Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Hell with it, let's do a separate thread. Final trailer now live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmI7WKrAtqs

I hope Werner's paycheck can cover a couple of new docs

I've no doubt.

the only way I'll pirate this is if the Herzog vs other actors' dialogue ratio is the same as in the trailers

Pew. Pew pew.

Cant wait for The Bobo Fat Show starring Bobo Fat

So they always freeze their prey in carbonite?

Also, "best in the parsec"?

This looks cool, but it's a perpetual annoyance that every new Star Wars release has to take these little details from the original movies and reframe them as if they were always meant to be canonical elements of this world.

Hey, why bother with world building if you're not going to show off the world you've built?

I hope there is an Ewok Assassin Squad in this.

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Moodles otm. Every moment where like a character says 'stop being so SALACIOUS, you CRUMB' and then turns to look directly at the camera while winking furiously and saying 'DO YOU GET IT, GUYS? DID YOU PICK UP ON THAT REFERENCE? ISN'T IT A HILARIOUS CALLBACK?' makes me retch.

meh, Herzog's only in one episode

the trailer is baller tho

Except maybe for parts of SOLO I haven't found the Disney-era fanservice to be all that winky and egregious? But I am a true SW stan and not to be trusted tbrr

My wife and I did the three-years prepaid Disney+ plan for the 20% savings, that's how ready I am for this.

Star Wars IX will be my last SW

may the Farce be with you

Which one was the last one? Is this new one the 9th one? I'm pretty comfortable being done. I don't think my wife has even seen the original trilogy, and my kids don't give a poop.

Whenever I see this thread (and the show title) my first reaction is always that it's an announcement for a Star Wars themed casino/resort. Which ... give it time, I guess.

The resort part is already happening

I was gonna say....

Dunno if I'll watch it, but it's kind of amazing that TV shows look like this now.

I meant like Vegas-style, not Disney style. Or is there a Vegas Star Wars resort opening, too?

I agree with Moodles that this should ideally be a musical, set in 1920s Chicago, and if possible called Chicago the Musical: a Star Wars Story.

That's exactly what I was saying

Start the speeder
I know a yubnub spot
Where the milk is blue
Cause Tatooine is hot
Bring a droid, you're a fool
And there's a nightly duel
And all
That
Jizz

xpost Except way, way gayer.

They really just need to keep piling on the gay until the toxic fans all collapse from rage strokes.

You didn't need the xpost there, really.

I realized as soon as I xposted.

I was born with stars in my eyes, watching the skies, asking myself why was I born with these feeeeeeeelings?
Dreams of death stars, outer space wars, battles that would leave you reeeeeeeeeling.
One of these days I will be one of them, one of these days I'll be outgunning them ...
One of these days I'll be outmanning them, every last one-man of them, again and again, you can't force me to stop when the heavens they have no clear ceeeeeeeeiling ....

The usual io9 breakdown of these things, ie trailers.

Every moment where like a character says 'stop being so SALACIOUS, you CRUMB'

real life lol

are they putting out the whole series on Nov 12 Netflix style or is it coming out week by week Hulu style?

Week by week

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/werner-herzog-the-mandalorian-star-wars-jon-favreau-disney-plus-1203400810/

URL pretty much gives it all away, no reason to even click.

Do you watch any television?

I do, I watch the news from different sources. Sometimes I see things that are completely against my cultural nature. I was raised with Latin and Ancient Greek and poetry from Greek antiquity, but sometimes, just to see the world I live in, I watch “WrestleMania.”

An unexpected choice.

You have to know what a good amount of the population is watching. Do not underestimate the Kardashians. As vulgar as they may be, it doesn’t matter that much, but you have to find some sort of orientation. As I always say, the poet must not close his eyes, must not avert them.

So you’ve been watching “Keeping Up With the Kardashians?”

I’m starting to discover it. I’m curious; that’s my guiding principal.

In all seriousness, there are so many great quotes in that interview that cutting and pasting is pointless.

Favreau has made some highly successful films recently; did you feel an element of pressure working with him?

I do not know what other films he has made.

You don’t?

No.

Yeah, Herzog strikes me as an abyss-gazer, for sure.

these things are only foreign to you if you let them be foreign

pretty sure underestimating the kardashians is a risk-free proposition, what a silly thing to convince yourself of. "It's important to keep tabs on what regular people are into", says the director of Fata Morgana

to confuse the mundane with the depraved is a common mistake

(I'm mumbling these in a Herzog impersonation voice as I type)

One must unflinchingly look into the dark heart of the culture to comprehend the behavior of the most debased among us.

