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[@zevriungames7463]

One of my biggest takeaways from this episode is that Greef is the canon version of legends Lando. He’s gone into a respectable business with mining and trade, which reminds me a lot of how Lando is in the Thrawn trilogy

[@sbotstudios]

Do you think that makes Boba Fett Talon Karrde?

[@Miller09095]

I can't get myself too excited but my god you're right

[@joehenry9546]

That is a good comparison. I’m glad they made a new character though in Greef Carga. Even though there are similarities.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

Some of his expressions and voice inflections really sounded like Lando in Empire Strikes Back. I'm not one to call every little damn thing an Easter Egg but it was hard to not notice this lol.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

​@@sbotstudios Talon Karrde? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time. 👍

[@mrm6607]

All of the main scenes would have worked without Grogu in them. Makes me think the script was already there and higher ups really did force Grogu back in early for marketing purposes

[@drumlessons833]

100% agree "every x minutes, you need to have grogu do something"

[@RaikenXion]

that's exactly what i believe happened. Grogu should have stayed with Luke for a while and spun-off their own show focusing on Grogu as his first student at his Jedi Academy. Also i didn't like Favreau saying that Grogu has spent 2 years training with Luke on Ossus. BS that hasn't been 2 whole years! Only seemed like a few months. I think that Favreau was saying as if to say - "look see? Grogu has spent a fair bit of time training with Luke. Now he's ready to come back to papa Din." Which is Not satisfying at all because it's all off-screen. Also i think having Grogu and Mando separated for a while brings some nice character development for them both, like finding themselves going off on their own separate journeys for abit; no one has said it had to be forever (accept out-of-character Luke). Otherwise now it is at risk of the Mandalorian just becoming - "the Baby Yoda & Mando Show".

[@IndianaJoe0321]

Did you hear Jon Favreau's interview remark,​@@RaikenXion , that Grogu was supposed to have spent two years with Luke Skywalker? I never would've picked that up that passage of time, from watching ANY episode.

[@ryandodrill6904]

I know it’s a droid so it’s a bit different but I can’t help but feel like we’re back to the same problem of no one ever stays dead in Star Wars.

[@mpnuorva]

Kinda... Droids have always been more resurrectable. R2-D2 was literally rebuilt in the conclusion of the very first film. And this time there seems to be more extra hurdles instead of the supposedly dead person just popping in from somewhere.

[@ryandodrill6904]

@@mpnuorva I do agree it's different with droids. I think what bothers me a bit about this one is IG-11's death was so much more meaningful than R2 in ep4, and R2 was immediately repaired so it was never set up to be anything remotely permanent. On top of that why not rebuild IG-11 immediately? Din knows he'd be incredibly useful, he knows Grogu needs protecting, why wait until now? It's a nitpick I know, but I suppose it wouldn't bother me if people coming back wasn't a meme at this point in Star Wars.

[@ravneiv]

Side note but I always loved how R2 is filthy at the start of IV and then is all shiny at the end. But then in the next movie he takes a dunk in the Dagobah swamp.

[@drumlessons833]

@@ryandodrill6904 And IG units are built to protect their specifications by detonating. Clearly they aren't built well enough to succeed

[@raymalik5171]

"No one's ever really gone"

[@emperorcubone]

I guess they just wanted Mando to look cool, but having the rest of the Mandalorians get bodied by a random gator is not something to get me invested in them taking their homeworld back. No wonder they lost it if that's how they fight...

[@AndreNitroX]

Yes, that random gator popping out felt so forced to me. My church doesn’t perform baptisms in a lake where we know gators live. They should have started the episode with the mandos hunting the gator instead.

[@philnorfleet1371]

And they showed zero tactical sense by just standing there & tanking stuff or continuing to fire ineffective weapons. This was the kind of response I'd expect from Klingons on Trek, not Mandalorians. Remember Boba taking out a starship with the missile on his back? Where's that level of deadliness?

[@JokerCat9]

It shows how rigid their traditions are and how much weaker they are when divided.

[@sivad1025]

I don't get why a bunch of people with JET PACKS all fought it at close range. Even if they had to kill it for some reason, why not shoot from afar?

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

@@sivad1025 gave me flashbacks to Boba not using his jetpack

[@ridensroom6957]

Grogu did nothing at all here. I get the feeling a lot of this season will show that Grogu isn't meant to be there.

[@AndreNitroX]

He’s only here for the forced cute factor. He’s not a character just a mascot. Even pikachu in Pokémon does more than grogu

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

Did we watch the same trailer?

[@themelon_1785]

@@AndreNitroX Grogu just ruined this episode for me, like why the fuck is this baby back and why is mando just ok with getting into dangerous situations with the baby, in s1&2, the baby was here because mando had no other safe place to put him in, i remember in the 4th episode where mando tried to let him settle down with peaceful farmers and live a happy life, only for a hunter to find him and for him to realise that he *has* to keep moving, getting into danger all the while having the baby with him in all the danger, as the baby is only safe with mando Well no, apparently mando doesnt care anymore, he's just aggressively engaging a squad of shoehorned in pirates in a starfighter he barely knows how to pilot, and risking the safety of grogu for no reason nor necessity, what happened to getting grogu back to his people being the objective of mando? Even if grogu is now apparently a ""mandalorian"", mando is being an irresponsible adult and this isnt the same guy from seasons 1&2, this guy gets into unnecessary fights with pirates in a starfighter (he couldve jumped at any point, but chose to engage for no reason), He's learnt nothing about how the "helmet on" rule is just a superstition, and he's actually gonna go bath in some beskar bathj water or smth idc, i though it was just a line thrown into bobf that meant to say "yea no the cultalorians arent accepting you back", but no madnos actually gonna go bathe in some beskar ground water, thats the dumbest thing mando couldve done out of all the things that couldve been how the season opened Still holding out some hope, but if the season opening is a sign to show whats to come, im gonna be really sad

[@AndreNitroX]

@@themelon_1785 yes, it feels like they backtracked instead of moving forward

[@jacob4920]

One thirty minute episode is not enough to showcase Grogu. Also, I feel like Grogu doing something dramatic is something we're all going to have to wait for. You're right. He shouldn't be back. But Favreau and Filoni were both pretty obviously painted into a corner by Bob Iger, in this case, and HAD to bring him back. Lucasfilm is desperate, and Kathleen Kennedy still calls the shots. It's not hard to put two and two together, in this case.

[@AardvarkAdventure]

"He can't be fixed, so we made him into a statue." "These guys can definitely fix him!" Also, could they please explain why it seems impossible to just take a quick trip to Mandalore and send a probe down to the surface, or whatever? How could they possibly not know the condition of the planet? I found this episode...frustrating. The dialogue and pacing were off, as if they spliced scenes together and never watched the finished episode.

