Star Wars: The Mandalorian

the point re the absence of broadcast or narrowcast or anycast media as even a concept in this universe is now suddenly smothering every other possible observation in my head. i don't think much about that universe obv, so yeah, what is the deal?

All the build up for that? smh

Wait, are you guys seriously saying that Disney is going to just say goodbye to baby Yoda and move on to some Boba Fett-as-gang-boss story? I could see it as a spinoff, I guess, but my level of interest in that story is pretty low compared to the awesome thing they had going with Mando and Grogu.

xxp They have broadcast media – but it had been taken over by the Empire, and only recently (as of The Mandalorian’s timeframe) newly de-restricted by the New Republic.

I saw a bit that provided some clarity -- apparently something hit the rumor mill last month that a Boba Fett miniseries one-off was being planned, which would appear before the third season. So until I see something official otherwise I assume that's what's happening here.

the problem with introducing janky looking 1uk3 5kyw41k3r is that he's gotta play a role if grogru and mando get back together. I'd almost rather they left it here and moved on. You're likely right that the cash cow of BABY YODA AWWWWWW means that they have to leave him as a major character on one of the upcoming multiple SW shows... but that might prove problematic without the lone wolf and cub dynamic because baby yoda is basically not much of a character at all! he just eats shit and looks cute and uses the force as a deus ex machina.

Xp huh thx morrisp

Yeah without pretending to know anything about The Big Franchise Plans, as I muttered earlier in this thread, the episodic TV model is far from unknown and I was happily set to think they'd get the little guy back, maybe have Gideon just die, and have the big reveal -- since they clearly dropped a note about that earlier -- be Thrawn instead, with season 3 being more adventures etc. etc. The route taken fits within what they set up but I admit I was getting pretty happy with where things were going; as it stood with last week's announcement of the Ahsoka series I was all "Ah, well, probably not Thrawn then, they're saving him for that." (Which leads me to wonder how heavily they'll choose to lean into Ezra Bridger possibilities or not.)

Should also say at this point that The Franchise is about to finally launch The High Republic series of books/comics/etc so keep a bit of that on your radar.

if i wanted to read the tea leaves, I'd guess that disney wants to catch lightning in a bottle a few more times and, once they establish those other franchises (or if they don't), we will go back to lone wolf and grogu in 2022 or so.

I think the kid has served his purpose, but who knows.

oh he certainly has. But money!

I will say that they totally wasted Esposito here

his battle with Mando and immediate change from arrogance to pants-pissing fear when our Deus Ex Machina shows up was great!

lol at everyone killing literally everyone else they see except giancarlo

giancarlo should’ve grown out his mustache a bit more for optimal twirling

i don’t think i mean this as an insult but his campy OTT-ness reminds me of a human villain in a muppet movie

They should’ve switched it. Herzegovina should’ve been the big boss.

Can we get Dolph Lundgren as a heavy

the hair and mustache made me want moff gideon to break into 'minnie the moocher' or 'reefer man' at any moment

Just noticed my typo.

nu Star Wars could stand to have a lot more muppety feeling stuff imo.

it's time to shoot our blasters
it's time to smite the Knights

his campy OTT-ness reminds me of a human villain in a muppet movie

This is OTM – and not just due to the way he plays it, but also because he was almost literally kidnapping a muppet!

the hair and mustache made me want moff gideon to break into 'minnie the moocher' or 'reefer man' at any moment

...have you guys seen Fresh? Great movie.

Mando: “I know you can tell me where Escobar is hiding. Now speak up!”
Moff Gideon: “Have you tried my fried chicken?”

How badly do I need the next SW movie to have Force Ghost Obi-Wan and Force Ghost Yoda in the Waldorf and Statler roles

haaha yes

also until last night reading here it thought his name was "moth" which was great somehow

the hair and mustache made me want moff gideon to break into 'minnie the moocher' or 'reefer man' at any moment

― joygoat, Sunday, December 20, 2020 7:31 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

CGI Jake Blues docks via retired police cruiser. CGI John Candy orders orange whips for everybody at the bridge.

They all breath a sigh of relief until Jake's former fiancee arrives

I didn't hate this. I don't understand why people do. It was nice to see the high ceiling of a jedi's powers and the disparity with mando's own when fighting the robot trooper. It gave purpose to the whole endeavor. Up to then, mando seemed to be just as good as a jedi. Someone even hired him to kill one.

Yes, and it reinforces that these are secondary Star Wars tales and the 'Episodes' really are the main story.

It really did feel like the first time I truly appreciated what it means to be a Jedi, in terms of combat skill.

(and also what makes a lightsaber so special)

have you seen the prequels?

Yeah, but it never registered the way it does here. Maybe because they’re filled with Jedi slicing & dicing thru droids like butter (from the very first scene of Ep. I). The contrast here had real frisson, as Sufjan said.

It really did feel like the first time I truly appreciated what it means to be a Jedi, in terms of combat skill.

It was right up to the edge of being a bit much but I confess I enjoyed the Force-crush of the final Death Trooper.

Great observance! I love that. Read someone else point out that the force crush thing is totally a dark technique and it emphasizes how Luke never really went full Jedi.

also possibly part of the motivation for "are you a jedi?"

"I'm going to do exactly the same thing as a Force choke, maybe even worse, but it's OK because you're a droid" - hmmmmm

Luke would be a damn good breakfast cook, force lifting the eggs into place over the grill and then gently force crushing the shells

toast via light saber proximity

You do get the idea that everyone in this universe lives off of bar food, soylent and/or campfire rotisserie

"I'm going to do exactly the same thing as a Force choke, maybe even worse, but it's OK because you're a droid" - hmmmmm

Never forget the first thing Luke does in ROTJ -- walk down the hall of Jabba's palace, get blocked by two guards and then immediately Force choke the shit out of them.

Does he? Hmm. So complicated that one.

Cloud city seemed to have fine dining options, just saying.

You do get the idea that everyone in this universe lives off of bar food, soylent and/or campfire rotisserie

except sarlaccs

xpost "We would be honored if you would join us. Uh, anyway, Boba and I already ate and we're not really thirsty."

Jedi Order got too woke for its own good before the fall of the Republic, new Jedi making up rules as they go along

“I wasn’t feeling hateful when I did that, I was just solving a problem”