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« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2019, 04:04:42 PM »
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We've seen lots of Mandalorians before in The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and all of them had their helmets off most of the time, unless they were going into battle.

So I'm not sure if this is supposed to be new lore that supercedes that, or if the hero belongs to some kind of ultra-strict helmets-on subculture of Mandalorians, or if something else is going on. Maybe he's the Rightful King of Mandalore, and he has to keep his helmet on or be instantly recognized. I suspect that more will be revealed as the show goes on.


My impression is that this is one group of Mandalorians from different clans that formed after the Empire razed Mandalore/Concordia. Unless this is meant to be a total retcon of Mandalorian culture and religion, I'd say their beliefs are unique to their cult.
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« Reply #31 on: November 23, 2019, 07:50:36 PM »
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I mostly agree. But the Force is a part of the setting. Making the baby a Force user doesn't bother me as much, since he's (she's?) not going to be as adept as a Jedi character.
What does bother me is when a "mundane" character develops into a Jedi. Kyle Katarn, Corran Horn, etc. Because laser sword.


I, Jedi was a badass book though.

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« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2019, 08:55:42 PM »
Episode 3 of this show was awesome.  I know we're only 3 episodes in, but so far this show started out really good and just keeps getting better.

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« Reply #33 on: November 25, 2019, 09:07:51 AM »
I've seen the first 2 episodes and so far it's alright.  Not great, almost good.  I don't know if that's because the movies have turned me off Star Wars so much that I just can't get back into it or because it seem like it's trying just a bit too hard to not be woke trash.  It's dipping into the nostalgia a little too much (hey, you remember Star Wars, right?  It has this X thing and these Y things and this other Z thing) for my liking.

I did like the vibro-blade in the second episode.  That was a nice small touch that could be easy to miss.  

Also, the scientist guy with the Imperial shoulder patch... IIRC, that's a clone division insignia.  So baby Yoda might be a clone that got away.

My biggest worry is that at the end of the season, Mando is going to remove the helmet and we're going to see that the Mandalorian is actually a Ma'amdalorian.  Because, you know, the whole thing is one big lazy gottcha!

Until then though, it's Mandalorian, half man, half DeLorean (yeah, yeah, I know it's spelled differently but you can't tell that when you say it out loud).

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« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2019, 01:04:50 AM »
The Mandalorian is Pedro Pascal, Javier Pena from Narcos and the Red Viper in Game of Thrones.
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« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2019, 08:11:19 AM »
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The Mandalorian is Pedro Pascal, Javier Pena from Narcos and the Red Viper in Game of Thrones.

Right, I know that.  But we haven't actually seen him in the armor, or at least I haven't.  Maybe there are some production shots of it?  IIRC the credits don't even credit him as The Mandalorian.  They just say "staring" which is technically correct.  For right now he is the voice of the main character.  It's not difficult, but perhaps a bit conspiratorial, to think that someone else is in there using a voice modulator to hide their identity.

Do I think that's what's actually going on?  Not really.  Can I see it being what's actually going on?  Absolutely.  Such is the poisoned well of modern media thanks to identity politics.

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« Reply #36 on: November 26, 2019, 10:26:49 AM »
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My biggest worry is that at the end of the season, Mando is going to remove the helmet and we're going to see that the Mandalorian is actually a Ma'amdalorian.  Because, you know, the whole thing is one big lazy gottcha!

That's clearly a dude in the costume, it would be a really glaring continuity error if they replaced the current actor with a woman.
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« Reply #37 on: November 26, 2019, 11:00:31 AM »
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That's clearly a dude in the costume, it would be a really glaring continuity error if they replaced the current actor with a woman.

I don't know if I'd say clearly.  Half the people I watched it with, so 3 ;) , seem to think it looks androgynous enough, movements, padding/covering, that it could be a woman.

Anyway, whether it is or not, the show is still leagues above the current movies and a move in the right direction storytelling-wise.  The character has flaws, isn't handed everything, struggles in fights, etc which all adds a layer of... humanness?  

I'm interested to see where it all goes but I'm not going to sing it's praises just yet like some people do.

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« Reply #38 on: November 26, 2019, 11:59:40 AM »
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I don't know if I'd say clearly.  Half the people I watched it with, so 3 ;) , seem to think it looks androgynous enough, movements, padding/covering, that it could be a woman.

Anyway, whether it is or not, the show is still leagues above the current movies and a move in the right direction storytelling-wise.  The character has flaws, isn't handed everything, struggles in fights, etc which all adds a layer of... humanness?  

I'm interested to see where it all goes but I'm not going to sing it's praises just yet like some people do.

Nah, men and women move differently, you can't hide that with padding. You could tell the "Ubese bounty hunter" in RotJ was a woman for that reason.
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« Reply #39 on: November 27, 2019, 02:42:37 AM »
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the Mandalorian is actually a Ma'amdalorian

LOL! That's hysterical, and could totally happen if there's a change in producers.

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« Reply #40 on: November 27, 2019, 07:27:26 AM »
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That's clearly a dude in the costume, it would be a really glaring continuity error if they replaced the current actor with a woman.

This is Disney and technically nuStar Wars we are talking about. So all bets are off till its confirmed who is under the helmet. And even then all they have to do is kill him off and replace with a female who takes over from there.

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« Reply #41 on: November 27, 2019, 07:30:46 AM »
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Nah, men and women move differently, you can't hide that with padding. You could tell the "Ubese bounty hunter" in RotJ was a woman for that reason.

Its been done before in a rare few movies where they actually had a male actor up till the reveal. Or in one or two cases a female actress up till the reveal.

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« Reply #42 on: November 27, 2019, 11:16:16 AM »
Hey, it's the Mandalorian!

(Surpised no one's made that joke yet)
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« Reply #43 on: November 27, 2019, 11:32:16 PM »
If she gets pregnant they can rename it the Momdalorian. :cool:

But if the helmet comes off and its Mickey then they can rename it the Mousedelorian. :eek:

What if it was a mini Death Star? Thats no Moondelorian! :o

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« Reply #44 on: November 29, 2019, 06:41:32 AM »
In episode 4 we find out that the helmet comes off when not around others. This helps avoid the idiocy that arises if he never takes it off.