still suffers from being too safe I feel. There's no real threat to any of the characters. I hope that's something that will change in the future, for this show and the new ones.

Yeah I think the fight between Mando and the dark trooper was the first time there seemed to be much at stake in a fight involving him, normally he seems, in effect, invincible.

Blazer · 29-12-2020 12:05pm

Blame the fanboys for that nonsense.
Look at Bobba Fetta... a miniscule character that got killed off and brought back because a huge portion of fans locked onto this character for some reason.
Disney are probably just playing it safe now, pissing off nobody while they work on expanding the other shows to tie in with it.
Personally I think they should scrap the last 3 movies, pretend they never existed and work on Rogue One related shows or else a show on Darth Bane..damn I'd love that.
I'm not a star wars fan at all but I absolutely loved those audiobooks.

Hector Savage · 29-12-2020 12:12pm

Darth Bane would be great, the books on him from the EU were amazing..

AbusesToilets · 29-12-2020 10:59pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Yeah I think the fight between Mando and the dark trooper was the first time there seemed to be much at stake in a fight involving him, normally he seems, in effect, invincible.

Agree, tho that one seemed a bit ludicrous. No one is getting punched in the head like that without consequences, don't care how good the padding in your helmet is.

Hego Damask · 30-12-2020 1:16am

AbusesToilets wrote: »

Agree, tho that one seemed a bit ludicrous. No one is getting punched in the head like that without consequences, don't care how good the padding in your helmet is.

But it's Beskar!!

The dark troopers were amazing, they really designed them well to look indestructible and menacing, not since Terminator 2 was I watching thinking how the f*ck are they gonna defeat these things ?

Then

Luke's saber cut through them fairly handy, it looked a bit too easy the way they were hyped up to be so strong ...

Realt Dearg Sec · 30-12-2020 5:52am

Hego Damask wrote: »

But it's Beskar!!

The dark troopers were amazing, they really designed them well to look indestructible and menacing, not since Terminator 2 was I watching thinking how the f*ck are they gonna defeat these things ?

Then
Luke's saber cut through them fairly handy, it looked a bit too easy the way they were hyped up to be so strong ...

Very much agree with the spoiler part here, pretty much reduces them to the level of the prequel droids after all the hype. Also makes one wonder: so when Mando faces a Jedi it's a very even fight. Then Mando faces a dark trooper and it's a fairly even fight. Then a Jedi faces a platoon of dark troopers and cuts them up line a habachi chef. I dunno, stuff like that sucks the tension out of the show for me.

Also while I think the show was great and the characters and world were really well realised, a lot of the battle scenes were a bit dull and humorless and predictable. The end of the last episode where all the women are bursting through to get to the bridge or whatever is a bit monotonous. Makes you long for a bit of han solo bravado and smart alecky dialogue.

Blazer · 30-12-2020 12:22pm

Its the same as practically any robot in Star Wars....all with the exception of K2-S0 are there purely for humour and are just annoying.
K2 was funny but he was also lethal as hell.

Tony EH · 30-12-2020 5:39pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

that sucks the tension out of the show for me.

There's ZERO tension in the show. Four people can cut through a garrison of Stormtroopers without even getting out of breath. Every week there's a firefight of some sorts and the heroes don't care. They just kill everyone in sight.

So, the audience doesn't care either.

While 'The Mandalorian' has been good as a sugary rush of Star Wars, it's been a fairly passive ride. The viewer goes from episode to episode without really giving a crap what happens, because we all know nothing is going occur that will upset the apple cart too much.

So far the casualty list for the "good guys" has been Nick Nolte and a robot. Everyone else gets away without a scratch. While entire legions of Imperial troops have been swept away like it was no bother. That kind of silly nonsense gets really tiresome after a while.

Honestly, I like to see a more sophisticated approach, where the outnumbered heroes use stealth and sneak around the show's antagonists more, instead of everything being a game of "space pews pews" all the time.

At least that, in itself, would generate some tension.

Varik · 30-12-2020 6:00pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Very much agree with the spoiler part here, pretty much reduces them to the level of the after all the hype. Also makes one wonder: so when Mando faces a Jedi it's a very even fight. Then Mando faces a dark trooper and it's a fairly even fight. Then a Jedi faces a platoon of dark troopers and cuts them up line a habachi chef. I dunno, stuff like that sucks the tension out of the show for me.

Also while I think the show was great and the characters and world were really well realised, a lot of the battle scenes were a bit dull and humorless and predictable. The end of the last episode where all the women are bursting through to get to the bridge or whatever is a bit monotonous. Makes you long for a bit of han solo bravado and smart alecky dialogue.

Wouldn't have called it an even fight for Mando vs Jedi as it ended so quickly.

You'd the magna droid in the prequels that were designed to fight jedi, they put up an alright fight against them but were mostly designed to be fast and have some redundancy for a bit of dismembering with a lightsabre resistant pike. The Dark troopers were relatively slow, and their strengths and defences were much against a lightsabre.

30-12-2020 6:05pm

Tony EH wrote: »

There's ZERO tension in the show. Four people can cut through a garrison of Stormtroopers without even getting out of breath. Every week there's a firefight of some sorts and the heroes don't care.

Pretty sure the empire bought their munitions from the same dodgy trader that was used by the A-Team.

Blazer · 01-01-2021 10:17am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Pretty sure the empire bought their munitions from the same dodgy trader that was used by the A-Team.

Had to be dodgy, I mean selling a LMG laser cannon that jams ffs.
That actress just annoys the crap out of me. Zero acting ability.

NIMAN · 01-01-2021 10:22am

Blazer wrote: »

Had to be dodgy, I mean selling a LMG laser cannon that jams ffs.
That actress just annoys the crap out of me. Zero acting ability.

