The Mandalorian S2 Finale SPOILER REVIEW - What Just Happened?!

The Mandalorian wraps up season 2 with its biggest reveal yet - but is it good or bad for the show? I try to make sense of what just happened in my spoiler review of the season finale!
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[@DanMurrellMovies]

Obviously I expected some disagreement, but I'm honestly a little surprised still at how forcefully (heh) a lot of people are pushing back. You're perfectly free to disagree with me, but my only request would be this: I go out of my way to make clear that just because I have an opinion on something, I don't begrudge you your opinion. I'm not a guy who wants hate clicks, and I don't take contrary opinions for attention. The me you see on this channel is just that - me, sharing my honest thoughts and opinions. I'm very happy to see how much joy this episode has brought to so many people. As I said in the review, I honestly wish I could have shared in it. I disagree with the majority here, and I was aware of that - but please, I'd ask you to be respectful of my thoughts, as I am of yours. Overall, what I loved about The Mandalorian is that it had gotten me excited about Star Wars again. I was excited every week to see what would happen. And I'm still excited for what's to come. But I won't lie - much of the reaction to my opinions on this episode has put a damper on what was a very fun show/season. It's taken me back to the days of a few years ago when it seemed like every Star Wars discussion was filled with vitriol and anger. I'm perfectly prepared for disagreement, or else I wouldn't share my opinions. But being told that I'm dead inside, that I have a stick up my a**, that I hate everything, that I'm not a real Star Wars fan, that I'm not being honest or doing this for attention - it's very discouraging. I stand by my thoughts and remain excited about the future of Star Wars. I hope we can all get a little better about sharing our love and our criticisms for it with each other.

[@deveshsood6087]

Only respect from me dude. You're allowed to think what you think, and your opinions are 100% valid and fair. I wouldn't necessarily agree with your opinion, but I do respect them

[@maddog15a]

I have mixed feelings on the Luke reveal. I think I might have liked it better if it was a recast-ed role instead of cgi, but who knows. Ether way no one should be attacked for their opinion, especially on something so subjective.

[@crusherballz]

Sorry people are being Dicks to you Dan! You are allowed to your Opinions just like everybody else! Don't let them Discourage you!

[@xger21]

As noted in my other comment, keep it up! I greatly appreciate that you avoid toxicity. Sadly, the internet is driven by hate at this time - that's why I've blocked so many channels.

[@Edhelvar]

Dan, don't listen to all those people! Keep being awesome and don't change! I totally get what you're saying about these reactions discouraging your interest and excitement about Star Wars. I felt the same way years ago, Force Awakens got me back to the love of Star Wars and got me reading the comics and novels and watching the animated shows, and then Last Jedi came out and I loved it! And then the discourse began... And that love of talking Star Wars and wanting more and more kind of died down again.

[@cvolante8032]

I assumed that the Darktroopers were kept in a bay with a door that opens up into space because they're battle droids and that's where they deploy from. Made perfect sense, imo.

[@lisamortini8567]

Totally!

[@Shalalacls]

Exactly, weren't they deployed from that same room when they took Grogu in ep 6?

[@StarFyreXXX]

@@Shalalacls yup

[@SlyDvl]

Dark troopers kept reminding me of the Cyber men from Dr. Who. 😏

[@w77eed]

If they over heat they can open the doors and cool them off.

[@IronicShenaniganz]

It didn’t strike me as boxing Grogu in, especially when Mando says “I’ll see you again... I promise”

[@lunarorbit]

Yeah, that didn't bother me. There are 30 years between this show and the Force Awakens. Lots of time for Grogu to train, become a Jedi, and then leave Luke to do his own thing. We don't know for sure that he was killed by Kylo Ren, so his story is open-ended.

[@pootshootriot]

Also Ben (Kylo) was born around this time. Makes perfect sense

[@brianng3414]

Promise and keeping the promise are 2 different things. As much as he tried to get through the forcefield when Baby Yoda was sending the signal, Mando could not. There are things even beyond his control.

[@brianng3414]

@@lunarorbit That is a good point. But if Luke is building up a Jedi school, even if Baby finish the training, Luke will probably ask him to stay as a teacher's assistance or something. But I am like Dan, they tried to followed up on Luke's story already. We should leave the Skywalkers alone for foreseeable future.

[@neverlistentome]

With the addition of thrawn, grogu could always wind up going with mando into the unknown regions which saves him from the fire.

[@sarahm3304]

I can understand why some people are frustrated with a show starting off as seemingly a separate thing with all new characters to slowly involve OT characters etc however I loved it especially after feeling so disappointed with Rise of Skywalker and the sequel trilogy as a whole (I did love Last Jedi but it wasn’t a good cohesive trilogy). So many tears today 😭

[@teruphoto]

The Mandalorian has certainly restored a lot of my faith in the future of Star Wars. I actually enjoyed Awakens and Last, but Rise was so terribly written and executed that it spoiled the taste of the entire trilogy for me.

[@kalmanta1824]

SteVeL yep the same with me. TLJ, especially the Luke arc blew me away, his whole development in that ONE movie was so well executed, I was so satisfied. Only to see it it being pushed aside in the next movie. I wished Rian would‘ve finished the sequel trilogy.

[@pstockmaster]

@@kalmanta1824 " the Luke arc blew me away" luke arc? i think you mean jake´s arc

[@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821]

And incorporating those characters has felt so natural. I think that part has felt seemless.

[@sivad1025]

From episode one, this was a Clone Wars/Rebels sequel. Only casual fans didn't catch onto that.

[@ivanrettally9719]

He look good, not perfect but good, he inspire emotions and tears so for me is a great finale. May the force be with you, always.

[@pedroxqui]

where was r2d2 when the padawans were purged? because his "conversation" with grogu made me feel like it was him who saved him or helped save him (i'm not the biggest starwars fan, that's why i'm asking)

[@MichaelWutsch]

Spoiler Luke was cool but my favorite part was when Grogu touched Mando's face

[@leademi1387]

I cried when Grogu touched his face. I’m just sad Mando didn’t give him the knob.

[@MichaelWutsch]

@@leademi1387 ew, you're sick

[@qwertyferix]

@@MichaelWutsch 😆

[@gayatritripathisaxena7224]

This just occured to me. Luke here could have been replaced by Mace Windu who just got his hands on a green lightsaber randomly. All lines could have been said by Mace with no out of context meanings. All the actions could be done by Mace as he also studies the same form of combat. Moreover, it would have taken away that uncanny feeling and gave us something to lose our mind over without feeling out of place.

[@alki9859]

@@MichaelWutsch 😂

[@swordmonkey6635]

Dan: "The Dark Trooper is perhaps the hardest foe the Mandalorian has faced yet." Mudhorn: snorts derisively

[@Panteni87]

The other monster hunt posted a considerable opposition as well. They needed an entire town and a tribe of sand people to take it down, and it almost didn't work.

[@ravissary79]

Why were the dark troopers in a room that vents into space? Duh... so they can launch from the sky or orbit like a Starship troopers drop... just like they did last episode.

[@boyan3001]

But in mentioned episode we see them launching from regular dock.

[@TadBigby]

There's an airlock in the dark trooper room because that's where they launch from.

[@MAXLD]

Y, my first reaction was the same ("ah!, convenient"), but then I remember that's how they would have launched to get Grogu in the last episode, and it makes kinda sense that it could be like that when launching a squad of them. Or at least, I can live with it. Still isn't stellar to have to depressurize and entire room to launch just one of two of them, but... whatever, fine...

