Mando season 3

[pukunui]

Should Hux already be out in the unknown regions kidnapping children etc?

Though he was one if the first to sod off along with Sloane after Jakku 4 years earlier.

He was undoubtedly joining the council from out there in the Unknown Regions, yes. It would appear that he is still cooperating with this Imperial Shadow Council.

I expect the storyline will go something like: Thrawn returns; this Shadow Council welcomes him as the "heir to the Empire"; Thrawn gets defeated, as do the more obvious warlords like Moff Gideon; the remaining Imperials gather together with Hux in the Unknown Regions and build the First Order properly (and spend years converting the heavily-mined Ilum into Starkiller Base).

 

[Zardnaar]

He was undoubtedly joining the council from out there in the Unknown Regions, yes. It would appear that he is still cooperating with this Imperial Shadow Council.

I expect the storyline will go something like: Thrawn returns; this Shadow Council welcomes him as the "heir to the Empire"; Thrawn gets defeated, as do the more obvious warlords like Moff Gideon; the remaining Imperials gather together with Hux in the Unknown Regions and build the First Order properly (and spend years converting the heavily-mined Ilum into Starkiller Base).

I'm kinda seeing it go that way. It's kinda stupid though. And undermines their own ST. Moreso. And Thrawn kills Ahsoka.

 

[Clint_L]

Star Wars (ANH) was designed around the Monomyth. That is the core narrative formula. That was the POINT.

If your Star Wars isn't formulaic you are doing it wrong.

Andor.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Andor.

Andor has a formula. Largely, be incredibly boring. But we know exactly where it is going - we have already seen the movie. No surprises down that road.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Largely, be incredibly boring.

Why do you hate good writing?

I mean, hating good writing definitely implies you love today's Mandalorian, which manages to drop two ultra-cliches within like 10 seconds. "We have to stop meeting like this" followed by "I'll dispense with the pleasantries" - like absolutely whoever wrote this Saturday-morning-cartoon-ass dialogue, punch yourself in the face, seriously. You're worse at writing dialogue than I am, which is an astonishing achievement. Sad thing is I think it might be Filoni - because he helped Favreau write this one, and Favreau's dialogue is clunky and weird, but rarely filled with cliches like that. Is Filoni a Lucas? Good for plots and ideas, but incapable of writing good dialogue? I'm kind of wondering now.

Overall it was an efficiently plot-advancing but rather risible episode, with a lot of idiot-ball behaviour. The high-point is the Favreau-esque whimsy of "Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes." (you'll see). Though Greef Karga is now the equivalent of the uncle who gives one of your kids an electronic drumset or something.

 

[Ryujin]

Gideon is clearly trolling for leadership, by publicly shooting down his two competitors.

 

[Ryujin]

Why do you hate good writing?

I mean, hating good writing definitely implies you love today's Mandalorian, which manages to drop two ultra-cliches within like 10 seconds. "We have to stop meeting like this" followed by "I'll dispense with the pleasantries" - like absolutely whoever wrote this, punch yourself in the face, seriously, you're worse at writing dialogue than I am, which is an astonishing achievement. Sad thing is I think it might be Filoni - because he helped Favreau write this one, and Favreau's dialogue is clunky and weird, but rarely filled with cliches like that.

Overall it was an efficiently plot-advancing but rather risible episode, with a lot of idiot-ball behaviour. The high-point is the Favreau-esque whimsy of "Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes." (you'll see). Though Greef Karga is now the equivalent of the uncle who gives one of your kids an electronic drumset or something.

Would have been better if it needed batteries and "some assembly required", in addition to being noisy.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Would have been better if it needed batteries and "some assembly required", in addition to being noisy.

It did reach a very high standard for being obnoxious and causing problems though.

 

[Ryujin]

It did reach a very high standard for being obnoxious and causing problems though.

Surely, as intended.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Because as Bo-Katan said, no one's ever been able to defeat the Mandalorians when they're united.

I felt like Bo-Katan was kind of doing a "No TRUE Scotsman" there though. Because the Mandalorians are only ever united, AFAICT, when they're already winning/on an upcurve. As soon as they switch to neutral or things go bad, they all start squabbling.

That was clever of them to get Domhnall's younger brother to play his ST character's father. It's also clear that Disney's trying super hard to retroactively foreshadow the Emperor's return, and they're not even trying to hide it now -- Project Necromancer! LOL.

Yeah that was smart, though that project name was on the nose even for Star Wars (with a device for blowing up planets being called "Project Stardust").

But I guess the price of being ruled by Jack Black and Lizzo (who I never conciously heard of before, to be honest) is too high to pay, so most people prefer hard labor in mines or factories, and the occassional pirate raid.

I think it's more like most people don't even know it exists. Also it's outside the Republic which I suspect is seen as a bad thing by most Republic citizens.