Star Wars: The Mandalorian

[Hammock Parties]

Jon Favreau is directing this live-action TV series.

Looks TIGHT.

Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun!

After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode.

Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok).

It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for updates.

[Frazod]

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Tom Cruise is tough to take AND tough to resist.

He's so thirsty, but he's also committed, so you know he's always actively trying to win you over, but you also know he'll do some amazing shit to get it done.

Reminds me of a story about [I think it was] Ed Begley Jr. back in his standup days. This was when 'performance art' like Andy Kaufman was starting to come on the scene as 'comedy.' And Begley had a standup partner act where they were supposed to be a bluegrass/folk duo, but they just stood on stage for 15-20 minutes tuning their guitars. Play a chord, fiddle with the tuning knobs, play a chord, fiddle, play, etc. . . [EDIT: important point, this was one of those 'coffee house' impromptu standup gigs, not like a scheduled event with a theater where they advertised and sold tickets to 'see Begley and blah-blah, live comedy!!']

Folks would be quiet for a little bit, then they'd start to laugh, then they'd start to boo and throw stuff, then eventually they would start howling with laughter.

Which is to say, commitment to a bit can be irritating, until it eventually becomes inspired.

Guess I haven't had enough coffee today. What do we mean by "thirsty"?

Anyway, I went through a period where I wasn't too high on TC, but I'm over it now. He's a good watch, generally. he may not do a lot of thought-provoking stuff, but he does a lot of fun movies.

Tom Hanks is great. But I might be biased because I actually met him once before he was famous. Or rather around the time he was doing that TV show "Bosom Buddies." Great guy.

And Julia Roberts is great-looking in that 'girl-next-door' way. And a pretty good actress as well. I've watched plenty of movies because she was in them and I figured they couldn't be bad because of it. Mostly I was right, every once in awhile I was wrong.

Oh, but about the Mandalorian. It's great.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Guess I haven't had enough coffee today. What do we mean by "thirsty"?

Eager to be well thought of, desperate for approval. Some limit to horniness, but I've always read it more generally as an impulse to impress.

Got its start from people labeling those who post sexy pictures online in order to get compliments as a 'thirst trap.'

[keg in kc]

The mark of true greatness for a television show is that I actually get up at 4:30 am so I can watch it before work.

Mando is I believe the first show to strike that mark.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

The mark of true greatness for a television show is that I actually get up at 4:30 am so I can watch it before work.

Mando is I believe the first show to strike that mark.

I can't believe that at 12am tomorrow morning, Season 2 will be at the halfway mark.

It seems like it's just getting started...

[Hammock Parties]

IT'S MANDO NITE IN AMUERICAAE

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I can't believe that at 12am tomorrow morning, Season 2 will be at the halfway mark.

It seems like it's just getting started...

I thought there was 7 episodes this year?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I thought there was 7 episodes this year?

There are 8 episodes in Season 2, with the season finale airing on December 18th.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

There are 8 episodes in Season 2, with the season finale airing on December 18th.

This year is so good, if all episodes were released at the same time like Netflix, I’d stay up all night and call in sick the next day.

[keg in kc]

Spoiler!

Wow, what a big infodump at the end of an otherwise nothing episode.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Spoiler!

Wow, what a big infodump at the end of an otherwise nothing episode.

Spoiler!

I stayed up late last night to watch the episode and my brain is still processing what I saw.

First off, this episode was mostly predictable, which isn't to say it's not good, just that at some point in time, we'd see Greef, Cara and Din take on the remnants of the Empire at some point but man, was it awesome! I was slightly apprehensive about a Carl Weather directed episode but he delivered big time, as those action sequences were among the best in all of Star Wars. It was nice to see competent Tie Fighter pilots and for me, it harkened back to the original Star Wars movie, A New Hope, in that the Imperial Tie Fighters were just relentless.

