Mandalorian Season 3

[Kylash]

Wow… Grogu on his own adventure was fun! I did not expect to get this far in 2 episodes, thought for sure this quest would be the whole season.

Was funny to see the cheating jump cuts regarding Grogu’s pod and the droid hatch though. Like the droid comes out several feet further back in the ship because the engine is directly below the actual droid hatch.

So did Din just step off an underwater cliff and sink super fast or did the “living waters” pull him down or did the mythosaur grab him?

 

[Wolfsburg]

Wow, a definite improvement! With some reworking, this would've made for a better premiere episode!

The Grievousy, cyborg vampire(?) things were interesting. I kinda like how there's no explanation at all as to what all that was! Lol!

The mythosaur awakening is certainly significant, especially with Bo-Katan literally reading the placard about Mandalore the Great and the mythosaur just moments before.

It's a bit cheesy but I think it's pretty funny that R5's time to shine has finally come, 45 years after he blew his top on screen.

Just overall an enjoyable, fun episode!

 

[blewis17]

Put out a casting call for extras. Bring your own costume, if good enough. Pay a little above scale for them and you might get a better production.
I am surprised that no one has started an agency that specializes in cosplay. With all the remakes and franchise movies it might work. You never know.

They have actually already done that. Many of the OT Stormtroopers at the end of season one were 501st members in their own outfits.

 

[blewis17]

I am really excited that we are going to see a big CGI moster. This has not happened before,.....

..... except in the last episode. Numerous previous episodes, the BOBF finale, TFA, and a few others.

I am sure it will be epic.

You mean... it will be MYTHIC.

 

[blewis17]

Spoiler question below:

Since Bo and Din have now BOTH been submerged in the Living Waters of Mandalore, are they now BOTH redeemed?

 

[Treadwell]

Enjoyed it, generally agree with the pluses already stated.

Now for nitpicks
I still don't like the Amy Sidaris character, but it is what it is.
How different could the air be 50 feet away on the other side of a rock, as opposed to where they landed? Why couldn't they test the air where they were?
Descending to the mines, they stop halfway. "The mines should be below. From here we're on our own." Yeah, we knew that already. What was the point of that pause?
Some unnecessary monologuing. "That passageway leads down." Don't say it, just go.
They also observe Mandalore didn't used to look like that at least two times too many.

In the old TV broadcast days, a series actor would be contractually obligated to be in a certain amount of episodes, which would sometimes result in unnecessary scenes being written just to include them. This happened a lot in, say, DS9 and Voyager. I wonder if something like that is behind Mando going to the Mandalore system to talk to Bo, then back to Tatooine, then back again. It feels like it was originally intended for him to get the R5 first, then see Bo, and then skip over next door to Mandalore, but it was restructured during editing to get her into the first episode.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Wow, a definite improvement! With some reworking, this would've made for a better premiere episode!

The Grievousy, cyborg vampire(?) things were interesting. I kinda like how there's no explanation at all as to what all that was! Lol!

The mythosaur awakening is certainly significant, especially with Bo-Katan literally reading the placard about Mandalore the Great and the mythosaur just moments before.

It's a bit cheesy but I think it's pretty funny that R5's time to shine has finally come, 45 years after he blew his top on screen.

Just overall an enjoyable, fun episode!

“Mandalore the Great”

I can’t figure out why that name makes me giggle…

 

[AnubisGuard]

Was funny to see the cheating jump cuts regarding Grogu’s pod and the droid hatch though. Like the droid comes out several feet further back in the ship because the engine is directly below the actual droid hatch.

Yeah, I caught those too. Drove me nuts TBH. I was griping at my wife the entire time, who just looked at me like I was nuts.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Spoiler question below:

Since Bo and Din have now BOTH been submerged in the Living Waters of Mandalore, are they now BOTH redeemed?

Spoiler

Maybe, if she leaves her helmet on in next ep.

 

[Jaitea]

The intro recaps are a bit too spoilery, last week, ‘Remember IG11 blew himself up? Thought he was dead?,….well wait & see what happens in this Episode’
This weeks recap mentioned the Mythosaur, so I was waiting to see it appear, no big surprise

J

 

[kalkamel]

“Mandalore the Great”

I can’t figure out why that name makes me giggle…

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Those naughty kids hoping for a bow-chicka-wow-wow moment at the Living Waters where Mando goes full monty for a bath and Bo Katan peeks at his Mandalore the Great from the corner of her eye would be disappointed.

 

[Treadwell]

How was he going to prove he did it? He didn't set up a camera.

 

[Kroenen77]

love the new episode.One of the best so far.Its great how good Bo Katan can fight with the darksaber.I think it could also be that she and mando will fall in love.King and Queen of Mandalore.A perfect end for the show.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

Great improvement over episode #1. If they would have just combined the 2 into an hour long premier there would have been more happy viewers, myself included. I loved the Morlocks!

