Star Wars The Mandalorian

[Zachowon]

it was wierd seeing Mandosface for such a long period. Especiallyhow he seemed so...out of it while it was off. He definitelydid not put anything into his charisma stat. Mayfield put a lot there and in aiming.

not gonna lie this episode made me kinda wish we had a series just about day in and out of stormtrooper life.. band of brothers style ya know..

also. DAMN DOES Boba Fett look like even more of a badass? Hell yes especially with clean armor. It makes his apperences when he was slightly slimer in ESB and ROTJ look like they were trash.
slave one is hearby my favorite starfighter. The seismic charge is back!!!!! Yes!!!!!

This was a really good episode, and I loved how Mayfield definitely is against the Empire thanks to Operation Cinder. You could tell he was hurt from what he was saying

 

[ShadowArxxy]

it was wierd seeing Mandosface for such a long period. Especiallyhow he seemed so...out of it while it was off. He definitelydid not put anything into his charisma stat. Mayfield put a lot there and in aiming.

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It absolutely makes sense for Mando to be off, though -- he's literally breaking the fundamental tenet of his entire self-identity as a Mandalorian. While he has at this point met multiple non-Creed Mandalorians, all of them can point to ancestry and tradition to justify why they're still Mandalorians despite not following the Creed. He doesn't have any such justification; the Creed is really his only claim to being a "true" Mandalorian and not just someone with armor.

This was a really good episode, and I loved how Mayfield definitely is against the Empire thanks to Operation Cinder. You could tell he was hurt from what he was saying.

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Operation Cinder -- or more precisely, indiscriminately bombarding their own loyal troops -- is also what turned Iden Versio against the Empire, although Mayfield isn't quite to the point of throwing in with the Rebels. At least not yet. I definitely get the feeling we haven't seen the last of him yet.

 

[Zachowon]

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It absolutely makes sense for Mando to be off, though -- he's literally breaking the fundamental tenet of his entire self-identity as a Mandalorian. While he has at this point met multiple non-Creed Mandalorians, all of them can point to ancestry and tradition to justify why they're still Mandalorians despite not following the Creed. He doesn't have any such justification; the Creed is really his only claim to being a "true" Mandalorian and not just someone with armor.

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Operation Cinder -- or more precisely, indiscriminately bombarding their own loyal troops -- is also what turned Iden Versio against the Empire, although Mayfield isn't quite to the point of throwing in with the Rebels. At least not yet. I definitely get the feeling we haven't seen the last of him yet.

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definitely. It was still interesting on how he was acting.

and Mayfield I think is going to be coming back towards the climax

 

[ShadowArxxy]

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and Mayfield I think is going to be coming back towards the climax

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I don't think so -- the season finale is the very next episode, and at the end of this one they let him free on a backwater planet but didn't recruit him. It's much more likely we won't see him until Season 3.

 

[Zachowon]

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I don't think so -- the season finale is the very next episode, and at the end of this one they let him free on a backwater planet but didn't recruit him. It's much more likely we won't see him until Season 3.

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wait. Next one is season finale? Fuckkkkkkk. Yeah you are right.

 

[Bacle]

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I loved this last episode for so many reasons.

One underrated bit was seeing Slave 1's interior, and seeing that it actually does have a rotational bit in it.

Bill Burr was once again a great act, and he laid some legit shit on Mando about the helmet, creed, and what intergalactic politics seems like to the little guy.

Being pissed about Operation Cinder is definitely a legit reason to leave the Empire, and I bet it caused a lot of defections/desertions from the ranks.

Also, Mando did seem rather out of place without his helmet, and the excuse about losing pressure damaging his hearing was kinda ingenious.

slave one is hearby my favorite starfighter. The seismic charge is back!!!!! Yes!!!!!

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In Empire at War, Slave 1 can wipe out massive amounts of starfighters with that charge, and even be a credible threat to cap ships if they have low/no shields.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

One underrated bit was seeing Slave 1's interior, and seeing that it actually does have a rotational bit in it.

