Well, that certainly wasn't what I expected | The Mandalorian s3 e8 (Spoiler Review-Cap)

[@SourRobo8364]

It felt like the season was made out of obligation rather than inspiration.

[@SirWhisky]

Ouch this says it all!

[@harrisonclauss8559]

With the amount of actual plot, it could have been movie length.

[@scottcheg9]

It is, this isn’t what Favreau had planned, he’s been half way out the door ever since they fired Gina and wrecked his whole plans for an interconnected mcu-esc story, why do you think Favreau killed of his own character? Why do you think Feloni is in charge of the mando movie KK announced not John? The writing is on the wall but a surprising of fans just don’t want to admit it. Iger and Kathleen mishandled Star Wars and sunk the franchise, that’s the truth.

[@Esipula]

Just get it over with 😂😂😂

[@CraitMerc]

Hit the nail on the head. Disney wanted their cash cow back

[@RinaJosscy]

I felt it checked all the boxes in term of events that had to happen, but it lacked the emotion and dialogue between characters. Rushed in 1 word.

[@desert_hunter83]

💯

[@drewroberts139]

Adequate, not excellent. Unlike seasons 1 & 2.

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

Not even a passing mention of Paz Vizla's death, by anyone. No ceremony, not even his son speaking on the matter.

[@captainpep3]

@@ZenMonkeyGod honestly I completely forgot about his death since it was never mentioned

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

@Captainpep Understandable, I mean they could have had an hour long finale but for some reaspn decided *everything* had to just rush head-first toward the finish line, with zero breathing room.

[@duedilligence5463]

Were we supposed to “cry” because Din adopted Grogu officially?? People like Bo were already calling grogu his son. I don’t think it hit the emotional beat they were hoping for since that dynamic was already set up

[@bobseven310]

Yea, he never had any other parent. It was basically just a formality.

[@alexfdezpal]

They just be making rules as they go lmao they really think they can just make something up out of left field, add a “This is the way” and feel like the most important thing ever

[@AJ_Jingco]

​@@alexfdezpal Grogu is already Din Djarin's son when he found him as a foundling.

[@harrisonclauss8559]

I feel the same. The real world as well as most characters in the show have been saying this for years now.

[@nathonso_edits]

Yeah that was kind of weird like it was this big thing but we're just like yeah we know

[@nightmare_1337]

The finale perfectly captured what the whole season was about: Waiting for something, but nothing really ever happens.

[@achaudhari101]

We had Mandalore being reclaimed. How is that “Nothing”?

[@NotoriousTim]

@@achaudhari101 we knew that would happen for years. not exactly very shocking or triumphant when it feels like going through the motions.

[@legendaryvicius]

Not even the Mando kamikaze bro died. I mean, made sense he got out, it would have been moronic not to but what the hell happened with all the Ties attacking the light cruiser? Did kamikaze mando bro take them all out? It honestly felt lacking and rushed.

[@anonim9609]

@@legendaryvicius That escape is the only clever thing about this episode😅

[@Gage_Brumley]

@@achaudhari101 there was just no weight behind it. It's really hard to describe but all of the story beats this season lacked the passion that earlier seasons had. Like Moff Gideon and Din for example. In the second half of season 2 there was a very personal conflict between the two as they fought over Grogu. But in this finale it felt like Gideon was fighting Din out of obligation, there was just no real conflict behind it.

[@dereklopez9060]

When the screen closes in the end while Grogu was playing with a frog, that was really cartoony.

[@BigMan.270]

As Porky Pig once said, "Bibiddy, Bibiddy, Bibiddy, that's all folks."

[@BenRai2k]

Aren't all the transitions, really? Lol

[@CoDStickz]

Book of boba fett end was super cartoony

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Kinda the point tho, this show was always supposed to feel like a throwback

[@SD_Marc]

You thought THAT was cartoony? After a bunch of jet-packed warriors fought in the air, a tiny green force user riding around in a former assassin droid, and the heroes fought an evil jerk in an exo-skeleton until a giant space ship crashed into them, and everyone loved happily ever after? THAT is what you drew the line at?

[@gregorylieber8362]

After a good finale: "wow, these events were significant and have enriched the characters and their motivations" After Mando S3 finale: "yeah I guess"

[@Tadicuslegion78]

You know what this was? Jon Favreau banging his toys together making pew pew noises and calling it a story

[@reelenz]

Yessss! Hahaha

[@nickallen2288]

Hahahahahaha amazing

[@mpnuorva]

No, I don't agree with that. It's more like someone took a full season's story and filled it with other people's stuff, leaving only what was needed for the big picture.

[@dancingvalkyrie]

Filoni has been doing this for years now

[@wordlesslfiddling]

Yes thank you I've been saying it that it just feels like Jon is playing with his toys most the time Well MY mandalorian has a beskar spear and a gun that disintegrates people and a lightsaber that makes him the ruler of the planet and it looks like mandos new guns are supposed to be the same as Jango guns Because no one else is allowed to have cool things if mando can't have them bo katan gets the dsrksaber after it never should have been taken away in the first place or at least had her killed too bad the darksaber is broken now Honestly I want to know how much of this season was Jon faverou and hoe much was dave filoni because Dave filoni can still make good star wars as proven by the bad batch

[@CFCMahomet]

The fan theories were way better than the episodes itself.

[@TheRonaldbaxter]

Yes. it seemed to be treading carefully to neither add to lore nor detract from lore.

[@captainpep3]

Honestly the most emotional feeling I felt was the dark saber being destroyed since it’s always been such a cool weapon, and now it’s gone

[@anthonydeperino2046]

no its not the babu fricks are gonna fix it just like IG-11! Nothing stays dead and gone anymore!

[@HiHi-lt1cb]

So true😅

[@YoppieBeyond]

same… hope the armor can repair it for din grogu one day

[@bustanut5501]

It's just weird how its destruction is never brought up again in the episode. Surely the Armorer would've asked Bo-Katan where it was.

[@ertymexx]

If there is a contiunation I would guess it would be about "reforging it". For which they would need a jedi, I presume. Now getting a jedi to agree to (re-)making a lightsaber for non jedi is another matter, and could lead to an interesting story line, and maybe a co-op between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka-series. Then again it might just be gone. I would be fine with that.

[@scottcarver7393]

The only issue I had was Grogu just showing up in a hallway to save Din. It literally makes no sense how Grogu could have gotten to him.

[@connerclark3678]

He used the Force! (“That’s not how the Force works!”)

[@DiegoLopez-ft5wd]

Grogu found him because This is the way

[@Stryyder1]

The Force...

[@Zlittlepenguin]

That was your only issue? That was the only thing that didn’t make sense? Lol

[@iloveowls90]

Seriously? It must be because he heard him or something or he was near by the whole time and we just didn’t see him

[@darthsanchez]

I’ve always felt that the real series finale should have been Season 2 with Luke. the characters would have continued of course, but in other series or with cameos. The way season 3 played out makes me feel like this was someone’s original plan and then they were forced to continue past the Luke finale episode.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

They really ruined the whole series by undoing Luke rescuing Grogu, and in a spin off show of all things. What a waste!

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Lionel Hutz!!! Is that YOU?

[@ragnarok6521]

Someone....Who could that be.....Kathleen....Kennedy.......Mmmyes....Perhaps....🤔

[@johnriley8713]

S2 finale should have been the end of Baby Yoda for sure. I was expecting then we would get Mando-being-Mando and a storyline with more weight, more consequences, and more canon-implications.

[@darthsanchez]

@@raindeerprojekt4119 LOL, that is a deep reference. Yes it is, from this moment on.

[@Juxie27]

Was anyone else expecting a Thrawn teaser after the “happy ending” we got? Like after it circles Grogu and Din J, it fades to black, then reopens to a different scene with Thrawn.

