The Mandalorian

You guys have way too much expectations for a Star Wars TV show from both Disney and Favreau.

I'm enjoying the various songs used for that meme.

SorrowsEnd said:

I'm enjoying the various songs used for that meme.

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Yeah, that's a pretty great meme.

Again, episode was average which pretty much explains the show so far..average. Some of you are saying that if it wasn't 'Star Wars' then we wouldn't even be paying attention, some of that may be true but it also works the other way. It's held to a certain standard because it's Star Wars despite it not being a movie. I still think Mando looks way inexperienced for being a bounty hunter. He's even gets strong armed in negotiations, even with a dude who's begging him to help him get into the guild.

He wasn't really strong armed, the guy is like "I'll give you all the credits" and Mando saw an easy way to get his ship fixed.

Chukzombi said:

that is the only issue i have with it, too much fan service, in ep3 alone, oh look somebody said, "itchuta" oh look, Mando's ship cycles down with the same sound effects as the Millenium Falcon breaking down, oh look the Tontino full of baskar is the same Hamilton Beach ice cream maker that the black dude was running with in Cloud City, oh look its the same scary torture device from ANH. oh look, its the same periscope eye from ANH, oh look, oh look, oh look. we get it, its fucking star wars. stop beating me with member berries. the show is fine. you dont have to nostalgia rape me.

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Look at it as having to repair a lot of damage...

Just started watching this. I’m not a Star Wars fan at all, but this show has me hooked. It has the same template as Hercules and Xena from the 90’s.

Cybsled said:

He wasn't really strong armed, the guy is like "I'll give you all the credits" and Mando saw an easy way to get his ship fixed.

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I was referring more towards the end once they get her, he basically gets told that he's the one that has to get an extra ride.

mkopec said:

I cant fathom why they went with 30 min episodes instead of 1 hr. There is just so much nuance/story/backstory and shit missing because of the runtime. It all feels so rushed.

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kids attention span, its been shown that a 10 year old has a 22-28 min attention span before they lose focus. This is aimed squarely at that 8-12 year old range

Just read an article about who actually PLAYS the Mandalorian. Apparently it's two stuntment and Pedro Pascal, but for the 4th episode, Pedro Pascal was on Broadway so he wasn't ever i the suit.

The neat thing is one of the stuntmen who plays him is John Wayne's grandson.

Kais said:

They aren't using big budget FX, it's Unreal Engine. Still looks great imo. Disney uses Epic's Unreal Engine to render real-time sets in The Mandalorian

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Looks great? The 4K HDR stream can barely even manage 200 nits peak brightness. Fake HDR on the original trilogy on Disney+ was bad enough on something that old, but even that peaked at 400 nits. Mandalorian being brand new and looking this shitty is inexcusable.

Why don't we think he is a Yoda clone? The age 50 years lines up with the timeline of when they were working with Jango Fett and making the clone armies. The scientist from the first two episodes is wearing the uniform from Kamino, the cloning planet.

Yoda would probably have not let himself be willingly cloned, thus the secretive nature of this kids existence, and him being a high value target. They would likely be after a clone that had the same level of force sensitivity as the host, which might be challenging and very rare to produce in a clone. The kid could be special, 1 in a million type of clone and the rest were disposed of.

pharmakos said:

He's an orphan so his birth parents have to end up being revealed as someone very important, right? Maybe they end up being a villain or something?

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It is odd they keep bringing up his orphan status, it mirrors Rey. Maybe she was a foundling too.

i think it's basically a given that baby yoda is a clone. for NO other reason than the people who are currently in charge of star wars CANNOT HELP but link everything to the trilogies. solo was a decent movie but the whole thing was basically just references to the OT strung together one after another. mandalorian has a ton of references but i'm honestly surprised at the amount of restraint they've shown by not putting more in.

it really feels like the people behind it all have no faith in the IP, so they have to link EVERYTHING together. i think a lot of people would really enjoy a show focused on a bounty hunter just going about doing his job every week that happens to be in the universe of star wars.

Chukzombi said:

It is odd they keep bringing up his orphan status, it mirrors Rey. Maybe she was a foundling too.

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This is Star Wars, man. Everyone and their cousin are orphans. I guess that's why Anakin and Luke were such twats. They never got any cool toys for Christmas; just cheap video game consoles, wool socks, and regifted Isotoner gloves.

Chukzombi said:

It is odd they keep bringing up his orphan status, it mirrors Rey. Maybe she was a foundling too.

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It is why he has a soft spot for Baby Yoda and becomes protective of him.