Just watched it. Probably the best Star Wars entertainment I've gotten since Rogue One.

Yeah that was ****ing awesome...loved it.

That ending too....

So....

FYI.... cool informative rundown. **SPOILERS INCLUDED: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/th...explained.html

the beskar shit made me want a mando RPG HARD

In the last scene the blaster light on his mask reminded me of the light on Darth Vader's mask when Palpatine was trying to kill Luke. I think they did it on purpose to convey that he was trying to decide if he was going to be good or evil in that moment.

That was really good all around.

It was ****ing epic.

And the droid seems to be on all of the marketing material, so I do wonder if this is not the last we see of him. I thought he was great.

So excited...apparently episodes are being released on Friday, so there will be another one out in a couple of days.

Completely agree. It was ****ing awesome.

This guy was great in Game of Thrones and Narcos. I have no doubt that he can carry a series like this. Now that I've seen how the series is going to go, (assuming that the pilot is indicative of the quality) I'm a bit stoked to see Mexican Burt Reynolds pull this off.

So highlights what could’ve been for this last trilogy

THAT'S who he reminds me of! Couldn't quite put my finger on it before...lol.

Boyfriend and I watched the first episode after the kiddo went to bed last night. Definitely looking forward to more.

Chilean Burt Reynolds, but otherwise a perfect likening.

I really liked it. With the sole exception of Brian Posehn driving the speeder. He is an anachronism in an otherwise fantastic world.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

looks like the remnants of the empire want to clone yoda's race

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HE LIVES

https://i.redd.it/36d2uh0m1ky31.jpg

I have spoken.

Nick Nolte was perfect for that

The song played during this episode reminds me of something......


It's very similar to the theme from "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".

I believe you mean...."Slave Children Crusade".....very similar.

I also heard some notes from Karate kid.

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this ruled and I'm not overly fond of the franchise regarding their recent pictures.

This one is awesome though - Werner Herzog always belonged in the newer films / series' - Glad he's in this. Big fan of him and the Mandalorian.

Interesting with plenty of potential. Not seeing all the love though, as it was just OK in my book. I see that it could be amazing, but that first episode is not.

star wars is supposed to be popcorn fun

this was perfect star wars in that vein

Bingo.

Very similar..

The ending has my interest now, I'll be watching. At first it wasn't anything big, some cool moments and funny dialogue, not much you can take away from a 40 minute episode.

Compared to the first few episodes of The Clone Wars and Rebels, The Mandalorian was 96% A to their 70% C's at launch, IMHO of course.

There was an awful lot of info dropped in the first episode of The Mandalorian, which was directed by CW and Rebels director Dave Filoni.

My expectation is that the quality of each episode and subsequent season will improve drastically, just as Season 2 of The Clone Wars and Rebels were far above and beyond their respective Season 1's.

Disney has a lot riding on the success of The Mandalorian, as they should after a $15 million dollar per episode budget. With Season 2 filming already in Long Beach, I'd expect that the quality will be their highest priority moving forward because they're expecting as many as 60 million subscribers by 2024.

Those numbers will be difficult to attain if The Mandalorian and the subsequent Star Wars and Marvel Series don't meet the expectations of their respective audiences.

Just a reminder for those of you fortunate enough to watch, episode 2 hits tomorrow.

my boss is too cheap to get Disney + for his kid so I hooked them up with a torrent today

the kid thought he was going to have to wait months to see this - he was so excited LMAO

I take it Fridays will be the official drop days going forward?

That's my understanding.

first 8 minutes of episode 2 are amazing LMAO

Getting ready to watch here in a bit...noticed Chapter II is only 32 minutes long....a little disappointing, but if it is good I can live with it :)

all these goddamn fetch missions are like watching someone play an RPG LMAO

i desperately wanted hoping we get that in a future episode LMAO

YES!

are all of the episodes going to be this short? That's disappointing.

32 minutes. ****ing seriously. 32 minutes

i now know what I'm doing tonight besides fapping

Well that’s going to only take up about 32.5 mins.

Every episode is about 30 minutes.

This is the first Star Wars live action TV show....EVER.

They gambled $120 million that it would work...did you really expect they were going to gamble twice that much on something that had never been done before?

This isn't like GoT where they need longer run times to cram in as much book stuff as possible.

This is a five-hour movie...and when it's all said and done I'm pretty sure it will be vastly entertaining and we'll be looking forward to season two.

If this works you'll get your one-hour Star Wars TV show I'm sure. But I don't really think this NEEDS to be a one show right now. It's so small and focused on one guy that they can do it just fine as it is right now.

It was a very good episode. It's just not enough to keep me paying every month. When my trial is over I'm going to cancel then come back when all episodes are done to binge then.

I was enjoying the first episode, but not really loving it. But then



and I was instantly hooked. I'm really, really looking forward to what Filoni and Favreau have put together for this.

The Bounty on the kid

I'm liking this show so far.

Chronologically, when is this taking place in the Star Wars universe?

5 years after Return of the Jedi. Around 25 years before The Force Awakens and the Last Jedi. Rise of Skywalker takes place a year after the first two.

