this weeks mandalorian felt very perfunctory. all the plot beats were pretty tediously telegraphed but it is still fun to look at various 1970s space monsters they have invented. the limits of it having to be a show for kids i suppose. i feel like if they did the first three episodes as a pilot and the rest of the series was just roaming from planet to planet with a bounty hunter of the week i would like it even more. but unfortunately iām sure there will be lots of ānarrativeā and āplotlinesā and other tricks of the devil. god that baby yoda sure is a perfectly designed little loveable toyetic four quadrant creature even more than a bb-8 or whatnot. lucas could only dream of this kind of reaction to jar jar. anyway i hope this show has as little dialogue and looking at actual human faces as possible
Fallen Order has soured fairly quickly for me and mostly amounts to nothing, which is a tough hole to dig yourself out of, granted, when youāre somehow supposed to be part of a standardised continuity you canāt impact upon.
It takes up until the end for our heroes to figure out that maybe having a record of Jedi sensitive children is a terrible thing to keep around.
I was almost gonna play it, until I heard about the climbing sections and then saw video of the Tomb Raider style theme park slides.
The platforming feels great tho! Respawn!
This sounds pretty in-character for Star Wars protagonists.
Which is why building a whole story around it isnāt all that interesting and doesnāt feel particularly vital to any of the larger machinations.
Iām less saying that itās bad than it was just a thing that was there and didnāt leave an impression whatsoever once done with.
You do, however, get to pick out a lot of ponchos.
yeah 100% of the appeal is just in looking at the things they put on screen
but the cinematography is very decent in a straightforwardly expensive sort of way and the short episodes keep it from getting too weighed down
like it already feels pretty infinitely watchable which is probably the most cynical praise I could give it but at least the low light is better used than in solo
I actually want one of those good weird shirts. They seem good and weird.
The Yodel plushie at Galaxyās Edge is terrible. So, good job on that, Disney.
The writing is now sort of at odds with itself. In the second episode, they spent a bunch of time showing us that Mando isnāt Superman and canāt do everything, alone.
And then in this episode (3) he slinks through a bunch of stuff. Only getting help when we are already past the point of cognitive dissonance on him Vs. the odds. Which I wouldnāt have minded so much, if we had not just watched the previous episode.
And then thereās that moment where they are like hey look at this super special weapon, better save that for 5 minutes from nowā¦
I am really enjoying seeing more Star Wars stuff, however. I guess thatās the main theme here. We all really like looking at Star Wars!
Based on this interview, sounds like they are fully into development on Obi-Wanās TV show.
oh right!
Geez I was so unimpressed by that when they first announced it that I forgot all about it and now that this is out and Iām enjoying it Iām like āoh yeah give me obi wan, why notā go
According to recent late-night interviews from McGregor: heās been in talks with Lucasfilms for years, about doing more Obi-Wan stuff. After hearing that, iām a little surprised that The Mandalorian is the first show out the gate.
I kinda hope Obi-Wan ends up fighting Darth Maul again. And Emilia Clarke can be there, too.
I havenāt heard a thing from Lucasfilm re: my treatment posted above so Iām confident theyāre on the wrong track for Obi-Wan: A Star Wars Gaiden
I bet there wonāt be a single ten-minute scene of Old Ben digging a fresh latrine hole in the desert while Sand Persons overlook him from afar until eventually leaving without doing anything!
do the star wars movies / eu ever directly talk about the fact that obi wan returns to tatooine because he knows its the last place anakin would ever decide to visit again because itās actually pretty brilliant.
if I ever become galactic overlord I promise never to check in Hartford for the scion of the resistance
this absolutely happens on the in canon rebels cartoon but thatās no reason they canāt just add in 5 secret fights we never knew about
Every Episode Obi-Wan cuts a new body part off of Darth Maul and buries it in his latrine pit has to dig another one far away to mitigate the risk of an Evil Sith Limb climbing up his rectum when he goes no. 2
wait are there buttholes in Star Wars?