The Mandalorian SHOW discussion - Spoilers Allowed for all aired episodes

[Luke Skywalker 1,792]

Dont call me shirley!

[Jay 37,281]

Season 1, episode 1 to Air on ABC, Freeform, and FX

[Edmilson 7,384]

The pilot also aired on broadcast TV in Brazil as well during primetime, in november of 2020, when D+ first arrived in the country.

[Jay 37,281]

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 4 Is Already Written So That Its Story Fits Perfectly With ‘Ahsoka’ and More ‘Star Wars’ Series

[JNHFan2000 2,943]

Cool!!!

And one more week for S3 to start!

[Jay 37,281]

I've been listening to the season 1 scores again in anticipation, getting hyped!  Gotta listen to season 2 scores too soon

[Jay 37,281]

‘The Mandalorian’ Has No Ending Planned, Says Jon Favreau: ‘It’s Not Like There’s a Finale That We’re Building To’

[Stark 310]

On 22/02/2023 at 12:16 PM, Jay said:

I've been listening to the season 1 scores again in anticipation, getting hyped!  Gotta listen to season 2 scores too soon

I’m afraid to listen because then I’ll remember how much music is missing from season 2!

[Jay 37,281]

Man I wish Mando 2 and Boba got the same treatment as Mando 1

[Stark 310]

Boba’s OST didn’t seem as bad since the show was shorter and more music was released. Mando season 2 though is just painful.

[JNHFan2000 2,943]

Maybe now that Shirley is composer he decides to release more music. Let's hope so!!

[Jay 37,281]

 

[JNHFan2000 2,943]

Quick questions. Are we allowed to talk about the show without spoiler blocks when a new episode has aired?

[Jay 37,281]

Of course!

[JNHFan2000 2,943]

Chapter 17

 

Loved the episode. It is very much a set-up for the rest of the season, but it has some great stuff in here.

 

There 2 really cool fight scenes. The one at the beginning reminded me a bit of the creature fight in Ep. 1 of S2. And I thought it was a flashback until suddenly Mando arrived on his ship. That was very cool.

Then the ship chase in the asteroid field. It had some vibes of the Obi-Wan/Jango chase from AOTC, which was really cool. I love how fast Mando's ship is now and that he can makes those fast turns and hide behind things. It was really cool.

 

It was great seeing both Carl Weathers & Katee Sackhoff again. Both characters in a very different state of mind. And it was fun to see all the easter eggs: the Babu Frick aliens and all the other aliens in Nevarro, IG-11 (which will probably have a bigger role in the season) & the hyperspace creatures from Rebels!!!

 

I really loved parts of Andor, but this to me feels really like Star Wars and I'm so happy it's back.

 

As for Shirley's score.. it was incredible. There's a lot lf reworking of Göransson's main theme whenever Mando is on screen, but it's incredibly well done that it doesn't bother me. I'm sure Shirley will get to comppse so cool new stuff for the series. And how I wish we got episodic albums again for this season, but I'm afraid that won't be the case. I at least hope it'll be more music than the Season 2 albums

[Knight of Ren 785]

Great first episode! I really liked the baptism rite at the beginning, and for a moment there I thought it was a flashback of Din Djarin's ceremony. It was great seeing Nevarro again, but in such a different way, and it really makes it feel like a new era is starting, after the darkness and grittines of the empire era we saw in the previous two seasons in the planet. I love the detail of IG-11's statue and I guess the droid will become more important during the season, since Mando wants to bring him back online.

 

The space chase was so fun, and the pirate lord looks menacing but also a bit corny, and I hope we get to see a bit more of the pirates in live action, since I really liked those parts in the animation shows. Bo Katan looks great, and I think the conflict that will arise between her and Mando, and the fight over Mandalore is going to be one of the highlights of the season.

 

As for the music, Joseph Shirley did a great job continuing Goransson's sounds and motifs, and there were a couple of cool moments here and there that I hope they make it onto the album. I wish we could get a weekly release, but I guess they will just stick with the two volume releases like with Mando S2 and Book of Boba Fett.

 

Anyway, in case anyone is interested, I will also be doing a short write-up on the music of each episode, just like I did with House of the Dragon and the Rings of Power, so feel free to check it out in here:

3x01: Chapter 17 - The Apostate

[Jay 37,281]

20 minutes ago, Knight of Ren said:

As for the music, Walker did a great job

 

What

[Knight of Ren 785]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

What

My mistake, I meant Joseph Shirley. Corrected it!

[JohnTheBaptist 57]

I forgot how bad The Babysitter was after the high of Andor. The hilarious tinsel monster is the cherry on top of this shit sundae.