[@DanMurrellMovies]

That makes sense.

[@MAXLD]

@@bluepearl_22 y, fight would be useless anyway, blasters wouldn't kill them. Only the spear or maybe the saber... and not even Mando was holding one of them. Lol. There's a lot of dumb stuff in this series... Oh, and btw, Mando got saved at the last second... AGAIN. You really have to give a very big discount while watching all this, because if you start picking stuff with logic, it all falls appart pretty hard.

[@qwertyferix]

@@bluepearl_22 Maybe they were hoping the dark troopers would run out of power. Or maybe change their minds.

[@brreezy421]

@@bluepearl_22 They knew they were fucked. Blasters don't hurt them. They were just waiting for the inevitable trying to think it through but coming up wit no solutions

[@IsaacV24]

Everyone: *Losing their mind over Luke* Me: my boy R2-D2’s back! Yes!

[@garrettcarter5622]

Him, rolling up behind Luke like, "Bitch, did you ditch me back there?!"

[@chillabrew_glycolinstall]

Tooie FTW!!

[@dzd2371]

The true hero of the galaxy! I'm going to assume from R2 and Grogu's little chat that's who probably saved him as well.

[@noahsryan]

That’s the moment when I squealed too

[@FlagCutie]

Yes, even Grogu wasn't completely sold on the idea until R2 came in!

[@Eric-rr3zd]

Grogu will train with Luke but realize that the Jedi just aren't his thing, and leave to go become a Mandalorian like his dad.

[@ravissary79]

The first real life FuncoPop mandalorian.... with ears.

[@andrewj1754]

Need a lot less beskar to get a suit of armour for him.

[@jewsco]

I have been waiting since 1983 to see prime Luke Skywalker fight and 10 year old me was screaming in excitement

[@christophermxyzptlk7155]

This comment makes me sad.

[@jewsco]

@@christophermxyzptlk7155 so you had no childhood heroes? That makes me think you had a sad life

[@prmedia4446]

I understand being frustrated by the Jedi being Luke, but ultimately it makes sense in terms of the universe. What did we all expect when they said a Jedi might sense Grogu’s presence? Most of the Jedi are dead, Luke was in his prime at the time, and Grogu reminds Luke of Yoda. It makes sense.

[@Akazainul]

@@bluepearl_22 Well there are similar weird deep fakes in blade runner 2049, rogue one, and rise of skywalker so maybe the technology is just not quiet there yet. I watched a video where a studio animator said digitally de-aging is much harder than aging someone. I think that's why old captain america in endgame looked flawless but there aren't any good digital de-aging YET.

[@SweetSingAlong]

I think it had to be Luke to tie in all the different fan bases- not everyone watches the spin off shows, but everyone knows Luke. I was hoping they would get Sebastian Stan to play him though.

[@VonJay]

@@Akazainul Yeah but Rogue One didn't use deepfake. THe technology used for Luke or anything in the star wars movies aren't deepfakes. I think that there are ethical reasons as to why the technology isn't used. If it's not ethics it's just not taught to or used by ILM.

[@VonJay]

@@bluepearl_22 I'm sorry but if it looks fake it doesn't matter if it looks better. It completely removes me from the suspension of disbelief. There are other avenues for making it look real like using actual deepfake technology, or recasting the character. IDK disney is d riding these characters so hard that they won't recast them. Yet they cast Solo? I don't understand it.

[@DATFilms]

@@Akazainul you got to remember this is a TV show, most of the stuff we see is in the volume, a whole person is a whole other problem. Season 2 was already in the works when Season 1 was airing, so they had the budget already defined.

[@rongonzales3052]

I wish that Din had stopped Luke carrying Grogu away to hand him the little ball before he left 😔

[@JonathanNation]

I was waiting for something involving the little ball

[@sivad1025]

When Grogu was in the elevator looking at Din, I was CERTAIN Din would get it out and get on his knee like S2E5.... I'm so sad that didn't happen

[@qwertyferix]

At least Grogu still has the mythosaur skull necklace, right?

[@TheCarameldance]

Grogu has the necklace, Din has the ball to remember each other 🥺 I was expecting Luke to drop his name actually. How they gonna see each other again in a vast universe? Grogu is off to where? Din doesn't know any of this, yet.

[@SageForsaken]

I know I said give him the ball out loud.

[@hasybig007]

Grogu survived one purge.... He can survive another.

[@strobey]

Exactly he must be powerful otherwise the empire wouldn't have hunted him down like they did. They would have settled with any jedi if they only required their blood samples

[@dajokerwild4854]

Oh Groggy would have been at least the size of a 4 year old by then. Ben solo wouldn't have survived that encounter. I think he was off training somewhere or something. But probably felt the disturbance in the force when it happened.

[@dajokerwild4854]

@@FullMetalB Yeah exactly. That math don't add up. Lol. Put some respect on my man Grogu name. He force choking before he can even talk.

[@nerdhobbyist]

I disagree with you here, but agree with you 99% of the time otherwise, because they are completely logical knocks against the show, now they dont have a mcguffin, but damnit if i wasn't a kid again seeing that green saber. Yea he looked like the Luke character model from Battlefront 2 but like my hormone monster says, whatya gonna do? I dont even watch SJU as much anymore sadly because I was there for charts, and your commentary primarily. We cool Dan.

[@samuelladnier]

Just as Yoda was able to dip on Order 66. Being small and green = less likely to be massacred in a slaughter. Who knew?

[@uydukuvita-man4696]

Yes, we've seen Luke in the past two movies, but the reaction clearly shows how desperate fans have been to see THIS Luke.

[@qwertyferix]

Yup. 👌

[@randomfools808]

That wasn't Luke in TLJ or ROTS. That was Jake Skywalker. Even Mark said it.

[@canuckbucks]

You're just not addressing or maybe even listening to the nature of the criticism. "I just saw Luke this year" was not the heart of his criticism, it was punctuation.. They won't be able to "unspoil" Luke going forward regardless the technology or actors applied because we know his in-universe spoiled future awaits. This is also the base of Murrells criticism against the plotline of Luke taking Grogu - we know tragedy awaits, which is also the main, though not only, issue with the prequels and the 2 Star Wars Stories... As for the production... Luke's face didn't even move! they couldn't find the budget to give him proper dialogue and still made the choice after Leia and Grand Mof were both panned. Star Wars has decamped from a galaxy far, far away and moved permanently into Uncanny Valley. Stop encouraging Lucasfilm to give us hackneyed legacy-based stories by considering them political victories and instead give them the courage to imagine again. Look, in my head canon there are only 3 star wars movies, and The Mandolorian.. except now I may have to yank Mando out too because they've insisted on adding Disney-Luke, in 2D! If you don't the disney-fication of our world, and all the others, will proceed apace...

[@LoganBluth]

We have THREE ENTIRE MOVIES of young badass Luke kicking ass and taking names. Is it SO HARD to accept that heroes are flawed and that for about a 5-6 year period during Luke's older life (the time between Ben killing all Luke's other trainees and TLJ) he became disillusioned with the Jedi teachings and doubted himself too much to try again. Luke had a massive crisis of faith after a major tragedy occurred that he had a large hand in causing, which to me is very realistic and relatable. But in the end he made peace with the Force and sacrificed himself so that the next generation could continue the fight, just like Obi-Wan did before him. I do not understand how this is considered bad storytelling when it's one of the most nuanced and human arcs in the entire Star Wars universe. And considering the time period in which the Sequel trilogy is set I don't see how anyone would expect, let alone WANT, a sequence in which they CGI old man Mark Hamill into a big, flippy lightsaber duel. Did we learn NOTHING from those awful Christopher Lee/Ian McDiarmid/Samuel L. Jackson fights in the Prequels?!? 😝 Haha

[@Monster4life100]

@@LoganBluth finally someone who gets it. I swear SW fans are just so biased to Luke that no one else can be the main character. New trilogy doesn’t have Luke as the main hero = BAD AND RUINED STAR WARS. Luke comes in and takes over the episode and make the dark troopers look like harmless statues and makes the main characters look outclassed = *sobbing* THANK YOU LUCASFILM, YOU’VE SAVED MY STAR WARS.

