The Mandalorian (TV series)

[BlandoCalrssian]

Im fairly sure the fob is only a short range tracker, say within a few miles. You still have to do the legwork to find the targets rough location. It was easy to miss, but it was mentioned near the end of the episode that several weeks had passed since the AT-ST was destroyed. Im guessing word would have made it offworld of a Mandalorian destroying a raiding groups Walker. That bounty hunter found out the rough location and used the fob to zero in on Mando and the kid.

 

[ZeroSum]

...you busted me...

I couldn't remember the character's name & wasn't able to look it up at the time, but that's exactly who I was thinking of.

Yeah, that guy! Carl Weathers... Greef Karga... Golf Cargo... Greg Kurgan... George Gregan... I dunno, are these the names of cars or people?

 

[robn1]

 

[robn1]

Yeah, that guy! Carl Weathers... Greef Karga... Golf Cargo... Greg Kurgan... George Gregan... I dunno, are these the names of cars or people?

Clutch Cargo?

 

[Scarecrow Joe]

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[Captain Dunsel]

Episode Four was the best TV forest battle in “Star Wars” since The Battle For Endor.

This was a fun diversionary episode; although, the motivation for the raiding “Bulldog People” was a little vague. I’m not sure what these Bak’u (Star Trek: Insurrection) type of villagers had to offer that merited their attention...a hidden stash of milk bones, perhaps?

 

[Scarecrow Joe]

Oh and in case you are traumatized by somebody elses opinion:

And to keep the discussion going.....nothing cuter than this moment right here:

 

[ConvergencePro]

Yeah I do hope they explain how the fob tracker thing works a little more because it is starting to feel like a bit of a OP copout. Kinda takes away from the prowess of Bounty Hunters like those we’ve seen in the past were simply just DAMN good at their job if now they just gotta follow the blinking light to the target, least in my opinion. Im ok with it being super short range like it seemed to be in E1/E2, but anything more than like 1/4 mile is edging towards the line of filling the void of bad writing. It simply needs to have some rules assigned to it concerning how powerful it is

 

[mortifactor]

I don't think the fob is like a dragon ball radar, it doesn't guide people to the target (or everyone would be showing up on the planet, not just one Kubaz). It beeps more when you are pretty close, but old fashioned leg work is needed until you are within the kind of close range that bounty hunter in ep4 was. That guy heard about the village defence and thought it was worth checking out based on whatever description he heard.

The only info the bounty hunters have are probably last known location (Mando shoot out / Carl Weathers planet) and visual description.

 

[JoeG]

I think people can be far to critical of Star Wars these days, even the good stuff when it isn't as good as they'd like it to be. It was great to see a strong female character battling that wasn't 90 lbs. What we got was a believable female badass.

Its the problem with armchair critics overall these days. They tend to judge things on their expectations instead of what the creators were trying to actually do. Another reason why sure, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not all opinions should be weighted the same.

 

[Riceball]

My 2 thoughts this week are-

1) I'm thinking someone put a tracker on his ship. Either someone thinking ahead, that he'd escape with the bounty, or someone wanting to ambush him for his armor.

While that's certainly possible, I find it unlikely for 2 reasons.

1) I feel that the Mando would be too careful to not look for a tracker. He seems like someone who's pretty careful about things like and might even be a play from his own playbook.

2) Remember when the Jawas stripped his ship almost completely bare? Chances are that if there was a tracker on his ship it would have gone to the Jawas and he'd have seen it if was included with the rest of his stuff. That or he likely would have found it when putting his ship back together. Even if the Jawas didn't take it, it couldn't have been placed too deep into the ship and would have been noticed during repairs.

 

[Laspector]

I would figure Mando would have some pretty heavy armament on his ship. Why didn't he just go back and get his ship to shoot the AT-ST?

 

[Potroclo]

Fobs irked me too at first. But I now think it's actually good writing. Life forms scanners are pretty common after all. Add a "chain code" to a simplified scanner (fob) while being on the same last known location and you have a great device to push the story forward.
Otherwise you get what, the Mando interviewing witnesses, pulling records out of spaceports offices, delivering subpoenas and search warrants...?