To be fair, the lead character isn't going to win any Oscars or Emmys either.

Blazer · 01-01-2021 12:10pm

NIMAN wrote: »

To be fair, the lead character isn't going to win any Oscars or Emmys either.

Ah Pedro is miles ahead of her. lts the character rather than the actor.

01-01-2021 12:57pm

NIMAN wrote: »

To be fair, the lead character isn't going to win any Oscars or Emmys either.

Zero facial expressions. Too deadpan.

Tony EH · 01-01-2021 5:19pm

NIMAN wrote: »

To be fair, the lead character isn't going to win any Oscars or Emmys either.

Nobody is, but Carano is particularly poor.

Hector Savage · 02-01-2021 1:55pm

Do people genuinely dislike the acting by Carano and character, or is it because she dared have a different political opinion ?

02-01-2021 2:23pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Do people genuinely dislike the acting by Carano and character, or is it because she dared have a different political opinion ?

If I'm watching a programme and I'm thinking about an actor's political beliefs something more fundamental is wrong.

She's supposed to be a main character bad ass. When I see her holding a blaster it may as well be an egg whisk in her hand. I don't believe it.

Blazer · 02-01-2021 2:43pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Do people genuinely dislike the acting by Carano and character, or is it because she dared have a different political opinion ?

I haven’t the foggiest notion what you’re on so I’m guessing it’s to do with her acting ability

To me it always seems that she’s aware of the camera and keeps looking at it or something.

Realt Dearg Sec · 02-01-2021 3:47pm

Blazer wrote: »

I haven’t the foggiest notion what you’re on so I’m guessing it’s to do with her acting ability
To me it always seems that she’s aware of the camera and keeps looking at it or something.

Yeah I only just found this political stuff out as result of this thread now, thought she was dire before that, gurning at the camera constantly. Contrast that with Mando who, without even showing his face, is able to convey authentic emotion throughout.

I wish they had kept werner herzog around longer, was he originally meant to be a longer term villain? Was a little strange that he got killed off suddenly and replaced with the other guy from breaking bad. Not a problem though, since that guy is brilliant as well, best villain in star wars in a long long time.

Hector Savage · 02-01-2021 3:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If I'm watching a programme and I'm thinking about an actor's political beliefs something more fundamental is wrong.

She's supposed to be a main character bad ass. When I see her holding a blaster it may as well be an egg whisk in her hand. I don't believe it.

Personally I think she's great, bad ass, a strong female character, built like a rugby player, would batter most "tough" guys I know ....

Anyway, I wanna post more about the series, I will later ...

The White Wolf · 02-01-2021 4:10pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Do people genuinely dislike the acting by Carano and character, or is it because she dared have a different political opinion ?

I enjoy Carano in it tbh, she holds a nice screen presence. Felt the same when she was in Deadpool.

Tony EH · 02-01-2021 5:46pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Do people genuinely dislike the acting by Carano and character, or is it because she dared have a different political opinion ?

I couldn't give a tinkers cuss about her "political opinions". But she's deadpan in every sentence she says and sucks the life out of everything when she tries to deliver a line.

Carano was cast so she could beat up a few men each week and cover the Strong Female Character™ check box. But her acting ability is limited, to say the least.

robinph · 02-01-2021 6:06pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Contrast that with Mando who, without even showing his face, is able to convey authentic emotion throughout.

I'd credit most of the acting we perceive by Mando as due to whoever wrote the soundtrack.

Hector Savage · 02-01-2021 9:50pm

The White Wolf wrote: »

I enjoy Carano in it tbh, she holds a nice screen presence. Felt the same when she was in Deadpool.

Everyone did , then they found out she dared to think differently so the woke mob demanded she'd be fired or at least wanted her character killed off ...

Realt Dearg Sec · 02-01-2021 9:57pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Everyone did , then they found out she dared to think differently so the woke mob demanded she'd be fired or at least wanted her character killed off ...

Oh I thought you wanted to discuss the show but it turns out you were just trying to get us round to discussing political agenda item number 1. Good luck with, I'm out. If ye get away from that and accidentally start discussing star wars again let me know.

The White Wolf · 02-01-2021 10:40pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Everyone did , then they found out she dared to think differently so the woke mob demanded she'd be fired or at least wanted her character killed off ...

I would not support someone being fired for their personal beliefs but from what I have seen, Gina needs to stop posting on social media about certain issues.

If it was me negatively posting on social media about trans or non binary people I'd be pretty certain I'd be fired if my job caught wind. Unfortunately celebrities like Gina need to realize that applies double for them.

But as I said as things stand I enjoy watching her in the show and strongly support her continuing. It's a slippery slope if we do start to sack people for such things unless we'd be happy with various recasts over a series.

flazio · 03-01-2021 8:40am

The making of documentary "Disney gallery" has been greatly truncated. Last year it was a round table discussion with Jon Favreau and guests exploring different aspects spread out over 8 varying length episodes. This time, no round table and only one 66 minute special discussing the entire series spending about 8 minutes on each episode.

aismac · 04-01-2021 6:02am

I'd take 5 Caranos over 1 KatEE Sackoff any day.

Blazer · 04-01-2021 12:03pm

aismac wrote: »

I'd take 5 Caranos over 1 KatEE Sackoff any day.

oh christ no...Katee is a far better actress than that...she's just been stuck on these outlandish characters since the Flash since she finished BSG.

Tony EH · 04-01-2021 6:38pm

I wouldn't be her biggest fan, but Sackhoff's miles above Carano in terms of acting ability. Her pissface at the Mando we wielding the darksaber alone was worth much more than anything Carano could manage.

There's nothing to Carano, except her size.

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