[JNHFan2000 2,943]

Woow. That is quite the statement.

Which I disagree with on every front

[GerateWohl 4,326]

OK. The pirates looked like cursed creatures from Pirates of the Caribean and the story is a mess as usual. But this episode was the most cinematic episode of The Mandalorian. The images are great. And the score is easily the best so far (which is not so hard). Looking forward to what is coming. 

[Cameron007 43]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the opening was a flashback. I'm starting to think that was intentional.

 

It was nice to see the shadow of the purrgill, making their live action debut.

 

Nevarro looks GORGEOUS, almost like something out of LOTR. To think it used to be Mos Eisley 2.0. As Mando says, "It doesn't even look like the same place".

 

I hope Weathers gets more to do this season than in Season 2. And it was interesting to hear them explain away Carano's absence.

 

The Babu Frik aliens had me chuckling. But why did Greef Karga need to translate? Did Mando really have that much trouble understanding them?

 

Did Koska Reeve abandon Bo-Katan as well? Or was she just off somewhere else?

 

Shirley's music stood out to me most during the asteroid chase (and a bit during the opening). I did appreciate how he manipulated the theme throughout.

[Faleel 5,330]

10 minutes ago, Cameron007 said:

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The Babu Frik aliens had me chuckling. But why did Greef Karga need to translate? Did Mando really have that much trouble understanding them?

 

 

After they stopped speaking Huttese, he didnt need him to, I think that was the joke. That's why he kept looking at Greef the way he was.

[SilverTrumpet 638]

3 hours ago, Cameron007 said:

And it was interesting to hear them explain away Carano's absence.

 

What was the excuse? 

[Brando 1,855]

43 minutes ago, SilverTrumpet said:

 

What was the excuse? 

Greef tells Mando she was recruited by the Republic for some other work.

[Andy 4,076]

18 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

That was very cool.

I agree!

 

18 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

very cool.

Yes!!!

 

18 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

It was really cool.

It sure was!

 

 

19 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

this to me feels really like Star Wars and I'm so happy it's back.

Me too!  I could not agree more. 

 

 I am smiling along with you, because it was really cool.   And at the end of a long day, that’s all I need Star Wars to be.

[Manakin Skywalker 4,889]

Idc what anyone says, those pirates were fucking cool. Looking forward to seeing more of them in the future. Reminds me of pirates from the old video games.

[Arpy 4,145]

I thought the CG on the giant monster was particularly good, better than a lot of other CG creations in films these days. Better than Jurassic World Dominions' dinosaurs...

 

 

[Luke Skywalker 1,792]

36 minutes ago, Arpy said:

I thought the CG on the giant monster was particularly good, better than a lot of other CG creations in films these days. Better than Jurassic World Dominions' dinosaurs...

 

 

Come on, it was the mossasaurus with a crocodile body. Same quality. Which is great for a TV show...

[Laserschwert 473]

I loved how many practical droids, puppets and prosthetics were used. This is what I want from Star Wars. 

[Benhip 21]

I just watched the episode, and it was great ! Even if the plot is still simple, and full of secondary stories nobody cares for, I kept a smile the whole episode, and I guess that’s what it was made for !

[Andy 4,076]

Anyone get the impression the jerky movement of IG-11 was an intentional homage to the Endoskeleton stop motion at the climax of The Terminator? (Although in the grabby scene it paralleled, they originally used a practical technique) But I definitely got Terminator vibes. 

[Brando 1,855]

39 minutes ago, Andy said:

Anyone get the impression the jerky movement of IG-11 was an intentional homage to the Endoskeleton stop motion at the climax of The Terminator? (Although in the grabby scene it paralleled, they originally used a practical technique) But I definitely got Terminator vibes. 

Oh 100% got Terminator vibes. Especially with the 'guts' of the droid dangling out at the bottom of the lower half, JUST like Terminator. I thought that was an awesome little tribute.

[Andy 4,076]

3 hours ago, Laserschwert said:

I loved how many practical droids, puppets and prosthetics were used. This is what I want from Star Wars. 

 

YES!!  Andor was so stingy with droids, even on Coruscant.  And here Nevarro was littered with those wonderful Protocol droids.  Delightful.

 

They fit a shit ton into this episode!

 

Monster battle, gunslinging, Pirate Space Battle, IG droid, Babu Frik guys, Space Whales, Bo Katan, and the little droids holding up High Magistrate Karga's cape!  All in 35 minutes.  

 

 

So looks like DC's Swamp Thing and Marvel's Man-Thing finally got together and had a baby.

 

[Andy 4,076]

A little Steven King from Creepshow in there too.