[@darthxerox15]

Yes

[@Wackaz]

I think, before people go into criticising this episode - and Star Wars in general - they should remember that Star Wars isn't about cameos, big reveals, post-credit scenes or iconic character hallway scenes. Star Wars isn't the MCU, and it certainly shouldn't be. This episode didn't end setting up a multitude of epic plotlines based in superifical fan service, because it shouldn't have done, and I'm glad it didn't: as represented through the iconic Star Wars end-transition at the end of the episode, this episode gave us some much-needed and earned finality to The Mandalorian, at least within this given chapter in the Mandoverse, and that's OKAY. MCU brainrot is a problem many people have in the Star Wars community nowadays; I see it with the Star Wars Theory crowd in particular, and I think it's a major problem that inhibits good faith film analysis.

[@Juxie27]

@@Wackaz sorry for having expectations? 😂 and no Star Wars isn’t the MCU but in your words the “Mandoverse”. They’re obv building towards a culmination of many titles in said cinematic universe, so I don’t blame myself as a STAR WARS fan to expect a Thrawn teaser. I disagree with the direction but that’s definitely the direction they’re going with. So I have expectations as a fan. It’s natural. Chill. Sorry not sorry.

[@ravneiv]

Yeah the whole season was teasing *more* and then the finale was nearly the bare minimum required

[@ravneiv]

Examples: the Purrgil - went nowhere Dr Pershing and Kane episode - went nowhere New republic / adelphi rangers getting involved - went nowhere

[@thinkagain2523]

This biggest issue was that there were no stakes in this episode. There was no tension or anything shocking that happened. It was like they took the safe way out with giving us a cliche ending and not taking any kind of risk

[@Matt-bg5wg]

Zero stakes. Zero twists. Zero shocks. It was so plain vanilla boring.

[@larryfenderson8922]

At this point I'm ok with that.

[@Stryyder1]

@@Matt-bg5wg Fate of the Mandolrian People and Din or Bo dying, There not being spy, So you expected and all out flying mando air battle and the light cruiser crashing into the planet and Din killing the praetorian guard?

[@bobyfrank856]

@@Stryyder1 the air battle had no stakes, literally it seems no mandolorians were hit in that battle or damaged at all. Din is the MC so I’m not surprised he could beat the guards, he got captured and escaped like two seconds later lol, and the guards against grogu was just silly tbh.

[@trishmorton2035]

@@Matt-bg5wg ok possibly best insult to a plot ever. I will be stealing this.

[@RandomVideo997]

I thought it was really shocking that NOBODY addressed the dark saber being destroyed after the fact - zero on/screen discussion about what that actually means for the future of the mandalorians

[@rapflapfl]

Yeah, like wouldn't they be shocked to hear that?

[@jonathandavis-po6js]

It means they can move on without it, they don't need a crutch

[@MagnusTNT]

We really waited 2 years for this season didn't we

[@achaudhari101]

@@tobywareing6435 Not necessarily if every plot line is now finished. I mean seeing Mandalore being redeemed with Bo at the helm again is something.

[@tonycliftonLV69]

Plus all the time wasted watching it

[@chasehedges6775]

@@tonycliftonLV69👍👍👍

[@KenobiStark1]

They do one cool thing, at the behest of doing 10 boring not well written ones.

[@JoRoq1]

To be fair, production was heavily interrupted and impeded in that gap, as well as having to make modifications for the other disasters. - Losing Gina and the Rangers series - Attempting to salvage BOBF - Pandemic production stoppages and slowdowns (masking rules, etc) Relative to the first two seasons, they didn't have that much actual production time to patch all the various pieces together.

[@RadiantCalf9353]

Gideon didn’t think his plan through just how the writers didn’t think this season through

[@VelaiciaCreator]

I'm pretty sure they were just choked on time.

[@bugsy742]

@@VelaiciaCreator 😂 agreed, I think it was written on the back of a cigarette packet during a 10 minute coffee break 👍

[@VelaiciaCreator]

@@bugsy742 I mean, there's actually nothing wrong with the writing, the problem was pacing and execution. I felt like everything was in slow motion at the wrong times and on fast forward at the other wrong times. Usually plots get polished through various re-writes, but Disney is not letting Star Wars have the three years per film even, and shows likely get less than 6 months for the whole deal.

[@killianjoburg6421]

​@@bugsy742 🤣 The writing is as stupid as the mandalorian creed. Well, it's difficult to emote behind a helmet said an actor. The subpar dialog ain't helping either muttered by another. 😁

[@TravelsTTG]

@@killianjoburg6421 like you would know good writing.

[@cashflo13_]

After last weeks episode I had a bit of hope left for an unexpected, emotional, shocking finale. It definitely was unexpected but not in a good way, I knew it was gonna be bad when I saw the roughly 35 minutes of actual story, Gideon has just not been the same this season and even though din had his time to shine action wise, any depth, emotional beats or arcs were lacking. Also, bringing back grogu in BOBF countines to be the biggest mistake disney could have done.

[@alexfdezpal]

I remember S2 finale, I had not felt that excited for something SW in so long. It’s really a shame that in one season I’ve went from that to pure boredom watching it. I’m glad this is over I was so ready to move on to the next thing. Let’s hope Ahsoka can set the bar a little higher than this.

[@UsernameGeri]

It's gonna be the same of nothing happening at all, and in the final 2 episodes either Ahsoka or Thrawn wil die. Or both of them.

[@alexfdezpal]

@@UsernameGeri I have not lost my hope. Mando S3 was definitely a let down, as Kenobi was before and even BOBF before it but there has been a lot of good projects lately (Bad Batch, Andor, Tales Of The Jedi).

[@UsernameGeri]

@@alexfdezpal Andor was okay, but really only during and after the prison segment. I can't really tell you what even happened before that. And I don't watch cartoons so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@alexfdezpal]

@@UsernameGeri you are missing so much on amazing stuff. That’s your opinion and that’s fine but Andor is really the best Star Wars thing ever so 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@saloz9483]

Sums it up nicely. I remember being super hyped after the final of season 2 and its been downhill ever since.

[@ansambel3170]

my problem is that grogu just doesn't work in action scenes, like you can't really hit him, cause he's so baby like, so you know other characters just have to swing their weapons around him, compared to din, who can have an exchange with moff. It's either a comedic scene (like the duel with that child), or it's just looks so stupid.

[@ravneiv]

I was expecting him to get a blaster straight to the chest and appear to be dead. But then when Din goes to him we see his mithril shirt....beskar chainmail shirt and are relieved he is alright.

[@thebendu33]

He needs to grow

[@andrewj1754]

@@ravneiv that would have been payoff for his armour in the earlier episode. I like it!

[@BenRai2k]

I mean, a scout trooper did punch him while he was in a bag season 1

[@JGr2000]

@@ravneiv same. I was also expecting something like that to happen. I really thought Grogu getting that piece of armor would go somewhere

[@CraitMerc]

This episode made me realize that Gideon basically didn't do much since his introduction lol

[@liamjonasscale]

Now I'm worried that since we didn't get Thrawn, even in post credits, that the first season of Ahsoka is going to be 8 more episodes people looking for Thrawn and him showing up at the end of that series.

[@darthxerox15]

Dammit, same. I can totally see this happening xD

[@vfxeriksen8694]

Another show that wanders around never coming to any good conclusion until the very last episode.

[@timboslice9905]

I thought for sure they were going to reveal that Gideon was a Force-infused clone that would start throwing Din and Grogu around. I was wrong. And yes, Giancarlo Esposito’s acting seemed hammy in these episodes.

[@AlecFortescue]

It seemed hammy because of what he was working with. This some really low tier writing and direction.

[@DS9TREK]

Yeah, he was like a panto villain

[@timboslice9905]

@@AlecFortescue Fair point.

