He looked NOT good in this armor.And I hope we will never see him again in THIS armor!
But perhaps in another one?
The Mandalorian (TV series)
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But perhaps in another one?
Strikerkc
Sr Member
lol. if they want to throw him back in it later, and spiff him up/give him more gear because a proper mando helped him suit up, that's fine by me. he was a fun gun sligner looking guy in fett armor, and that's all I needed him to be.
if you're alluding to the character ending up with some different set of gear in the EU, I've never read his books, so i've got no reference to vanth's life beyond this episode.
if you're alluding to the character ending up with some different set of gear in the EU, I've never read his books, so i've got no reference to vanth's life beyond this episode.
I'm not so sure he needs armor anymore.He looked NOT good in this armor.And I hope we will never see him again in THIS armor!
But perhaps in another one?
I took it that that armor was simply a means to an end. He had no attachment to it, but simply used it to protect his town, which was small, sparsely populated, & easy pickings for bandits. Having the reputation that a Mandalorian was their protection probably went pretty far in keeping the town safe.
But now look at it...
This town took out a Krayt dragon with the help of a tribe of Tuscans, that they're also now 'friends' with. That rep alone will probably keep anyone from messing with them.
Strikerkc
Sr Member
How's he get it in Aftermath? from fett's cold dead hands?
Maybe Vanth was fibbin to Mando, maybe Vanth did break it
Strikerkc
Sr Member
agreed. I started reading the first book in aftermath, and it felt like a place holder to me. "Get this out so people can buy crap!"
My eyes rolled back into my head around the start of the 3rd chapter and I decided I had better things to do than try to push through their attempt to write a Tarantino movie as a star wars book. lol
My eyes rolled back into my head around the start of the 3rd chapter and I decided I had better things to do than try to push through their attempt to write a Tarantino movie as a star wars book. lol
HMSwolfe
Master Member
I honestly don’t mind the story as a concept. It’s just so much of the presentation that’s cringey to me.
Like, the close up shot on R5’s bad motivator, and Anakin’s stupid podracer being a speeder (the idea of a salvaged podracer being a speeder isn’t bad. The fact that it HAS to be Anakin’s is cringey.) And the way that Mando talks for like the whole first half. Like, “I’ve been quested,” and all that stuff. It’s fine when he’s talking to other Mandalorians in his clan I guess because they’re kinda stuffy like that, but it just came across as silly to me. Not to mention the whole, “he likes droids now!” thing. Just a little too blunt and too quick. I actually really liked the inclusion and incorporation of the Sand People, once again. They were one of my favorite parts of the Tatooine episode in the first season, and so even with some kind of silly Tusken noises for speech, I liked it. And, forgive me if I’m wrong, but Weequay? Or whatever? Wasn’t he on one of the skiffs in ROTJ? Wouldn’t he recognize Fett’s armor? Wouldn’t he say something? Why is he a bartender now? Wasn’t he essentially a hired gun to Jabba the Hutt? Why didn’t people still know about Mos Pelgos if the settlement had reestablished itself and not actually been wiped off of the map? I guess I wouldn’t be so bothered about this absurd concentration of recognizable characters and props if it wasn’t established that, although far less inhabited than other planets, Tatooine does have its fair share of places. If there really was just like, the one city on Tatooine, all that stuff kind of congregating together wouldn’t seem so stupid. But there’s Mos Espa, Mos Eisley, now there’s Mos Pelgos, Jundland Wastes, Anchorhead, and so on. Less and less reasonable that every time a story touches down on Tatooine, the planet starts playing a “greatest hits of the planet farthest from the bright center to the universe”.
Weequay is the species, not his name. Hondo is a Weequay.
HMSwolfe
Master Member
Gotcha. Don’t have a problem with that then. Thanks for the clarification.
Strikerkc
Sr Member
Wequay is the species, not the character. It's like in an old western, the hero calling the bartender by his nationality, rather than is name.
He may have been supposed to be a guard from Jabba's enterouage, but that doesn't mean he remembers every schmuck that came through that palace. they're also a fairly common species any ways, so he could just be some dude.
He may have been supposed to be a guard from Jabba's enterouage, but that doesn't mean he remembers every schmuck that came through that palace. they're also a fairly common species any ways, so he could just be some dude.
harrisonp
Sr Member
I think when it comes to callbacks I get more frustrated by dialogue than visuals.For example seeing Vanths bike with an engine like Anakins, without being explicitly TOLD it was “on a scrap heap from Mos Espa” is fine, it’s a model of ship that I can believe is kicking around. Reuse of phrases or to an extent things like THAT R5 being there is annoying.
CelticRuins
Sr Member
Yeah there's a whole series of episodes revolving around Hondo's Wequay bandit planet in CW. I'd say he's just there and probably had nothing to do with the Hutts. Are we saying the entire species are bounty hunters/pirates?
CelticRuins
Sr Member
Hey well there is that whole fan theory that R5 is the real hero of the entire series! He knew what R2D2 had and busted his own motivator...
Chap took one for the team!
HMSwolfe
Master Member
I liked the opening location a lot. The graffiti, the city-scape, all really cool. I just didn’t super care for the scene.It’s something about that spaceport at Mos Eisley, everything in that set just feels whacky to me (cough cough Peli Motto)
I really liked wherever that Gammorean fight was taking place, and the fight with the goons was cool.
harrisonp
Sr Member
I think that’s part of what I’m missing with this series, something like Nar Shaddaa or Corellia would go a long way to spicing up the locations. I know they really like the “western-ness” of the desert planets and small towns but I want to see Mando hunt in an urban environment.
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