 

[masterjedi322]

Spoiler: Spoilery joke

Bo pulls Din out of the water and onto the shore. She notices he’s not breathing, and pulls off his helmet…

Din - Did…did you seriously just take off my helmet after I just went through all that???

Bo - …sorry.

Defeated, Din pulls himself to his and feet and reluctantly walks back into the water…

 

[Wolfsburg]

I think the “redemption” aspect only applies to followers of The Children of the Watch. Not being a follower, I don’t think Bo-Katan feels she has anything to be redeemed for.

I do wonder just how Mando planned to transport IG-11 to Mandalore. R5 in the reinstalled droid socket is convenient although that third engine makes it impossible unless he can somehow compress his “shoulders” in and pop out the top? They really fudged a lot of that to make it work, which LFL seems pretty fond of these days. Same with just how was he gonna prove he actually dipped himself in the waters? When several of those “morlocks” got stabbed with the darksaber, I chuckled and thought “they may be back” since apparently being impaled by a lightsaber doesn’t mean much anymore!

 

[blewis17]

Spoiler: Spoilery joke

Bo pulls Din out of the water and onto the shore. She notices he’s not breathing, and pulls off his helmet…

Din - Did…did you seriously just take off my helmet after I just went through all that???

Bo - …sorry.

Defeated, Din pulls himself to his and feet and reluctantly walks back into the water…

-We know that Din's sect can remove their helmets when they are alone, to eat/groom/etc. we have seen it in the first season
-We know that they can remove their helmet for medical care (but it was performed by a droid IG-11; what if a Mandalorian had a head injury and only other Watch Mandalorians were around? Would they just let him die because they can't remove his helmet for a life saving procedure or care?)
-I would ASSUME that there is a family work-around, where one Mandalorian can remove their helmet when alone with their mate/spouse. Maybe they BOTH have to be of the same sect to do this?
-They can remove their helmet (in private) and place ANOTHER covering/helmet on and not break their vow (as Din performed in season 2, when he disguised himself as a trooper while going to the Imperial base to hack the coordinates for Gideon's ship)
-If the helmet is removed in battle by a foe, or is "knocked off" during battle so that one's face is exposed, then the vow has been broken.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

I think the “redemption” aspect only applies to followers of The Children of the Watch. Not being a follower, I don’t think Bo-Katan feels she has anything to be redeemed for.

She wasn’t a follower because she didn’t believe the myth. But after seeing the Mythosaur with her own eyes her lifelong dis-belief of the religion is shaken. As much as I like seeing Starbuck, I hope she decides not to remove her helmet.

 

[Lightning]

With the cyborg having beaten Din Djarin and then Bo-Katan Kryze having beaten the cyborg.... Why does Din and Bo-Katan not think that Bo-Katan deserves the right to the darksaber now?

The real reason is of course: because it isn't Jon Favreau's plan ... but still. It that irritates me.

This is a completely understandable oversight by the characters. Im sure Din doesn't think he fought the cyborg, he was captured and disarmed. And the cyborg never really took possession, just tossed it away. Plus even if it technically counts its, the story that has power, and thats not a very good story.

If the saber is stolen and you defeat the thief, does that count? What if you hire the thief so you don't have to fight the current owner? Its the story that matters.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

This is a completely understandable oversight by the characters. Im sure Din doesn't think he fought the cyborg, he was captured and disarmed. And the cyborg never really took possession, just tossed it away. Plus even if it technically counts its, the story that has power, and thats not a very good story.

If the saber is stolen and you defeat the thief, does that count? What if you hire the thief so you don't have to fight the current owner? Its the story that matters.

Technically... Luke or Ahsoka should have the Darksaber, I think, if it just goes by the defeat of the owner.

Pre Vizla had the saber, but was killed by Maul, so Maul was the rightful user. Maul left it at his former base & it was FOUND by Sabine Wren & she took it, was trained by Kaanan, & then GAVE it to Bo Katan. That's why most consider her reign cursed, because she didn't earn the right to wield it. Then, of course, Moff Gideon beat her & took it until he was defeated by Din.

Now, if it's like the Elder Wand, & has to be won by defeating the owner, then Darth Maul would've still been the legitimate wielder until he was defeated by Ahsoka, but since that wasn't strictly one-on-one combat, I'm not sure it counted, but if it does, then she's the owner.

Let's say that DOESN'T count. Then Maul would've been legitimate until he was killed by Kenobi in straight combat. It would've then passed to Vader who beat Kenobi, then to Luke, who defeated Vader.

Only caveat with all that is, it's not been made clear if the Darksaber has to be used in the duel that leads to the defeat. If that's the case, then IDK, because Tar Vizla, the first Mandalorian Jedi, never lost it. It was taken to the Temple by the Jedi after his death & later stolen by the Mandalorians.


Come to think of it. THERE'S a flashback I'd love to see... A fully united force of Mandalorians assaulting the Jedi Temple during the prime of the Jedi to take back the Darksaber.

Shoot... Better than that... Give us either a movie or a one season show, ROUGE ONE-style, about the planning & execution of the assault.