The two-level rotating section with the pilot seat on top and a small crew area below is straight out of the Star Wars Incredible Cross-Sections diagram for Slave One, although the ICS version shows only two fixed forward-facing seats hanging down with no floor for the rotating section whereas the Mandalorian version shows a somewhat larger area with four seats and a floor.

 

[Husky_Khan]

How Bill Burr went from shitting on Star Wars to becoming some Imperial scum involved in that tragic Rhydonium mining accident.

 

[Flintsteel]

I'd actually love to see more of that character. He did an excellent job on the role.

 

[f1onagher]

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I really liked that brief moment where all the Imperial grunts were cheering the Juggernaught's safe return. I got a weird Vietnam firebase feel that was definitely helped by all the miners and Shoretroopers mixing up the crowd a bit.

I am surprised that none of the transports had security details. With that many troopers at base they could have given each vehicle three or four guys to ride topside, which would have murdered the gun-less raiders.

And Mayborne had a very grunt-like philosophy. So long as you can live with yourself at the end of the day, you've managed to get by. I guess he figured that anyone stupid enough to keep serving after Cinder deserved the explosion though.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

Spoiler: HOLY SHIT!

The beskar spear was a giant Chekov's gun that the Mando was going to square off with a Darksaber-armed Gideon, and of course the show wasn't going to go to all this length to show off Dark Troopers without showing them in full scale action *and* making them titanically dangerous.

I did not expect them to be *quite* as horrifyingly deadly as portrayed. Just *one* Dark Trooper damn near took Din apart, demonstrating massively superior strength as well as surprising speed, and enough protection to shrug off EVERY conventional weapon he's carrying. Even the beskar Whistling Birds only stagger it, and he pretty much only gets it with a semi-lucky neck hit with the Beskar spear. Even flushing the rest into space only buys a limited amount of time, as they are fully flight capable . . . which to a great degree justifies Gideon's absolute smugness for the rest of the episode.

At least until *one X-Wing* comes to the rescue. . .

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. . . we pretty much knew it was going to be either Ezra or Luke, right?

It's Luke, and he calmly yet casually carves through every single Dark Trooper on the ship. Which really goes to show how lethal anything even *remotely* resembling a fully trained Jedi is.

And it is deeply, deeply satisfying to see Moff Gideon's faux-affable smugness finally melt into "oh SHIT!" as Luke carves his trump cards into so much scrap.

Spoiler: Edit: Special Edition Bonus Spoilers!

Luke literally walks from the hangar bay to the bridge of Moff Gideon's command cruiser, pretty much one-shotting every single DT along the way with a combination of lightsaber strikes (many of which bisect or decapitate DTs) -- and high-powered Force telekinesis (which includes smashing DTs with large cargo crates, straight TKing them into walls, headshotting a DT with another DTs severed head, and finally Force Crushing the last DT).

And that's against DTs that just demonstrated themselves to be the most lethal non-Jedi combatant we've ever seen in Star Wars -- one that fully lives up to the lethality implied by the original Talay: Tak Base mission in Dark Forces where a single deployment of 32 DTs annihilated a major Rebel base.

Pershing describes them as "third generation" DTs and states that they're full droids as opposed to suits, which is a pretty clear reference to both the original Dark Troopers from Dark Forces and the "Phase Zero" Dark Troopers from Battlefront, which would be the second and (retroactive) first generation respectively.

 

[f1onagher]

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In a series that has honestly suffered from some crappy fight choreography Luke's rampage was at least good looking. I'm continually dissatisfied with how casually the mooks are slaughtered and this episode was easily the worst violator of the series.

Still, it was a good ending. The writers didn't try to outwit the audience and that resulted in a legitimately good finale from a writing perspective.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

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In a series that has honestly suffered from some crappy fight choreography Luke's rampage was at least good looking. I'm continually dissatisfied with how casually the mooks are slaughtered and this episode was easily the worst violator of the series.

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The Dark Troopers demonstrated themselves to be anything but mooks; even spacing them only slowed them down. Hell, the Mandalorian series solidly demonstrated that even "mook" B2 Super Battle Droids are ridiculously lethal juggernauts against anyone who isn't either a Jedi or an elite trooper armed with with an exceptionally high-powered infantry blaster rifle.