Now, on to the HUGE revelations in this series. First off, we witness an Imperial Cloning facility! That was a shocker, considering that the Republic used "secret" cloners on Kamino in the prequels and we'd never seen an Imperial cloning facility in the films. The very first tube looked exactly like Snoke and his musical motif played briefly under that scene. It wasn't exact but it also wasn't subtle, either. That in itself might put to rest that the idea of XII-IX being discarded, which is another subject altogether but still a very important and likely lively discussion for another time.

Secondly, here we go again with Midiclorians "M. Count". It certainly looked like a few of those objects in those tanks could be what eventually becomes Supreme Leader Snoke but they're having difficulty with these clones handling the high Midichlorian count, which led to their failure. Dr. Pershing indicates they need more blood from "The Donor", which I initally took to be someone other than Baby Yoda but that may have been a misinterpretation.

After seeing those suits, the first thing that came to mind was the old EU "Dark Troopers", which changed over the years to become a Biological/Mechanical Hybrid and it "appears" as if they're trying to create Dark Force Clones for those suits, which could lead to an epic showdown between elite Mandalorian and Imperial forces.

Anyway, I need to watch it a few more times because as Keg said, there's a LOT to unpack. But in short, WOW!!!!

One last note: It certainly appeared in this episode that they're setting up Cara Dune for a spinoff in which she joins the New Republic as some sort of warrior/leader.

[DaneMcCloud]

Spoiler!

Oh yeah, and I still believe that Moff Gideon's armor is a tribute to Darth Vader.

[keg in kc]

I'll have to watch it again, I was not very awake this morning...

Spoiler!

But I didn't get 'clone' out of what they were doing. I thought they were infusing adult candidates with the Child's blood, and that they had all failed after about "a fortnight". Rather than clone cannisters, I thought they were storing the failed experiments for future study. Or executing those tests in a bacta tank.

Whatever the case is, I think Gideon is trying to give (or already has given) himself force powers. They clearly were trying to invoke Vader's helmet in the shot where the Dark Trooper armor was in the foreground.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Spoiler!

I stayed up late last night to watch the episode and my brain is still processing what I saw.

First off, this episode was mostly predictable, which isn't to say it's not good, just that at some point in time, we'd see Greef, Cara and Din take on the remnants of the Empire at some point but man, was it awesome! I was slightly apprehensive about a Carl Weather directed episode but he delivered big time, as those action sequences were among the best in all of Star Wars. It was nice to see competent Tie Fighter pilots and for me, it harkened back to the original Star Wars movie, A New Hope, in that the Imperial Tie Fighters were just relentless.

Now, on to the HUGE revelations in this series. First off, we witness an Imperial Cloning facility! That was a shocker, considering that the Republic used "secret" cloners on Kamino in the prequels and we'd never seen an Imperial cloning facility in the films. The very first tube looked exactly like Snoke and his musical motif played briefly under that scene. It wasn't exact but it also wasn't subtle, either. That in itself might put to rest that the idea of XII-IX being discarded, which is another subject altogether but still a very important and likely lively discussion for another time.

Secondly, here we go again with Midiclorians "M. Count". It certainly looked like a few of those objects in those tanks could be what eventually becomes Supreme Leader Snoke but they're having difficulty with these clones handling the high Midichlorian count, which led to their failure. Dr. Pershing indicates they need more blood from "The Donor", which I initally took to be someone other than Baby Yoda but that may have been a misinterpretation.

After seeing those suits, the first thing that came to mind was the old EU "Dark Troopers", which changed over the years to become a Biological/Mechanical Hybrid and it "appears" as if they're trying to create Dark Force Clones for those suits, which could lead to an epic showdown between elite Mandalorian and Imperial forces.

Anyway, I need to watch it a few more times because as Keg said, there's a LOT to unpack. But in short, WOW!!!!

One last note: It certainly appeared in this episode that they're setting up Cara Dune for a spinoff in which she joins the New Republic as some sort of warrior/leader.

They took alot from the EU Novels

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

They took alot from the EU Novels

Yep, which is actually really cool.

The one character that I’ve always wanted to see onscreen, whether Live Action or animated, is Jorj Car’das, so there’s still hope we might see him someday.