Mando season 3

[Rabulias]

But that was, and I cannot stress this enough, purely and entirely because of nostalgia, not good writing and I guarantee it didn't do that to anyone under 25, maybe under 30.

I think more tears were shed not over nostalgia over Luke's admittedly deus ex machina return, but the separation of Din and Grogu. The poignancy of that moment, punctuated by Din removing his helmet (!) to say goodbye to Grogu face to face, is what really moved me and most of the viewers I have talked to.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I think more tears were shed not over nostalgia over Luke's admittedly deus ex machina return, but the separation of Din and Grogu. The poignancy of that moment, punctuated by Din removing his helmet (!) to say goodbye to Grogu face to face, is what really moved me and most of the viewers I have talked to.

I find that highly unlikely, I must say. At the time it was barely commented on whereas people where acting like their long-lost, thought-dead favourite uncle or even brother had returned re Luke.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

It was a 100% deus-ex-machina moment, just hardcore leveraging a character who had never previously been in the show or even really hinted at, for the nostalgia equivalent of a shotgun to the face. If it wasn't Luke, the reaction wouldn't have been tears of joy but rather would have been "What a cheap deus-ex-machina ending that was!".

So what, you wanted them to have Han Solo or Leia or someone equally nostalgia-y turn up in a similarly pure-nostalgia moment? Maybe instead of the cruiser crashing, the Millennium Falcon could have inexplicably hurtled into the base and Chewbacca could have leapt off a ramp whilst it hovered and started whaling on Moff Gideon?

I mean, that's what you're praising. Brutal, unsubtle use of nostalgia.

I am not sure I entirely agree - the whole season was also about getting Grogu to "his kind" - the Jedi. Didn't they even have some force antenna apparatus in one episode to call the Jedi?
So at least they strongly hinted that maybe the Jedi will come to them. That the Jedi comes might have been excessive, and the way he overpoweredly blew up all those combat droids (or cyborgs; I forgot) probably still makes it a deus ex machina.

Regarding "some fans value light sabers more than the characters"... I am reminded of a talk I had with a co-worker. I didn't like the sequels, he enjoyed them. And whenw e compared notes we kinda realized that his favorite characters are TIE Fighter, X-Wing and Millenium Falcon, but he doesn't really identify all that much with any of the characters. Which is a good point to realize that it's fine to agree to disagree, everyone takes his enjoyment from different things.

 

[billd91]

I am not sure I entirely agree - the whole season was also about getting Grogu to "his kind" - the Jedi. Didn't they even have some force antenna apparatus in one episode to call the Jedi?
So at least they strongly hinted that maybe the Jedi will come to them. That the Jedi comes might have been excessive, and the way he overpoweredly blew up all those combat droids (or cyborgs; I forgot) probably still makes it a deus ex machina.

Well, if Grogu calls to the Jedi from the temple on Tython - who else could come find him but THE Jedi. At this point, there is literally no one else. If Grogu was going to go back to his people, the central quest of season 2, it was going to be to Luke. That Luke came at the exact moment he did may have been a deus ex machine, but he was going to be on his way.

 

[Hussar]

People seem to miss the imagery of Gideon destroying the Darksaber.

This is a pretty on the nose commentary on cultural appropriation. The colonial power takes the cultural object and destroys it rather than see it in the hands of the people whose culture is being appropriated.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Boy, this certainly was a season.

There were only a handful of Imperials, until they suddenly needed dozens and dozens of them for the big fight scene.

Some Mandalorian jetpacks run out of fuel halfway across the canyon when they're allegedly trying to rescue the younglings, while other jetpacks somehow can carry enough fuel to get to orbit. Maybe they all just hated that kid and wanted him to get eaten.

"We're being chased by Imperials, so you should go back into the base solo, since we have no intention of fighting Imperials while dressed in armor and carrying weapons."

Grogu can now project force fields strong enough to withstand an exploding star cruiser. If Palpatine knew how to do that at the end of Return of the Jedi, we could have been spared Rise of Skywalker.

"We can't initiate him without parental consent, and for all we know, his parents are still out there. Wait, you're going to be his parent and not worry about all that? Initiation time it is!"

At least nobody was giving speeder bike lessons this time or baby-sitting a bratty sitcom kid.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

He is now! But why is he Din Grogu, rather than Grogu Djarin?

Because it sounds better. As I've said before, I think Din Djarin was less a well-thought-out hero name than a Star Wars name generator name purposely chosen to emphasize how ordinary the man behind the mask was on some level in this galaxy of nobles and dynastic jedi, with the intention that the character would continue to overwhelmingly just be called "Mando", or what have you. But then the show got a lot more Mandalorians in it a lot more involved in it and the name stopped being a trivial matter and became a regular part of the show.

But, whatever, there can be a variety of cultures, subcultures, and traditions amongst the Mandalorians. There certainly are amongst the Earthlings.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

"We can't initiate him without parental consent, and for all we know, his parents are still out there. Wait, you're going to be his parent and not worry about all that? Initiation time it is!"

She's a stickler to rules and traditions, not to whatever sense is behind them. It's sort of a lot of that character in a nutshell.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I didn't like the sequels, he enjoyed them. And whenw e compared notes we kinda realized that his favorite characters are TIE Fighter, X-Wing and Millenium Falcon, but he doesn't really identify all that much with any of the characters.

That is hilarious but does ring true for some fans.

Grogu can now project force fields strong enough to withstand an exploding star cruiser. If Palpatine knew how to do that at the end of Return of the Jedi, we could have been spared Rise of Skywalker.

I think it was just flames from burning fuel - there was no real explosion or shockwave shown, just a billowing and rather slow-moving (single-digit meters per second) wall of flame which washed over them. Further, surprisingly little debris from the ship came down, and the ship itself didn't appear to. I personally have to theorize it's mostly in one (burnt out) piece, rather than having exploded spectacularly.

 

[Stalker0]

She's a stickler to rules and traditions, not to whatever sense is behind them. It's sort of a lot of that character in a nutshell.

Except this is the lady that let kryze take off her helmet and just initiated a new recruit without the clause about removing her helmet. Her rules “stickiness” does seem a bit flexible when it needs to be