Star Wars: The Mandalorian [** Spoilers **] [Disney+] (US Pace)

Relikk

Padre_Pio wrote: »

What's the next stop on Mando's journey?

S1Ep8 he was told to find the Child's home and people.
S2E1 he started looking for other mandalorians and found the marshall, who's a dead end.

What now?

The titles of the forthcoming episodes, should you be so inclined to look them up depending on your regard for spoilers, give a decent idea of what's to come.

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Is 'weequay' a species rather than an individual though?

Yes, they're a species.

expectationlost

mando doesn't care about fauna does he

Venom

CastorTroy wrote: »

Ah, you're right. Saw the name on imdb so thought it was his actual name and not the species

Kinda weird he refers to him as "weequay" seeing as he's known the barkeep for a while as can be seen in the flash-back. Also, the barkeep is in the exact same costume as one can be seen wearing in ROTJ so maybe just easy fan service for casual fans?

CastorTroy

Maybe they're like Toads in Mario or Pokémon where they're just called by their species.

Acosta

I think I probably enjoyed that episode more than any of the recent trilogy movies. Although that wouldn't be hard. It was very good anyway. Timothy Olyphant was a great addition.

It works much better with hour long episodes. They should keep that even if it means having maybe one less episode.

JP Liz V1

https://twitter.com/totalfilm/status/1322965634414759940

ixoy

Skerries wrote: »

Timothy Olyphant who was a Marshall in Justified
is a Marshall again in this and also currently a Marshall in the latest season of Fargo

At least he mixed it up and was a Sheriff in 'Deadwood'.

What was that circular thing the sand people found in the carcass?

Beric Dondarrion

Deleted User wrote: »

What was that circular thing the sand people found in the carcass?

A Krayt Dragon Pearl (had to look it up myself)...

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Krayt_dragon_pearl/Legends

pixelburp

Entertaining episode, even if it didn't feel like a standard season opener either; it could have easily sat in the middle of a run, with its boilerplate "A Team" structure used from last year. Timothy Olyphant effectively playing Raylan Givens was a good addition, and damn if the money and technology isn't up there on the screen.

Still, bloody Tatoinne. If we never visit that planet again it'll be way too soon.

Penn

pixelburp wrote: »

Entertaining episode, even if it didn't feel like a standard season opener either; it could have easily sat in the middle of a run, with its boilerplate "A Team" structure used from last year. Timothy Olyphant effectively playing Raylan Givens was a good addition, and damn if the money and technology isn't up there on the screen.

Still, bloody Tatoinne. If we never visit that planet again it'll be way too soon.

At the very least they could go to maybe the other side of the planet, and not just "near enough Mos Eisley that we can namedrop it without actually visiting it"

AbusesToilets

I hope they keep the longer episode lengths. ~30mins was waaay too brief.

Mr.Nice Guy

Thought that was a really disappointing episode. As a fan of Justified and Deadwood, I was so excited to see Timothy Olyphant, but this was such a lame use of him. I hope his character gets a more compelling story at some point.

Also, didn't we have an episode like this last season? Mando kills a big bad monster for the locals and then gets to move on? Lazy to use such a formulaic, filler episode as a season opener. It was at least 10 minutes too long too. It started to get boring as they dragged out the final confrontation.

Speaking of which, I didn't care for our hero blowing to bits an innocent creature. This is the chap who hadn't the heart to kill baby Yoda, but has no qualms about turning a Bantha into a feckin' bomb? Was there really no other way, Mando? Star Wars universe needs its own version of PETA.

AMKC

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Thought that was a really disappointing episode. As a fan of Justified and Deadwood, I was so excited to see Timothy Olyphant, but this was such a lame use of him. I hope his character gets a more compelling story at some point.

Also, didn't we have an episode like this last season? Mando kills a big bad monster for the locals and then gets to move on? Lazy to use such a formulaic, filler episode as a season opener. It was at least 10 minutes too long too. It started to get boring as they dragged out the final confrontation.

Speaking of which, I didn't care for our hero blowing to bits an innocent creature. This is the chap who hadn't the heart to kill baby Yoda, but has no qualms about turning a Bantha into a feckin' bomb? Was there really no other way, Mando? Star Wars universe needs its own version of PETA.

You could really see that poor Bantha knew it was going to be an explosive dinner as well and really did not want to be shacking its head. Surly a rocket or two down the sand dragons mouth would have the job. I agree the episode was a bit long. 40 to 45 mins would be plenty. It was an ok episode but too long for what it was.

It didn't look to me much like there was time for suggestions on another way.

pixelburp

I wonder is the show a little too in love with the budget and tech at its disposal. Ordinarily other shows wouldn't have the budget to spend on all those interstitial vistas, and momentary shots of Mando just flying his speeder. Necessity breeding creativity and a punchier tale; here there's no upper limit so the director is free to add as much as they like. I'd say you could cut 10 minutes from the episode and not lose any pacing - in fact you'd probably gain some.

Bandana boy

Wow people just really like to complain about everything.

A CGI sand shark that was killing people needs rehabilitation now , for the love of god

The show looks too good !, the story teller is getting to take his time telling the story ! the visuals (which are stunning) are too indulged.

I really really like this show , I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and all the nods to other westerns within. I like the longer run time , this show is a luxurious meal and should be savoured not rushed like a fast food burger.

ILikeBoats

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Showed up in my YouTube recommendations. Interesting video showing how they film the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufp8weYYDE8

This is very interesting, didn't know this could be done. It looks fantastic. I genuinely thought they were on location somewhere

Really enjoyed that episode

NIMAN

I was a bit meh about it to be honest.

Ok so the effects were fantastic, it had a real feel of something made for the cinema about it.

But again I found it a bit like a filler, very similar to the episode in series 1 when he went off to help the villagers. And it seems LONG. Too long I'd say.

I also did a bit of an eyeroll when it mentioned Tatooine. It's like it's being played for nostalgic reasons to try to excite the viewing public of old SW heads.

expectationlost

Bandana boy wrote: »

Wow people just really like to complain about everything.

A CGI sand shark that was killing people needs rehabilitation now , for the love of god

what about the poor Banthas?

Padre_Pio

Don't know if this has been shared, but I thought it was fantastic
https://youtu.be/aQIcZbzr9Wk

TheSheriff

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Don't know if this has been shared, but I thought it was fantastic
https://youtu.be/aQIcZbzr9Wk

Really excellent.

fitz

TheSheriff wrote: »

Really excellent.

If you liked that, but haven't listened to the Black Panther episode of Song Exploder, I'd highly recommend it.

Doyler99

What time are the episodes usually available in Ireland on Disney +?

Loafing Oaf

Doyler99 wrote: »

What time are the episodes usually available in Ireland on Disney +?

Last week's was 7 a.m., don't know if that's standard practice though.

CastorTroy

Would be 8 this week as clocks changed there last weekend. Assuming it's the same time

Agent Coulson

Baby Yoda is a hungry little thing

groovie

That was some transition from tedium to absolute terror

Slydice

2.2: Decent episode! Spiders! Why'd it have to be spiders! *shudder* Cannot lie, my last words watching that were 'You little b******' when he was eatin another one! Cool to see Dave Filoni reprising his X-Wing pilot role.

thegreengoblin

Anyone know when season 2 actually starts? :rolleyes:

There are 6 episodes to go and it feels like we've had the absolute bare minimum of story this season.