The mandalorian [Spoilers]

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Wasn't there some sort of genetic locator device the bounty hunter's guild used?

Yes.

 

[Hatmatter]

For folks interested in the potential of a Rogue Squadron film or the Visions shorts, check out this fan-made short film, TIE FIGHTER.

Holy Smokes! That's awesome! Thanks!

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Well lets take this particular point a bit further, although it really wasn't my biggest complaint about the episode by a long shot.

The episode shows us that the natives on this planet are poor and suffering. We get a close up of it and all. Storytelling wise, this tells us that this is important information. And yet it does not come up again in the episode.

We are told that the empire is transporting a volatile substance to their base on a regular basis, and apparently these transports also get raided often. This raises all kinds of questions. Why are the transports not guarded, or escorded by Tie-fighters? Where is the stuff coming from, and why not have the imperial base be at the place where it is mined? If so many people attack these transports, how can only 2 people capture one? And if the plan is to attack the defense turrets on top of the base with snipers and escape, why not take them out first and attack the base with Boba's ship?

All of those come across as incredibly nitpickey, and mistaking a story told in a style that is less information based than you prefer with bad storytelling.

The poor locals set up the backdrop of the episode, and a potential distraction that the protagonists choose to largely ignore. That’s all they need to be.

We also don’t know if any of it will come up later. It doesn’t need to come up in the episode, because the story isn’t the episode, the episode is a chapter of the story.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It has been established that he cares a little. Not that he cares for it that much. That message was pretty much a declaration of war, and it felt out of the blue.

This is the wildest thing anyone has ever said about the show. Incredible.

It wouldn’t have been out of the blue at the end of last season, much less now.
Did you miss where he connected more with Grogu in The Jedi? Or the sadness when he thought he was saying goodbye to Grogu at the end of the episode?

Like...I literally can’t fathom how you could watch the show and not see this coming.

 

[pukunui]

Wasn't there some sort of genetic locator device the bounty hunter's guild used?

Yes, that’s the “chain code”. It’s like a record of your genetic ancestry - as much a family tree as a record of your DNA.

 

[Zardnaar]

This is the wildest thing anyone has ever said about the show. Incredible.

It wouldn’t have been out of the blue at the end of last season, much less now.
Did you miss where he connected more with Grogu in The Jedi? Or the sadness when he thought he was saying goodbye to Grogu at the end of the episode?

Like...I literally can’t fathom how you could watch the show and not see this coming.

This they basically sent up signal flairs and hit you in the face with it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

This they basically sent up signal flairs and hit you in the face with it.

It’s basically been the whole point of the show yeah

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

This is the wildest thing anyone has ever said about the show. Incredible.

It wouldn’t have been out of the blue at the end of last season, much less now.
Did you miss where he connected more with Grogu in The Jedi? Or the sadness when he thought he was saying goodbye to Grogu at the end of the episode?

Like...I literally can’t fathom how you could watch the show and not see this coming.

Not saying this is how it works for her, but some people just can't connect with the emotions and such without being able to see the facial expressions that go with them. That is something in the real world right now that really bothers some people with all the mask-wearing we have to do. Not seeing those facial cues.

 

[Maxperson]

EDIT: Oops, I meant to reply to @MarkB!



I'll have to watch the episode again, but I'm pretty sure after Mayfield saw his old CO and got cold feet . . . he told Mando that he had to be the one to access the terminal, because it would require a face scan.

So, when Mando walked over to the terminal anyway and tried to access with his helmet . . . I was confused. When he took off his helmet, and the scan worked . . . I was even more confused. I assumed the scan was a bio-password . . . and now I'm not sure the point of the facial scan.

I thought, maybe there's some reason for Mando's face to be in the imperial database and unlock the terminal access . . . .

My take on that scene was that he told Mando that he needed to be the one, while kinda gesturing towards Mando's mask that he knew couldn't be removed. Not because the face needed to scan Empire faces.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Not saying this is how it works for her, but some people just can't connect with the emotions and such without being able to see the facial expressions that go with them. That is something in the real world right now that really bothers some people with all the mask-wearing we have to do. Not seeing those facial cues.

Sure, fair. It’s also why people often disagree about whether actors emote well or not, because very subtle cues, and also just cues of one kind vs another, make it harder to read their emotions.

and a lot of emoting is done with the mouth, so when Keanu Reeves emotes primarily with his eyes, a lot of folks just see a blank look.