[@FlymanMS]

Honestly I feel like his "force sensitive clones' plan was too arrogant to begin with. Okay, let's say he grew those force induced clones successfully, let's say they didn't trun on him, let's say they obey him. What next? There aren't many Jedi or Sith around to train him in the Force, and if he thinks he can learn it by reading texts and holocrons he's even more delusional that he seems.

[@drakron]

@@FlymanMS Well you can enforce Clones into obeying you as Order 66 shown ... its not as if the Empire didnt employed force sensitive agents and this differs were the Empire simply didnt need clones as they have a vast pool of candidates as Gideon did and would have to use clones. Besides force sensitive alone gives a advantage since we had some ... like Kyle Katarn, you know ... the mercenary that put a stop to the *Dark Trooper* project in Dark Forces? Yes, he became a Jedi later but one of the reasons why he was able to pull that off was because he was force sensitive.

[@honcore1443]

If season 4 is just din and grogu doing different bounty’s every week. I will be perfectly ok with that

[@SimplyJohn155]

Same. Doubt it tho

[@EikeSky]

I think that is what it will be, the Din's hunting Imp's.... Very cool

[@qwertyvypez]

This would make me stop watching it. I don't care about them enough to watch them go on random adventures every week without some overaching story.

[@RaikenXion]

that will be Boring AF

[@acidbracelet3697]

I miss this show being a space western.

[@honestsoul7575]

I loved the part where Gideon left the command center to hunt for Din and disappears for like half the episode while Din is roaming around the base. Then later when Din goes in his office and breaks all his stuff Gideon acts surprised. Like what was the point of that?

[@kodyshaw6991]

Yeah... they lowered Gideon's intelligence this season

[@DeeperIntoTheUnknown]

Plus the fact that he had a map showing both Din and Grogu like, why didn't he do something when he saw Grogu approaching Din? And also, where was this kind of tech on the Death Star?

[@jirkazalabak1514]

Yeah, I expected him to at least defend the clones, given how previous they were to him. I guess he just underestimated just how capable Din Djarin was.

[@honestsoul7575]

@@jirkazalabak1514 yeah capable of walking into the front door of the command center that he left minutes ago lol. At least there were armed guards i guess. That sequence was probably the best part of the episode.

[@XayGee]

Feels like writing wasn’t taken seriously bc the main focus was the Ashoka series

[@Rounderyathecruel]

Episode 3 of season 3 was the only episode of mando that was any good at all. After 24 episodes mando still has yet to develop a character

[@darthwitchakorn1027]

I agree, I think the reason why the writing in this season is not so good is because Dave and his team shift their attention to Ahsoka series

[@999999SkyGuy]

Disney which currently owns a huge number of different filmstudios and is currently working on Deadpool 3 (which not to long ago was a 20th century Fox production) is unable to handle two Star Wars shows? Did Dave Filoni even direct an Episode this season (I missed his writting credit)? Besides Andor and Rogue One nothing left a positive impression. If Ahsoka turns out to be slightly below average another excuse has to be "manufactured"...

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Hey at least Din didn't look like a total loser damsel in distress

[@admiralseabass8993]

​@MrYogurtExists in other words, they cut the production budget. The Disney+ production model is completely broken now. They can only produce cheap crap. Andor was the exception but that got produced a long time ago.

[@CedarHunt]

That awkward moment when the story is mid, but you're just happy it's over.

[@bigfarting]

Mid is an understatement

[@jonathancandelario9976]

I just felt like aside from the last 2 episodes, this season was unnecessary. I think that the series was supposed to end with Season 2 but it was so popular Disney won’t let it happen so they had to scramble to continue the story, leading to what happened with BofBB resolving the Luke and Grogu story

[@vetarlittorf1807]

This is why Lucasfilm was better off as an independent company. Because it didn't have higher execs telling them what to do.

[@LedPESRule]

The series was also supposed to have continued with and led to Gina Carano's Rangers of the New Republic, but she of course was fired by the LucasFilm fanatics.

[@RaikenXion]

I don't believe it was supposed to end at Season 2, i do believe Favreau originally was hoping Season 2's finale would lead to a spin-off about Luke establishing his new Jedi Order with Grogu as his first ever student; but someone did not want or allow that to happen.

[@jonathancandelario9976]

@@RaikenXion No, it’s been established for years that Ben Solo was Luke’s first student. Besides, I think they knew the technology was not there at the time for Luke to look good

[@JoRoq1]

There was clearly a longer plan, but this season had to make account for all the shenanigans: - Pandemic production stoppages and slowdowns - Losing Gina and the Rangers series - The frantic attempt to salvage BOBF My belief is that the Rangers series was supposed to handle the elements with the larger Imperial remnant and the Amnesty program; with that gone, the Pershing and Lizzo stories were patched into this season along with featuring Captain Teva more. I also believe the first Mando episode in BOBF was intended as the opener for this season, so they had to quickly throw together a new opener to recap and repeat the essential beats. They still needed to get to the same general end point here, so that going forward Ahsoka and future seasons would be back on the intended track. The unfortunate effect was a blatant patchwork of different things that really didn't work well together, under a relatively short active production timeline.

[@QuestionMan]

I suspect that your takeaway for how things were wrapped up was EXACTLY the point. Din's narrative CAN continue, but it doesn't have to. Every character in this series CAN be used in cameos/guest characters, but they don't have to. Movies CAN be made, but not necessarily. It's as if a bookmark was placed in the story.

[@paulhirons5474]

To my huge surprise, I actually really enjoyed this episode - it felt like classic Star Wars... infiltration of an enemy base, the use of a droid plugging into the schematics to help guide them through it all, some fantastic intercutting between action sequences, and a great fight scene at the end. All the boxes ticked. I mean, there were a lot of crazy inconsistencies (a mythical, centuries-old blade crushed in one second; the Praetorian Guards, who didn't break a sweat taking out Paz last week but who struggled mightily (and perhaps comically) against a little green puppet; said green puppet destroying the Gideon clones... how?; and Din just leaving the covert to go back to his solo adventures without explanation...). I have a LOT to say about the series as a whole, so I'll leave that for your series review.

[@Tekaneable]

Grogu didn't destroy the clones. Din did, he turned the power off on the console.

[@jacobcabral99]

I didn’t think they would mess up on their poster child. Such a jumble of a season.

[@Malt0d3xtr1n]

Kinda feels like all they were told this season was where certain things needed to "end up" for Ahsoka to happen and the next phase of the story to be told. It's really started to expose the problem with these MCU style universes. We're trading character stories for world stories.

[@ritchierich2793]

Perpetually stuck on world building aka forever season 1..

[@4aw50fGold]

@@ritchierich2793 that’s why 8 Episodes a season doesn’t work XD It’s to packed to let the mood set in.

[@JoRoq1]

To be fair, they had also originally planned on having the Rangers series going by now. Most likely the original plan would have had the Rangers series setting up the pieces for the Imperial remnant and the Amnesty program. Between losing Rangers and moving what was likely the original season opener to BOBF, this season got turned into a patchwork to get things set up for Phase 2.

[@4aw50fGold]

@@JoRoq1 Still.. needs.. more.. Episodes. Even Boba could have used more. I hate that these Tie in series only get 8. The Penguin is getting 8, I want 12-24 Dang it!!

[@JoRoq1]

@@4aw50fGold Fully agree. 8 episodes is rather short for the varying episode lengths (more often too short) and the in-the-moment "filler" entries whose purpose was often too subtle. Slow-playing a story can be good when you have time to tell it, and that is a significant impediment here.

