The Mandalorian (TV series)

[Peter H]

Easier than a snap-kit :

 

[Riceball]

Regarding Cobb Vanth's speeder, do we know for certain that it's made using Anakin's old podracer? Sure, the engine is just like the one from Anakin's podracer but I just took that as an Easter Egg and a nod to TPM and nothing more. I don't recall there being any dialog on screen where Cobb mentioned that he built his speeder from and old wrecked podracer that used to belong to a kid named Anakin. Somehow I doubt that those engines from Anny's podracer were unique and were the only ones of their kind on all of Tatooine.

 

[Strikerkc]

Nah, it's just a visual easter egg. I take it more to mean that stuff gets reused so much on Tatoine that it just happens to be in his possession now. it's probably the 3rd or 4th thing it's been the day of the race.

 

[Psab keel]

They never explicitly said it was Anakin's, I just felt it was an unnecessary callback

 

[Riceball]

They never explicitly said it was Anakin's, I just felt it was an unnecessary callback

Why? It's not like it was central to the plot of the episode. It was just a callback and nothing more, a little something of visual interest for fans to geek over. If you really want to get into it, all callbacks are unnecessary but that doesn't make them fun and easy to ignore if callbacks aren't your cup of tea.

 

[Toadmeister]

The stubby missile was fired by Cobb against the Krayt dragon. Maybe there were spare ones Mando had or that Cobb gave him that we don't see

Those rockets are a pretty common item at Outer Rim truck stops and convenience stores. Sometimes they will have them in gift packs of 3 with a free Super Slurpee.

 

[Toadmeister]

Why? It's not like it was central to the plot of the episode. It was just a callback and nothing more, a little something of visual interest for fans to geek over. If you really want to get into it, all callbacks are unnecessary but that doesn't make them fun and easy to ignore if callbacks aren't your cup of tea.

I agree. Fans made more out of it than is needed for the story. That’s the internet for you. It’s just connective (visual) tissue.

 

[LTsmash1200]

Why? It's not like it was central to the plot of the episode. It was just a callback and nothing more, a little something of visual interest for fans to geek over. If you really want to get into it, all callbacks are unnecessary but that doesn't make them fun and easy to ignore if callbacks aren't your cup of tea.

It honestly didn't even occur to me that it was the pod racer engine until somebody pointed it out. Although to be fair, I've watched Phantom Menace probably twice since it was released because it's so painfully slow and boring.

 

[Psab keel]

I just felt there were enough visual cues to remind us we were on Tatooinne. For me certain call backs can be distracting if they stand out too much. It's not like the episode was ruined by it, it just felt unnecessary.

 

[gobler]

I don't know if this was brought up and I missed it in the conversation, but how did Boba jet pack magically have the Return of the Jedi Missile in the back when it had the stubby one in the previous episode? Did Mando happen to have one on the Crest?

I've always have been bothered by the whole top part being the missile. In the Star Wars Chronicles there is a photo of the top cone with retractable "fins" or hooks that slide into the lower cone. I can buy into that as being a replaceable "missile" or "mortar". In fact, I built my jetpack the same way.

 

[Strikerkc]

I always kind of glossed over the idea of it being a missile. Left it more at "yea yea. It was inspired by the idea of '...and what if he's got a missile on his back pack?', but it's not really a missile. Pffft, that would be stupid."

But I won't fibb, they've executed the idea very nicely both times they've used it. I dig it.

Also:

 

[Frenzy1971]

It was a great episode. I'm just happy to have a live action star wars with some real fans running it. I really liked the fight choreography, especially the stormtrooper armor getting gaffied up. The way it was shot made me think of Robert Rodriguez movies and then I saw he directed this one. It was neat how Boba was all scarred up from sarlaac digestive juices. Violence with swagger. Heck sometimes I'm just happy to see these characters come back so the actors get work. You know they aren't getting much in royalties or merch from their previous sw roles. I do like Gideon but I think he`ll either get force powers and become powerful or get tossed aside when a name with power comes into the show like Thrawn. I'd die a happy man if they brought in Thrawn and did a mention or show ysalimari.

Oh, Moff Gideon had a small role in maximum overdrive. If you're my age it was a great bad movie with a killer custom acdc soundtrack.

 

[robn1]

 

[Riceball]

So, what are everybody's theories on who exactly Gideon is? Is he working on his own trying increase his power/take over the remnants of the Empire, working for Thrawn, working for what becomes the First Order, or something else entirely? Personally, I think that he's an independent agent and warlord trying to become top dog amongst all of the Imperial Remnant warlords and re-establish the Empire with him at its head, or, at the very least, just increase his power base make himself amongst, if not the, most powerful of the Imperial warlords.

 

[Strikerkc]

That about sums up my thoughts. He was over mandalore during the fall, so he was at least decently high up in rank at the time.

He does seem to believe in the Empire, and wants to restore it, though I get no particular vibe that he thinks there is some other Imperial leadership out there that he's beholden to. Just that he needs to get as much together and under his control as to be able to bring about the empire's resurgence; which would include having a bigger stick than any other imperial warlords/the ability to bring them to his cause.

He seems to be from the school of thought that so many of the imperials fell victim to; that the coolest whizzbang tech and trickery is where power lays. The same line of thought that got us death stars and crazy expensive developmental programs, rather than just building double the number of star destroyers. It's a very "sith" mindset that palpatine seemed to promote; the idea that one ultra powerful person or resource would trump any equally costed number of "mundane" solutions.

Though, in his current circumstances, the idea can be forgiven. If you're trying to function under the radar like he has; having a lower number of high value resources lets him keep quiet better. And secret research into more powerful tools can be done more secretly than trying to pump out star fleets.

 

[Strikerkc]

 

[squirk]

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?

 

[Strikerkc]

The "...making my way through the galaxy" line?

If Jango ever said anything similar, I'd chalk it up to an error. We call things "universes" to encapsulate "everything in them".

The star trek universe. The marvel universe. The DC universe. The doctor who universe. The star wars universe.

In the case of star wars, internally, it only consists on one galaxy. They never travel outside on the one galaxy. In the books, when the Vong show up, they're so strange because they're from another galaxy.

I think the only "universe" I can think of that ever actually bridges that gap and goes extra galactic is Stargate, when they added the pegasus galaxy. Maybe doctor who?

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

- Mace is left dead. I get that death has lost a lot of meaning in the SW universe now, but they've already messed with OT Anakin's actions having any weight, they should avoid doing it to PT Anakin too.

I wouldn't have a big problem with him. Out of all the people who we thought were dead and came back, his would be the most plausible. He could have easily used the Force to stop his fall or land on a passing speeder like the entire AOTC speeder chase sequence. It makes a hell of a lot more sense than Darth Maul getting cut in half and surviving!

 

[torren_of_amber]

Correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't Lucas say Mace survived? That was years before the sale. So, in theory he could still show up. I mean how many Jedi had mechanical hands.