 

[Ron]

I would figure Mando would have some pretty heavy armament on his ship. Why didn't he just go back and get his ship to shoot the AT-ST?

I wondered the same. I think he thought it more important to teach the villagers to defend themselves than to fight their battle for them.

 

[Strikerkc]

I would figure Mando would have some pretty heavy armament on his ship. Why didn't he just go back and get his ship to shoot the AT-ST?

Hush you! No logic here !

That was one of my thoughts watching it too, but in context of the show, it fits will enough.

With Star Wars being science fantasy, as opposed to science fiction, it really just functions as a skin slapped over another genre piece. In this case western/samurai. That means his ship fills the roll of his wagon/horse. So is no additional use against "insert scary bandit weapon". You only fight from the ship (horse) when you're fighting other ships (enemies on horses).

The same way that R2-D2 kind of filled the role of Luke's "talking horse" from a high fantasy view. He grants a level of sentience to the xwing Luke flew, and can wander through hallways and such with him.

Same way "planetary shield generators" seem to always fill the same nitch in the WWII war movie parts of the story as AA batteries do. The empire wants to do a bombing run of Echo base and land troops right on it? To bad, they have an AA battery, so tanks (walkers) and infantry have to move in from father away to blow it up so the paratroopers can come in. Same for the second death star.

And to be fair, this is part of why the "fob" may feel out of place to some of us still, is that it doesn't have a good parallel in any of the Western/samurai source material. Is it terribly out of place in the story? No, it has its purposes, and has been used pretty well so far. It's just a completely new concept in the context of bounty hunting in Star Wars.

 

[harrisonp]

It’s probably a little too convenient but Mando also mentions the cost of fuel when speaking with Greef at the first bounty meeting, so maybe he didn’t want to waste the resource and risk being stranded in unfamiliar space.

 

[Toadmeister]

It’s probably a little too convenient but Mando also mentions the cost of fuel when speaking with Greef at the first bounty meeting, so maybe he didn’t want to waste the resource and risk being stranded in unfamiliar space.

Mando would be risking his biggest asset with the Razorcrest. Could easily get shot down or damaged to the point he’d get stranded on that planet. I’m sure the Razorcrest doesn’t specialize in strafing runs and recall he just got it back together after The Jawas did their thing.

A commando raid and/oror drawing the AT-ST into a trap is a better approach. He also taught The villagers how to stand up and defend themselves, ensuring their future security.

Give them a fish, feed them for a day and all that...

 

[firesprite]

Reading this makes me both sad for what she went through, and happy that she's gotten a chance to spread her wings and try something new.
The Mandalorian Changed Gina Caranos Life

I haven't been a big fan of her work prior to this (though she was fun in Deadpool), but I'm always happy when scifi embraces someone that doesn't necessarily fit the expected mold. Seriously... look at this woman's face here:

This is the face of a woman who feels genuinely beautiful and desirable at a premier (probably for the first time in her career), and that is a wonderful thing. Because even though there is infinitely more to a woman than her physical appearance, every woman wants to be seen as beautiful from time to time.

 

[Strikerkc]

That seems really weird to me. What mind **** weirdos has she been surrounded with in her film career that let her walk away from her roles feeling unattractive? I've seen her in 3 things now, and each one of them seemed like she was picked for being an actress who could deliver lines, and was both strong/athletic and gorgeous.

Did I miss something? Did people walk away from Deadpool and fast & furious thinking she was picked for incompetence and unattractiveness?

Sorry Gina, sounds like you've been around some real fruit loop folks. Glad you found a star wars nerd family.

...But after filming season 1 of The Mandalorian, and now part of season 2...

And part of season what now? I didn't know season 2 was already green lit, why wasn't I informed? LoL

 

[Toadmeister]

She really stood out in Deadpool too, great work there.

Honestly lots of people, yes more so women, have body image issues. Couple that with depression or anxiety in the Hollywood machine and that’s a difficult profession.

Probably more complicated than Bounty Hunting....