[@Sam_T2000]

it was the definition of _”Mid-olorian…”_ the finale wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good, either. they just wrapped up the season in the quickest, simplest, safest way possible, with not twists, reveals, intrigue, or even danger at all…

[@cd5sircoupe]

My main gripe with this finale was that we were robbed of an epic space battle. Oh right, one minor nitpick too. So Axe can use his jetpack to get up into fucking orbit without running out of fuel? That makes me wonder just how far away that flying raptor took Ragnar in that one episode. It's like guys, can we please be consistent instead? What Axe did here really made that earlier episode feel like a plot convenience (alternatively, this episode was the plot convenience). Kinda like your average action movie where the hero never has issues with ammo until one specific plot point dictates them to run out for tension.

[@allsorts-]

It kinda pissed me off, the whole "running out of fuel" thing. It was never even a subject before RJ's travesty of a movie.

[@cd5sircoupe]

@@allsorts- Good point. I tend to forget about those movies because I pretend they don't exist. I don't necessarily have an issue with fuel being brought in as a factor, but let's just be fucking consistent with it instead of changing the rules to fit the plot every time. And a side note, if Axe can exit/enter atmosphere with his armor only covering X% of his body, then that opens the door to Gideon still being alive after the explosion if we apply the same "science" to both scenarios. So in real life, the space shuttle's surface hits 1477° C / 2691° F in that scenario... That just goes to show they really leaned into the cool/dramatic instead of something that's actually fucking logical.

[@allsorts-]

@@cd5sircoupe 100% agree consitency is key. And yes, flying out of atmosphere in, well, basically a onesie with a few plates of armour stuck to it takes some effort to suspend belief! I try to pretend those films don't exist too, just little things like that call back to them, sadly.

[@azean84]

Over all enjoyed this episode, though surprised how by the numbers and lack of twists there were after how it started last week, and I still don't know who the other spies were meant to hinted by last weeks episode title. And great to see that they found the unlimited jet pack fuel cheat code for this episode 😅

[@Gage_Brumley]

The spies must have just been referring to Moff Gideon's and maybe the other Imperial's information network.

[@azean84]

@@Gage_Brumley That's the only thing I could really think of. Maybe it was on purpose to make us think every Mandalorian was a spy for a week and then have them all be loyal... at least for now...

[@revanruler6404]

​@@azean84apparently the "spies" was a biblical référence for the 12 scouts used by bo katan, the 12 scouts used in the old testament are referred to as spies or something like that

[@fleap817]

@@revanruler6404 exactly that's what I thought of the first time i saw it. I was surprised to how many KZbinrs missed that simple take. Lol

[@revanruler6404]

@@fleap817 well not everyone knows the old testament that well

[@CommanderSammer]

I expected the mythosaur to show up, see Din's face at some point, and a big betrayal from some mandalorian faction. I really enjoyed what we got, but it didn't feel as big as we were promised

[@king_supreme1102]

I mean, the mythosaur did show up. It didn’t do anything which is slightly disappointing but at least we know it’s there and it could do things in the future. We don’t ever NEED to show Din’s face. They did it in season 1 so the audience got a peak at what he looks like, even that was not even totally necessary. And season 2 did it twice, both times to show how much he cares for Grogu. It doesn’t need to be a 1 time a season thing unless it’s for a reason. And the show didn’t promise a big betrayal either, that was purely speculation online. Outside of episode 7s title, which wasn’t necessarily talking about any Mandalorian at all, there was no promise of any betrayal.

[@RaikenXion]

Why is it so important to see Din's face? We already saw his face in the Season 2 finale. Once you have him take off his helmet he's strayed from the particular "Way" that he follows, also you lose that mystique of the character.

[@RaikenXion]

@@king_supreme1102 I do agree with all your points here, but then who were these "spies" from the previous season? I only saw one, that woman who had infiltrated the New Republic and was working for Gideon.

[@CommanderSammer]

It's not that I wanted to see his face just to see it, but it would have added a lot of dramatic tension if it had been forcibly removed, especially after all the effort he went to to redeem himself. That being said, I'm somewhat relieved that it didn't happen, I just expected that it would

[@cz1589]

I checked the credit screen till the very end, hoping to see a glimpse of Thrawn or any other teaser for S4 or Ashoka.

[@reelenz]

Same. And was disappointed again.

[@jamesneese7663]

Your expectations were subverted. Darth Kennedy laughs at the Fandom. Again.

[@arwinaBluKat]

Same.

[@Odraude2105]

What for i dont get it

[@notrubnai5113]

Well Dave did say it felt like an ending but I didn’t expect that

[@GwonkReefkeeping]

MG IS NOT DEAD.🤣🤣 This entire season has been like watching Lebron James pitching a strikeout at the Super Bowl. In other words, ALL OVER THE PLACE making little sense. No need for season 4 IMHO.

[@larrysfishbowl143]

😂😂😂

[@watkinstech]

👍🏾

[@perculameat2045]

MG will return 😮

[@tomch6799]

This definitely was one of the seasons of all time

[@jayvansickle7607]

It was one

[@mateodoris6856]

This episode and season 3 more generally was the ultimate embodiment of a Minimum Viable Product (an actual term in the industry) for a series connected to a big IP. If an original story that didn't have star wars in the title had had this level of writing, pacing, editing, and directing, it would be instantly canceled after one season.

[@michaelkohl2250]

It's unbelievable how much people loved it and are excited about a show that's so mediocre, not to say bad, it's stunning. Compare this to Andor and tell me this bullshit is anywhere near of a acceptable show for adults

[@chazo1367]

@@michaelkohl2250 you do realise Star Wars is primarily aimed at kids or teens right? Not adults? Andor has really spoiled this fandom because now everyone wants every show to be dark and serious like it was.

[@michaelkohl2250]

@@chazo1367 then I have to ask again how in the world adults watch and enjoy this. I can't find any KZbin channel raving about Bob the builder or teletubbies

[@chazo1367]

@@michaelkohl2250 because the adults grew up watching the OT and Prequels. George always aimed things at kids. Look at Jar Jar and the Ewoks. The whole ending of ROTJ was to make kids happy with fluffy bears, music and smiles. Hell Yoda only appeared in that film to confirm Vader was Luke’s father because kids wouldn’t believe it from Vader but would from Yoda because of who he is. Han was originally going to die in the movie but Lucas said no because kids loved Han.

[@zapalskic]

I liked the mother and father protecting the child, where the child protects them.

[@cklambo]

a rehash of when grogu did the same in season 2.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@cklambo👍👍👍

[@AlphaBetzT]

​@@cklambo season 1

[@RicardoSanto100]

It actually ended precisely the way I expected it would (Gideon's master plan is revealed/ he dies/ Bo Katan becomes the leader/ Mando and Grogu win the final battle and ride into the sunset). What I'm actually most surprised about, is that we are having a season 4! Especially since season 3 felt very much like a conclusion to the story, as it perfectly tied together all the important plot points. Narratively, there's no real need for a 4th season. Plus, ending the series now is also a perfect opportunity to resolve once and for all the alleged behind-the-scenes issues with Pedro Pascal, whilst at the same time stopping Din Jarin from becoming an extra in his own show, from here on. So, no need for a 4th season.

[@countluke2334]

I agree. Unless they really want to set off a new bigger arc of some sorts.

[@RicardoSanto100]

@@countluke2334 That is preciselly my problem. I think a 4th season runs the risk of making these characters overstay their welcome. They should end on a good note. The series has done enough worldbuilding already. There are other series coming up. I'm much more interested in whatever new characters and new villains we will see next. And prefer them to be memorable on their own. Without baby Grogu to help hype them up.

[@mellowgeekstudio]

So the reason the Armorer took so long to decide they should go back to Mandalore after Din and Bo Katan returned from it AND that they would need help from the other Mandalore tribes is that she read the script for these two last episodes and knew that Moff Guideon had a base there.