[@T1000-h4k]

Why are people disliking it???? He is just stating what he felt and He is happy for people who liked it. Some people need to take chill pilll.

[@athenajaxon2397]

Star Wars fans can't handle differing opinions

[@T1000-h4k]

@@athenajaxon2397 such toxic fanbase.

[@MrTreyshawn22]

@@T1000-h4k all I see are people disagreeing with his opinions what’s the problem?

[@davefawcett4894]

Less to do with being toxic and more to do with disagreeing with his assumptions going forward....At least the way I see it

[@Jayk129]

With all the talk of the ending of this episode I think a lot of people are overlooking a really noteworthy moment near the climax. Pedro Pascal actually won a spear fight without getting his head popped like a zit afterwards.

[@qwertyferix]

The dark trooper sure was trying. That's why you wear a helmet, kids!

[@abbyehrenstein2550]

I didn’t even think about that

[@redsands1001]

Oh wow. The other day someone made a comment about game of thrones just having faded from most peoples memory and shit maybe they were right

[@rachele3334]

Ew, I’ve never seen that show, but everything I hear about it makes me squirm. 🤢

[@michaelberry1382]

I was waiting for Pedro to start screaming to Gideon “say the Child’s name- say it! Who gave the order? Say it!” Don’t worry littl Grogu- I’ll be your champion”

[@ChuckD008]

If Grogu could survive Order 66 he can survive Kylo Ren's hissy fits

[@VonJay]

Grogu was probably like "I'm out" after Ben didn't get his supper on time. "Seen this before, I have."

[@richierich7229]

@@VonJay 😂

[@jackjohn810]

Kylo Ren's big hissy fit is still about 15 years away from where The Mandolorian is in the timeline. He's only about 5 years old currently.

[@goodial]

@James Traynor The Mandalorian series managed to include Life Day and Maclunkey. I guess the strength of Star Wars is to make even worst things somehow fit sooner or later. So I'll doubt they retcon the 4+ billion dollar machine that is the sequel trilogy ;)

[@Panteni87]

@@goodial Well, there is a symbol of the veil of the force in the Ahsoka logo... that might def be a way to change the entire narrative and make that a "what if" story before we know the actual story. Maybe in this universe, the Palpatines don't win.

[@travissmith6380]

I know we saw Luke in the last 2 films Dan but this felt like the Luke people were DYING to see. Im fine with it. It feels like they are trying to get back some of the fans they lost with the new trilogy

[@bradleygarrod3871]

We saw Jake Skywalker in the last two movies...

[@shinylr8091]

Sending you some love Dan! Whether we agree or not, I always love hearing your true thoughts on things and hope you’ll continue sharing them with us

[@FrankCostanzasLawyr]

Actually, when I saw Luke I felt like I hadn't seen him in ages.

[@RajBauer]

Cause we haven’t, I refuse to accept the ST luke. Ep 7 is the only good ST film

[@road_king_dude]

Bro. Same here.

[@MrKramer439]

@@RajBauer ep7 is the one that put him in exile to begin with lmao it put Johnson into a corner

[@RajBauer]

@@MrKramer439 ep 7 literally ended on a cliffhanger, no putting into a corner. Ep 8 ends with a definite end so it was pointless and left no room for 9

[@MrKramer439]

@@RajBauer no. Johnson had to explain why Luke would be out of the fight abandoning his sister. 8 ends with Kylo going full bad and getting rid of the palpatine retread, set the stage as him as the big bad of the trilogy. Then JJ undid it all to give us the OT redux. So lame

[@melvinlinderoth7108]

Imagine if Boba Fett was among the others when Luke appeared that would have been a very different scene

[@johnconnor2572]

Oh shit that would've been epic! Can't believe I didn't consider that

[@lwaves]

I thought that myself, wondered why it wasn't addressed, then I realised that he wasn't on the bridge.

[@JFroggy0801]

That's why he wasn't there. Smart writing they know their shit.

[@mossadon]

@@JFroggy0801 Absolutely, Jeff. I've been a fan of Favreau since Swingers. The man knows how to write, and even though he's fully Hollywood, still treats what he does as ART first. Just watch him on his old series Dinner For Five where he interviews absolute legends of cinema over dinner. (Yeah, that food thing's been...a thing with him fer a while now. heh).

[@superspatchcock]

@@JFroggy0801 not necessarily smart writing, just not stupid writing 😉

[@masoodkhan1096]

I loved it. Emotional from start to end

[@ntcnetwork9934]

I mean I get your complaint but idk, seems like this was just kind of a one off guest appearance.

[@redsands1001]

Given star wars (including old expanded universe) habits of making everything closely connected i get his concern. If we get 4 seasons and it's just 15 minutes of Skywalker I'm okay with it.

[@masterslasher187]

Mark Hamill is actually voicing him and playing him. We literally got the Dope Luke and people are complaining. Wow

[@afrayyy]

Star wars fans for you, they complain and bitch about everything

[@aliali-ce3yf]

complaining because the CGI was awful

[@jamoblair7245]

I literally didn't even notice the CG being off, even after going back, doesn't seem to be that much of an issue.

[@ddm62571]

@@aliali-ce3yf It's tv dude

[@DiasThiago100]

I don't usually disagree with Dan, but well..sometimes it happens.

[@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821]

I thought this episode was just money shot after money shot.

[@qwertyferix]

Dan usually has a level-headed outlook, but I think in this instance he is assigning too much weight to one minor aspect of the show because it opposes what he had hoped for.

[@RajBauer]

Haha literally was thinking the same thing

[@darkauscus]

200% in this case ;) nonsense complaints tbh, weird...coming from Dan

[@Izurag]

I almost NEVER disagree with Dan, can't honestly believe THIS of all things would be it.

[@IsaacV24]

Why do I get the feeling that Dan didn’t like the Luke Skywalker reveal?

[@gayatritripathisaxena7224]

Why did he mention that the Dark Troopers being at the door which opens up to the outside is convenient? It is convenient for the Empire, because that is how they launch! It is not a flaw! It is a feature! That is why them flying back makes sense.

[@bigjsquare1988]

He's actually so excited, he doesn't know how to express it.

[@aaronalexanderortizsantos3585]

@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 exactly, they did wait a lot of time to return tho, and we already knew they could fly from when they took grogu so it was expected for them to return they just waited until everyone forgot about them

[@roslamir]

I don't understand the complaint about Luke's entrance being like Boba Fett or Darth Vader.

[@dajokerwild4854]

@@roslamir the concern there is potential lazy writing.

[@Scrapluv]

There aren't many Jedi left. It makes the most sense that the most powerful Jedi during that time would be able to sense and locate Grogu. That's my take though. Still, I think this may be the last time we actually see Luke since they didn't cast an actor.