 

[GlastoEls 556]

Andor was the best Star Wars in.. decades.. but The Mandalorian sure is fun.

[DarthDementous 1,059]

Good to know some people still only want superficial things from Star Wars

[Manakin Skywalker 4,889]

6 minutes ago, DarthDementous said:

Good to know some people still only want superficial things from Star Wars

 

[DarthDementous 1,059]

2 minutes ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

 

I’m not seeing both, otherwise this episode (and show for that matter) would be panned

[Faleel 5,330]

1 hour ago, DarthDementous said:

I’m not seeing both, otherwise this episode (and show for that matter) would be panned

Andor got a whole bunch of praise from several members here,and some from you as well I thought....

 

 

All I really want is something to enjoy with friends and family, all else is extra.

[Manakin Skywalker 4,889]

50 minutes ago, DarthDementous said:

I’m not seeing both, otherwise this episode (and show for that matter) would be panned

 

What I mean in, some shows that are more "grown up", like Andor, and some shows that are more for the average fan who just wants some fun action. Seems like a decent balance, so long as they continue making more grown up content like Andor.

[DarthDementous 1,059]

1 hour ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

 

What I mean in, some shows that are more "grown up", like Andor, and some shows that are more for the average fan who just wants some fun action. Seems like a decent balance, so long as they continue making more grown up content like Andor.

Its not even an age or maturity thing though, I don’t know how people can get invested in anything with such vapid, unbelievable characters and plots

 

At minimum I’m asking for something on the level of the Original Trilogy in terms of that, and Mando is so far below that bar which is why it drives me mad when people are like ‘now this is real Star Wars’, as if the only thing that defines it is it’s ‘cool’ with lots of droids and space battles and aliens

[Groovygoth666 650]

Really surprised by the praise for this episode.

 

While visually everything looked great, overall this episode was all over the place.

 

Firstly we're shown a recap of how IG-11 died, by self detenting a grenade in his chest. But later when Din insists on using him for reasons, and it absolutely has to be him, the only part that survived was his chest.....the part that exploded......um what?

 

How does time work in this series? It seems every time we come back to Nevarro it has drastically developed. Even IG-11's statute has somehow oxidized.

 

How would getting a new memory unit for IG-11 be any different than just using another droid? He's been reset to the original programming, by putting in a new memory unit would he still not be the reprogrammed version?

 

Why does Din even need a droid? He believes that it's possible to go to the surface of Mandalore, so what difference does it make?

 

Also confused about Death Watch. In the Clone War's they were a terrorist group, believing the strongest should lead Mandalore and the leader should wield the Dark Saber. Since then they've become more of a cult, creating new rules for being Mandalorian, the obvious being about removing their helmets, which was no problem before, so why is it a big thing for them now?

 

 

 

[Goldfinger 59]

Mando is not part of Death Watch, at least its not been outright stated as such. 

[Luke Skywalker 1,792]

I think he wants ig-11 with kuill nanny reprogramming to take care for grogu. Possibly attaching a backpack or something. The floating craddle is not very protective… unless he makes a beskar one.

 

and they just love to resuscitate dead loved characters lately…

 

i had just read that favreau said grogu spent two years with luke so go figure….

[DarthDementous 1,059]

Side note, has this website been really slow for anyone else lately? It legitimately took 5 minutes just to load this thread and since about a month ago has been really slow in general

[Jay 37,281]

Working normally for me

[Faleel 5,330]

1 hour ago, Luke Skywalker said:

i had just read that favreau said grogu spent two years with luke so go figure….

I read that was a misinterpretation, and he actually said it was two years since season 2's ending.

6 hours ago, Groovygoth666 said:

Why does Din even need a droid? He believes that it's possible to go to the surface of Mandalore, so what difference does it make?

 

 

He believes, but he doesn't know.

 

I assume, He doesn't wanna be stupid and just land and die, or have to listen to nerd criticism

 

 

6 hours ago, Groovygoth666 said:

How would getting a new memory unit for IG-11 be any different than just using another droid? He's been reset to the original programming, by putting in a new memory unit would he still not be the reprogrammed version?

 

 

Did it say he reset? If it did ignore the rest of this.

 

Perhaps, Blbecause the old unit was broken, it changed the way the information was accessed, with a new unit, the new programming could be downloaded, and accessed

[mstrox 6,643]

20 hours ago, DarthDementous said:

 it drives me mad when people are like ‘now this is real Star Wars’, as if the only thing that defines it is it’s ‘cool’ with lots of droids and space battles and aliens

They’re right, Darth

[Faleel 5,330]

43 minutes ago, mstrox said:

You can't win, Darth

Fixed.