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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #120 on: December 22, 2020, 02:33:03 PM »
Just found out that the Boba Fett show will take Mandalorean Season 3's place in the production line and Season 3 (which should probably be called Mandalorean Season 4) won't start production until afterwards. So, we can't expect Season 3 until 2022.

I know that Grace Randolph has taken flack for her rumors about Pedro Pascal, but it's looking like at least some of what she's been saying is true.

Source:
https://www.thewrap.com/the-mandalorian-season-3-book-of-boba-fett-filming-premiere-date/

Eh. Boba was fun as a cameo, but I'm not interested in a series around the character. Wake me up for Mando season 3.
I was about to say that, while I generally agree, I could probably tolerate a short, limited series on Boba...then I realized that 8 episodes ranging from 30-55 minutes is still what I consider a short, limited series, so I guess I can deal with a single-season of Boba.

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #121 on: December 23, 2020, 05:28:37 AM »
It's technically monday, and I'm up late so,

This episode was ok. And being ok for a storyline wrapup of two seasons isn't ok.

The setup and run on the light cruiser was good. Once they got on the cruiser, the teams quisinarted (this is a word now)
through the guards, until the Dark Troopers showed up. And then Luke showed up and quisinarted his way through the Dark Troopers.
A Luke Ex Machina to save their asses and show off how badass Luke is. I could hear the breath of the GM showing off his
favorite NPC to the party of characters.

Let's talk digital de-aging. Mark Hammil looked better than Peter Cushing but worse than Carrie Fisher in Rogue One.
His performance was wooden and lacking in character.
I think I would have prefered they cast a new actor, but I realize that would have dissapointed the fans.

I'm also dissapointed in how the plot thread of using the Child's blood was not resolved. Maybe they're saving it for
future episodes, but I think this is where it should have been resolved. Make a clean end and move on to a new storyline.

And now what will they do without The Child. I daresay, that character was a prime draw for the series, and now they'll have to
go on without. We'll see if they can accomplish that.

So I'm on the fence. Decent episode, dissapointing resolution of the two season build up. I will say the passing of the child to Luke and Mano letting go was handled well.



For me, I thought that getting Luke Skywalker on the show wasn't even possible, so having him show up was amazing.

also, I know its super obvious but can we get a spoiler alert in the title of this thread?

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #122 on: December 23, 2020, 07:43:36 AM »
also, I know its super obvious but can we get a spoiler alert in the title of this thread?
I suppose this fits in with stuff like "Do not touch fire--Caution--May be hot!" (Real message on a sign for a fire pit at a time share in Florida).

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #123 on: December 23, 2020, 08:47:20 AM »
It's technically monday, and I'm up late so,

This episode was ok. And being ok for a storyline wrapup of two seasons isn't ok.

The setup and run on the light cruiser was good. Once they got on the cruiser, the teams quisinarted (this is a word now)
through the guards, until the Dark Troopers showed up. And then Luke showed up and quisinarted his way through the Dark Troopers.
A Luke Ex Machina to save their asses and show off how badass Luke is. I could hear the breath of the GM showing off his
favorite NPC to the party of characters.

Let's talk digital de-aging. Mark Hammil looked better than Peter Cushing but worse than Carrie Fisher in Rogue One.
His performance was wooden and lacking in character.
I think I would have prefered they cast a new actor, but I realize that would have dissapointed the fans.

I'm also dissapointed in how the plot thread of using the Child's blood was not resolved. Maybe they're saving it for
future episodes, but I think this is where it should have been resolved. Make a clean end and move on to a new storyline.

And now what will they do without The Child. I daresay, that character was a prime draw for the series, and now they'll have to
go on without. We'll see if they can accomplish that.

So I'm on the fence. Decent episode, dissapointing resolution of the two season build up. I will say the passing of the child to Luke and Mano letting go was handled well.



For me, I thought that getting Luke Skywalker on the show wasn't even possible, so having him show up was amazing.

also, I know its super obvious but can we get a spoiler alert in the title of this thread?

After creating the thread, we decided to save spoilers until the monday after an episode airs. Lurkdog might be able to edit the title, as the creator of the thread.
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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #124 on: December 23, 2020, 09:46:52 AM »
Just found out that the Boba Fett show will take Mandalorean Season 3's place in the production line and Season 3 (which should probably be called Mandalorean Season 4) won't start production until afterwards. So, we can't expect Season 3 until 2022.

I know that Grace Randolph has taken flack for her rumors about Pedro Pascal, but it's looking like at least some of what she's been saying is true.

Source:
https://www.thewrap.com/the-mandalorian-season-3-book-of-boba-fett-filming-premiere-date/

Your source says otherwise:

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Both “The Book of Boba Fett” and “The Mandalorian” Season 3 are expected to premiere December 2021 on Disney+.

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #125 on: December 23, 2020, 09:50:11 AM »
After creating the thread, we decided to save spoilers until the monday after an episode airs. Lurkdog might be able to edit the title, as the creator of the thread.

I am in favor of adding the spoiler tag, but I don't see any way to do that. I can't even edit my earlier posts in the thread any more.

