Mando season 3

[Argyle King]

I’m even more convinced now that the cultists were deliberately portrayed as incompetent in order to make Bo-Katan look better.

If they had been shown to be just as competent as any other Mandalorian force, then Bo’s leadership qualities wouldn’t have stood out as much.

(Yes, I’m sure better writing could have managed to make Bo stand out as a leader even among other competent warriors.)

Now I am keen to see how the two factions of Mandalorians reconcile. They’ve both got their foibles and prejudices.

The darksaber didn’t seem all that important to the cult, but it’s of the utmost importance to the mainstream Mandalorians. Conversely, I feel like the cult would find Bo’s sighting of a mythosaur more important than the mainstreamers.

It’s also interesting to note that the two factions define “Mandalorian” differently. For the mainstreamers, it’s genetics. For the cultists, it’s following the Way and not taking your helmet off.

I would agree that the intent was to showcase Bo (and sometimes Djin) as being above the average member.

Even so, they were pretty awful at basic tasks. Random townsfolk of earlier episodes were more resourceful by far.

 

[Ryujin]

Heh. Was rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for something to do. Pedro Pascal is in the first episode of season three. Was trippy to see him there.

I had a few mental whiplash moments on a recent rewatching of the old Robocop TV series.

 

[Zaukrie]

We enjoyed the return to episodic side quest work quite a bit. Also, those are Mandalorians, who seem to understand tactics and strategy.......

 

[Rabulias]

EDIT: Bo-Katan first showed up in 2012, so more than two decades ago now!

Care to tell us how the future looks?

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I find it amusing that some characters call him "Mando" like that's his name! It's a bit like calling somebody "Scotty" because they come from Scotland.

I think the basic problem is that "Din Djarin" was a throwaway, Star Wars name generator name, not a carefully chosen hero name, because he's supposed to be more of a "man with no name" figure whose actual name was trivial. Having characters call him "Mando" was one thing when we were in situations where those characters rarely if ever met a Mandalorian, but as the show transmuted from a Western into a Space Opera about the reclaiming of Mandalore the nickname has made less sense as has his status as "the" Mandalorian.

My money is on the series ending with him somehow ending up with the title of Mand'alor, sole ruler of the Mandalorians, simply to make the series title make sense again. Or with Grogu getting said title.

 

[Zaukrie]

I'd be good if it was two shows in one, with Din Djarin doing episodic stuff and teach his youngling, and Bo Katan working to unite Mandalore (though I'm guessing that's just too easily done on the show, this year).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think the basic problem is that "Din Djarin" was a throwaway, Star Wars name generator name, not a carefully chosen hero name, because he's supposed to be more of a "man with no name" figure whose actual name was trivial. Having characters call him "Mando" was one thing when we were in situations where those characters rarely if ever met a Mandalorian, but as the show transmuted from a Western into a Space Opera about the reclaiming of Mandalore the nickname has made less sense as has his status as "the" Mandalorian.

My money is on the series ending with him somehow ending up with the title of Mand'alor, sole ruler of the Mandalorians, simply to make the series title make sense again. Or with Grogu getting said title.

The series title would still make sense if Din and Grogu where not in it at all. It really doesn't matter which Mandalorian is the focus.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

The series title would still make sense if Din and Grogu where not in it at all. It really doesn't matter which Mandalorian is the focus.

Um, in a technical sense I suppose. In a "having a pretense of being a coherent piece of art" sense the person that we assumed from the beginning is the title character should be the title character, and while an "in a sense it was the other main character who was there from the beginning whose really the title character all along" twist is one thing, the clear implication of calling a show with an ongoing narrative "the Mandalorian" is that one of the characters involved in that entire narrative is the titular Mandalorian.

 

[Zardnaar]

Um, in a technical sense I suppose. In a "having a pretense of being a coherent piece of art" sense the person that we assumed from the beginning is the title character should be the title character, and while an "in a sense it was the other main character who was there from the beginning whose really the title character all along" twist is one thing, the clear implication of calling a show with an ongoing narrative "the Mandalorian" is that one of the characters involved in that entire narrative is the titular Mandalorian.

If the replaced Din it would gave to be organic I think. Eg his story seems done or Pedro wants to focus on movies and leaves the show.

If it's Disney firing him or pulling a Rise of Skywaljer and saying Bo or whoever is tge new Mando it woukd suck.

Hard to do but not impossible.

 

[pukunui]

Care to tell us how the future looks?