The Mandalorian (TV series)

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HMSwolfe said:
I guess we can assume that Harvey Dent didn’t die in The Dark Knight, because he didn’t fall nearly as far as Maul or the Emperor, and no one even cut him in half! Can’t wait for the next sequel to Die Hard, where they reveal Hans Gruber, in fact, survived his fall off of the skyscraper, because a fall alone never killed anyone. Elsa Schneider is just hanging around at the bottom of a crevice waiting to be found, clutching desperately at the grail. Come on, everybody, let’s brainstorm what other characters we can make up excuses for as to why they’d still be alive!
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The thing is, though, all of your examples are set in the real world and not the Star Wars universe where things are a good bit different from the real world. I think that by now it's been made abundantly clear that things don't work the same in Star Wars as it does our world, in the real world, there is no such thing as the Force, people can't use telekinesis, block incoming laser blasts with their laser swords, and the myriad of other things that the Force allows them to do. Not to mention that we can't travel faster than light, possess advanced energy weapons, keep in an atmosphere using a magnetic field, and the whole host of other things that they have and can do in the Star Wars universe and you draw the line at somebody falling from high up? I'm not necessarily in the camp that believes that Mace survived the fall and is alive, but I'm also willing to suspend my disbelief enough to believe that he could have given everything we've seen in all 9 movies and 2 animated series.
 
Psab keel said:
If Cobb Vanth could track down the remains of Anakin's podracer and build a speeder out of them (which was a pretty stupid easter egg if you ask me) after 40 ish years I can buy Mando being able to track down his own armor.
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Riceball said:
Regarding Cobb Vanth's speeder, do we know for certain that it's made using Anakin's old podracer?
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When two things look the same in Star Wars that they don't have to be the same unique object. Anakin built his pod race from savaged junk. He didn't design the actual engine. It is more likely that Anakin took parts from a speeder than the other way around.

On Topic: That last episode was a lot of fun. My only gripe was the storm troopers seeming to spawn out of no where like a video game during much of the fighting.
 
squirk said:
Given how slavish the series is to minute detail, I have to wonder: Boba saying "galaxy" instead of Jango's "universe".

Was that a goof? That's possible, but seems unlikely.

Assuming it was a deliberate change - they clearly were going for the AOTC callback, so what was the reason behind the switch? Was it to imply that Boba's got his sights set a little lower nowadays - a simpler life, where he's no longer trying to be the best of the best?
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TBH, I think Tem just got the line wrong and no-one noticed or no-one pulled him up on it.

Speaking of Tem:

Being Boba Fett: Temuera Morrison Discusses ‘The Mandalorian’
How did you want to incorporate your cultural background into the role?

I come from the Maori nation of New Zealand, the Indigenous people — we’re the Down Under Polynesians — and I wanted to bring that kind of spirit and energy, which we call wairua. I’ve been trained in my cultural dance, which we call the haka. I’ve also been trained in some of our weapons, so that’s how I was able to manipulate some of the weapons in my fight scenes and work with the gaffi stick, which my character has.
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I gotta say, it was fricken awesome seeing him smack up those stormtroopers :)
 
Riceball said:
The thing is, though, all of your examples are set in the real world and not the Star Wars universe where things are a good bit different from the real world. I think that by now it's been made abundantly clear that things don't work the same in Star Wars as it does our world, in the real world, there is no such thing as the Force, people can't use telekinesis, block incoming laser blasts with their laser swords, and the myriad of other things that the Force allows them to do. Not to mention that we can't travel faster than light, possess advanced energy weapons, keep in an atmosphere using a magnetic field, and the whole host of other things that they have and can do in the Star Wars universe and you draw the line at somebody falling from high up? I'm not necessarily in the camp that believes that Mace survived the fall and is alive, but I'm also willing to suspend my disbelief enough to believe that he could have given everything we've seen in all 9 movies and 2 animated series.
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Yup. Totally realistic. No fantasy elements here. Only in the real world should we expect real world stakes, physics, and consequences. It’s not like the whole “Jedi speed” concept was a crutch that breaks the logic of the films every time it’s used.
 
I’m not asking for some boring intensely realistic depiction of science, because the lightsaber wouldn’t work, and neither would the laser blasts and there wouldn’t be sound in space. I just want there to be realistic stakes and threats in these films. If a character can come back “just because fans like them”, what’s the point? If beskar can stop literally anything, and no one thinks to shoot anywhere but the armor, what’s the point? Why do I care if he’s about to do something dangerous if his armor is impenetrable, and even if he DOES appear to die, if he’s popular enough, he’ll just come back anyway? Star Wars has become as played out as comic books, and it’s a real shame.
 
ZeroSum said:
TBH, I think Tem just got the line wrong and no-one noticed or no-one pulled him up on it.
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Probably the simplest and most likely explanation. Still, for a series that focuses on minutiae like the Kaminoan patches on Dr. Pershing's sleeve, or the Seventh Fleet's insignia on Elsbeth's droids, it seems weird that they'd let slide a flub on a pretty obvious and intentional callback like that.
 
HMSwolfe said:
I’m not asking for some boring intensely realistic depiction of science, because the lightsaber wouldn’t work, and neither would the laser blasts and there wouldn’t be sound in space. I just want there to be realistic stakes and threats in these films. If a character can come back “just because fans like them”, what’s the point? If beskar can stop literally anything, and no one thinks to shoot anywhere but the armor, what’s the point? Why do I care if he’s about to do something dangerous if his armor is impenetrable, and even if he DOES appear to die, if he’s popular enough, he’ll just come back anyway? Star Wars has become as played out as comic books, and it’s a real shame.
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I see your point. But it’s fiction and the Mouse must print money. If there’s a popular character that will sell, they will find a way of bringing them back.
 
HMSwolfe said:
Yup. Totally realistic. No fantasy elements here. Only in the real world should we expect real world stakes, physics, and consequences. It’s not like the whole “Jedi speed” concept was a crutch that breaks the logic of the films every time it’s used.
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When the show or movie is more fantasy than not and is clearly not meant to be grounded, then yeah, I don't expect it follow real world physics. As long as it's consistent with its own rules, then I really don't care all that much what they do. Since coming back from certain death is something that's been previously established as a thing in the Star Wars universe then Mace coming back would be consistent with what's been established as possible in this universe.
 
I like Mace. If he comes back I will be happy to see him in the role again. I will not be worried about which speeder he grabbed a hold of with the surviving arm on the way down, after his heart begin beating again from the effect of the force lightning, and the fact that he had had too much pasta for lunch and wasn’t really up for a fight anyway.
 
NakedMoleRat said:
I like Mace. If he comes back I will be happy to see him in the role again. I will not be worried about which speeder he grabbed a hold of with the surviving arm on the way down, after his heart begin beating again from the effect of the force lightning, and the fact that he had had too much pasta for lunch and wasn’t really up for a fight anyway.
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All you can eat breadsticks in the Temple cafeteria
 
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