[@DS9TREK]

No, because she had to get to know Bo-Katan in order to trust her leadership. If the Armourer had trusted Bo 5 seconds after meeting her it'd have been ridiculous

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@DS9TREK Why couldn't SHE lead them? You know, like she have been doing before Bo Katan arrived? And, again, why they needed the other Mandalorian tribes anyway? That's right, the script said so. Maybe she also watched the Clone Wars.

[@garvindean6443]

​@@mellowgeekstudio because her tribe is not enough to rebuild mandalore she needed the other tribes, maybe your just angry she wasn't a spy

[@drakron]

@@mellowgeekstudio Because the Armorer have her own group that follows her, it might be some kind of religious figure for Mandalorians but its also obvious her group is kinda on the extreme. Bo is a uniting figure for most Mandalorians, notice how her group doesnt have a Armorer equivalent? The Children of the Watch could never unite the Mandalorians or the Armorer would take off her helmet, Bo is a middle ground for most groups. And if you actually watched the show you should know that, its kinda of a strange argument you are making since the Children of the Watch and the Nite Owls are very different groups despite being Mandalorians, what you are saying is akin saying everyone that believes in God should follow the Pope in Rome ...

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@garvindean6443 I never thought she would be a spy. I avoid reading any fan theories before watching the finale so I just learned it today that people were thinking she would be a spy for some reason. I just never understood why they took so long to decide to go to Mandalore after they found out the reason that was keeping them from going there was not true. They didn't need to get everyone needed to rebuilt it before, tou know, going back there to check it out it really wasn't poisoned like they thought. No one was even a bit curious to see it for themselves? Surely it would be a better place to live than the place they were with all those monsters eating their children and whatnot.

[@Kowkarot]

Din should've died. I mean, it was a great set up. Grogu decided to leave his Jedi training to join Din, which was controversial, but could've meant something in this episode: Imagine Din being killed by Gideon while trying to protect Grogu. Grogu then loses control and uses the dark side against Gideon. He starts torturing and Force chocking him. Bo-Katan arrives and tries to calm Grogu down, but Grogu then Force pushes her and unintentionally hurts her, which is what makes him snap out of it. Bo-Katan then finishes Gideon (or takes him captive again) and the mandalorians win. In the epilogue we see all the Mandalorians together celebrating, but also having a ceremony for Din, Paz, and all the fallen warriors. The Armorer then talks to Bo-Katan in private, and asks her about "the foundling". Bo-Katan says that he left, but doesn't know where. We then get a scene of the guys from the New Republic receiving the news of Gideon being dead (or captured) and reacting to it. And lastly, we get a scene of Greef with a sad expression, looking at his holographic map, specifically at a lone house. End credits. ...and then a post credit scene: Grogu is in the N1, navigating with the help of R5. Here, we are either shown where he's going, or it's left vague for speculation, but the main point is that Grogu now has to deal with the consequences of his choice. He's lost, alone, and feels guilty. What will he do now? Will he return? When will he return? And that's a hook for season 4 or for whenever they decide to bring Grogu back.

[@Flynnick]

This episode is like the rest of the season. I wasn't really surprised nor disappointed but I won't rewatch it nor remember it too much. "I have watched a Star Wars show" is as much emotion I can muster.

[@bruhicusmomentus3060]

I really dislike how the Darksaber was destroyed. In simple terms, it was a cool weapon that always felt very important up until it was crushed in Moff Gideon's hand. I loved seeing in Clone Wars AND how Din Djarinn wielded it, but hated how it was just destroyed. In longer terms, The Darksaber for good and bad was a significant relic of cultural importance and Mandalorian History, a weapon that was held by many warriors for thousands of years and served as a symbol of power and Mandalorian 'otherness' in the Galaxy as a culture that inherently rejected the Jedi Ways, killing their only Jedi and claiming his weapon as permanent reminder that Mandalorians will not submit themselves to the Jedi (or the Force, in a theological sense). All of the conflicts the Darksaber faced, all of the Jedi, Sith, innocent, or enemy lives it had extinguished, was crushed in the hand of the big bad's special armor. I can't help but call this disrespectful, to the lore, the history of the Mandalorians, and just another example of how Star Wars is becoming (or has become) more of a product to sell than a work of modern myth-making. I'll admit that I"m probably making a big deal out of nothing, objectively there have been more egregious things done in modern Star Wars and bigger mistakes made, but I really liked the mythic atmosphere around the Darksaber. It was like the Excalibur of the Mandalorians, and I have a soft spot for legendary weapons.

[@Perserra]

I think the idea is that Mando's story is "on pause" for now, and Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew are up next. It wouldn't surprise me at all if there is a time-jump of several years for season four.

[@sigmalawd]

The Armorer: "Our rules prohibit you from doing _______." Din/Bo-Katan: "Well that's inconvenient for the plot, could you make up an exception to the rule right now and just say "This is the way" at the end to make it sound official?" The Armorer: "Yes, the exception is _______. This is the way"

[@chazo1367]

When did that happen?

[@worthyvix7654]

I put it like this, they played this finale very safe.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

Agreed

[@anonim9609]

I hate that episode. To me it is almost as goofy as kenobi episodes. Already at the beginning I have felt something is off, just 2 guards, and then Grogu appears out of nowhere. Gideon notices that Din is free (he knows their exact location!) but apparently he did not inform nearby troopers about it. There are these red force fields, they looked dumb to me episode earlier. Turned out they actually help attackers so they can eliminate defenders separetely. This also brought "opening droid" out of nowhere. Later the clones are laughably destroyed in few seconds. And after all that journey they end up in other side of hangar. Apparently there was the other way (to clones etc.) without these funny force fields. Also did you know that on Mandalore, there is no sun on the surface, but there is underground 😂

[@LTGvideos]

I liked the ending. Too many shows worry too much about the next story rather than telling the story you're watching. I'm looking forward to wherever they take these characters next.

[@emilyquinn9691]

Disney bot alert

[@xUseTheForks]

​@@emilyquinn9691 yer cause how dare people have different opinions then you

[@Hellismary]

I agree

[@LTGvideos]

​@@emilyquinn9691 Call me what you want. I think the sequels and Kenobi sucked, as did half of BOBF. But I've loved all seasons of the Mandalorian so far. If that makes me a bot, then so be it.

[@LumVaughan]

It's funny, really, all season long and in the years leading up to it, there was speculation and rumors and each week we speculated more and built ourselves up to our anticipated finale. Then it goes differently and everyone is upset or disappointed. Gang, we did this to ourselves. Speculation and rumors usually fall through. Go back and read some of the supposed leaks from this season and you'll see how foolish it is to put stock into them. So this episode did not have a super dramatic Marvel-style finale. We didn't see Thrawn show up, the Armorer didn't betray anyone and the Mandalorians achieved their goal. It's something rarely seen anymore in modern movies or season finales -- it's called a HAPPY ENDING. Sadly, it disappoints most people because there is no darkness or terrible loss. I think if there is one thing that was the theme for this season of the Mandalroian, it is how things sometimes don't go as you plan or as you fear and sometimes the end result is different but can be satisfying. A half year ago, people were passing 'rumors' on some SW forums that Bo-Katan would be Din Djarin's adversary all season and would betray him to achieve her goals. Like most of the rumors, it didn't go that way. But the end result of this rather unusual season of Mando is that Mandalore is being repopulated, Bo-Katan is finding a new purpose, the Darksaber is (at least for now) destroyed and Din and Grogu can return to a bounty hunter format in a neat way that can make it easy to tie their adventures into the Imperial Remnant story-arc that will lead to Thrawn and eventually the First Order. Ever sinse Mando appeared in TBOBF (Mando 2.5 as it was called) our expectations were challenged and maybe that is a good thing. Hopefully this is the end of the real Gideon and we'll see bits of stuff from Bo-Katan and Mandalore. IG-11 is back, R5-D4 finally got to be a droid hero like R2-D2 and finally we got to see Din kick some butt in this episode. It wasn't what I expected or feared, but honestly, real happy endings are very rare in SW media and I like this one.

