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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9365360" data-attributes="member: 18">I found him to have real "Player Character" energy, but not in the usual sense of being energetic and having cunning plans and running the show, but rather being sort of confused and forced into a situation by a combination of his backstory and railroading by the DM, and his heart isn't really in it, so he's just kind of inept. I've seen a fair few PCs like this over the decades - most groups don't have one, but it's still not uncommon.The trouble is, it gives you the impression that he's like, some sort of 90 IQ and unambitious, unenthusiastic ex-gangster who is back from the Costa Del Sol, and being forced back into the life, even though he doesn't really want it. He clearly isn't even slightly smart. Like not even normally intelligent. And it's hard to figure out, given the cartoonish tone of the show, whether this is the intended understanding, or just that the writers can't write a character who is actually cunning and determined. Particularly because The Mandalorian is also not bright. If we're doing IQs (which I know are nonsense, but let's go with it), he's like 100 IQ to Fett's 90, and it's like watching two ginger cats try and come up with a plan. You need black and white cat or a siamese or at least a tabby in there if anything good is going to happen. Mando's plans are also all completely awful and he doesn't seem very determined except when people steal his space baby - but luckily his opponents are often even dumber than him, a man of definitely not above-average intelligence. Again is this intended or is this just how how Favreau writes?Y'd think, right?But they've written a whole bunch of books about the High Republic, so whilst as noted the only modern character around is Yoda, there are an absolute TON of named and known Jedi through this era - albeit most would be kind of old by the time this show seems to be happening - hence why we're getting the awful light-whip and so on.</blockquote>

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