Posted on 12/01/2020 7:47:52 AM PST by Kaslin
I’m a fan. Been one since ‘77. Not happy about what Lucas put out in the early 2000s. Liked 7 and 9. Like Rogue 1. Solo was ‘ok’
Like the mandalorian......so far.
The most interesting thing about the Mandalorian is how it is tying so many various Star Wars stories, characters and lore from different sources outside the 11 theatrical features into one cohesive tale.
I’m one of those fans that can avoid the rumors, the leaks, the casting decisions etc that would have ruined more than one episode for me. I can just sit back and go “Oh wow they put that in the show?”
I didn’t watch much of The Clone Wars animated show and don’t think I’ve seen one Rebels. It was a fluke that I caught the fact that Darth Maul was on one of those animated shows (Though I have no idea which one.) so apparently Sith can be cut and half and fall hundreds of feet without dying and in the case of Palpatine be blown up in a Death Star explosion after falling hundreds of feet as well.
So who knows what else may come next from the weaving of mediums of Star Wars stories.
Let's face it - The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) was better than some of the later works.
It looks like Disney tried to use up all the crap in their warehouse, from medieval armor to anti-gravity rocket sleds.
Anyone else notice that the Mandalorian seems like Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Name in space armor?
The sequel trilogy was doomed the moment they decided to go for something that would artificially hit all the beats of the original trilogy and was closely tied to it plot wise but would also create an entirely new generation of main characters so that they could sell lots of plastic crap and create endless spin-offs for years to come. It ought to be a crime what the Disney-era films did to Luke, Leia, and Han. And then there’s the absurd abilities of the protagonist, the return of the Emperor, and so many more bad ideas. Just a total mess of a trilogy that makes the prequels look brilliant by comparison.
The Mandalorian, on the other hand, is great. This is the way.
One thing The Mandalorian taught me was that I need a bounty hunter robot. An IG-11 would suffice, but I’d really like to get an IG-88. This is the way!
I gotta hand it to the writers of the show ... they know their lore and are making a great series out of the smaller parts of Star Wars that needed some expanding.
How can he mention JJ Abrams a dozen times but never mentions Jon Favreau ONCE?
It’s Favreau whose brilliance is keeping The Mandalorian going hot. Not some failed big-screen directors.
As much as I despise a lot of what Disney does and represents - the last two mega-efforts in Star Wars land, the video game Jedi: Fallen Order and The Mandalorian give me hope.
LOL During the faceoff with Michael Beihn's character in the last episode I was actually whistling the Good, Bad and the Ugly theme.
“Rian Johnson’s “Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” was as divisive as it was because”
Why do people defend this horrible movie??? It completely wrecked the whole new trilogy. It was supposed to be a keystone episode. They made it into a frigging convoluted mess with no real plot and added a bunch of characters that weren’t needed. It didn’t set up anything for Episode IX.
If it was a standalone movie it might have been forgivable. It still would have been bad, but it wouldn’t have been a formal part of the saga.
Oh well, in the end it’s just another work of fiction. TLJ is the last movie I saw in a theater. I have no plans to go back after that lecture.
I’m torn. Before I invest in this I want more input. A director friend of mine hates this series. Says any show where you can’t see the hero’s face is dead in the water. Others have found it terribly boring. I don’t know.
I’ve been wanting to watch it, but refuse to pay for a, “Subscription,” to do it.
It’ll eventually come out on DVD.
I’m a patient man.
Right, huh?!
Although I did expect Mando to say - -”I’m you’re huckleberry...”
Indeed they are. And I have never understood the depth of devotion to these updated Buck Rogers serials.
Don't forget Dave Filoni!!!
It is no coincidence that the three greatest pieces of Star Wars Story telling (Clone Wars, Rebels, Mando) all came from those same minds.
THRAWN!
There always should have been a Star Wars movie trilogy with Grand Admiral Thrawn (Mitth’raw’nuruodo). The Mandalorian will eventually deliver a live action Thrawn. Best decision made by Disney concerning Star Wars in years - at least from the diehard fans’ perspective.
The Timothy Zahn “Heir to the Empire” series will always be the true Episodes 7,8,9 in my book. Lucas completely missed the boat by not doing them, and by the time the Disney Disaster came about Hamill, Fisher and Ford were too old to pull them off.
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