[@boletop6204]

its because it is.. alot of stupid disney involving and stuff... they said they need grogu back.. then they neeg the droid back.. wtf.. the droid selfdestruct AND dipped in lava.. HOW THE HELL IS HE REPAIRABLE AND HOW IS IT EVEN A CONVERSATION lol .. and the most stupid thing of all. .how the hell did MANDO TRY TO REPAIR IT AND SUCCEDED... since when is he a droid engineer and shit lol

[@uhagi6720]

"Because... Because.... Look, we need a season to sell Grogu merch!"- Disney Exec probably

[@joaopedrorosa6198]

People are praising this series even when it's awful (see egg sidequest from Season 2). The reason is the sequels left a big hole só they grabbed the First thing they could call "real Star Wars". We have tô admit. The plot is almost non-existent. Character growth is a joke. But there Will be festival of cameos and fan service so we Go to another Season where nothing really happens

[@Arvenico]

@@joaopedrorosa6198 Except I think that after Andor has set a new bar for quality (blowing the post-sequel bar set by Mando WAY out of the water) a lot of people are going to be a lot less forgiving about those flaws. At least I know I am. The novelty has worn off, and if Season 3 stays as awful as it started with this episode, it WILL be called out for it.

[@IndianaJoe0321]

... because they had to shoe-horn Grogu into episodes that were originally written without the Grogu character.

[@cd5sircoupe]

I dunno if I'm on board with the IG-11 plot line... did he not use the self destruct thermal detonator stored in his torso? How is it that his head & chest survived the explosion but most of the limbs are gone instead? That discrepancy aside I think the quest is a good place to start the ball rolling, I'm going to guess it'll be resolved by the end of the next episode and we'll have a new directive leading into the third ep. Whether that entails more Mandalore focused things or dives into the pirate plot line next I dunno.

[@scottyskywalker5768]

His lower half was in lava.

[@cd5sircoupe]

@@scottyskywalker5768 You missed the point dude... obviously he was wading in lava and thus his legs wouldn't be intact. Therefore, why is it that the self destruct mechanism in the goddamn chest only took out the one arm? Everything that the SDM was supposed to destroy in order to preserve the secrets of the IG line from getting in the wrong hands was left essentially intact. That's a pretty fucking shitty self destruct if you ask me.

[@360Jopo]

I feel like IG coming back is because Cara Dune landed her ship on planet Q-Anon and was never seen or heard from again.

[@Aristocles22]

@@cd5sircoupe They wanted to do a Terminator reference. That's why.

[@zechrojas2202]

Yeah I didn't really feel that part of the episode either. I don't know why Mando thought IG-11 would be the same robot after self-destructing.

[@crossfire34]

I feel like this episode would have benefited from a double-episode release. It was a good episode, don't get me wrong here. But It was mostly set up for the season, so I feel like getting one more story episode to truly start the season off would've been welcome.

[@EricVidfarne]

Did we really need a "set up for the season", though? Shouldn't the previous season have done that already?

[@ImTheReverse]

@@EricVidfarneNot only did we have last season, we also had 3 episodes of Boba Fett to set up this season.

[@istari0]

@@EricVidfarne Lots of people probably didn't know about season 2.5.

[@EricVidfarne]

@@istari0 true, but that's all on Disney. They shouldn't have to do things twice because of desperate marketing.

[@istari0]

@@EricVidfarne Agreed.

[@JacksonWitsell]

It goes without saying that The Book of Boba Fett did some major damage to The Mandalorian as a brand. Hopefully they can recover from that fumble.

[@GrievousReborn]

Whatever you say

[@joshuasatterwhite9520]

It won't lol

[@zechrojas2202]

Yeah it might take them a few episodes to clean up that mess. It's just really odd to have in episode in one show undermine the season finale of another show. I think there's a fair chance they stick the landing.

[@elguapo6225]

A Simple Bounty Hunter thats all what was needed ,a dark mysterious character who is ruthless, We got an old man being bullied by a woman pathetic, who could not protect 💩 and he's in the protection business😂😂🤮

[@IndianaJoe0321]

Interesting that -- to get around this issue -- Jon Favreau mentioned that Grogu had spent two YEARS with Luke Skywalker. There was nothing, in any episode, to convey that passage of time. 🙄

[@lackofsleipnir3801]

According to early reviewers, this episode is a warm-up to the second, which is supposedly amazing. Between that and the highly-praised Bad Batch episode 12, next Wednesday might just be a banger.

[@zakaryperrin7126]

Hope your right! I never heard any of this

[@zinnspinne8519]

Angry Reviews saw both EP1 and 2 and said ep2 is more of the same.

[@toasterofbread]

That's the impression I got from this episode, that it's just getting the boring setup and recap stuff out of the way for a more exciting second episode. The end of this episode seemed like it may lead directly to Din going to Mandalore which would definitely count as exciting.

[@zechrojas2202]

Yeah you could feel them building up to something good. Although people are still going to complain about episode two, even if it is a banger.

[@ravneiv]

The space battle was very cool visually. I feel it lacked any weight, though. Obviously Din would survive and we just met those pirates a couple minutes ago. The stakes weren't set so it was just mindless action. Similar thing for the opening CrocoTurtle dino fight.

[@lukeskywalker5241]

Agree with you Thor. I think the Boba Fett Mando episodes were originally intended to be the intro to season 3 which took its toll on this intro. Still enjoyable but a step down from the intros in the first two seasons.

[@mflegend2426]

There’s absolutely no reason this episode couldn’t be an hour long. I don’t understand the arbitrary format it’s trying to fit into. If they are going to gimp themselves by only having 8 episodes each one needs to be fantastic. For Disneys flagship show? They need to do better.

[@jacob4920]

I said this yesterday, that as "Season Premiers" go, this episode fell way short of the standards that I usually expect from them. That being said, it was still a pretty good episode, and it does set up A LOT, that I expect us to get into. Also, the fact that Cara Dune was brought up at all, and NOT declared dead by the cast of the show, makes me think that Favreau and Filoni are BENDING OVER BACKWARDS to try and work that character back into the show, eventually. All the rumors that Kathleen Kennedy is leaving in a few months might not simply be rumors. And maybe we can't get Cara Dune back until KK, and her minions, are officially out the door. In any case, I feel like we will see Cara Dune once again, in the future. Maybe not this season, but certainly in Season 4. And it will be a SURPRISE! That's my big pronouncement of the week, anyway. All I will close with is the hope that future episodes of this season will be quite a bit longer than simply 30 minutes (that ain't right!)...

[@thebaptistwasher]

I hope you're right.

[@formallyknownasj.a.2074]

The pirate boss looked more like Pizza the Hutt (spaceballs) but green to me.

[@bencostello7435]

Who would have guessed that the Bad Batch episode released at the same time as The Mandalorian's season premiere would turn out to be the better release?

[@root13pie]

Never would have predicted it but, this week at least, the Bad Batch Episode > the Mandalorian Episode.