I've used the "report to moderators" function to ask them to add the spoiler tag to the thread title. 
« Last Edit: December 23, 2020, 09:53:08 AM by Lurkndog »

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #126 on: December 24, 2020, 06:16:57 AM »
I just read an interesting theory and re-watched the part in the finale where Din Jaren offers to yield the Darksaber to Bo Katan.
Gideon specifically says "In order to wield the Darksaber again..." Implying that Bo Katan disgraced herself by losing it to Gideon before.
So if this is true, a worthy warrior could accept a yielded Darksaber, but Bo Katan has to earn it back since it was taken from her.
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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #127 on: December 24, 2020, 05:50:19 PM »
I don't know if Moff Gideon has to have beaten Bo-Katan in a fair fight.

Though, honestly, it would be interesting if he had. Semi-worthy villain versus flawed hero would be an interesting conflict. It could really go either way.

After finally resolving the situation with The Child, it would be just Mando's luck to have a bunch of ambitious Mandalorians chasing after him now wanting a crack at the Darksaber.

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #128 on: December 28, 2020, 04:00:28 PM »
Twitter drama between a youtube fan and Pablo Hidalgo, an executive at Lucasfilm.



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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #129 on: January 04, 2021, 10:43:31 PM »
Pablo Hidalgo says his response was taken out of context, and has apologized in any case.

He's not really an executive at LucasFilm. He's head of the Story Group, whose job is to maintain a record of official Star Wars continuity. This is not a proactive job, they have no veto authority, they are just tasked with keeping track of official and to some extent unofficial lore, as official content is released.

When Star Wars Rebels was coming out, he often appeared in the Rebels Recon segments that appeared on YouTube after the episodes, where he would explain some point of lore that was pertinent to that week's episode.
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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #130 on: January 06, 2021, 10:57:52 AM »
I just read an interesting theory and re-watched the part in the finale where Din Jaren offers to yield the Darksaber to Bo Katan.
Gideon specifically says "In order to wield the Darksaber again..." Implying that Bo Katan disgraced herself by losing it to Gideon before.
So if this is true, a worthy warrior could accept a yielded Darksaber, but Bo Katan has to earn it back since it was taken from her.

So, the Darksaber shows up in Seasons 3 and 4 of Star Wars Rebels.

In S3E11, "Visions and Voices" Sabine Wren finds the Darksaber in Darth Maul's hideout on Dathomir. She doesn't fight Maul for it, it is being displayed as a trophy.

In S3E15, "Trials of the Darksaber" Sabine is trained to fight with the Darksaber by Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger.

In S3E16, "Legacy of Mandalore" Sabine properly wins the Darksaber by defeating Gar Saxon in a duel. Gar Saxon is wielding the Darksaber, given to him by Sabine's mother Ursa Wren, and Sabine is wielding Ezra Bridger's Jedi lightsaber.

In S4E2, part two of "Heroes of Mandalore" Sabine Wren passes the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, no duel, in the presence of the clan leaders, anointing her as the proper ruler of Mandalore.

How does this impact The Mandalorian? My guess is that Mando can't give the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, because he's not a proper Mandalorian. If he was a full-fledged Mandalorian, having won it in combat from Moff Gideon, he would be able to pass it to Bo-Katan and make her the rightful ruler.

Note also that we do not know how Moff Gideon came into possession of the Darksaber, or how Bo-Katan lost it. It is possible that Bo-Katan lost the Darksaber on a technicality, because it was given to her and not won. That would explain why she insists that it must be won in combat now. (I find that unlikely: in the Star Wars Rebels episode, everyone present accepts Bo-Katan as the proper wielder immediately and without question.)

It is also possible that Bo-Katan feels she must once again prove herself worthy before she can accept the Darksaber.

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #131 on: January 07, 2021, 12:59:49 AM »
Mebbee she needs to regain the ability to emote with her face?    ;D





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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #132 on: January 11, 2021, 10:09:18 PM »
It doesn't make tons of sense, but neither does soldiers wearing helmets and armor indoors.

um... in Star Wars? Where every maniac and rebel is raiding your base and toting a blaster, blade, blasterblade, grenade, blasterbladegrenadesporkwookie?

Its more amazing people go anywhere not encased in several inches of plating. Or go anywhere at all.

I mean a guy cant even murder a kid in a cantina without some crazy old geezer wacking your limbs off.  8)

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #133 on: January 12, 2021, 07:38:39 AM »
It doesn't make tons of sense, but neither does soldiers wearing helmets and armor indoors.

um... in Star Wars? Where every maniac and rebel is raiding your base and toting a blaster, blade, blasterblade, grenade, blasterbladegrenadesporkwookie?

Its more amazing people go anywhere not encased in several inches of plating. Or go anywhere at all.

I mean a guy cant even murder a kid in a cantina without some crazy old geezer wacking your limbs off.  8)
Ah, a player in a FFG Star Wars game then? In that game there is rarely any downside to wearing the heaviest armor possible.

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Re: The Mandalorian Season 2
« Reply #134 on: January 12, 2021, 11:11:00 AM »
I mean, can you even sit down wearing Stormtrooper armor?

I know that Anthony Daniels couldn't sit in the C3PO costume, so they made him an inclined board he could lean against just to take the weight off his feet.