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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8983284" data-attributes="member: 18">Yeah this was an absolutely great episode, frankly, and "got" Star Wars in a way that the Mandalorian doesn't always (though sometimes does), and that Boba Fett absolutely never did.I was astonished that Favreau was involved in the writing, because it's a completely different style to most of his stuff, at once lighter and a bit more nuanced.Cast was great too Lizzo, Jack Black, Christopher Lloyd, damn.It was just very noticeably different in style to normal - and yes - better directed. Or at least significantly more interestingly directed. I tend to suspect there was some considerable deviation from the script, or that Howard used the lines, but in a very different way - you'll notice there were a huge number of scenes where stuff that wasn't really being commented on by the characters was going on, and which may well originate with the ideas of the director.Her previous episode was also pretty strong - the one which introduced Bo Katan.Obviously that was intentional - Din particularly was leaning in to a lot of "bad cop" tropes - and yes it was more of a parody of a cop show than an actual cop show - in part because they're not cops, they're just hired thugs/adventurers. The writing/directing didn't screw up - they did it on purpose. It was quite funny, and it meant to be.Comparing it to Jar Jar/TPM just shows ignorance and superficiality re: understand of and attitudes to writing on your part. It's like when people say any journalism they don't like is "blogging", even if it's not remotely true. The dialogue and the wit involved in this were at a far higher level than anything in the Prequel Trilogy achieved. Hell, the directing and action were a lot better too.This is now my headcanon and I would totally believe it.I feel like Quarren/Mon Calamari Romeo & Juliet has been kind of referenced before in the EU, but it was very funny to see it on screen, and also helped build the characterisation of the Mandalorian mercs (as being reasonable and polite, not wildly aggressive or anything, which was interesting).</blockquote>

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