The Mandalorian The Mandalorian 3.01 - Chapter 17 - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Since I have been negative about the episode, I do want to say something positive. I actually really like how Navarro looked this episode, with mando walking down the street. It shows the passage of time really well.

 

Yea it looked great.

 

Not too bad a premise bearing in mind that so many people in the here and now are willing to resort to violence for seemingly trivial issues. I'm guessing that they still had the booze stashed in the building.

 

That episode was straight out of a video game. Mando walked around talking to NPCs and getting fetch quests. Actually first he got the main story quest from the armorer to redeem himself and then he went around collecting side quests. Bo Katan lounging around like a Jarl in Skyrim.

He even had a fight against some mobs.

 

Oh yes I adore Peli , she is great. Anyone who takes care of R5D4 (who can be seen on the street of Navarro) The Frog lady is fun too.
We need to see more of them and here's hoping Sabine can add some of that spunk also later.

 

So if Mando didn't show up at the beginning then the sea monster would've probably wiped out the Armorer and her crew?

 

Seems like that or eaten a good chunk of them

 

I want a full show on that pirate crew

 

The opening action shows the audience that the Children of the Watch desperately need new leadership, and that leader is Din.

 

Worldbuilding, worldbuilding, worldbuilding.

An obvious 10 out of 10 from me, I am a sucker for deep dives into the GFFA and the state of the galaxy. A little bit of politics, a little bit of rebuilding on Nevarro, a TON of aliens from many different species (this episode reminded me why Andor is simply at a lower level for me), more Mandalorian lore, and amazing production quality.

I don't think everyone realizes just how much money it must have cost to make that huge beast with CGI and keep a scene that lasted way longer than I thought it would. That thing looked so real. I just love this show. It brings me hope that we perhaps Star Wars has a future after all.

 

Solid episode. I think it set up the pieces quite well

 

Yeah I might've been being too harsh. Still, this was one of the worst Mando episodes that I can remember. Not a great way to kick things off.

 

Absolutely, when people ask questions like, Why didn't the Watch just fly off? That's the point. This cult is too rigid and needs change.

 

So after this week's episode and the respective interactions and conversations with the Armourer and Bo-Katan, what I hope does not (and I really mean does not) happen is that after Din goes to Mandalore, that both the Armourer and Bo come back to Din grovelling and saying "we were wrong Din, please show us the way"; whether that be in this season or the next. Please don't cheapen and simplify the narrative like this Fav and Filoni. Please keep the layer of complexity where both ladies continue to believe in their respective ways.

On the contrary, I would prefer the Armourer to still not accept Din back, even after succeeding on Mandalore's. I would like the Armourer to think that the Living Waters thing is a fairytale and because she thinks it's a myth and never achievable, it's just an ideal used to boot a person out if they remove their helmet. And then when Din succeeds, she is surprised to know it is true, but still does not accept him back because regardless, he removed his helmet.

The same goes for Bo and her perspectives. Even if Din unites other clans under holding the Darksaber, Bo cannot join because of her bitterness in wanting to hold it herself and be the Mandalor.

Fav and Dave, please keep layers and complexity. Not everyone has to be under the one group and one leader. Individual characters have the right to act and choose based off what they want and they experience. Things do not have to always tie up neatly under one happy ending. That's not how things happen in our real world and it should not happen either in this fictious world.

 

Din being able to show his face seems like a victory to me. I don’t want him going back to who he was. I hope he becomes someone better and more free.

 

I can get on board with this.

I guess when I say what I did, it's the want to have a sense of uniqueness in the Star Wars universe and not have everything to go through a central point. Because in real life and even among a certain demographic of people of the same religious belief, or cultural background, or ethnic background, etc, you will always have good people, *****y people, people who have different perspectives, etc. Even among similarity, there is uniqueness and difference. And why, because even among a demographic group, there is uniqueness to every individual person in what they want and need, how they've been raised and so on.

And this should be achievable in the Star Wars narrative too because it adds layers and complexity.

 

Bo and the Armorer are like any other characters -- capable of growth and change. It just depends on whether it would be handled effectively.

 

Eh, it just feels like bad TV to me like the Robert Rodriguez directed episode where Boba Fett comes back and all the stormtroopers are running headlong into oncoming fire.

 

You're entitled to your feelings, but you should also be aware that you are in the minority.

 

Scene wasnt great, but it was a sneak attack by the alligator, my thought was why put the grenades on the hard shell, throw them down its throat.

 

I don't think it was much worse than a random season 2 episode, but after Andor we have become more demanding and less forgiving.