The Mandalorian The Mandalorian 1.01 - Chapter 1 - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Dave Filoni reveals why he used IG-11 and not IG-88 in 'The Mandalorian'

I guess ya something new every day.

 

Good I hope this means the show will mostly only feature new characters

 

I like what Feloni did there. This is what I've hoped for as a Star Wars fan for a very long time. Add to the franchise without diminishing with what has come before it. You don't need to do that to make something work and be interesting or good.

 

At about the 10:05 mark....

Spoiler

Is that a Lancer Class Pursuit Ship after he freezes the dude and comes in for a landing?

 

That’s what it looks like yes

 

So is Razor Crest the name of his individual ship...or is it the class name of the ship type? They way the guy was talking it sounded more like class name.

 

Sounded like it was a class of ship, yeah. The mythrol guy said “A Razorcrest.” Not “the.” And it wouldn’t have made sense for him to guess a personal name for the ship when he had no idea who the Mando was. But maybe because nobody flies them anymore, Pedro also just calls it the Razorcrest. That said, as a laconic loner, I imagine he’s not the type that gives his ship a name. Unlike Han Solo, who’s much more of a braggadocio. It’s just a ship. Gets him from A to B and all that.

 

Two people gave this 5/10...? Attention seekers

 

All that matters is @OrganicMeatbag gave it a 10.

 

No lie, my first car cost $200 and was aptly named the Millenium Falcon. Couldn't have the radio and headlights on at the same time,etc.

 

just rated this a 10 because holy hell it's a live action Star Wars TV series. That deserves a 10 on it's own as a thing that exists!

 

Who is OrganicMeatbag...?? Haha

 

No idea whatsoever. I just saw that OrganicMeatbag ranked the episode a 10.

And I think the general rule is that if OrganicMeatbag likes something, it must be good.

 

There's no Wedge in that episode but boy its amazing. And episode 2 is even better. What a series. I don't want to call it just yet, but star wars is back!

 

Yeah. I was hoping that IG-11 would join the Mando. Oh well. And that baby version of Yoda, whatever the species (Whil?), was adorable as hell. Even cuter than the Porgs.

The Live Action Star Wars TV Debut sure didn't disappoint. I would like to give this Episode a 10; but I want to wait a while, until I come down a little from my first season high. The visual effects were movie quality, just like the trailer shown. The quarren, at the first cantina, actually looked more realistic than the movie version. And the creature effects were particularly amazing. I loved the ugnaught Character, voiced by Nick Nolte. I hope we see him again in the future.

My only disappointment was the music. It took me out of the world of Star Wars at times; as the music doesn't sound like Star Wars. It just emphasizes how much John Williams means to Star Wars. I really wish that Disney would allow the musical baton, to be passed to Michael Giacchino.

 

I've watched this episode 3 times!

 

8/10

Solid start to the series with great atmosphere.

But I'm surprised the episodes are that short. Also I'm not the biggest fan of the music so far.

 

Just watched Chapter 1 again waiting for Ch. 4 to drop. A couple of westerns came to mind during specific scenes.

Trying to tame the blurrg took me back to Woodrow Call breaking a Kiowa mare at the start of Lonesome Dove, the earliest "modern" take on the genre that I remember ever seeing (which was also higher budget long form, for the standards of 80's network TV).

Mando taking over the laser canon at the compound had to have been a callback to John Wayne capturing a Gatling gun from a group of ne'er-do-wells in Rooster Cogburn and turning it against them in their own camp.

 

I realize I am dredging up what is now ancient history, but I have a question that I don’t see anyone having discussed (or I missed it):

When the Mythrol goes below deck on the Razor Crest he starts futzing around with buttons instead of going to the bathroom, right? The first thing he does is discover a stash of weapons. Now I don’t blame him for not trying to take on Mando, he’d like have ended up dead instead of just in jail. So what was he looking for then?

Maybe it was just curiosity that made him go snooping, but we all know now: curiosity is what got the cat frozen in carbonite!

 

He could have been looking for an escape pod.

 

Yeah. I assumed a way out.

 

So... does... does that mean IG-88 is still the DSII?