[@eduardocruz4341]

I agree plus Grogu can train with Luke for 20 years then go on his own before Kylo goes nuts. Also, just because Luke is in the picture doesn't mean they boxing themselves in. Luke may only tangentially affect the Mandalorian storywise when Din and Grogu meet again but he doesn't have to box in the show.

[@icebergthegamer]

think grogu is related to yoda?

[@seriouserer]

I was hoping for Cal Kestis from Jedi Fallen Order or barring that a complete new character, maybe even a new species. But of course, Luke is the safe choice.

[@Deftonesdsm]

SEBASTIAN STAN we must yell it from the rooftops

[@1183newman]

I was hoping for Kyle Katarn

[@arqHHM]

The entire premise of your problems with this episode is the exact reason I feel they needed to do what they did with Luke Skywalker and Grogu. The title of the series is called "The Mandalorian", NOT "The Child". Grogu really needs to take a long break from the show. As you yourself admitted to, he has pretty much taken over the show-- which I feel was in no way the direction Joe Favreau wanted the show to go. So yes, I feel the best way to remove Grogu from the equation for a while was with bigger star power in Luke Skywalker. I hope Grogu doesn't make a return for next season at least and let Din have some adventures of his own and let the character breathe and get a chance to shine in his own right.

[@lacywhitevalenti7234]

And that's exactly what they're doing. They've already set up that their new plotlines are going to be "Go after Thrawn" and "Take back Mandalore". The Child is exiting the show; Luke is not entering the show as a character. It was a guest appearance.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

Yes I hope this is the case and we only see Grogu as perhaps a single episode Force Projection that shows how hes doing but they back off and allow other plotlines to breathe.

[@nathanielhoward1498]

I agree 100%. This seems really obvious to me.

[@vikk1081]

My sentiments too. I was excited to see Luke appear in that episode. I thought it made sense in the story at the same time giving a fan service. The series chronicled the adventures of the mandalorian in which he meets a lot of interesting characters--good and bad--along the way. Luke, to me, is just one of them. Perhaps I'm not one to overthink things (or I'm just naive?) but I never thought nor felt that the season-ender made it imperative that Luke be a prominent/regular/semi-regular character in the series moving forward.

[@mattmadrid2960]

You're making a pretty unsustainable leap of reasoning here, Dan. You're assuming that because Jedi Temple 2.0 was destroyed that Grogu must have been a part of it. That's completely unfounded. We know the Temple is destroyed when Kylo is a teen, which is still years away. We also know that Grogu was trained during the Clone Wars. He might not need much training at all from Luke. Ahsoka already said he had closed off his abilities as a defense mechanism, he might just need some Force Therapy and he's good to go. We also know literally nothing about his species or their development. He could go through some weird development stage and enter adulthood during the offseason, there is no way to predict where they are going with this.

[@JeanFrancisDelouche]

And it seems very unlikely that all the Jedi were at the academy at the one time. And force sensitive types got caught by a fire? Yeah I'm not sure. But these are more issues with the dreadful sequels, then Mandalorian.

[@sargentocapitao9668]

I thought it was perfectly obvious that in future seasons Mando will get Grogu back so there's no reason to assume he dies in the temple. assuming the new trilogy is still canon which it shouldnt be

[@UltimateRedXtreme]

But this means that ugly cgi Luke is coming back and imo that isn’t good for the franchise. I agree with Dan that they’ve boxed themselves here narratively, and maybe they find a way to write Grogu back into the series but this definitely doesn’t look good for where Grogu’s arc is headed.

[@redsands1001]

Grogu could just Fail at training and seek out Din.

[@geekedmedia]

There's a good 20 years before Kylo destroys the Academy.

[@robbyhempel4954]

I loved the finale

[@fobudomh]

It was awesome.

[@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821]

Agree.

[@jaga9394]

Of course they keep the Dark Troopers in a room with a vent to space. How else they'll get deployed? Do you expect them to walk down the hallway, turn left and right and then exit out of the ship through the doorway?

[@TheDzano522]

Dan, I respect your opinion on the finale. Though I would just say that the issue you have with the finale, in the grand scheme of things, was literally 5 minutes of the show. We probably will never see him again. The show is about the Mandalorian, and we will probably get back to the expanding of the galaxy (the worlds and characters) and his own adventures next season. This was just a way to have Grogu leave and train until they eventually bring him back at the end of the show as a fully trained, older Jedi. So I wouldn’t worry about the long term implications of this one scene. I honestly don’t think it’s going to hurt the show in any way moving forward

[@MJ-io2dt]

I kinda disagree. I think the heartbeat of the show is the relationship between the Mandalorian and Grogu- I think that is what the show is about in the end. With that gone, at least for me, I’m turned off the show :/

[@Theinfamouskiki411]

Dans a hater!! Lmao. I love younger luke because I play the games

[@illbebackeventually.9713]

But this moment should have been about Grogu and Din saying goodbye and its completely overshadowed by Luke Skywalker. When Force Awakens opened, Michael Arndt (the original writer of TFA) had this to say about his version: “It just felt like every time Luke came in and entered the movie, he just took it over,” Arndt continued. “Suddenly you didn’t care about your main character anymore because, ‘Oh f-k, Luke Skywalker’s here. I want to see what he’s going to do.’”

[@TheDzano522]

@@MJ-io2dt I agree, the relationship between Din and Grogu is the soul of the show. Which is why I believe Grogu will come back and find him. In the end, I believe that Grogu will leave the Jedi Temple because his attachment and love for Din is too strong to allow him to become an actual Jedi. But before we even knew that Grogu was in the show, the show was already incredible and a great new Star Wars show. That’s why I feel the appearance of this one familiar character won’t ruin the show, and why the show will be able to continue on strong for a couple more seasons without Grogu. But that’s just my opinion. Hope we haven’t lost you and you will continue to watch!

[@TheDzano522]

@@illbebackeventually.9713 Idk about you, but even though I loved seeing Luke again, I was still bawling when Mando had to say goodbye to Grogu. Why does it have to be one or the other? We can still be excited that we got to see Luke, and yet still be invested and care about the relationship between Din and Grogu. When done right that is, and in my opinion, they nailed it

[@michaelthomas4693]

My disagreement with you here is simple: The sequel trilogy does not exist for me. This is the first Luke we have seen in decades.

[@elitaylor8446]

Don't worry bout it, reboot trilogy ain't cannon.

[@adroxx_]

It looked fine, and it was Mark Hamill’s voice... so it was Luke. I personally loved it, and it gave Hamill a well deserved send-off. As for tying back to Skywalker, this was always inevitable with stories that intersect the Skywalker saga timeline. It’s not like he’s all over the show, it’s just a cameo... chill!

[@tonycooper4437]

My only problem with it was the hair. The face looked fine. Probably should of tried a bit harder with the hair

[@lwaves]

Exactly. Luke may never appear again and if he does it'll probably be another cameo. His appearance means nothing for this show, the important factor is that Grogu has gone but I guess that's to get him out of the way, so they can concentrate on taking back Mandalore next season.

[@qwertyferix]

I concur.

[@adroxx_]

@@tonycooper4437 I hear ya... Honestly, though. I wasn’t overly concerned w/ it in the moment. I was just happy to see a kickass - albeit - brief representation of Luke Prime. It genuinely frustrates me to hear fans complain about these things, these days. We live in a world where literally anything is possible, and the majority of people complain because they don’t get EXACTLY what they want. I don’t understand this sense of entitlement... just be happy with what you’re getting! If you don’t like it, don’t watch. Just pretend the last film that you liked was the conclusion, and get on with your life.