It's just that Luke is *that deadly*.

 

[Zachowon]

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HOLY SHIT WHAT A FINALE!
Though I am sad they did not add in Mando after he got rid of the child, but that part....my eyes! It was so damn emotional! He took his helmet off in front of everyone just so Grogu can see his face. My heart!

Dark Trooper Phase III are complete badasses that can punch through BLAST DOORS! And of course a Jedi casually carves them up.

I wonder, we getting a season 3 where Bo faces against Din so she can get the dark saber? We gonna get more Cara?

Of course doing a season 3 without Grogu would be an issue, with how popular he was.

SO many thoughts! The lone X-wing casually flying in, Freaking the surprise dark saber attack on Din. Bo Katan's face with how Din has the dark saber...
All amazing tense moments.
Best moment by far is when Moff smugness fades when he watches seeing Luke carve through his forces. He obviously does not know how powerful Jedi are. Then opens fire on Bo and Din. Oh great. I now wanna see if there are more Dark Troopers out there, and perhaps Din and Cara go out to find them and help others stop them...


Also, confirmation on Boba Fett series coming next December!!!!

 

[Panzerkraken]

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HOLY SHIT WHAT A FINALE!
Though I am sad they did not add in Mando after he got rid of the child, but that part....my eyes! It was so damn emotional! He took his helmet off in front of everyone just so Grogu can see his face. My heart!

Dark Trooper Phase III are complete badasses that can punch through BLAST DOORS! And of course a Jedi casually carves them up.

I wonder, we getting a season 3 where Bo faces against Din so she can get the dark saber? We gonna get more Cara?

Of course doing a season 3 without Grogu would be an issue, with how popular he was.

Also, confirmation on Boba Fett series coming next December!!!!

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The implication I got from the titling was that next season of The Mandalorian would be focused on Boba Fett. They did have "Chapter Three" at the top of it. So we might be waiting until season 4 to get back to Din and Bo taking back Mandalore (since he's now their new king by right of having the Darksaber).

 

[Zachowon]

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The implication I got from the titling was that next season of The Mandalorian would be focused on Boba Fett. They did have "Chapter Three" at the top of it. So we might be waiting until season 4 to get back to Din and Bo taking back Mandalore (since he's now their new king by right of having the Darksaber).

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I loved how they don't considerFett to be a mando.

and that sounds awesome

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

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I loved how they don't considerFett to be a mando.

and that sounds awesome

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Oh, lovely, more "Boba Fett is not a Mando" despite having being raised by one. Fucki g hate that part.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

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Oh, lovely, more "Boba Fett is not a Mando" despite having being raised by one. Fucki g hate that part.

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That's not very surprising; it was establishing all the way back in Legends that traditional Mandalorian culture considers bounty hunting to be unworthy of a "true" warrior. Bo-Katan also points out that he's a clone, and that appears to tie into the *entire* GFFA culture considering clones to be closer to biological droids than actual people.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

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The implication I got from the titling was that next season of The Mandalorian would be focused on Boba Fett. They did have "Chapter Three" at the top of it. So we might be waiting until season 4 to get back to Din and Bo taking back Mandalore (since he's now their new king by right of having the Darksaber).

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It's (intentionally) unclear whether the Book of Boba Fett will be Season 3 of the Mandalorian, the long-rumored-but-unconfirmed Boba Fett TV series, or even a resurrection the cancelled Fett movie.

 

[Zachowon]

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Oh, lovely, more "Boba Fett is not a Mando" despite having being raised by one. Fucki g hate that part.

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That's not very surprising; it was establishing all the way back in Legends that traditional Mandalorian culture considers bounty hunting to be unworthy of a "true" warrior. Bo-Katan also points out that he's a clone, and that appears to tie into the *entire* GFFA culture considering clones to be closer to biological droids than actual people.

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Din considers him a Mando, because he has Mando blood, where as Bo does not as just as that one man said, they don't see Fett as a Mando. She may hold that sentiment while those that Din were apart of and other fringe groups may consider them that. Din having basically been raised to be a bounty hunter once the Empire arose, see it differently. And that he is a clone, That other lady RUBS that one in HARD.