[@PsychedelicDude]

It was good, but i actually enjoyed the new Bad Batch more

[@GarrettTheViking]

Same. I've wanted to know if Palpatine successfully had the Zillo Beast cloned since the Zillo Beast episodes of Clone Wars aired 13 years ago. I'm happy I finally got an answer.

[@mitchellhouser1572]

Yeah ironically things were more serious and mature in that episode compared to the overlong bit where Greef just repeated what babu frick said.

[@clave2049]

same

[@joaopedrorosa6198]

So... It was bad. Let's stop calling this mediocrity "good".

[@PsychedelicDude]

@@joaopedrorosa6198 Keep your dumb opinions to yourself instead of putting them in others mouths. Neither were bad, and you contradict yourself by saying they were bad but then saying they were mediocre.

[@StrongCurry]

This wasn't a good episode to start the season after 2 years since the last Season. I feel like the next episodes have to hit way harder. Definitely cool to see the purgil for the first time in Live Action. The episode really should have done a quick 5 min recap of what happened on Book of Boba Fett so that people who didn't watch it won't be confused. overall a mis step for premiere episode

[@paulhirons5474]

I really agree, and I'll go further - this episode was really quite meh IMO. The (very strange) decision to plonk a couple of Mando episodes into Fett is looking stranger and stranger, especially when you consider that those two episodes would've been a brilliant way to start off this series. A half-an-hour show rehashing plot points (essentially an extended trailer or recap) really shouldn't have been made. Yet another strange decision by Feloni/Favreaux and the Disney higher-ups. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series once it settles down, and no doubt it was good to see Mando and Grogu again (and I loved what Greef has done with Nevarro), but a couple of things annoyed me: yet more pirates (cheap-looking pirates at that), another side quest to go with the redemption quest, and quite inelegant storytelling and dialogue. I will also say this about Mando's redemption quest... it's not quite hitting right with me just yet. Mando is so independent, coming and going as he pleases, I wonder why he's so hung up on redeeming himself in the waters of the mines of Mandalore. Aaanyway, looking forward to debating the rest of the season!

[@ImTheReverse]

I enjoyed this episode but if there’s one thing it proved to me, it’s that Grogu overstayed his welcome and shouldn’t have been brought back in BOBF.

[@AndreNitroX]

Agree 100%, he always feels like he’s forced into scenes and hinders Mando. I pray he gets him a babysitter to keep him out of the action scenes from here on out

[@ImTheReverse]

@@AndreNitroXI almost had to get up when he was trying to squeeze Babu Frik’s cousin. At this point, Grogu’s reaching minion levels of Facebook mom cringe.

[@AndreNitroX]

@@ImTheReverse yes, that is the only reason they brought grogu back for the hugs. Maybe he will do a few force tricks, but i doubt he will serve the plot.

[@zechrojas2202]

I hope they make one whole episode of only grogu just to see y'all kids cry more.

[@ImTheReverse]

@@zechrojas2202 Their ratings dropped and their viewership plummeted. We’re not the ones crying.

[@Kevin_Street]

It's finally here! A new season of The Mandalorian! Great review, Thor. You've summed everything up really well. I did love this episode, it was lots of fun. But you're absolutely right about how it feels a bit slow compared to the Mando episodes of Book of Boba Fett. In a way it feels like the current story started a year ago and now its doing it again, like shooting the starting pistol twice. But I did love every minute of it. The beginning faked me out, because I thought it was a flashback to Din's original baptism, until that moment where it looks like all hope is lost - and then BOOM - real Din shows up to bomb the crocaturtle. That was pretty darn cool. But why did the Covert settle on a planet with giant predators roaming around? Are they still hiding, or do they actually like to be in constant danger? It was nice to check in with chief magistrate Greef Karga again. He's come full circle from his character in season 1. That Greef was a man with fewer scruples, but he was still trustworthy enough if you could pin him down and make him admit his real agenda. Now Greef is respectable again, with little robots carrying the end of his cape(!) to keep it off the ground. I kind of love this change, and his enthusiasm for the growth prospects of Nevarro. The pirate thing is new. It was somewhat bizarre that the pirate lieutenant was so obsessed with getting a drink in a school, but he was probably ordered to stir up trouble and show Greef who's boss. If it wasn't that, it would've been something else. Gorian Shard looks pretty cool. No doubt he'll show up again later this season. I don't think he's actually made of moss, but maybe his species has evolved to have a symbiotic relationship with it, like sloths that have moss growing in their fur. Then there was Bo Katan. I've been wondering about her since the end of season 2, and now we find that she did nothing about Din's possession of the Darksaber. I really thought she'd try to engineer a grievance so she could fight him, but apparently Bo just went home and watched as her people melted away. The closest she comes to being aggressive towards Din is the sulky "Where were you when Mandalore fell?" comment, but even that seemed half hearted. I think we'll see a change in her when Din relays the news that Mandalor isn't poisoned. If he actually does start waving the Darksaber around and rallying Mandalorians to come home she'll have to take him on. It's either that or spend the rest of her life in an empty palace.

[@mitchellhouser1572]

I was really disappointed with the episode. The fight with the turtle made the mandolorians look completely incompetent and idiotic. They could have just all ran into the cave and been safe but instead they all wanted to stand on the beach and get killed by it and seemingly make no progress at all… and then the EXACT conversation he already had with the armourer that happened before without literally any new information. And then he insists on IG 11 to a degree that almost seems moronic… yes I understand he is superstitious and started the series with a lot of mistrust and dislike of droids, but they literally said the droid has no memory and will need a new brain essentially. Mando, how can you not understand that that makes it a completely different droid, not the same one you had before?? And besides he was literally in lava and then blew himself up… it’s really stupid that they had that much of him still and that it was completely intact… it seems like company secrets could be stolen easily if the self destruct does not destroy a lot of the upper body and head… Overall just a lot of seemingly dumb and pointless stuff and really not a strong start, in my opinion.

[@ToeCutter0]

How can any one see this as anything but moving closer to The Book of Boba Fett? The opening scene held promise, but became goofy pretty fast, making this cohort of Mandalorians look a bit silly? The armorer running towards the gigantic crocodile thing with nothing but her hammers resulted in a reflexive “Seriously?” escaping under my breath. Many on social media wrongly assumed the new Mandalorian foundling getting his helmet was actually a flash back of Din Jarin, showing how few pay attention among Disney’s larger audience. The domestication of once fearful characters continues as Greef Karga has apparently relocated to the New England area of Nevarro while he moonlights as an education administrator. What is it about bounty hunters (Karga & Fett) retiring and becoming celebrity mayors in Star Wars? This was no “premiere”, it was prologue for S03. I was disappointed we were offered only a 36 min premiere after nearly 2 years between episodes. Ep 1 was clearly reworked to benefit those lucky enough to have avoided BOBF. I literally said “I have a bad feeling about this” completely unaware that I was quoting Han Solo, w/o an ounce irony when I saw the 36 min run time. This is the first premiere of The Mandalorian that felt more like a generic Disney+ show instead of a major Star Wars premiere. Has The Mando been demoted now that D+ is working on so many shows? Apparently, this is the way (that Disney has decided to take with The Mandalorian.) I thought The Bad Batch E11 was a better episode than The Mando Ep 1. It was the most disappointing episode I’ve seen so far. 🤦‍♂️

[@buzzgruv703]

I was scared that the helmet the Armorer was making at the beginning was for Grogu...lol

[@shaydowsith348]

honestly, I'd like to see this. Although I'd like to see a young grogu rather than a baby. Him training to become a Mandalorian.

