Nice of Disney

Great episode 5 this week! Bad ass stuff.

Lots of action, camaraderie, future hopes, and nice setup for remaining episodes.

I really loved the first two seasons of this show, but so far this season is just not doing it for me.

There wasn't much of Grogu tonight but love learning more about the Mandalorian lore.

don't play with your food

I'm feeling the same way. I don't hate it but it's just been meh for me. It feels a bit disjointed; not a smooth transition from episode to episode. Heavier on the action and good special effects, so I guess for Season 3...this is the way.

I've enjoyed some of the episodes, but it is meandering quite a bit. We're halfway through the season and just starting to get glimpses of what the season is about. I think that should have happened by episode 3.

The meandering was the amnesty episode, a waste of 30 min. I get they are trying to setup something but to use 80+% of the episode on that was bleh.

The armorer is bad news and happy to see her in action. But you'd think the Mandalorians would have used their missiles.

So re: Mandalorians, helmets, and sex. How do/don't they do it?

This weeks episode was okay, not quite as bleh as the Amnesty episode, because we did get to see some action & Grogu at play. But the main plot seem to be a filler and didn't seem to fit the Mandalorian series.

I assume this was a homage to Asimov and did like the chase scene.

I can see why the viewership of the season has dropped a lot. The season is about 75% done now, and I'm still not 100% sure what the season is about. Maybe getting the Mandalorians back together?

This season still is not hitting with me. I just don’t really care about Mandalore or the Dark Saber. Whenever they talk about the lore and history of Mandalore it sounds more like a kid’s fairy tale than anything cool or interesting.

I haven’t enjoyed the pivot into it and there has just been a lot of silliness and stuff that just hasn’t worked.

It seems like it has sort of settled into a detective story, where he goes around and solves an unrelated mystery or resolves a task. Or like a video game, where he has spent the entire season doing side quests.

I have enjoyed this episode, but it was annoying that the first two seasons, everyone was trying to steal/capture Grogu, but in this episode Mando just left him with Lizzo and Jack Black right after they met them.

Oh that's who that woman was! I thought she looked familiar.

TBF, Grogu kinda jumped into her hands so Din must have thought it was okay.

Isn’t all this stuff just gonna lead to the next movie?

Def not leaving my kid with Jack Black

Finally a great episode!

Love Grogu’s new toy. Love the last scene

Best episode of the season

Yep. Best episode of the season.

YES

I feel like Grogu is going to mount a mythosaur and eat Moff Gideon. He’s also the titular “Mandalorian “. It’s been in front of us all along.

Another pretty good episode. Din showing some nice moves.

I like how the upgraded Storm Troopers are better than the regular ones. And they don't miss like crazy.

Not sure I like how they ended the arc, but like the epilogue and the setup for next season.

I thought they were bringing in Thrawn this episode to build for next season?

I thought it was an intro for the next Star War series "Ahsoka".

Looked it up ...

Yeah, I was expecting an after-credits scene with Thrawn, but nope. Really enjoyed the episode.

I didn’t watch the cartoons, so my only exposure to Thrawn was from those Timothy Zawn books way, way back in the day.

I did name a goldfish after him. Grand Admiral Thrawn was a pretty good goldfish.

Din Grogu

Nuff said.

Rewatched the last episode.

Great final scene.

Zahn's Thrawn books should have been made into the second movie trilogy not the prequel crap that Lucas put out. Hayden Christensen makes Keenu Reeves look like De Niro. I can't watch the Obi-Wan series because of him. But I digress...

Hopefully Ahsoka will be good although it appears that Christensen will be in that too. Ugh.

Yeah, I have no idea how they thought Christensen was a good actor.

Looked it up and the answer is below. IMO DiCaprio wouldn't have worked either.

They recently revealed that Yaddle died in Tales of the Jedi. I’m not saying that it was meant to confirm that Yaddle + Yoda= Grogu but it certainly seemed to imply his parents were dead. And as far as we know, those are the only 2 members of that species.

Looking forward to Ahsoka tonight!

EDIT: Wed night

I'm debating watching it as it comes out, or finishing the Clone Wars (I'm in season 4) and the Rebels before watching it.

That's what I'm trying to do but I'm only in season 2

There’s a bunch of clone wars arcs that you can skip. Prob 1/3 of them flat out suck so far. I’m in season 4

I've watched all of the Clone Wars, but still on season 2 of Rebels. So far, Ahsoka seems to be talking more about the final season of Rebels than anything else. But if you haven't seen the Clone Wars, it's good to get to know Ahsoka.

Enjoyed the first 2 episodes of Ahsoka. Bad ass with her light sabers.

Her "hairdo" bugs me some but have to learn to be more accepting of alien races & cultures.

Jeez that was a short episode.

... but a good one


EDIT: some fancy light saber moves I've not seen before

Rebels season 3 is really good. Chopper might be my fave Star Wars character.


Re:Ahsoka
More of Hera from the back please

Finished all of Rebels. I would suggest watching it even though it’s def a bit of a kids show at times. If you can’t get into it, suggest jumping to season 3. The Sith inquisitors kind of suck. Grand Admiral Thrawn shows up in season three and it’s substantially better from that point on.

