The mandalorian [Spoilers]

[Morrus]

Who's that new character in the back left of the shot?

 

[Nikosandros]

Who's that new character in the back left of the shot?

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He looks like a Blooperassian.

 

[Imaculata]

Who's that new character in the back left of the shot?

I don't know, but dibs on the action figure.

 

[pukunui]

Greef Karga aged fast. His beard wasn’t grey in season 1.

Maybe he was just dyeing it when he was the head of the bounty hunter’s guild and then stopped when he became the leader of the town to make himself look more distinguished or something.

 

[Zaukrie]

The show looks better than it is, imo. Not one trooper could hit one shot? Not one tie fighter could make one shot? So close to so good, but often falls short for me. At least there were other characters the last two episodes, so they were better than the recent ones.....

I want to love this show, I more kind of like it.

 

[Morrus]

Not one trooper could hit one shot?

It's almost like you've never seen Star Wars before!

 

[Zardnaar]

It seems to me the show is missing even the basics of writing a compelling episode for a show. There are some ideas here and there that work, and there are some cool settings and ideas. But the writers are unable to stitch these loose ideas together into a cohesive whole, which wraps everything up in a bow. There is very little set up and pay off, nor twists and turns, or character development. At best we get a reveal (such as in episode 3 and 4), and some general plot development building up to the season finale. But there is very little pay off in each episode on its own.


I would have expected him to betray them too, simply because of the fact that he was included. They could have done either that, or pulled a twist on us, where it seems he may betray them but ultimately doesn't. You know, basic plot writing 101. But there is barely any plotting here.

The basic structure of any heist is: They bring the team together, each with their own unique role and specialism. Then over the course of the heist, something does not go as planned, and a solution needs to be improvized, leading to a satisfying escape and some twists and turns.

In this episode, each character basically has the same role and skills. Nothing really goes wrong, they make it to the reactor and turn it off, which obviously triggers an alarm. Then they shoot their way out, simply because they didn't plan that far ahead. No twists or turns. The plot of each episode, much like this episode, feels like a straight corridor to the end.



Indeed, but there are very few true failures. He doesn't get severely wounded, or messes up royally. I keep thinking back to Firefly, how Mal tries to get a smuggling job, and gets himself into a fight with a renowned swordsman who challenges him to a duel that he is sure to lose *. Nothing ever goes according to plan, and that keeps the audience second guessing how it all is going to play out. Firefly also takes every opportunity to explore its characters (and it had only half a season). I wish The Mandalorian did any of that.

( * in the episode Shindig)

It's almost like you've never seen Star Wars before!

Start of ANH the stormies invade Leia's ship fine, the TIE pilots maul the rebels in the Deathstar run and RotJ Leia cops it.

They're not the best but they're not comic relief.

They at least hit Mando he's just got really good armor which will get a bit repetitive fast if he's immune to everything.

 

[Zaukrie]

It's almost like you've never seen Star Wars before!

I keep hoping for more.....not sure why.

 

[Morrus]

Start of ANH the stormies invade Leia's ship fine, the TIE pilots maul the rebels in the Deathstar run and RotJ Leia cops it.

They're not the best but they're not comic relief.

It’s not a question of hitting redshirts. It’s a question of hitting heroes.

 

[Zaukrie]

It’s not a question of hitting redshirts. It’s a question of hitting heroes.

Maybe this show needs some redshirts.......but if the heroes are going to kill a couple dozen troopers w/o taking a scratch, what is the point of the troopers, story wise? Because there is no drama.....