[@theaterlightman89]

This season should have baby yoda fully transition to young grogu. Develop him as a full character, have him speak and face true choices.

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

Imagine Din: Grogu: “Dada” Din: “Wait, what?!” Me: 😂😂😂🥹

[@kimemia_maina]

I think this will come with time

[@zechrojas2202]

That would definitely be ideal.

[@DontLactateOnMe]

I'm really disappointed in the runtimes of these episodes. I understand we aren't guaranteed anything but when you look elsewhere in the industry (The last of us and the boys) these lengths are just pitiful. I really want to be able to dig into an episode each week.

[@PrincessFionaYT]

The fact that there’s anything left of IG 88 reminds me of the silly chunk of the death star floating in the ocean. That droid should’ve been completely vaporized. I’m so tired of death fakeouts in Star Wars.

[@rennmaxbeta]

Leaving the droid as a statue would have been much more meaningful.

[@Rikrik1138]

A little disappointed that the space pirate wasnt Hondo Onaka

[@ryanjewel6826]

Ikr

[@jonathanyesbest4616]

Yeah it sucks but I’m glad they didn’t have him because every time they have a known character reappearing conveniently the smaller the Star Wars universe gets

[@MirrenTheDragonKnight]

@@jonathanyesbest4616 Exactly.

[@TheyWantMeGone69]

Ah more fan service as if we don't get enough of that.

[@Rikrik1138]

@@TheyWantMeGone69 well, Star Wars fans tend to bitch if there isn’t enough inclusion of beloved characters, and apparently bitch if they do put in characters. Y’all have made it a no-win scenario…

[@williamscottgordon628]

Well, nice, detailed commentary as usual--as a much, much more casual fan of the Mandalorian, didn't catch many of the layers you mentioned, especially about Paz Vizla (Who? I mean to me, he's just another Mandalorian in a mask, not a nuanced character) and what was going on with Bokatan, etc. Watching as a casual fan, I was impressed with the world-building and visuals but totally underwhelmed by the story. I guess I just don't care about Mandalore (GASP!!)--I feel like I'd have to watch the entirety of the Clone Wars or read more to get why I should dig the culture, but without a larger context, much of what the Mandalorians (in both the helmeted and non-helmeted factions) do leaves me flummoxed. I've never believed that Din Djarin, as a character, ever thought about ruling Mandalore; he's the least likely to want the position, which is probably their point ("the best leaders don't want to lead"), but the problem is I'm just as interested as he is in that prospect. In contrast, Bokatan was previously really gunning for it--now, even with Din standing right in front of her with the saber, she does nothing. People often don't do what's in their interests so it's OK, but not compelling to me storywise. Finally, you mentioned that the ever-growing faction of helmet-heads seems to genuinely care for each other--and if that's the case, why would they reject one of their own (and continuously push against ANY possibility of redemption for him)? If they truly cared, they would listen to WHY he removed his helmet--quite literally, in the service of saving his child--and then figure out a way for him to come back into the fold. I agree with Karga; he should settle down on Navarro, shake out his hair, find a mate, and raise Grogu happily in the comfort of people who aren't constantly rejecting him.

[@theonehitko]

Was really surprised to enjoy the bad batch episode more than the Mandalorian premiere

[@Rakshiir]

I do think that the new Bad Batch season needed a bit of time. There are some episodes in there that didn't really grab me at all, because they somehow felt like filler, and not even that good ones. But the main story in this season about the clones, that one is done really well I think.

[@megaboz42]

This episode left me wondering a few things, like why is Din going on a side quest to talk to Bo Katan when he's already on a side quest to get the IG memory circuit? And once IG is repaired, is Din going to just strap him to the outside of his ship to get him to Mandalore?

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

IKR stupid little ship

[@MedalionDS9]

I wanted to post my review before I heard anyone else's but I watched this ep at Midnight right. For the most part, it's competently made Mandalorian as you've come to expect... maybe a little too much in some cases. There is a formula running through this ep that feels like check boxes of what to expect... action sequence with CG monster, CG space battle, cutaways to Grogu reaction shots (a bit too much I've noticed more), and fetch quests... and not really a deeper narrative. I saw nothing here to talk about Grogu's return in the slightest... all they did was reiterate what Mando has to do from BOBF where he had to go to Mandalore to wipe away his sins in the waters under Mandalore... but again, Grogu is just there because ... "reasons" that they won't explain. It was decent, entertaining, but somehow not as satisfying after Andor... and frankly BOBF undoing a powerful season ender.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

I feel like Grogu has overstayed his welcome in this show. Season 2 should have been his permanent departure.

[@andyb1653]

Alternatively, BOBF should have just been Mando S3, with Boba's story serving as a "B" plot. They could've trimmed the fat from Boba's plotline, while expanding Din's get-exiled-then-go-build-a-hotrod-so-I-feel-better story and Grogu's training with Luke (which were both more interesting anyway). This also would've kept Mando and Grogu apart for the better part of a whole season of their own show, which could've better conveyed how long they were apart (which was two entire years, apparently, according to Feloni and Favreau). And it all could've still finished off with the Battle of Mos Espa.

[@Raygo.]

Half of me wants to agree. The other half wants to say there's something very meaningful coming up both about his past and his ultimate destiny. Er... I guess that leaves no part left to say I frickin' hope so.

[@Nio744]

At first he was cute but now he's just here so disney can keep selling his merch.

[@drewc8052]

But the marketing! Kid watch Star Wars and mom see baby yoda make cute noise. Must buy baby yoda pillow for child. Baby Yoda. baby Yoda. Baby yoda. Baby yoda.

[@Apollo1989V]

At least one season away.

[@psCargile]

"We're mean, nasty, bloodthirsty pirates and we want to drink in this school that doesn't serve alcohol and this uppity protocol droid is standing in our way!" This after, "OMG a sea dinosaur! Quick everyone, no one run inland or into the cave it can't reach!"