[@adroxx_]

Not attacking anyone here, BTW.. Just voicing an opinion.

[@emilnikolov_96]

I do agree that he didn't look all that good but he sure did sound like ROTJ Luke . I thought the voice was pitch perfect .

[@77163]

To me it didn't sound like him at all.

[@emilnikolov_96]

@@77163 oh wow well I dunno I just put on ROTJ and he sounds to me exactly like in the scene where he's talking to the gamorrean guards and Bib Fortuna at Jabba's palace . But that's just me .

[@Shalalacls]

I literally saw ROTJ yesterday, cause I always rewatch the original trilogy around Christmas. It sounded exactly like Luke. I think they had Mark Hamill say the lines and mesh them with lines from his younger self. I do wish they had gotten an actor, but even the visual effect didn't look as jarring as Rogue One Leia. I think it was done really well, although the fandom at this point would be more open to a recast.

[@samsterx100]

He hardly spoke tho

[@lwaves]

For me, he didn't sound like Mark as he is now but he did sound like Mark as he was in the ROTJ era. So that makes it ideal.

[@malkav81]

Confirmed, Grogu is one of the knights of Ren.... :-)

[@malkav81]

He's just standing on a the shoulders of one of those tusk nosed guys inside of a trench coat, carrying a crazy looking axe or something. Foolproof speculation. NAILED IT!

[@qwertyferix]

I knew it!

[@DSzaks]

"It's not like we haven't seen Luke in many, many years" - I would disagree.... It's exactly like we haven't seen "Luke" in many many years. And I think that is why so many people were excited about this. For a lot of people all that stuff that happens in the new movies is just some trash fanfic, not what is actually going to happen.

[@irvingourdine5945]

Odd how you said it didn’t sound like Luke when it was Mark Hamil doing the voice!? And the show is called Mandalorian not Grogu and Mando, so of course Grogu wasn’t gonna be around for too much longer. That plot couldn’t be dragged out longer, now they are going full Mandalorian show with the fight for Mandalore.

[@Lampyricus]

Hopefully

[@felixfungle-bung4688]

I don't see any other Jedi that would take Grogu at this time in the SW universive and it ties up Grogu story perfectly. I belive Mandalorian and Force Awakens is like 20-30 years apart so a lot can happen. To be honest sequel trilogy shouldn't have happened. I think Mandalorian will continue in the Mandalorian mythos with going back to their home world, fight over the Dark Saber. It's just weird assuming Luke wouldn't have anything to do with the story when this is the era where he was one of the only Jedi Knight. At the same time I don't think Luke is playing a pivotal role in this series so who cares about a brief cameo. Last point people complaining about Luke CGI effects this is a TV show with limited funding and a lot of it was spent on all the other special effects, just Luke's fight scene with the Dark Troopers cost a fortune.

[@robbyhempel4954]

It was literally Mark how didn’t he sound like Luke?

[@melvinlinderoth7108]

Yea I've heard a lot of people say it didn't sound like Luke and I simply don't hear how it doesn't??

[@gayatritripathisaxena7224]

@@melvinlinderoth7108 It is perfectly fine for me! What is the problem?

[@midnight3946]

I have not seen the episode, Heck I don't even watch the show, but maybe it's an age thing? I'm German and we dub everything so I don't know if Mark Hamills real voice changed After some tine

[@lwaves]

@@midnight3946 His voice has got a little rougher with age (or through voice work). Not a lot but it's there and it applies to everyone in various degrees. So to me, they did alter his voice a bit for this but it worked and made him sound like his ROTJ era Luke.

[@andrewbristow2817]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DarkMetalJazzPunk]

It wasn´t bad cgi, it was Luke's hangover face after partying with the ewoks

[@Deftonesdsm]

I didnt mind it i still wish it was sebastian stan

[@tonysylar]

His face barely moved.

[@Deftonesdsm]

@@tonysylar yeah well you realize how many millions just that cost? For what it was i think it was well done enough. Everyone knew who he was and this is not a movie with 200million dollar budget its one episode of a show with much smaller budget

[@gdelan1]

Kind of wish they had just brought in Stan to play him though

[@gzz8551]

Why did he look younger than ROTJ then?

[@kevin-yb4fg]

I freaking loved it man, I can forgive the show for not having luke look perfect but the scene was so amazing that I didn't care

[@alki9859]

Same ✋🏼 didnt mind the bad cgi.

[@Jack-sy8mr]

My “review”: I have a bad feeling about this...

[@waycool4910]

Disney's trilogy failed the fandom. Mando's S2E8 restored a new hope in the fan force. Better late than never.

[@waycool4910]

@@Anthonycheesman33 projecting things I didn't say. Fandom want good story...not agenda.

[@IsaacV24]

@@waycool4910 you did get a good story in TLJ. You know before they started pandering to you in TROS

[@KlNGLEGO]

I’m glad we got the Luke skywalker that we deserved. I could care less about episodes 7-9. Thanks Dave Filoni!

[@SubterrelProspector]

*couldn't

[@ZachBobBob]

Us fans don't 'deserve' anything. Disney own the franchise they can do what they want with it

[@lacywhitevalenti7234]

@@ZachBobBob Of course fans deserve things. You're being absolutely absurd Zach.

[@KlNGLEGO]

It’s a business. Disney makes a product they own the rights to and we possess the money they need to pay for these movies. Consumers deserve a product that they feel is worth there money. It’s true for all businesses. If iPhones suck, then I wouldn’t buy one. If a movie sucks. Then I don’t pay to see it.

[@barretschoenrock8267]

instead of being disappointed because “luke was what you wanted to see the least” I think we all as Star Wars fans need to engage with the story that was presented. The story is about dinn and his journey with a “son” and losing him.

[@lwaves]

Just said a similar thing myself. It was really about Luke appearing, we'll probably never see him again, iy was about the loss of Grogu and Mando to each other.

[@SuperboyCK]

My problem with Luke showing up wasn't just that it was the thing I wanted least, it was also done in the most distracting way possible. The effectiveness of the moment between Din and Grogu--the heart of the episode--was very much diminished by how poorly (IMO) they handled Luke's cameo appearance. It pulled me out of the scene I should have been the most engaged by.

[@bust0ne]

@@AcbLynn132 if it doesn't match their head canon they can't accept it

[@arthand7672]

"I think we as star wars fans need to engage with the story that was presented" I mean... have you seen any conversation about star wars in the last 5 years? That's a pipe dream at best.

[@RenorFaer]

Ya'll really out here questioning if this man likes Star Wars because he didn't like the ending of one episode? Seriously? You are what is wrong with this fandom. Let people enjoy things (or not) without losing it because they don't agree with you. He's no less a fan than anybody else. That's the beauty of fandom- we all take different things from the products we love. Jesus christ.

[@J_Tevo]

I don’t think or believe everyone thought Luke is going to continue being in the show. We all lost it, because this is it, this is the moment. I don’t want him being pushed into this show constantly, but I didn’t get that impression due to the tone set. We’ll now go into the Mandalore arc and how it was made into ‘glass’ with the purge.

[@zachfakelastname]

Exactly. Mando will probably check in on Grogu after a while, but they are doing their own things for a while

[@qwertyferix]

I agree. Part of me hoped Luke wouldn't be the one to come, but it makes sense in the story. And it was cool to see him in his prime taking out the dark troopers. The show isn't about the Skywalkers now, and it wasn't even ever about Grogu, though he was an important part. The central character is Din Djarin.