[@somehighlights2851]

The finale was like "Forget this ever existed, it doesn't matter".

[@kaisuminski6958]

I think the next time we see Grogu he will be fully talking. In the new republic bar he said "dad" and then either babbled or spoke in a different language asking about the IG-11 head. I think the next step for him is getting bigger, his little waddle kinda looks ridiculous when he actually has to keep up with other characters or runs.

[@revanruler6404]

I have to say you're the only channel being critical of star wars i watch anymore, you're actually fair in your criticism and have a very balanced approach whereas most of the others i used to watch have become very toxic and almost seem happy when star wars shows are bad instead of wanting them to suceed they seem to delight in their failure. Keep up the good work your constructive criticism is what we need more of

[@weezyslob]

They really wasted a lot of time in multiple episodes this season, only to speed through the finale. We didn’t even get like a goodbye scene between Mando, Grogu and Bo-Katan. It was a good episode, it was fun, but I feel very unsatisfied in the end.

[@QuestionMan]

There were plot points that stretched credulity. But the bar had been set so low this season and I was so worried that it could be awful that everything gets a pass. It was a good episode and a solid bookend for the story. Thoroughly enjoyable!

[@emilyquinn9691]

Ok Disney bot

[@QuestionMan]

@@emilyquinn9691 Hey, I got one of those haters Thor keeps running into. Woohoo! Thanks, opinion police. Have a great day!

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

​@@emilyquinn9691 Anyone who calls someone a "bot" unironically has no argument.

[@falcon00jr75]

The whole season felt so muddled. You had more than half the season where there really wasn't any deep conflict that needed to be resolved. It was Din trying to get in good with his people, which needed to happen but seemed to wander to get there. Only when they decide to retake the planet do they realize the size of the threat. Then their victory was only in question for what seemed like only between episodes 7 & 8. The action was great, the dueling was compelling, heck even Grogu appearing in the nick of time may not have been "plausible", but was at least good for their characters.

[@darthwitchakorn1027]

I love the ending but I have problem with how it get there. There are a lot of plot hole in this episode, like how Grogu get to Din or what heppen to tie-interceptors and tie-bombers? It felt very rushed and there are a lot of thing left unexplained, like how the mandalorians react to the destruction of the Dark saber for example. I also think the reason why the writing in this season is not so good is because Dave and his team shift their attention to Ahsoka.

[@thomaslacornette1282]

I think you can easily find 100 plot holes in this season... it's not a story if a succesion of events where half the time things are not linked or explained...

[@darthwitchakorn1027]

@@thomaslacornette1282 Some plot hole from early episodes is tolerable, but plot hole in this episode is just too much

[@cklambo]

Din said in the previous episode that the dark saber means nothing, its honour & character that defines a leader.

[@GhostyFilms]

Gideon was talking in Shatner speak the whole time for some reason.

[@MagnusTNT]

The fact that the Mandalorians could fly to space but not to that bird makes no sense

[@bobseven310]

Either the writers have the memory of a goldfish, or they just swap out writers who don't actually bother looking at the rest of the script when doing their own. It was so stupid to make limited jetpack fuel a key plot point in a prior episode, to then make jetpacking to space a key plot point of the finale.

[@Wackaz]

I think, before people go into criticising this episode - and Star Wars in general - they should remember that Star Wars isn't about cameos, big reveals, post-credit scenes or iconic character hallway scenes. Star Wars isn't the MCU, and it certainly shouldn't be. This episode didn't end setting up a multitude of epic plotlines based in superifical fan service, because it shouldn't have done, and I'm glad it didn't: as represented through the iconic Star Wars end-transition at the end of the episode, this episode gave us some much-needed and earned finality to The Mandalorian, at least within this given chapter in the Mandoverse, and that's OKAY. MCU brainrot is a problem many people have in the Star Wars community nowadays; I see it with the Star Wars Theory crowd in particular, and I think it's a major problem that inhibits good faith film analysis.

[@andrewledbetter4112]

I saw no episodes this season and I don't regret it.

[@RJ-xh4xb]

Meaning, you have no Disney plus, and if you will watch it, it will most likely be by illegal streaming, or illegal torrent... Who needs you?

[@andrewledbetter4112]

@@RJ-xh4xb No. I pay for the yearly subscription. Your logic is flawed. Time is the most important resource, not money. I don't waste my time with crap (excluding this exchange). I have a busy life and can't watch TV everyday. So instead I chose to take a chance on Picard season 3 and I'm so glad I did. I'm old, son. What you call Legends, I call real Star Wars. None of this new stuff is cannon in my head.

[@drumlessons833]

@@RJ-xh4xb Seems like you're jumping to some conclusions there. If someone learns how to duplicate food, will we celebrate the end of food scarcity or decry "piracy". Oh, the poor multi-billion dollar companies and their shareholders.

[@michaelkohl2250]

​@@andrewledbetter4112 I think you're missing out on a fantastic piece of star wars... No I'm not talking about this shit 😂 but if you don't watch any new stuff you miss Andor and rogue one and those 2 products are good. Like really really good. Like... Better that every thing else. Trust me.

[@andrewledbetter4112]

@@michaelkohl2250 I plan on seeing them. Thanks for the heads up.

[@boukm3n]

THE SPIES was CLEARLY a reference to the Bible’s story of the spies sent to scout the land of Canaan

[@john2001plus]

The episode was 33 minutes long, but it felt longer. There was a lot to digest. In no way do I think that the show was tame. I found the ending and the resolution to be really touching. Closing this chapter of the story creates anticipation for what may be next. At the end, I was expecting Grogu's first words to be, "This is the way!"

[@isaacmeyerodell5214]

It’s sad to see this happen to Star Wars. It feels like how I feel about the MCU. They know the fans will watch it and all they have to do is phone it in and the money will just keep rolling in. It’s a sad disservice to all the hard working creative people who put this thing together.

[@AS11798]

From a writing perspective it really baffled me that the clone room was not protected and secured further, also Gideon didn’t seem to bother to go there to protect it himself since it seemed to be his end goal Apart from that I really enjoyed the episode. The action was well done and I was cheering when Din could finally have some spotlight and good action himself. Also found the ending scene to be pretty wholesome.

[@nina-yn5zn]

Yeah it finally felt like we got Din back to being badass

[@AS11798]

@@nina-yn5zn Exactly, it was long overdue!

[@ragnarok6521]

Imperial trait I guess. Moonsize base aka the Deathstar easily destroyed by 2 torpedoes hitting the tiny core, which conveniently had an open route all the way in without any doors or other security measures, plus big "ravines" for xwings to hide in while guns can't hit them. Same here, no protection for the ultimate soldiers clones and they were completely undone by the hit of a single button. I believe this occurs several other times throughout the SW universe, but I forgot the others as of now.

[@bobseven310]

Seriously. Why was Grogu able to catch up with Din? Why was Din left with so few guards he was able to escape by himself, just about? Why did Gideon keep so few men to support himself. Why did Gideon just let Din go kill the clones, if he was tracking him and intended to confront him? How was Gideon able to crush the darksaber??? Is that thing suddenly play-doh??? Also HOW WAS AXE ABLE TO FLY INTO SPACE WHEN THEY COULDN'T FLY AFTER A BIRD. And why did he crash the ship into the base!? He almost killed every single mandalorian, what an idiotic move. And why aren't the TIEs picking off all of the mandalorians. What was even the point of him staying behind at first, his ship got totally ravaged by the TIEs within seconds, he wasn't even a speed bump. So little of this episode made sense.

