These last 2 episodes were fantastic, even if they were more The Mandalorian than TBoBF.  I loved every moment of them, especially this last one!  Luke and a Ahsoka, Grogu's training, Cobb Vanth, AND Cad Bane?!

Also, Bryce Dallas Howard and Dave Filoni are turning out to be very good directors.

Quote from: Lurkndog on February 05, 2022, 11:11:50 AM

Quote from: Banjo Destructo on February 03, 2022, 12:12:44 PM
I enjoyed episode 6, kinda just makes me want mandelorian season 3 instead of book of boba fet though hehe.

There was talk about the Favreau/Filoni series having a big interconnected arc this "season." Maybe this is the start of that.

It's starting to feel like an anthology series instead of a series about Boba Fett. Which isn't a bad thing, but it's just an odd way of going about it.

Yes - "mention this sort of thing from the get-go" would help, but still the surprise of a Mandalorian episode (much less two) was pretty sweet.

I'm glad I'm going to be busy with a phone system cutover this Wednesday, keep my ass off the Internet until I can get to my designated watch time.

I really loved seeing Luke training Grogu. This is exactly the kind of content that I wanted the sequel trilogy to be. Getting Luke as a cameo in Mandalorian was pretty incredible, getting him as a full-time cast member is a dream come true.

That said, if he is going to be part of the ensemble going forward, then he has to have a story arc of his own. I am hoping that we are seeing the beginning of that. Specifically, I hope that what we are seeing is only Luke's first steps towards becoming a new Jedi Master.

Right now, you can see how he is imitating Yoda and Ben Kenobi in the way that he is training Grogu. The problem with that, though, is that if you use Yoda's methods, you get Yoda's results. And the results of Yoda's tenure were the alienation of Anakin Skywalker and the fall of the Jedi Order.

In particular, Luke doing the Lone Wolf and Cub "choose your path" scene seems out of character for Luke. That is a total Yoda move, and I believe that Luke will come to realize that.

I hope Luke will come to reject the "no attachments" dogma of the prequel-era Jedi. After all, Luke was the only one who sensed good in Darth Vader, and cared enough to try and save him. Those are attachments. And in the end, Anakin Skywalker's attachments brought about his redemption.

Ultimately, I hope that Luke's true power as a Jedi Master will be his good judgement. He may be the best judge of character in the galaxy. But in order to make it a story, he doesn't start there, and he will have lessons to learn along the way.

Also, Grogu's choice should be:

"I am walking out of here with the beskar AND the lightsaber.
A path to the dark side, your manipulative bullshit is."

Quote from: Lurkndog on February 06, 2022, 11:05:47 AM
Also, Grogu's choice should be:

"I am walking out of here with the beskar AND the lightsaber.
A path to the dark side, your manipulative bullshit is."

Eventually it turns out Yoda had possessed Luke and has been puppeting him to teach the Yoda way rather than letting Luke teach something kinder and more holistic.

Oh come on. You know the evil little SOB would do it in a heartbeat.

Quote from: Lurkndog on February 06, 2022, 11:03:02 AM
Right now, you can see how he is imitating Yoda and Ben Kenobi in the way that he is training Grogu. The problem with that, though, is that if you use Yoda's methods, you get Yoda's results. And the results of Yoda's tenure were the alienation of Anakin Skywalker and the fall of the Jedi Order.

After the prequels, I don't buy that. Anakin was a whiny, petulant little shit who got mad because everything didn't go exactly his way, and he had to put in the work like everyone else to become a master, not just be sitting in a chair. Dude agreed to be a Jedi then got married on the side, and kept it a secret so he could have his cake and eat it too.

Anakin could have just quit being a Jedi, Dooku did. But he wanted it all, and fuck everyone who got in his way.

Luke beat the Emperor by giving up his attachment to his father. By stopping trying to redeem him or kill him, he allowed Anakin the opportunity to redeem himself.

Quote from: Ratman_tf on February 06, 2022, 08:14:03 PM
Luke beat the Emperor by giving up his attachment to his father. By stopping trying to redeem him or kill him, he allowed Anakin the opportunity to redeem himself.

No. Luke bet everything on his belief in his father. He realized that attacking Vader would provoke him to fight back, but refusing to attack forced Anakin to stop and think about what he was doing. Then Palpatine went after Luke, and Vader took down Palpatine.

One minor thing: I noticed Max Reebo wasn't in the Sanctuary when it was bombed.

Also, while their deepfake job on Luke is impressive, I have noticed that they are also using it to put alien heads on actors. A couple of the Trandoshans have glitched at points, giving away the effect. It's possible they are using deepfake to cover up some kind of makeup failure or maybe just to add lipflap.

It's Tuesday night, episode 7 drops tomorrow morning, and I feel like a giddy kid on Christmas Eve. That doesn't happen to me much any more.

Thank you Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and everyone else who got up early and stayed up late working on this show.

I just wonder how they're going to get closure on the Mos Espa storyline in the time they have left, along with all the other plates they have spinning.

Episode 7 has dropped. No spoilers until Saturday 2/12/22, please.

There is an extra scene halfway through the end credits, so make sure you don't miss it.

Apart from that, there's a lot to unpack on Saturday.

Well, good or bad?

Good. It was everything that I wanted it to be.

That was the finale?

Quote from: Thornhammer on February 09, 2022, 09:17:31 AM
Well, good or bad?

I'd say good, but I think it depends what people were expecting. If you wanted closure on this season of BOBF, you get it.

If you wanted something else that was going to top Luke showing up at the end of Mando Season 2, not so much. (IMHO, we got that in E6).