[@caleob9725]

Ngl the Purrgil part was my favourite 😂 and the space battle too but damn. Love those space whales

[@themelon_1785]

Grogu just ruined this episode for me, like why the fuck is this baby back and why is mando just ok with getting into dangerous situations with the baby, in s1&2, the baby was here because mando had no other safe place to put him in, i remember in the 4th episode where mando tried to let him settle down with peaceful farmers and live a happy life, only for a hunter to find him and for him to realise that he has to keep moving, getting into danger all the while having the baby with him in all the danger, as the baby is only safe with mando Well no, apparently mando doesnt care anymore, he's just aggressively engaging a squad of shoehorned in pirates in a starfighter he barely knows how to pilot, and risking the safety of grogu for no reason nor necessity, what happened to getting grogu back to his people being the objective of mando? Even if grogu is now apparently a ""mandalorian"", mando is being an irresponsible adult and this isnt the same guy from seasons 1&2, this guy gets into unnecessary fights with pirates in a starfighter (he couldve jumped at any point, but chose to engage for no reason), He's learnt nothing about how the "helmet on" rule is just a superstition, and he's actually gonna go bath in some beskar bathj water or smth idc, i though it was just a line thrown into bobf that meant to say "yea no the cultalorians arent accepting you back", but no madnos actually gonna go bathe in some beskar ground water, thats the dumbest thing mando couldve done out of all the things that couldve been how the season opened Still holding out some hope, but if the season opening is a sign to show whats to come, im gonna be really sad

[@remuslazar2033]

The first scene I thought it was Din's flashback, at first

[@rogerpalsgrove9678]

Overall it did feel like a teaser episode to me. While reviewing it in my head, I think they really played too much into the Grogu cuteness. It did start out with action and then things slowed down and then back up. I was just calling Gorian Shard, Cpt. Swampthing. I'm still cautiously optomistic about the rest of the season and it did seem like they left the Cara Dune thread open.

[@caseyjp1]

Am I a baddie for thinking The Bad Batch had the better episode?😎 I've read that the series should have released one and two at the same time.

[@Nio744]

It was definitely better.

[@dankokamcevski]

Yes, oh the irony, it did :)

[@MC-810]

8:08 Yup…Grogu being part of the series is needed to help make that connection for the younger kids and for that cute factor that the folks on Good Morning America can gush over.

[@Alefwithhat723]

I watched it when I was getting ready for work at 5 am. By the time I got to work I couldn't remember the plot. Then I watched it that evening and realized there isn't a plot.

[@jaredlocke4300]

Wouldn't mind learning more about Captain Swamp Thing's species

[@Raygo.]

Well... I agree with you Thor. But at least they got the battle with and subsequent slaughter of giant aggressive creature out of the way early, huh?

[@thorskywalker]

lol, I didn't even realize till now that the first episode of last season was the krayte dragon episode. And that the very first ever episode had the ravinak (aka ice monster) that tried to eat the Razorcrest. Big monsters seems to be their thing to open seasons.

[@Raygo.]

@@thorskywalker Much as I love SW, I often feel rather awkward about its general attitude to animal life. Well... the giant super-aggressive kind anyway! 😏

[@ImTheReverse]

@@Raygo.You should read the Jedi Prince book series. The writers were very cognizant of their treatment of animals.

[@Raygo.]

@@ImTheReverse Thanks, I will have a look. I enjoy the SW books... mostly. But let's face it, on-screen, animals are mostly just monsters, slaves, or cuties. Of less account than droids!

[@joaopedrorosa6198]

Oh yeah... another Star Wars Ressurrection. This time the droid. WHy nobody in this universe STAYS DEAD!????

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I would have liked a more substantial story, that didn’t skip around so much from one topic to another without much plot. One such story could have focused on a more clear introduction to the pirates, perhaps showing them in action against a hapless and nameless freighter. Or focused on why he went back to Bo-Katan, right after he went back to the covert (the excuse for going back to the covert was to get a reading of that tablet and to reiterate how apostate he is from his cult). But why Bo-Katan? Did he think she would be able to help him get back to the Living Water? We don’t know.

[@Cheesehead_Caleb]

This episode would have been so much better if Cara Dune was in it instead of Grogu

[@stevemondragon5499]

I get the feeling that this may have been either deleted scenes and/or additional scenes that were added, that combined with the Boba Fett 2.5 scenes would have have been the real Mando S3E1

[@theaterlightman89]

I do feel like the pirates will invariably have the memory chip mando needs

[@miller42]

I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that the episode that aired in The Book of Boba Fett was originally the first episode of the third season. The shape of the space whale in the hyperspace reminded me of The Orville, lol.

[@chimerakait]

Its actually a reference to a certain other Filoni show...

[@miller42]

@@chimerakait I know, lol.

[@AndreNitroX]

Still makes my blood boil that this is the way they went with injecting boba fett with Mando episodes that should have started season 3

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

@@AndreNitroX facts, that BOBF episode would have been an amazing season opener for Mando S3

[@prestonkinsey2346]

For me, episodes like this one are mildly painstaking in part because they keep the great show that is the Mandalorian from being outstanding. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as much a fan of the Mandalorian as the next guy, but it’s the little details (i.e. oddly, abruptly focusing on Mando in the Boba Fett show, redundant episodes, and inconsistent tone) that hold this show back from reaching a truly formidable caliber of cinema/storytelling. I hope Jon, Dave, and anyone else steering the helm of major Star Wars content take notes from shows like Andor-as that is, albeit oddly, the only piece of Disney content thus far that legitimately contends for a spot in the discussion of the best film/television out there.

[@willford7499]

The opening stuff... I think they were trying to say the adherence to the 'don't remove your helmet' (ooer) creed makes them feel strong but it doesn't actually make them strong. They threw all they had at the croc and it wasn't enough without outside help. Foreshadowing later events: the mandalorian creeds must unite or wither.

[@elisabethtommasi5938]

Good to know I'm not the only one who saw Davy Jones in this episode

[@mpnuorva]

Oh yes. And his only named henchman is called Vane, as in Charles Vane.

[@AndreNitroX]

He’s literally a pirate

[@Lord-Emperor-Vader]

This was a great start to the season but all I have to say to anyone who loved this episode and has been complaining about Bad Batch for the last few weeks is this was the exact same type of episode which would be called filler on Bad Batch. If you think of it nothing much happened in this episode and can be summarized as Mando meets the Armor to recap the Book of Boba Fett, he meets with Greef Karga and they anger pirates, Mando tries to rebuild IG-11 and meets Bo Katan but it is fine since it is setting up the rest of the season.

[@Nio744]

Except its not fine because you don't want your season premiere to be filler.

[@drewc8052]

@@Nio744 to be fair it wasn’t really filler it was starting the process of foreshadowing future events and giving Mando multiple goals for the season besides the mines of mandalore. They just happened to do it in the most boring way possible with an obvious feeling that the action is being saved for later episodes.

[@istari0]

This execution in this episode was much better than what we have seen out of similar episodes of TBOBF.