[@ragnarok6521]

@@bobseven310 I laughed as well, when I saw Axe flying to space, with barely any fuel in those tiny tanks as we knew from the bird episode, as you mention. Also consider the sheer force it would take to break the atmosphere. Good stuff right there. 🤣

[@ThePowergoats]

Someone rides the mythosaur ❌ Din takes off his helmet ❌ Din dies ❌ Any notable good character dies ❌ Another cameo by a Rebels character ❌ Another character is a "spy" for the bad guys ❌ Ahsoka appears ❌ Boba Fett appears ❌ Luke appears ❌ Thrawn appears ❌ There is a post-credit scene like seasons 1 & 2 ❌ I'm not done with Star Wars tv shows; but (with all due respect) I think I'm done with devouring KZbin speculation videos in between episodes. That was a *lot* of wasted time I could have spent doing something else. 🤣

[@suprael]

I am definitely NOT hyped for Ahsoka. In terms of storytelling and character development, every live-action show of Disney Star Wars has been a mess since Mando season 2 (with one exception: Andor). The Book of Boba Fett was a mess, Kenobi was a mess and this season of mando was underwhelming to say the least. Like the sequels, it really looks like they don't really know what story to tell. I hope Ahsoka is a lot better, but I am not pumped.

[@soloxcan]

Why do the people of Nevaro care about IG88? they never saw him do anything That spaceship crashed very slowly. I was like, did they just break the dark Saber? In the clone wars Mandalore was uninhabitable because of war and they had to live in dome cities right? But after being glassed and 20 years you can breathe there and plants are back? Strange. The closing circle on Grogu seemed very final to me

[@TheScoundrelsCantina]

I find it ironic how everyone expected some tyoe of betrayal or big reveal and all they did was just make it one big uninspired action scene. I swear I haven't seen such bad writing since Kenobi, Boba & the sequels...

[@Eclipse-mf6hc]

I feel like it would’ve been cool if we’d gotten a repeat of the opening scene for ep7 as a post credit from ep8, except there’s a final shot of Thrawn joining the call (we wouldn’t actually have to see his face; just like have it strongly implied to be him) with his theme from rebels then: fade to black with “Ahsoka: coming August 2023”. But that’s just my opinion

[@mariobadia4553]

It was bad. They turned mof Gideon into a idiot.

[@bubbachomp4674]

How did the beskar hilt get crushed. It was suppose to be a level of quality that was unheard of

[@PhantomCookie]

My Dad who didn't keep up with the theories told me that he always assumed that the spies was just a reference to the Shadow council (and maybe Elia Kane as well) spying from the shadows. In hindsight this probably was what the episode was referring to, and that a lot of the fandom (myself included) got carried away with theories

[@xUseTheForks]

Star wars fans always get carried away with theories and then they get pissed off when it doesn't happen even know it's there own fault for making up a bunch of theories

[@TheRyujinLP]

@@xUseTheForks You're not wrong. I felt pissed no of the theories happened at first and then stepped back and realized I was getting mad that things I made up in my head weren't getting magic'ed into reality lol. Now even with my expectations in check, this episode was still meh. Picture just a few changes, instead of rescuing Mano in the halls; Mand is being brutally tortured when Roboyoda shows up and saves his pops and now a badly injured Mando has to use his shear will power and poppa wolf energy get by. Then during the fight with Gideon, they defeat them only to hear, "You didn't think it would be -that- easy now, did you?" and bam! Force sensitive clone Gideon shows up and it takes DIn, Bo, and Grogou to take him down. When the ship is on the way down, Mando tells Wolf that the needs to make sure the ship hits the clone tanks and sends him the map. Wolf is then in a spot where he doesn't have time to escape and change course, looks at the window thinking about what he's about to do, then shouts, "For Mandalore!" and rides the ship downs in glory as he takes out the rest of the clones. Tell me that wouldn't of made a better episode. Oh and they totally should of saved Bo getting the dark saber till the end, even if it's still ends up being destroyed. They should of had Gideon defeat Mando at the end of last episode, take the saber and have Bo fight Gideon and earn it back from him. But... here we are.

[@zechrojas2202]

​@@xUseTheForks I would argue it's not actually the fans fault, because in the sequels and the 7th episode, there were a lot of hints that they purposely dropped. Everything from Axe Woves and the Armorer leaving at convenient spots, and the episode title being plural, to the sequels with JJ and his admitted mystery boxes he placed in the movies. Stop acting like the fans are pulling this stuff out of nowhere. Recent Star Wars has notoriously been using red herrings to the detriment of the overall story.

[@drakron]

@@xUseTheForks Yes, I bet somewhere is someone with the theory that Grogru is Palpatine.

[@RaikenXion]

For once i actually did not get carried away with all those theories of the Armorer etc, and glad i didn't lol. Eckhart's Ladder and thor skywalker did though lol, guess they must feel abit stupid now huh lol. I always just saw the Armorer as a kind of Merlin figure, she uses magic in a sense, by pouring vials of the living waters into her forge, to help imbue the ore maybe. And she advises the other Mandalorians, while being greatly respected by them. Some of my own small theories were partially correct, i called it from Season 2 that Gideon was trying to "Artificially Imbue" clones with the force, which had led to failure and those horribly deformed bodies in the tanks. theories can be fun but it's always important as fans we don't start absolutely believe them to be true, as you can set yourself up for major disappointment. It's always best to know that whatever cool idea you've put all your own imagination into; there's a good chance the writers don't have as big or strong imaginations as us Fans do for Starwars. Rian Johnson and his - *Your Snoke theory Sucks.* Cards taught me that.

[@Merlchar]

Uninspired was exactly the word I had after this episode. It feels like they've run out of ideas--which is surprising considering how much could be possible--but if that is the case I really hope they'll end it here and not milk it any further.

[@DontLactateOnMe]

Glad this season is over

[@allsorts-]

A lot of people giving Jon grief. So much real world problems have come about since the last season; Rangers being axed and somebody interfering with the Grogu/Luke aspect and rushing him back in Book of Boba. This whole season feels like somebody (or somebodies) pressuring Jon/Dave into veering away from the original plan and shoe-horning a lot of other stuff in. Saying that, I did like the Bo-Katan journey, although that would probably mean a less to anyone who didn't watch the Clone Wars. Hopefully this ending proves to be a bit of a reset and they can get the orignal spirit back into the show next time around.

[@MrChupacabra555]

On Boba Fett showing up: As much as I like Mando, you've got to admit it feels kind of 'wrong' that the Mandalorian Homeworld has been reclaimed without the single character who introduced us to Mandalorians in the first place having been part of it. Wonder if they will address this in the next season of Boba Fett; hell, I wonder if he may be the one character to ride the Mythosaur out of the waters (kind of already did it with a Rancor). Also, I'm not confused on how much 'fuel' do those jet packs carry? We say them chasing the 'Dragon Bird', but ran out of fuel before they could catch it. Yet Axe Wolf managed to thrust into Low Orbit without running out?!?! Also-Also: Axe's helmet was able to provide oxygen to him when he hit orbit, but Din was worried if the surface air was breathable? Cetainly he could have taken a trek outside of the ship for awhile using the suit's reserves. Finally (promise 😅), I do hope that somehow one of Gideon's 'Force Clones' somehow survived. I would like to see the character (and the actor) return to the show if he wishes to (and to me I don't think we need Thrawn, he was this shows 'Thrawn'......blasphemy,. I know, but I never read the trilogy 😅)

[@thomaslacornette1282]

And after what they done to him in his own show they had to bring him back to get him some real action. After all you could also consider why at a moment of the season they gather to fight for Nevajo with the excuse of wining a land they can live on without hiding, they surely could have make a deal with Boba to live on Tatooïne and become his army. There's total lack of imagination in this season, the overall idea is good, but the detailed scenario is poor. In the end yes that's quite a shame Boba was let aside from this story.