[@RajBauer]

Yeah weird take by Dan I think most of us thought what you did not sure why his mind went where it did lol

[@K8KProductions]

I completely understand where you are coming from Dan and totally respect your opinion on this. But for me it was just to amazing and cathartic a moment, not to be enjoyed. I think the answer is (and it would solve your issues) is to remove the sequel trilogy from cannon. This way Favreau and co can tell their amazing story (and spin off stories) without being boxed in. I know it seems unlikely disney will do that, but at this point Madalorian and all the other shows might actually be more valuable to them.

[@1dannyefc]

Why on earth would they remove a whole trilogy from Canon? That's absurd. How much power do you think fans should have? What about the fans who liked them? Should we remove the prequels because lots of fans didn't like them? Where does it stop? Listening to the fans is a fool's errand.

[@HoodedClaw1000]

@@1dannyefc because those films are almost universally disliked and like Dan has said, now effect everything that comes before it. Making them non-cannon doesn't take them away and clears the path for much better story telling.

[@stormtraitor6545]

@@HoodedClaw1000 “because those films are almost universally disliked”. Literally the same could be said about the prequels. Heck, even the OT (besides A New Hope) had divided responses, many were disappointed with TESB when it first came out, and many (even still today) disliked ROTJ. I’m sure ‘The Mandalorian’ isn’t too restrained by the sequel trilogy. And besides, I love TFA, and liked TLJ. It’s just TROS that didn’t work for me.

[@teeam08]

I think they won't let Grogu die just cause of the sequel movies, remember Ep7 is 25yrs after The Mandalorian. Best scene for me was when Grogu touched Din's face, that moment says it all about their relationship. Din promised Grogu that they will see each other again, and I am gonna hold on to that promise.

[@djxiii]

I think the 25 year gap is a really important detail. Ben Solo (Born 5-ABY) is almost 5 years old. Luke won't even start training him for 9 years (15-ABY) and then it will be another 13 years (28-ABY) after that when Ben destroys Luke's school. That is a lot of time for Grogu to come and go. I think Grogu is too important to the feel of the series to be gone for long.

[@gotf]

You’re overthinking it a bit. Grogu can easily return back to Mando once he’s done with his training before Ben burns the temple. And I’d have a problem with Luke if the story revolved around him but having Luke for one scene won’t hurt the main story. Luke is a big enough and important enough character in the universe that it makes sense that there’s connections with him.

[@qwertyferix]

Precisely.

[@DannyBoyTV]

@@qwertyferix Luke had 5 minutes of montage training lol Grogu is going to be back way before Luke is the Last Jedi Luke

[@byMidnyt]

Yeah, I think if they intended Luke to be part of the story moving forward, they would have re-cast him. As others have said, there's like 25-30 years until Kylo comes into play. Getting all hyped up about that seems a little presumptuous. I also have a problem with people being all excited about these extended universe characters and then saying that they can't use characters from the Skywalker saga. Either have ALL the previous materials available or none. Not using Skywalker characters is like when you work with your spouse and purposely ignore them or treat them like crap to avoid the accusation of playing favorites. You draw more attention to them than if you just treat them like everyone else and move on. And I get it, a lot of fans are into all the previous materials, but a lot of people watching this are not. To those that are not, The Mandalorian has introduced dozens of new-to-them characters that haven't been fleshed out. Yes, they've done an excellent job of introducing them in a way that's easy to understand, but do we really need another brand-new character? One that has enough power to rival Luke? And we haven't heard about at all? I'm sorry that Dan is disappointed to see Luke, but really? Luke makes so much more sense than having to create a new character, then having to give them a backstory, then having to explain what happened to this character by the time the sequel trilogy rolls around. Using Luke was the perfect way to relegate Grogu to the background and re-focus on Mando's stories. Because, honestly, while Grogu was cute and all, there's only so much you can do with the character before it gets old.

[@gotf]

@@byMidnyt Definitely! Given the time they are in it would make less sense for Luke not to come after episode 6. I think they earned the use of fan service like this because Mando and Grogu are two great new characters. So they aren’t necessarily relying on the old characters. They are more so using the old characters as treats for fans. Our investment in Mando is what keeps us coming, so the fans earned these fan service moments.

[@byMidnyt]

@@gotf Honestly, it's the best way to get Grogu out of the way. We know where he's going and it's with someone that can be trusted. There will be absolutely no reason to see him or Luke again until it's time for Grogu and Mando to re-unite.

[@Indopator]

I haven’t disagreed with Dan this much ever lol I honestly don’t know what he is on about. That was one of the most enthralling 45 minutes of TV I’ve ever experienced. Him not thinking they would do it... doesn’t mean them doing it didn’t work.... it looked and sounded just like him. I honestly don’t understand this review at all lol it was cool... you just sound like a curmudgeon to be honest.

[@ritchiekirkum2311]

Agreed. I’ve looked at stills and watch the ending a bunch of times this morning. I think it looks pretty damn good. I don’t understand what people are talking about. My only conclusion is that your brain knows that Mark Hamill is 70 years old so maybe by you knowing that it’s having trouble processing. I don’t know but I think it looks great

[@samrehl4660]

Honestly I’m kinda with Dan, apart from the Luke scene, the episode didn’t really do it for me. It felt really rushed, and I thought the actions scenes with Bo Katan Cara and Fennec felt repetitive. They didn’t serve any purpose and didn’t effect as much as other episodes action did. The stuff with Moff Gideon was cool, but the dark troopers were kinda disappointing tbh. And then when they are punching the door, the suspense Moment was like 15 seconds so it was so obvious that something else was gonna happen. Idk, I could be crazy but I was expecting something more

[@romanstravels6390]

I think his point makes sense, what he’s really trying to say is that as much as he loves Luke and the original Starwars he just wanted this original series to be just that Original. Not to be relying on nostalgia and fan service. But I also loved the fact that we saw Luke tho!!!

[@k1ngk4gl3]

As someone who didn't truly get "into" Star Wars until 7 [like, I liked the OT, but after TFA I started reading comics & learning lore & watching the shows] I thought this ep was amazing & raised the already high bar of the season as a whole.

[@davebo9615]

I think the question is: will they be able to sustain the show through a season with minimal Mando/Grogu moments?

[@brennenkovic]

100% with the CGI comment but the voice thing, it was literally Mark. So youre way off on that.

[@TT-qc2mu]

Well they clearly ran it thru something. Marks voice now is pretty raspy and it wouldn't work with his younger self. It sounds a bit off as a result

[@TT-qc2mu]

@@VibeMusicAI lol I enjoyed it. I'm just replying to this guy

[@calebmurphy9406]

@@VibeMusicAI If you can't think of a reasonable counter-argument to someone, just don't say anything. "Well, why don't you just try enjoying the thing you don't enjoy and have given good reasons for not enjoying."

[@lionofwar1802]

Yeah, and it 100% sounded like a younger Luke too. Off just a tiny bit yes. But totally passable. The face needs to be redone, but it wasn't so bad to pull me out of the emotions I was feeling.

[@patriciocarrasco7641]

I'm not sure if the book of Boba Fett is a new series or the third season of mandalorian. I loved this episode and I was too excited to confirm if it was Mark Hamill or Sebastian Stan in the moment they revealed Luke's face

[@andrewsholin8128]

I disagree about Luke’s cameo. If anything I feel like him taking Grogu may help the show go in fresh directions because it gives them room to move away from all the Jedi business the movies were obsessed with.

