The Mandalorian & Grogu Trailer

[Basic Expert]

Am I the only one who thinks the Mandalorian is an incredibly dull character? In a galaxy full of possibility, I honestly don't know why we are bothering to follow this boring guy's boring adventures. Though, this might be intentional, since they did name him Dingy Aaron.

 

[Kaodi]

I think one the animated series kind of did was put the kibosh on the idea that Yoda was a Whill, which was definitely a serious possibility at one point?

 

[Lidgar]

Am I the only one who thinks the Mandalorian is an incredibly dull character? In a galaxy full of possibility, I honestly don't know why we are bothering to follow this boring guy's boring adventures. Though, this might be intentional, since they did name him Dingy Aaron.

To me they started the Mandalorian character out as "The Man with No Name" from the Eastwood "Dollars" trilogy. He had the cool factor of a stranger that was the reluctant good guy (or at least less bad than the other bad guys), with the added element of him becoming a (once again, reluctant) father figure. Kind of interesting how this theme echoes Pedro's character from The Last of Us.

So yeah, YMMV, but I find it interesting enough, and certainly don't view his adventures boring (most of them anyways).

 

[Ryujin]

To me they started the Mandalorian character out as "The Man with No Name" from the Eastwood "Dollars" trilogy. He had the cool factor of a stranger that was the reluctant good guy (or at least less bad than the other bad guys), with the added element of him becoming a (once again, reluctant) father figure. Kind of interesting how this theme echoes Pedro's character from The Last of Us.

So yeah, YMMV, but I find it interesting enough, and certainly don't view his adventures boring (most of them anyways).

Straight out of "Lone Wolf and Cub", right down to the tricked-out baby carriage.

 

[Gradine]

Yeah, Mando is absolutely a callback to the whole Western-but-also-Samurai genre that is honestly truer to the origins of Star Wars than any other sub-property in the franchise.

 

[Basic Expert]

Yes, as a big fan of both The Man With No Name and Lone Wolf and Cub, I absolutely get what they were trying to do. I just don't think they did it successfully. That source material has far more style than the utter blandness that is the Mandalorian.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Bigger than the "just go to the movies" audience, since that audience doesn't exist any more.

Rise of Skywalker was bad, but I don't think everyone who saw it died. It wasn't a haunted Japanese VHS tape.

And I would like a citation on the idea that the Star Wars animation audience is larger than the audience for the films. That is incredibly hard to believe.

 

[Clint_L]

Yeah, Mando is absolutely a callback to the whole Western-but-also-Samurai genre that is honestly truer to the origins of Star Wars than any other sub-property in the franchise.

I have long argued that science fiction is only the third or fourth most relevant genre category for Star Wars. I would say fantasy>western>samurai (now you mention it)>sci-fi. This trailer is case in point.

Exception: Andor. As with so many things SW.

 

[pukunui]

I have long argued that science fiction is only the third or fourth most relevant genre category for Star Wars. I would say fantasy>western>samurai (now you mention it)>sci-fi. This trailer is case in point.

Indeed. I'd also put soap space opera above sci-fi in that list.