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

Imagine how much better this season would have been if they hadn't had to use 2 episodes to "allegedly" patch Book of Boba Fett.

[@TheMinskyTerrorist]

I appreciated how straightforward and contained it was after so many unnecessary tie ins and diversions

[@albertanmotorcyclist6419]

Underwhelming doesn't even come close to describing this episode. They made the mandalorians retaking mandalore feel like a filler episode. Moff Gideon gets mad that his ultra important force capable clones were destroyed despite tracking Din, calling off reinforcements so that he could see to it personally... to just wait for Din to do whatever he wants. When and how did R5 come to the surface? Doesn't matter. We see the hangar was full of Mando stormtroopers on standby, yet none of them noticed R5 fly in. Grogu was with Bo and crew... and then teleports to save Din. The spy thing turned out to be nothing, the mythosaur was nothing. A bad episode to finish off a bad season. They're gonna have to really convince me to even bother checking out season 4.

[@Luks2820]

At least it's over now. Now we just have to wait about 2 years for an even worse season.

[@glendaburness1492]

It's all set up to go back to the original story line of Din and Grogu adventures, which is what drew in all the fans in the first place. I'm good with that. I couldn't care less about Dr Pershing or Bo Katan. The show is "The Mandalorian". I felt the "friends" Din made in the first two seasons had much more character than the people that were just randomly thrown in to season 3.

[@silverdoe3658]

Agree, it’s marketed towards kids so keeping Mando/Grogu front and centre for the next season makes sense.

[@mandolorian9893]

I had so many theories about what would happen that it was refreshing that they subverted my expectations by making it such a normal ending.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Yeah my feelings exactly. Normal isn't bad...but it wasn't great either. Just kinda safe, won't anger the fandom

[@achaudhari101]

@@Captain_Insano_nomercy Normal is what the Sequels should have been.

[@sivad1025]

This sounds like a cope to me. At what point is a "normal ending" so utterly generic and devoid of creativity that it's just boring? This episode was excruciatingly boring to me. The characters and plot went no where. It's just generic action for the sake of it with a bunch of telegraphed emotional beats, if they can even be called "emotional"

[@zechrojas2202]

It's kind of sad though that we're happy it was a normal ending, despite the numerous red herrings in the last episode and in the season. I mean, what's the point of the constant misdirection for it to just be a normal generic ending?

[@sivad1025]

@@zechrojas2202 Heck, I even liked the Pershing episode but that turned out to be 40 minutes of set up with no pay off. What happened to Pershing? How did Gideon finish the cloning without Pershing? It's just not good storytelling to have all this set up that leads to a super anticlimactic finale where Moff Gideon clones pop up out of nowhere and then die 30 seconds later.

[@zwippie92]

This ending was like a set up for a video game were you play as Din Djarin hunting different bounties and those Imperial Remnants with the house as a base and the town as a hub area were you can stock up on things and so on. Though I feel like the overall tone and theme of the season was something like a coming together kind of message. Like a message to the Star Wars fans, the two factions basically, the one who like Disney Star Wars and those who don't to come together like the two factions of the Mandalorians did in this season.

[@austinmitchell2652]

Flamethrowers do not damage anybody in this show

[@MandalorSkyrd]

That Din Grogu nonsense is so dumb. Who do I need to blame about that nonsensical choice?

[@dejabu24]

I did like the finale , I didn't expect it , and it was different from the S2 , I like that finally after 2 years of training with Luke Grougu is starting to use his jedi skills

[@LudosErgoSum]

THE WHOLE PLOT SUMMARIZED FOR THIS SEASON 1. Greef Karga promises Din a plot of land for him and Grogu to settle on. 2. *a lot of stuff happens* 3. Din settles on the plot of land with Grogu and lives happily ever after. Essentially everything in between was just "filler" despite being the main plot. That says it all, folks!

[@JinzoTK]

So... that happened. Season 3 was... something else. Here are my thoughts on that last episode: I won't nitpick minor details. I will focus on the ones that actually affect the episode in a big way. Somehow Grogu found Din. Ok. Moff Gideon can track Din Djarin's exact location (and also Grogu's) but tells no one and sends no one after him. Ok The Imperial star fighters either can't see the Mandalorian ships on their radars or through their windows, or can but ignored them to take out the capital ship (didn't even radio anyone about them). Ok No Imperial thought the Mandalorian capital ship not firing back or the leaving fighters (if they saw them) not fighting back was weird. Ok. The base either couldn't or didn't track a bunch of incoming ships on any radar... in Star Wars. Ok. Grogu held back an explosion/fire strong enough to destroy a Besker armoured suit (Gideon). Ok. And this just made me laugh. Moff Gideon literally T-posed before catching fire. Why? To die cool. But first he crushed the darksaber with his bare hands, somehow. (Isn't the darksaber Besker)

[@chrisdraper845]

The whole series was just basic, with so many questionable moments.

[@oXRaptorzXo]

Gideons suit is also made of beskar, which is why he crushed it

[@JinzoTK]

@@oXRaptorzXo So if you wear a steel gauntlet, you can crush a steel katana with your hand. The suit doesn't give him super strength

[@michaelkohl2250]

Pls don't forget that a Droid can hack into the security system and do whatever he wants to but when the cops showed up (reminded me of wall e cops on the ship when all the robots went crazy😂) he rushed away for no reason

[@oXRaptorzXo]

@@JinzoTK except…it literally does give him super strength. It’s really obvious in the fight that the suit must give him some cybernetic enhancements.

[@jakmarsarken1636]

This video is a perfect example of why I initially subscribed to you, Thor. Somehow you're able to consistently articulate my thoughts and feelings about Star Wars in a way that has me saying, "That's exactly how I feel. I just couldn't explain it before."

[@cbearer5850]

There's no way around this. The finale was a total letdown and couldn't redeem this subpar season. Almost no highlights, no twists, no surprises, and many, MANY questions left unanswered. Oh, and don't get me started on that circle fade out they did with Grogu at the very end. I was almost expecting Porky to pop up and say "That's all folks". Congrats Lucasfilm. You turned another show into a joke.

[@RICOFRITO]

My burning question: What happened to R5?🤔

[@Kanglar]

I think they left it in a place where if it's the end it works, but still leaving it open for more if they want.

[@notoriouspip84]

I'm honestly kinda glad that they didn't do anything huge like last season. If they kept getting bigger each season it would kind of create a problem. Keeping the scope smaller is a smart idea because they are about to blow everything to hell with Ahsoka this summer. I'm sure Din and Grogu will show up later.

[@aCatholicOne]

The finale had many things at stake, so when we actually got the good ending, we felt good but confused since it's not what we expected. Also, I think the hints of "you're going to wish you haven't asked for more" is just a little hint that if we ask for more, we'll get a bad ending.

[@sivad1025]

It was unimaginably bad. I kept expecting something interesting or shocking to happen and they couldn't even deliver on fan service. At this point, I would have preferred to just see Snoke in the tanks than have Moff Gideon hilariously cry over his force clones dying before his lame fight scene and even lamer "death." At least Snoke would have added some semblance of forward movement rather than this "plot" that's stuck in place

[@MsSmartiecat]

You are right on the money. A good episode for action and I guess moving the story forward. But, very underwhelming for a season that was all over the place. This was almost like a typical Disney Princess story.😊

[@Livelongwforce]

The ending made me realize what i think they are doing with Grogu and Djarin. They even did a tiny rush of speaking, reacting development of G where he started making pre basic speach sounds. So they will chill on Nevaro. Next time we see them, G will be able to speak basic words. Unfortunately they are saving any future force training for Rey's academy.