[@garrettcarter5622]

Really? I felt like I would have ONLY been satisfied if the Jedi was Luke. He's the one that makes the most sense and anyone else would have been forceful fan-service or wasted potential.

[@athenajaxon2397]

Ahsoka would make sense as well

[@garrettcarter5622]

​@@athenajaxon2397 Except she pretty much said, "I don't want nothing to do with that kid's training," in her episode, so why would she answer his Jedi call.

[@3ladeRunner]

It was very satisfying, don’t worry. We’re allowed to like Star Wars lol.

[@BigZ7337]

I absolutely loved the reveal, although I kind of wished that they'd recast it instead of done the pretty meh face swap for young Luke. I really think Sebastian Stan would make an excellent Luke Skywalker, and there's a lot of story we don't know, although I loved a lot of the now non-cannon books with him.

[@smoothmiles24]

This was my biggest gripe. I agree that the luke reveal was rough but only because the cgi shit pulled me out of the season 2 climax... I wasnt disappointed to have Luke as a character be included at all.

[@meganhuffmanwrites]

I couldn't agree more! I have thought Sebastian Stan would be an amazing re-cast for a younger Luke Skywalker for years. It would be awesome if they decide to go in that direction.

[@danzi373]

Sebastian Stan

[@SmashingBacon]

I think the Luke choice makes sense in universe, but story wise we just know for a fact that either we aren’t gonna see Grogu again or he’s gonna leave Luke pretty quick, there’s no way we’re gonna have bad CGI Luke Skywalker be a mainstay in the series

[@smoothmiles24]

True... I just wish they cast a real person for this.

[@terrymcginnis2878]

I'm so happy that Mark Hamill returned as Luke Skywalker and that he was an ultra badass 🙌 👏 😍

[@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677]

We finally get to see Luke at the height of his powers

[@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677]

@@7632ios those star wars terminators are pretty badass and he takes out like 40 of them. Force projection is cool and probably tougher to do in the mythos but generally I think star wars fans wanted to see OP luke fighting

[@Dats_Mark]

Yep it was the ONE thing I wanted from Luke in Last Jedi and it failed horribly to deliver on, Glad this show gave it to us even if the CGI ws a little dodgy.

[@lucky247365]

There is no way Disney would ever imply that Grogu died in the fire. I can't even believe you would think that's where the narrative would go.

[@qwertyferix]

Of course not. Grogu obviously became one of the Knights of Ren.

[@87leslo]

We have not seen Luke Skywalker Dan, not the Luke we've all wanted to see.... We got that last night

[@lambielikesit]

"Go with your jedi self"?? Lol I have to believe you're just goading your viewers for drama and views. That was so condescending. As for the review, disappointing. You're mostly saying it doesn't work for hypothetical reasons. It was such a good episode and I for one will focus on that

[@StevenFlorak2]

Oh, Dan. You are the worse critic of yourself. I defo respect your opinion, and to some extend I get it, but I do disagree with your overall feelings on the finale.

[@philharrison5210]

I think Luke makes the most sense. He's the most powerful of a hand full of Jedi and is actually looking for his kind.

[@brianng3414]

I don't know the rules, but since we have force ghost, Yoda or Anakin or Qui-Gon can technically come back? Yoda came back to Luke in the sequels. Can Yoda appear to Rey or just to people they have ties to when they are alive? And can Sith be force or Sith ghost? I don't think the rules are set for these yet.

[@philharrison5210]

@@brianng3414 True. I didnt take force ghosts in to account. My bad.

[@qwertyferix]

Exactly. Like Ahsoka said, there aren't many Jedi left, and Luke is actively searching for padawans. Though, part of me was hoping for Darth Jar Jar to show up.

[@etapia2012]

I don’t think the “oh so that means Grogu gets killed in a fire by Ben” is a valid criticism. There are sooooo many ways to write around that. Look at Ahsoka. They’ve been able to coherently say where she’s been during the main films and it makes sense so they can do that with Grogu too.

[@ravissary79]

right, by that logic he should have died in the Jedi Temple in Revenge of the Sith. He was there for that purge too. So clearly this kid is a survivor, he's the exception.

[@simonbrushes]

Meh, cannot make everyone happy. This show has been one of the only good things about 2020. I thought this finale was epic.

[@matthewwhitaker129]

I thought luke looked and sounded amazing in my opinion, his hallway scene was on par with vadar in rogue one

[@rockytopbritt]

I thought he looked really good as well. I mean look what they had to work with.

[@keepcalmandre-roll5480]

I loved it. I think the fact that scene echoed Vader’s from Rogue One was intentional. Luke fights like his father

[@KOFIKNOWS]

I love the everything about Luke sky walker he’s clearly the main character for a reason

[@Dartanyoogles]

I agree! It's great to hear some positivity, and see people appreciating the hard work that the effects team had to go through.

[@ericng7015]

I'm actually not a big fan of the characters of the main trilogy, but that Luke scene is really touches me

[@jeanne-marieopango1801]

Saaaame! 😭😭🤧

[@timpower4922]

You mean the characters in the best Star Wars ever? Solid opinion dude.

[@danzmachinz2269]

How many more seasons can we really realistically have lone wolf and cub.. i think they just needed a banger of an exit(temporary) for grogu.. love from manila

[@brianng3414]

I don't know. Baby Yoda is one of the best part of the show. And a strong part of the show is the bond between him and Mando. Baby is the reason he changed the way he does things -including taking off the helmet. I hope Baby leaves Luke and comes back to Mando next season.

[@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821]

Good point.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

At least two. Mandolorian can do something to protect other aliens like Grogu.

[@cyborgwalker]

"It didn't sound like Luke at all". So, if you closed your eyes, who did it sound like? Imagine how mad most would have been if the hood was swept back and it wasn't Luke. That would have been much more disappointing.

[@otaviocolino5452]

no, would be awesome. Why it has to be all about the skywalkers? its literally a galaxy out there, millions of planet

[@lacywhitevalenti7234]

@@otaviocolino5452 "When gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be."

[@gdelan1]

Is it just me, or did the dark troopers look a lot like cylons?

[@rekiirek5601]

definite cylon vibe to them with the black and red colouring.

[@ddm62571]

Is it just me or did Bo-Katan look like Starbuck?

[@lancewilson52]

The Luke Skywalker scene was everything I wanted out of the sequels. Perfect imo, i dont think he’ll be in the show too much longer.

[@adrianfortmoviereviewsbook9821]

But there has to be more Grogu and Luke, right?

[@tonysylar]

AAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.... You just wanted to see the magic wizard kill some Power Ranger enemies with his laser sword. Pathetic.

[@jeffweissberg]

I immediately noticed that Luke's de-aging/CGI didn't look great, but I assumed it was because I was looking at the TV through a veil of tears. Everything will be fine with the story. Grogu goes with Luke and we won't see either of them next year. All the feels.

[@ant0nio16pc]

Come on Dan I always agree with you or find a way to understand your point of view but this was a great episode.

[@JessyLovesYou]

Idk, am I really the only person who thinks Luke's cgi was okay? It didn't bother me at all. I agree with you on not wanting him here though, but like someone else said in these comments, it makes sense. Not a lot of jedi's left right now. *shrug?*

[@davefawcett4894]

Nope, you are right. I could not come up with a better way to end the season. This was the way...to subvert fan expectations

[@DaxRaider]

imdb the fans gave this episode 9.9 xD so seems everyone else LOVES this episode xD never saw 9.9 before on an episode with so many thousends of votes

[@drpaynex4240]

Go look at ‘Attack on Titan’ particular season 3 on IMDB

[@antoniosicoli8944]

Breaking Bad - Ozymandis has a 10.0 on IMDb 😂

[@luhedi6303]

Mando will meet Grogu again, maybe even save him before Kylo Ren’s temper tantrum.