Ahsoka s1.5 was confusing to me, what the heck is that dream sequence all about other than to give Christensen a paycheck? I've read it pays homage to the Clone Wars but doesn't help the rest of us not animation fans.

But I did enjoy the fight scenes & choreography. They seem to be a step above the other SW series and definitely better than the SW movies. I like the "dual wielding swords" brought to life.

Ahsoka was pulled into the "World Between Worlds" (or she's dreaming about it). This was featured in Star Wars Rebels' Season 4, Episode 13, where Ezra Bridger pulled her in there right before Darth Vader would have killed her.

Thanks, I found below which game me good background since I never watched the animated series.

Who is Ahsoka Tano? | Space

And this one was very helpful in understanding s1.6 with the sisters & Thrawn.

https://screenrant.com/ahsoka-dathom...galaxy-retcon/

I enjoyed s1.6 as it brought in new characters and history I've never knew about. Liked the "Yondu" Thrawn character.

I love that they went back to the tried and true, creating a character with a cool looking mask and zero backstory.

This timeline could provide some amazing weird Star Wars before all is said and done. Most likely almost all of Thrawn’s army are reanimated by night sister magick.

Another solid Ahsoka episode tonight.

I really don't like the "turtles", a little too far out (like the Ewoks) but otherwise, a good episode. I like the Mandalorian + semi-Jedi combo.

I'm guessing this means s2 will be all-about-Thrawn.

I'm really enjoying the season. I thought it would be more of a continuation of the Mandalorian, but it ended up being completely on its own.

It's so weird to see all of the characters from Rebels in live action. Hopefully Thrawn is going to be a regular character on these shows for a while.

Ahsoka s1 was solid, looking forward to s2. Lots of interesting stuff going on.

I thought tonight's episode was too heavy on action, light sabers and green sword. Kinda just mindless fun.

I’m midway through season 2 of Rebels. I prefer the art style of Clone Wars, but otherwise it’s an enjoyable show. Chopper is great.

Chopper might be my fave SW character.

Finished watching The Acolyte.

Enjoyed it. Don’t know what the fuss was all about. Not as good plot or acting as Mando or Bobba Fett but definitely watchable (or maybe not near as much humor). Sorry there won’t be a s2, would like to know what happened to Osha and backstory to the Sith Lord.

The Light Saber fighting moves were cool. They’ve come a long way since Alec Guinness

I was barely interested in the acolyte after watching two episodes and I tried to watch the third and it just is not my cup of tea. I’m excited for the Mandalorian movie though

People need to understand that storytellers don't owe you anything. Now, the reverse is also true, but storytellers have no obligation to make you happy with content or timing or anything else.

Well, Disney does owe us something. They seem to be cancelling series left and right, and the content is not showing up in anywhere near the quantity that has been announced. Yet the subscription pricing keeps going up and up.

Can’t you substitute any profession or service in place of storytellers and say the same thing? Uber drivers, restaurants, landscapers, fashion designers, healthcare, etc.

Politicians?

Yes, Disney owes us what we are promised explicitly and implicitly, but they don't owe us anything in terms of specific stories. Now we don't owe them anything either and can freely choose to watch or not, subscribe or not.

It's a business relationship that too many people see as a betrayal of values. The stories don't belong to the consumer and there's no moral need to provide stories that appeal to anyone in particular.

Exactly. It's a business relationship and you can walk away any time you aren't satisfied, but they don't have an obligation to provide the product to your specifications.

Andor Season 2 trailer is out. I'm really excited for it to come out!

Me, too!

I never re-watch shows because there’s more stuff out there that I want to watch than I have time for, but I will re-watch the first season of Andor for the maximum effect.

It’s been a good run for me TV-wise so far this year. I didn’t watch Season 2 of Squid Games until this year. Then there’s been Severance, Invincible, I got into the Harley Quinn cartoon, which is delightful, I’ve been enjoying “Common Side Effects” on Max (another animated series), Yellowjackets is back and upcoming there’s Daredevil, Wheel of Time, Andor and more!

Is that good? I really liked Scavenger's Reign.

I actually just started and finished watching Andor and for me it's the best non-animated piece of Star Wars content on the small screen, just in front of the first couple of seasons of The Mandalorian. It's like they gave the keys to talented creative adults and good stuff happened.

Yes! I've really enjoyed it so far. It's a very interesting premise and pretty funny at parts - I love the two FBI agents. I would give it a try. I, too, loved Scavenger's Reign and you can see some of its DNA in the show.

Correct! It's doing something very different than anything else Star Wars TV is doing. As much as I loved the first two seasons of Mandalorian, Andor was playing in an entire league.

To me, it's better than most Star Wars movies.

I literally jumped off my couch and pumped my fist in the air after Andy Serkis said: "Never more than twelve..."

It's really for Star Wars fans who grew up and still love Star Wars, but are interested in more complex and interesting stories within that universe. I still love and have room in my heart for space wizards and armor-clad bounty hunters and all of that, but I'm 51 years old and generally like more adult-focused stories and shows.