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

The armorer scene was more than than that. She won’t believe him even if he brings proof of his journey. He’s proving to her that there IS a chance for redemption and urging HER to acknowledge that fact so she can’t call him a liar when he DOES return with said proof. Him saving their asses from Croczilla was a convenient way for the writers to give them reason not to shoot him on sight since he’s an apostate. Honestly this was a great episode if you read between the lines a bit. Yeah, we already knew he needs to go to Mandalore to redeem himself, but now we have an idea how he plans to go about it (using IG-11 as a scout). He’s actively teaching Grogu how to be a Mandalorian (dogfight scene), he goes to join Bo-Katan’s crew because he’s actually interested in uniting Mandalore now (Bo is understandably jaded at this point, though). Doesn’t seem like filler to me. Seems more like a great setup.

[@joaopedrorosa6198]

It was setup that this Season Will be a sidequest fest as were the ones before and everything filoni and favreau teamup to do. You're right. It was setting UP. And did it's job

[@jayvansickle7607]

I thought it was mediocre… I was upset with the MacGuffin side quest intro (part for the droid). Just lack luster in general. I was a bit grieved buy it.

[@jayycw2105]

i kept expecting mando asking someone to babysit grogu throughout the hole episode

[@MrDobberdude]

This will be an episode I never have to watch again

[@gregorylieber8362]

IG 11 having any parts left to reanimate is ridiculous... the teleporting N1 was nonsense as well.. I kind of enjoyed the seaweed pirate tho so what do I know

[@MasterRazzer76]

Watch BOBF it explain how it used hyperspace on it

[@KittySneeze]

This was easily the weakest season premier for the Mandalorian, and one of the worst episodes overall for the series. There was no character building, limited plot development, elementary dialogue, poor pacing, and an overall frivolous tone with low stakes. Worse still is the fact that the episode didn’t establish any mystery or conflict to setup the next episode(s), which is a primary function for any season premier. More specifically, here’s some of my gripes: 1. The crocodile battle at the beginning felt poorly choreographed, and made the Mandalorians look totally inept. Like who would think a few ropes would do anything to control an animal that size? 2. The scene with the armorer was a duller retread of a scene from BoBF. Normally, I could understand this since some people may not have watched that show to know Din was exiled and must atone for taking his helmet off, but the way it is presented here lends zero weight to his quest for absolution. The BoBF scene was much more intriguing since it follows the Armorer’s recounting of “the night of a thousand tears” and Din fighting for the dark saber against Paz Vizla. 3. The IG-11 subplot is another, “let’s bring back a dead character that had a satisfying and emotional “death” because we don’t feel like doing the work of introducing someone new” feeling to it. He was literally built with a bomb in his torso so he could self-destruct to prevent being captured and having his parts repurposed, but somehow none of that matters now. Also, it was strange editing to have Din discussing searching for the IG-11 parts when leaving Navarro, only to have him travel to Bo Katan? 4. The pirates felt like a low stakes and ham-fisted plot point just to show off Din’s new ship and justify a space battle. The whole scene of them insisting on getting a drink at a school is a weak motivation to put their lives on the line. Maybe they wanted to drink the juice boxes from the school cafeteria? Likewise, the design for the pirate captain also made me think of the Flying Dutchman from SpongeBob-too cartoonish. 5. Bo Katan straight up felt like the Jarl of Whiterun from Skyrim. Probably because their entire dialogue exchange was purely expositional. She just casually mentions in one sentence that her entire clan abandoned her. This is the same clan that stuck with her when she conspired to overthrow her sister as part of death watch, and fought with her to defeat Maul and retake their planet, so their abandonment should have more weight than a single line of exposition. They could’ve at least shown us that event in a flashback to add more weight to their abandonment and give us some emotional resonance for how Bo Katan feels after their betrayal. Classic case where “show don’t tell” filmmaking should’ve been implemented. At the very least, they could’ve built more hostility and tension to their conversation since she basically lost everything because Din walked away with the dark saber at the end of last season. That said, there were some decent parts of the episode. Namely: 1. Scene with the Anzellens was pretty cute/funny. 2. Spaceship fight scene was pretty entertaining. 3. Visually, the scene showing the Purrgil was interesting. (If they don’t have any implication to the plot later in the season though, it’ll be another “setup” for another show) 4. Bo Katan’s castle was designed and shot well. I’m still excited for the season overall, but after 2-years of waiting, this was a pretty poor way to start a season. Felt like a mid-season “setup” episode at best. I don’t mean to take away from anyone’s enjoyment of the show however. So, if you liked it, I’m happy for you.

[@_winston_smith_]

I thought it was great. The thing that didn't make sense was that they let Mando walk around in that armor. A bunch of hardcore fanatics should have overpowered the apostate and taken his armor since he is "a Mandalorian no more."

[@josh23062]

Its interesting watching Bo-Katan talking scornfully about Death Watch when she was Pre Vizla's right hand for years until Maul. She followed the Darksaber then, and only backed out when power shifted away from her towards Maul and Savage. She supported Din until she lost the Darksaber to him. She's truly hypocritical and selfish here

[@GarrettTheViking]

This episode was decent. Wasn't anything mind-blowing, but it was entertaining. I did really enjoy the end scene with Bo-Katan. I was hoping we'd get some hostility between her and Mando this season, and we got it. Can't wait to see more of her this season.

[@ryanjewel6826]

Bo-Katan annoys me a lot because she should be pushing like 50 and maybe 55 depending on how much the time skips between S2 and BBF and S3 are

[@daniaaal]

I was 'entertained' as I do miss the series, but I agree with Thor. It feels like the episodes was just a warm-up and reminder for viewers who supposedly skipped BOBF. And it does feel like a side-mission episode when it should be about reminding the viewers of stakes.

[@GrievousReborn]

The pirate Captain looks like some swamp creature that would be used in some old school horror film

[@andrewkarns5502]

Honestly, I'm truly happy people are enjoying this show, but man it's just not for me. I could not care an ounce less of what's happening in this show. This 1st episode was everything about the show that I don't care for: - Felt like a side mission, of a side mission, leading to another side mission....just to all lead to Mando completing his side mission to take a bath to "redeem" himself for taking his helmet off? I get that's against their rules but man I need more than that to look forward to for a season's arc. (with now a new side mission of him probably spending a whole episode to get another memory chip for IG-11....YAY!) - Grogu I was all for the first season or so, but I'm sorry if we're getting a third whole season of "oh look how cute he is!" , I'm sorry but I'm just over it. - And what's the point of Mando wanting IG-11 exactly? (which is absurd that he's even half alive still). He needs him to help him through the mines? Lol What kind of plot point is that? Mando barely even knew him and why was he special at all? Lol - I thought MAYBE at least the show might have an interesting dynamic between Bo & Mando for who should rule and have the darksaber....and Bo Katan is just like yeah just go ahead and have it lol. Ok. I'm sure they'll do more with this down the road but I'm likely just done with this show. Sorry to rant, but I was on the rocks with this show coming into this episode and good to know I only needed 1 episode to know it's definitely not for me. I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion among many in this community. Admittedly I'm much more into the force/lightsaber/jedi/sith aspect of Star Wars, so maybe this show was never for me but I was such a big fan of star wars and the show gets so much hype that I felt obligated to watch it. Hope you all enjoyed it a lot more than I did. ✌

[@achaudhari101]

I say your reasons make no sense and are based off of not knowing the stuff that happened before. IG 11 is important to Din because it was the former that made him not be prejudiced towards droids and allowed him to open himself up more. Grogu? Get used to to him because he is part of the show and will likely be a Mandalorian in the future.