Ah, OK.

I like that we're getting a Star Wars story not involving the Skywalkers, but a large part of me wants to see Darth Vader at his peak between RotS and ANH. I can't believe they haven't jumped on that yet.

Hah. I thought the same when he got the Beskar pauldron. Now he's got a legendary helmet and pauldron with a shoddy chest plate, greaves, etc. Reminds me of my Skyrim character.

Help me! I'm getting entranced by the lore!

The Mandalorian just sounds ****ing awesome, too. Sounds like someone who'll **** your shit up.. that helmet visor thingy looks awesome but is just not practical though.

So far this is at the same level as Rogue One IMO. Put Favreau in charge of future movies and let him pick his team.

Dude just needs to forge and enchant some daggers.

Voila, a full set of Beskar armor in no time!

:LOL: If only we could go back in time

No, it isn't. Far too early to crown it like that. Episodes are too short and the one a week business sucks ass. Not that the release schedule is the fault of the show itself.

It has tremendous potential. Right now, that's all it is.

The story is about a C+ right now, but the visuals are fantastic. I am getting some Rogue One vibes, but this should be better. Rogue One's characters were forgettable.

Star Wars Rebels set the precedence that they can do time travel

FWIW, I heard from a very reliable source last night that the budget increased $5 million per episode for Season 2 of The Mandalorian (Season 1 clocked in at $15 million per).

So now, it'll be in the neighborhood of $20 million per episode, which puts it among the most expensive per episode series of all time.

This is the only Star Wars content that I am actually looking forward to watching. Rogue One surprised me by being a damn fine bit of entertainment, in retrospect my favorite Star Wars movie of the entire franchise and I watched the very first one at a drive in when I was 10 years old. So the comparison is fine by me.

I'm fairly bummed that I didn't see Rogue One in theaters. It may be my favorite Star Wars movie. I didn't go see it because the trailers were terrible. I don't think they had anything really to do with the movie overall.

I’m liking it so far, I think it has some good potential.

Side note for some reason Rogue One is the only movie I’ve only seen once(and it was in theaters), I’m going to have to watch it again based on what you guys are saying.

Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie since the first three, IMO.

On a scale of 1-10, how hard did Clay schoolgirl squee during last night's episode? Myself, probably between a 7 and 8.

Was Boba Fett the biggest doofus in the galaxy?

Mine was an 8 or a 9. I actually had to watch it twice because I couldn’t believe my eyes during that 3rd act.

Sure, we’ve seen that in The Clone Wars animated series and those story arcs (led by Jon Favreau’s Pre Vizla) were always fun and as visually cool as they could be using 2009 3D animation.

But seeing it in Live Action, for me anyway, was stunning.

It’s pretty clear that Favreau has a true reverence for the Mandalorian people and their history, which means that this series could open the door to years of new and fresh story telling throughout the SW Galaxy.

really nice of the mandos to respond to the main character's LFG signal so quickly after the PVP event started

Boba Fett must not have wanted to waste any little birds on Luke LMAO

Neither Jango Fett or his clone, Boba, were true Mandalorians, something Favreau drove home last night's episode.

this show is a goddamn boba fett nerd's wet dream

ironically enough i think i squee'd hardest at the alien in the bar dropping an 'e chuta'

OG Star Wars fans know where that came from:

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and then there was this:

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and then there was this.... LMAO

https://i.redd.it/3j2zsx0qlg041.jpg

https://i.redd.it/hlv34dwe6e041.jpg

FYI, last night's episode of The Mandalorian was directed by Deborah Chow, who was recently announced as the Showrunner for the upcoming Obi Wan Kenobi series.

From this vantage point, I think that series is in good hands.

That might be a very good thing. This episode was incredible.

Boba Fett was the Brodie Croyle of bounty hunters.

Yep, traitors

What are we considering true? People from mandalor or kids raised in the beliefs who don't take off their helmets? Was boba Fett in th background?

Judge dredd is a mandalorian?

The feminists are coming for the Madalorian:

https://www.insider.com/the-mandalor...Q88GGCq4jdU3NA

Holy shit. That's fantastic news. I really, really want some quality Star Wars content. The universe is huge and the characters are rich. I want to believe that there are storytellers out there who are worthy of the material...and that episode kicked ass.

They can go **** themselves.

I went through and read just a piece of this. Sounds like fans of the show overreacted to her initial tweet following the first episode. Of course, she then responds to that overreaction, and now it's a big feminist thing. I don't think it would have been as big of a thing if people hadn't responded to her the way they did.

That said, my bit on feminism is that, in the 60's and 70's, feminism was about liberation. Nowadays, it seems to be women playing the victim card. Are there areas that need improvement? Sure. Is there still male chauvinism? Sure. Society's not perfect. Fight the fight when it needs to be fought. I just don't think it needs to be fought over something that you can simply turn off if you don't want to watch it.

All that said, going back to her initial tweet, I thought the Mandalorian making the armor was a woman.

Had to be. No way it isn't.