The Mandalorian The Mandalorian 3.08 - Chapter 24 (SEASON FINALE!!!!) - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

I thought it was funny that originally the Skull of Mythosaur was just a Bantha Skull.

 

Who says giant creatures are common on Mandalore? And if they are, why would that make the mythosaur less mythical? No one ever said it was special because of its size, as far as I know.

 

When the beast attacked I honestly thought it was the mythosaur. That’s how close it basically looked to it.

it’s just amazing tho. It was all set up. If you’re gonna go to all that trouble to set it up…use it. Ya know Chekhov s gun rules.

That could have been the mythosaur. Easy. They spent the money on the cg anyway. Have the heroes beat it and tame it and then use it to destroy the Imperial base that’s directly under it

 

I think the Krayt Dragon ought to be the Mythosaur, but that’s just me. We saw how hard it was to slay in Mando S2.

 

The story isn't over. Of course they'll use the mythosaur. In season four, in the movie... Whenever the most critical moment for Mandalore will be.

 

Well Bo-Katan becoming leader of the Mandalorians and uniting the CotW with the other Mandos was significant albeit told in an unsatisfying way.

Overall I agree though that huge parts of the season felt like pointless filler that you could remove and still basically tell the same Bo-Katan rise to power story.

If the dark saber didn't fall into Din's lap in season two, (not that he did anything with it) I feel like we could've gotten a season three that was similar to season one and two, i.e. Din doing missions here and there, and then you could have Bo-Katan show up and bring up him to speed on how she's the new leader of Mandalore and she's bringing her people back to the home planet. I'd almost rather that we got than than what we ended up with.

 

The Mythosaur keeps its helmet on all the time and the Kaiju take their helmets off sometimes!

Also see the Mythosaur is considered a myth to some people and the other Kaiju are totally NOT a myth. Everybody has seen those Kaiju. Ragnar has seen those Kaiju!!! So everybody knows THOSE Kaiju are real. But the Mythosaur! Well not everybody has seen a Mythosaur! So...you see the Mythosaur is totally different!

 

coulda used a little bit of that moment in THIS season lol

 

Naaah! I'm patiently awaiting the big moment

It just shows us two different giant creatures. It doesn't say they're common.
I'm not saying they aren't common, though! They could be.

I beg to differ! What I take away from what's been said/implied is that it's mythical and special because it was an impressive creature that Mandalore the Great and other ancient Mandalorians tamed and that it's believed to be extinct since ancient times.
Other great beasts might be tameable, but the mythosaur has great symbolic value to the Mandalorians because of its history.

 

You had a problem with the Nightsisters vs. Dooku/Grievous arc?

 

If random giant beasts can rip out of the ground and not a single Mando is surprised by this event, then that outright says that Mythosaurs shouldn't really be considered mythological. Its says that Mandalore has this exact type of class of species and isn't at all atypical.

If anything, no one should be surprised that a Mythosaur really exists, or isn't just part of some fairy tale, as we and Bo had us believing. A Mythosaur being discovered was a sign of a new era, part of a legend slash prophecy that few believed in. But it's cousin, the NonMythosaur, roams the plains freely and doesn't mean anything.

 

Huh? The two Mando episodes were clearly the best episodes of the BOBF, IMO.

Huh? They all seemed surprised by it. And Bo noted previously that dangerous creatures had awoken on Mandalore in their absence. So while giant creatures might be more common on Mandalore now, the show tells us this wasn’t the case in the past.

Huh? They all seemed surprised by it. And Bo noted previously that dangerous creatures had awoken on Mandalore in their absence.

Absolutely the right decision not to use it as a big monster weapon. Grogu quietly communing with it was a welcome note of subtlety in an otherwise clunky season. I might’ve written the show off if they pulled a Boba on the rancor x 1000.

 

How about that jump scare though?

 

Sums it up. What's really most offensive to me about this show is just how completely boring it insists on being. I kinda felt this way from the very beginning, but it at least felt like there was some kinda vision/story that gave it all momentum then.

Favreau is a total hack lol. This series is genuinely more outrageous to me than the ST, which as bad as it was, at least had some kinda life to it. This show is a bunch of boring action figures reciting monotone expository dialogue with not even an attempt at making things interesting.

This is a small-ish thing that drives me absolutely crazy! They did ALL that to make this long flashback that literally told us absolutely nothing we didn't already know before. Same with the Pershing thing. The whole season was shockingly bad and maybe the most disappointing thing i've ever watched lol

 

I gave this a 10/10.

I really thought it hit all what was set up. We saw what Gideon's wanting Grogu's blood was for, but honestly it was pretty faulty plan since you need training to use the Force. I can say though man I was on the edge of my seat during this episode. What'd happen to Din? To Bo especially? We knew nothing'd happen to Grogu but I was right there with Din when him and Grogu were separated. Speaking of Grogu though, I did like seeing him use his limited abilities. His pointing to the Mythosaur might payoff later too.

Bo and the Mandalorians retaking of Mandalore was awesome! Now where as you can say Din and Grogu are safe, she wasn't a sure thing IMO. I was glad she survived and took on the role of the ruler of Mandalore. I can say I was bummed the darksaber was destroyed since it was so important. I was glad when Gideon got killed though. I thought they got to kill this guy. The way he died was pretty epic too.

Okay this may sound dumb, but it was kinda emotional when Din officially adopted Grogu and the Armorer said he'd be Din Grogu now. It might be just me lol.

I really liked the episode. Now as a season I know there have been some ups and downs. I wasn't as hard as some on the eps, but everyone has a right to their own opinion. I think the Coruscant episode did payoff however.

 

That's fair. But...they did have a huge beast there at the end. I'm just saying, if you're not going to show Mythic beast, don't even write a story where you:

A: find the mythic beast, that everyone thinks doesn't really exist.
B: Is part of a story where it's prophesied to be tamed by main hero.
C: When hero finds it, it wakes up.
D: Hero tells cult leader and its discovery signals a new Mando era.
E: You don't show it in the final battle, but it's replaced by another equally large beast that might as well be the mythic beast, that attacks the Mandos instead.
F: You do show it, in the final montage, asleep and remind the audience that the Mythosaur is a symbol of this new Mandalorian Era. Soooo they're going to sleep again?

 

Which is Din.

Or is that not part of the story anymore lol.

 

The explanation of the dormant flora that was cultivated by those still on the planet and it's reemergence can be applied to the (mega)fauna as well.

Things changed when there weren't a bunch of Mandalorians on the planet anymore

 

Mando episodes of BOBF ruined Luke Skywalker for me. I can never forgive that…

 

Because he's not yet a grumpy failure?

I'm curious. That's the first time I've heard that BOBF ruined Luke.