[@mpnuorva]

That's... interesting, because parts about the Mandalorian culture and mando's relationship with it runs on the same spiritual stuff as the Force-related matter.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

When did Swamp Thing become a space pirate?

[@apstrike]

I thought this was pretty terrible. Let's hit the reset button and regress both our characters to where Mando won't take the helmet off and Grogu is a cooing baby so we can phone in a season just like what came before. We'll even bring the hero droid back. It doesn't feel right that Greef has aged and a whole new planetary economy has evolved, but our main characters are going backwards.

[@elviskess]

I agree, this didn’t feel like a season premiere. Book of Boba Fett had better Mando content!

[@cashflo13_]

I would not have expected that I would enjoy this week‘s bad batch episode more than the 2 year long awaited premiere of season 3, just honestly felt like a filler episode and not a season premiere that is supposed to hook u up for the next few weeks. Also after Andor, the mandalorian just feels a bit less sophisticated which can still be very enjoyable if done right

[@sivad1025]

After Kenobi, I hated Andor because I cared too little to pay attention. Then I rewatched Andor and loved it only to get excited for Mando and get blasted by reality. This show is painfully uninteresting. It's jaw-dropping how unsophisticated the dialogue and plotting are next to Andor

[@c-eb3634]

​@@sivad1025 Exactly. That's what I've been saying for years. I hope Andor makes Disney realise that complex characters and a complex story are in demand in the Star Wars universe. Unfortunately, not many people watched Andor, so they may have learned the wrong lesson...

[@RaikenXion]

I feel the same and i agree with all your points here. I know that blue helmet would be for a foundling, everyone kept saying that's Grogu's helmet but i could tell it wasn't cause the overall shape and it still seemed way too big held by the Armorer's chest. One last thing, legendary actor Christopher Lloyd is appearing in this show at some point, no one is mentioning this at all so i'm guessing he will play a old EU Mando character called tobi dala. Here's hoping the show will pick up and it won't all mostly be more "Side Quests".

[@conman823]

Grogu should have stayed gone but Fav and Fel gave into marketing demands. Executives keep damaging this IP, which if they just left it alone, would steadily make money.

[@andyb1653]

Wasn't quite as good as the openings of S1 or S2, but it was still a perfectly good establishing episode. My only real criticism is that it was a little on the short side. Should've been 10-15 minutes longer.

[@LumVaughan]

Time has to be precious when you only have 8 episodes; I think the pirate stuff was a waste of time, the moss pirate boss looked really silly. I thought at first that we were seeing a flashback of Din Djarin's 'baptism'. How did he know where the Children of the Watch were? What planet was it? How did they get so many new faces...er...helmets...so quickly? And those IG assassin droids! Wow are they well made! IG88 was walking in a river of lava and detonated a thermal detonator and he still was partially fixable. The best parts of this rather shaky beginning were the live action purgill (shadows of them) hinting at Thrawn and Ezra's disappearance, learning that Cara Dune had not been killed off, and seeing a disillusioned Bo-Katan in a Mando castle. The crocodile-turtle thingy was cool and the scene was action packed, but it took up time from what needs to be a tight schedule. The Anzellans were okay but Grogu's too-cute hug of one and Greef's stupid interpretation of Anzellan for Mando were wastes as well. Drop the pirate sub-plot, focus on Mandalore and make every moment count like Andor did.

[@unabridgedstarwars1910]

Green Pizza the Hutt pirate was the best

[@mpnuorva]

Kalevala being forests and lakes was appropriate enough.

[@luccagrillo7260]

When Grogu was looking around while traveling through hyperspace, I was suddenly very anxious that he'd start developing Hyperspace Madness during missions with Mando. I obviously don't see that happening in this story, but could a concept like this be revistied by Canon in the future?

[@mpnuorva]

Is that canon though?

[@luccagrillo7260]

@@mpnuorva there was a mention of it in Tales of Vandor

[@kingofthesharks]

The Gorian Shard character makes me want a Poke Bowl with seaweed salad

[@leewalker8207]

I just didnt get any sense of tension or danger from the action scenes. It just felt like more of mando one man armying his way through cardboard cut out bad guys

[@jaredlocke4300]

Intro with the giant croc turtle was cool, but a waste of time. Seeing the pergil was dope I wish Mando didn't feel like he needed to be a Watch Mando, that he was satisfied to be a "Bo Mando." And for f*ck sake let dead characters stay dead. The very idea of bringing IG-11 back is idiotic and ruins his sacrifice. Please let him stay dead.

[@CoolMyron]

Way cant we have good tactics in star wars? Why are the Mandos using cables as if they are strong enough to hold down a giant monster? Why are they shooting it with small arms fire? Why didn't they all get back and or fly up out of reach? Why didn't they use there rockets? Why didn't they go get a ship to blow it up? Why does the city mando visited have no police force when they have pirates? Why are we bring back yet another needless character? Just so many things. I want to have good story that feel like they were thought-out and well-made. I didn't get that feeling. Im also so tired of star wars bringing in elite characters and units just so they can die like p****ys. Bad Batch did this with its lastest Ep. Why is a Commando cowaring in fear of a zillo beast? Just let him die like a badass or use a scientist or normal trooper. One of my biggest pet peeves is shows, movies, books, and games promoting a character or type of character as elite or top of there class just to get out classed or act like they have never known combat before. At that point just use a normal person.

[@T-Rob]

The fact that the show feels like a video game is something that I love about it!

[@dankokamcevski]

It WAS enjoyable (as it's Mando, after all), but then again it also was a walk down the nostalgia lane, a retrospective of famous past scenes (fighting a giant beast, for instance). After two years, I expected more of a blast than this.

[@sivad1025]

Is it really enjoyable though? You had people incompetently fighting a beast, a gunslinging with strangers no one cares about and then a space battle with low stakes and incompetent villains that no one cares about. At a certain point, creativeless competency is just boring. Mando has officially reached the stage of apathy for me

[@dankokamcevski]

@@sivad1025 Fair points. I thought it weird that Mando had such trouble to destroy half of the IG-11 droid, lying on the ground...