[@davefawcett4894]

Kylo's rant is decades away, AND with the established time portal and ability to change one's future, they can actually recon future events in an alternate time line. Just maybe

[@badideabearcub2747]

@@davefawcett4894 I hope they do that. There´little to none coherence in the sequels' story arc, so I hope this is the first step to make those, somebody´s dream.

[@lindsaym.h.3583]

Grogu's age cycle is also up for grabs - This could also be an excuse to also bring back less Baby Yoda and more angsty teen Grogu.

[@diiii_mond]

Dave Fawcett Time travel in Star Wars? My God that sounds terrible. 😂

[@ddm62571]

In the end Kylo strikes him down.

[@GallantSector]

I cried. Yes I cried during this episode. Happy I was

[@swordmonkey6635]

Mando's only mission was to get Grogu to a Jedi. Given the lack of Jedi in the galaxy at this time, what'd you expect? lol

[@deusextalkina7722]

makes zero sense why he didnt like it. Who else would it have been? Luke's like one of the very few left

[@deusextalkina7722]

@@Anthonycheesman33 WTF?? No it didnt. literally 2 episodes ago it was hinted at. Not "FrOm NoWhErE"

[@deusextalkina7722]

@@Anthonycheesman33 what drugs are u on? Its POST ROTJ. Luke is like the only jedi around. Youre fucking delusional

[@deusextalkina7722]

@@Anthonycheesman33 how is it an ass pull when the vast majoirty of fans saw it coming many episodes ago

[@OrianGrao]

The dark saber is the elder wand...

[@wytefoxx]

I said the same thing watching it.

[@objektgerste6019]

Go back to your Harry Potter crap.

[@joshuaschaller4400]

It makes so much narrative sense that the only real Jedi left that is actively in search of young Jedi would come for this young Jedi. The timeline does exist

[@yungkobe88]

Didn't Sabine hand the dark saber to Bo Katan willingly.

[@brianng3414]

I thought so too. I have to go back to that episode.

[@rachell7744]

Yes Sabine gave it to her willingly so I'm confused about why she had a problem just taking it from the mandalorian.

[@twincast2005]

I'm pretty sure that they made a point of it being meant to be won in combat, but yeah, Bo-Katan definitely didn't really care back then. Kind of odd.

[@qwertyferix]

They had an extremely quick fight during an instant that they weren't on screen. The cameraman missed it. 🤦‍♂️ I assume that neither of them ever mentioned it because of how embarrassingly short it was.

[@silyrabit2000]

I respect Dan's opinion, I disagree about the pinned into a corner part, but as long as we all stay just Star Wars fans that's all that matters.

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

Yes. For a franchise that early on went from Luke’s father was killed by Vader to he was killed by Vader from a certain point of view, there is room for the plot lines to be adjusted now.

[@jorgemora2172]

I think you're viewing it like the story is going to be ABOUT Luke in the future, but I don't think so.... We need to wait, but I don't think Favreau is going that direction

[@redsands1001]

I think Dan understandably worries about the worst habits of star wars (including old EU). I agree I don't think Favreau would but he might get told or maybe even too caught up in fan responses.

[@lacywhitevalenti7234]

His worries are totally absurd. The show is now pivoting away from "protect Grogu" and toward "Go after Thrawn and take back Mandalore". It's not going to be about Luke in the slightest.

[@The_RedVIII]

Why didnt they just use Sebastian Stan? Looks almost exactly like him.

[@kimberlyplayer]

Because Sebastian Stan isn't the one that got screwed over in the sequels.

[@Mr13chapters]

@@kimberlyplayer true but they doubled down on that mistake with having a pretty bad CGI Luke instead

[@metimoteo]

@@kimberlyplayer Go watch the Disney sequels, maybe you'll be happier.

[@Lack_of_response]

grogu had years of training in the temple on coruscant. luke had weeks of training in a swamp on dagobah. not sure who is teaching who in that relationship

[@Raymanta82]

🤣🤣🤣 Great point!

[@Kratosx23]

Luke doesn't need years of training because he's the son of the man who was literally created by the Force itself.

[@danzmachinz2269]

Well... grogu can't read....tHe SAcred JEDI TEXTS!!

[@evanskan6326]

Grogu is still a child with no combat experience. Luke, after all the things he did in the Original Trilogy, he also had another 5-7 years (after Episode 6) to improve his, already powerfull, skills. Luke is superior to Grogu now. When Grogu becomes fully trained and is older, then we can easily say that he has surpassed Luke.

[@matheuslascasas134]

Dan lost a few subscribers with this one, for sure lol.

[@inghell]

Why though? That's really stupid if he does. He's got an opinion, respect it and move on. I don't follow someone because I agree with them, that would get boring.

[@matheuslascasas134]

@@inghell I m glad you feel that way dude. It's just very clear to me that many people don't share that same thought. I don't agree with Dan here, but he's still my favorite movie critic

[@inghell]

@@matheuslascasas134 Agree for sure, it is a bit of a shame

[@MorrisB3]

Never subbed 🤣

[@WriterusAeternus]

I was afraid to click on this after reading Dan’s tweet through my slobbering tears 😭

[@tat5157]

What do you mean?

[@WriterusAeternus]

@@tat5157 Oops late reply. What I meant was I was so emotional after that finale and was reluctant to spoil the high by finding out Dan didn’t like it.

[@everettharris967]

I hate that you're getting crap from SW "fans" for your opinions. I don't agree with your conclusion about this episode at all, but respect the hell out of it and you're still my go-to guy for reviews.

[@RamSalinas]

I really enjoyed Luke’s appearance in this episode! Trust favreau and filoni!

[@basileldho9846]

What they gonna do with Grogu is simple. They'll jump 500 years into the future and do something with him as the lead.

[@qwertyferix]

And he still won't be talking.

[@namne11]

Nah. Ben Solo made sure there's not going to be a future trilogy.

[@SageForsaken]

No he will be in the droids show

[@NisGaarde]

Hey, what if this WASN'T Luke Skywalker. But instead Luuke Skywalker (Thrawn Trilogy deep cut). Sure didn't looked like Luke. I think it's a clone ;)

[@MarvelBuffNerd]

Couldn’t agree more. Loved everything, just can’t get past the “weirdness” 😅

[@qwertyferix]

Or maybe it's Bigger Luke. 🤔

[@FTNChicken]

Maybe I have different tolerance for CGI, but I genuinely thought Luke looked/sounded perfect; especially compared to CGI Leia and Tarkin from Rogue One

[@whitney4721]

“Hello... I’m so sorry...” The best way to have started this review Dan! Truthfully I’m on cloud nine after this episode, but it was nice seeing the opinion of someone experiencing something different to most of us. I thank you for being honest with your review and for explaining why you felt this way. I can’t wait for what Star Wars has in store for all of us in the coming years to come and hopefully you’ll end up loving season 3 of the mandalorian, whatever direction they end up taking.

[@SamA-cl5pn]

I disagree with this immensely but hey at least you’re being honest.

[@theKonfusion]

I kinda agree with you about Luke. The scene was nice, but I hope Din Djarin take it back. hope we'll see Luke only once or twice next season top!