[@ezramotz1995]

A ‘just average’ episode for the opening chapter of such a massive, extremely highly anticipated season is in a way almost more frustrating than just an overall bad episode. I totally understand the need for setup, but they could have done several things to tighten it. Even Mando himself felt like a plot device specifically meant for exposition and rehashing things we already know with all his very useless lines pointing out the obvious. Pacing was off. Way too short of an episode in general. We’ve already seen just about almost literally the exact same scene we saw in The Book of Boba Fett as we got here in the opening of this episode directly after the title card where he visits the Armorer once again and she tells him the only way to redeem himself as a Mandalorian is to bathe in the springs of the mines beneath the surface of Mandalore, blah blah blah. It’s whatever, just a bit aggravating that Disney never seems to learn their lesson from mistakes they’ve made in the past and time and time again continue to make those same exact mistakes, despite all the complaints from the majority of the audience! They either just don’t care to listen, or they have heard the pushback, but it means seemingly nothing to them… 🤦‍♂️ 😒 Pretty generous 7/10, only because I have faith things will pick up very quickly soon enough and get very tense/exciting in no time at all. I will say that I was entertained throughout most of the episode though, of course, just not quite thoroughly satisfied enough as I wanted to be or was expecting, that’s all! ✌🏼

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

That's a good way to look at it. I did enjoy it, but I had a feeling this first episode was going to be a little on the average side. Having Grogu back is kind of pointless and his inclusion overall damages the show, so we all knew that was going to be a problem. The length of the episode was also an indicator that this wasn't going to be the best start of the season, but like you said, we'll see. For all we know, the coming episodes could blow us away and justify Grogu's existence.

[@jerryziegner]

Season three The Mandalorian versus Swamp Thing.

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

Grogu felt so out of place this episode. Had no role. He shouldn't be there.

[@Oldstalk]

I had no hype for Mando s3 but I still found this episode to be... weird.

[@imransadovic3600]

I enjoyed the episode, it seemed to set up a lot of things at once, as well as providing a necessary recap for those that may have missed the BOBF episodes. My favorite element was the pirates honestly, they have excellent prosthetics, costume design, and overall vibe. I'm sure we'll see space moss Davey Jones again.

[@katan28kerkhof]

I am not trying to be negative nelly here, but to me this episode represents everything that I do not like about live action Disney Star Wars... 1) only planets that look like earth 2) mainly humans or humanoid-looking non-humans with rubbery sillicone masks 3) plots that revolves around high stakes stuff taking place on low level locations In my opinion, despite its more modest audience, the Bad Batch is a whole league above what Mandalorian season 2, the book of Boba Fett and Kenobi tried to do....Animated Star Wars does brings us the diversity of the galaxy (both in planets and species) that George Lucas' world building deserves.... My scores: Mandalorian season 1 (8,5/10 very fun) Clone wars season 7 (9,5/10 brilliant, even with the Martez-arc) Bad Batch season 1 (7,5/10 fun but not great) Mandalorian season 2 (7/10 still fun, generally okay) Book of Boba Fett (4/10 laughably bad) Kenobi (5/10 very mediocre, hate how they stole parts of Jedi Fallen order) Andor (8/10 on account of its good story) Bad Batch season 2 (8,5/10 very fun)

[@MedalionDS9]

I thought that Head Pirate guy was a reference to Pirates of the Carribbean... but he looked more like Disney's take on Swamp Thing

[@Lance37a]

Why didn't Mando just lie about taking his helmet off, she would never know.

[@iksaglam]

I really don't like the way they portray Mandalorians in this episode. So just because Bo-Katan does not have the saber, her and all her followers have given up on everything? Did they not have the aim of restoring Mandalore and weren't other Mandalorians following Bo-Katan for that common goal. Why is all of that gone just because she does not have the saber. Are we supposed to believe that a whole culture is so shallow that all they ever care about is someone possessing a saber? If she was worth following before why is she not worth following now? If Mandalore was worth fighting for before, why is it not worth fighting for now? All of that because of the absence of a saber? Did Bo-Katan have no other qualities that rallied people to her? Coupled with the other Mandalorians we know who are obsessed with keeping their helmets on at every moment, so much so that even just one instance will be enough to exile you from everyone and everything you hold dear forever, this culture sounds all sorts of crazy. Don't get me wrong I like the series and Star Wars in general and I think Mandalorian culture is fascinating when portrayed with more nuance . In my opinion, it would really help the series if the general peoples of Mandalore were represented to be a bit more level headed and sensible. I can understand extreme sects within a larger culture and their presence in that context is fine. But when all members (or both factions we are introduced to) are portrayed as shallow zealots one way or the other, it does not look good. It makes me wonder if it's a good thing their culture almost died 😁😁

[@cpt.obvious2520]

the pirate captain looks like a Brute from halo. I must say i dont really like the IG-11 fetch quest. The fact that all the vital parts of IG11 are still there also takes away from the entire IG unit lore, because apparently they cant even blow themselves up properly when it is very important design element of the unit. the chest and head survived ando mando got it somewhat working after some tinkering

[@sarandadio]

I am not cult leader but I think it’s not good idea do cult ceremony in lake with giant crocodile

[@istari0]

It could explain why so many cults fail.

[@mdmalvaro8854]

Hello Thor, loving your videos from Spain

[@chasehedges6775]

His content is always and fun to watch, imo.

[@kaisuminski6958]

Bad batch was actually BETTER than Mando this week 😂 who’d a thunk it?

[@Sanikusama]

The recap feel is real in this episode. This episode feels like Mando going to three different locations and saying I’m going to Mandalore to those three different people. Also the fight scene at the start was dumb. I get that the Mandalorian’s are scattered and not as good as they used to be but I really do wonder why none do them just flew back away from the slow moving gator.

[@puipuixproduction]

Didn't expect to be more excited about a bad batch episode than a mandalorian one ! But I do like the video game quest format, it bring a sweet balance of cool "filler" and main story

[@andersonn330]

only thing i didn’t like was how short it was edit: hope bad batch wasn’t overshadowed too much this week because that episode was fantastic

[@luchoman91]

I quite enjoyed this season's first episode! True, it didn't do a lot to push the story but I think it set up enough things for the rest of the season. It is just one episode out of eight (which eight has always been the standard for Mandalorian), there is plenty of time left for the main plot to progress and I think it will make big waves. The Purrgil and even the pirates to me are foreshadowing big events in the future. The IG-11 quest definitely came out of nowhere for me, I was expecting R5-D4 from Peli Motto but again, we still have time.

[@CaptainLore]

I don’t think it was a great episode, but I think it did some pretty good set-up for the rest of the season. Definitely hype for the rest of it.

[@henrik7154]

It was underwhelming. I really dislike the fact that it appears like the show won’t evolve past its fan service, cash grab fetch quest nature. After seeing Andor, a Star Wars show with a really good narrative, it makes Mando feel lackluster in many ways. Tbh honest the formula already wore off for me in season two. I hope the rest of this season gets better

[@ritzon2670]

I don't understand how hbo with the last of us can have a movie length episode for the first episode of that and we get 30 minutes for this.