Reminded of this old gem:

https://i.redd.it/e923cdvfu8yz.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYEQh9IkVXU

hits all kinds of genre conventions in a tight 40 minutes, excellent settings and costume work, would watch many more episodes

This was fun!

someone in my group dm made a salient point. herzog's future obits now to read: "star wars actor werner herzog dies age 95"

Imagine that : a Star Wars tv series that seems more attuned to what made the original films work than the current SW films do.

The blurrg CGI was... not good.

Oh Jesus Christ they're going to sell a zillion dollars in toys of the big reveal.

There were a couple of blurg shots that were off, true.

Getting some _Lone Wolf and Cub_ vibes off that ending.

It is good to know that Salacious Crumbs make excellent BBQ.

*a

I'm happy anytime Christopher Lloyd pops up, especially if he's given a line like "If I trigger this failsafe, it will convert the planet's docile workforce back into battle droids and unleash them upon the unsuspecting citizens of Plazir!", which he delivered with the appropriate gravitas

Now we're really getting somewhere. <3 IG-Grogu

Curse whoever invoked Power Rangers in this thread, pretty impossible to see anything else whenever Mando Gang are onscreen

Watching this with an 11-year old is perfect, absolute delight at Grogu’s new ride

Truly delightful. Heavy episode otherwise! But a great way to set up the season finale.

heard rumblings of a captain pellaeon appearance, might have to catch up on this season!

*whistles idly*

Will Thrawn make an appearance next week? (I always want to call him Thrak)

Thbbt.

(Maybe? Who can say! Inasmuch as he's already teased for Ahsoka and it's all now building into the Filoni film...)

really sad when Big Papi took a dirt nap

the extreme subtlety of referencing Project Necromancer

Giancarlo Esposito hamming it up like a silent film villain. Fun episode. Weird music cues, though, before the big showdown. Sounded very 70s "Battlestar Galactica" or something. Makes me wonder if the budget got squeezed very tight lol.

Yeah I was noticing the musical shifts. Bemusing at the least!

Giancarlo’s hair stole every scene

that series of red laser doors he goes through down the hallway was so Get Smart

what was that giant monster and what/how has it been eating this entire time to get so big?!

Loved Grogu's new ride and ability to communicate. Episode alright otherwise

“Gojira!”

ridiculous. best show going.

Really liked the new episode, thought it was one of the best of the last two seasons. It was over the top in the best kind of way, 10 year-old me would have thought it was the best thing ever (to that, my 11 year-old said "BEST. EPISODE. EVER" after it was over....)

I always try to keep the "this is really for kids" in mind when watching, to keep the more ridiculous aspects in check and enjoy the ride, but to the discussion of the pirate guy even my kid said "what is this a Muppets crossover?" when he first showed up. And, yeah, total POTC vibes.

My kids and I watched SPACEBALLS a month or two back so whenever that pirate guy comes on we all shout Pizza the Hut!!”

the hard juxtaposition of clowny corny stuff and like, 'sw-canon-theme' stuff usually works right for this series (except the power rangers ep, which was just, oh man, stop these drill sequences). this weeks ep was v fun with the villain reveal scene and impulsivity+ grodu.

lol pgwp

"this is really for kids"

my wife fell out of her seat laughing at robogrogo

the grogu bits where he acts like an annoying child are pretty on point

Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

that was the best

and Mando’s weary reactions

Dont steer INTO the torterra ffs

Lots of proper old school SW moments and feels in this final one. Even the music improved!

Music seemed very low in the mix in some of the battle scenes.

Also, I can't not think Chucky every time Grogu walks/hops around

my wife fell out of her seat laughing at robogrogo

we've rewatched this scene twice already. Also love "Bad baby! No squeezy!"

OK but kinda strange finale. Why have the Darksaber be destroyed so easily? And if he can do that he can survive the inferno but a final scene with the other Imperial strays including Kane reacting to news of his demise would've kept some intrigue going into next season or other tie-ins.

rip mandalorian trinkets and the chicken man

Good stuff indeed, nicely sets up whatever happens next (be it the Filoni crossover film or a season 4 of random shenanigans).

Enjoyed the finale, found it quite exciting

mandalorians flying in a group with sabers pre-drawn seemed v illadvised, like running w scissors lol

Din Djarin had some John Wick feeling moves. Gideon talking about trinkets from within an ironman suit. Seemed to take too much time for Gideon to find them given he had dots on a map.

The finale was lots of fun with some great original trilogy vibes at a few points.

Empire must develop a proprietary droid port design

They were dumb enough to fall for the vibes of the worst shitposter tech business guy they had, Lon Musko

Nashwan otm re Darksaber, I was "well it wasn't THAT magikal!" That's my main takeaway lol. And yeah I was all "what is it about the spinniness of droid ports, that's a stupid design, what is it, a magneto?" In Star Trek borgs just stab a probe into a computer bank. xp

Now we got Din Baby Yoda.

Jr Cop for hire-- with the FORCE. "You ain't gittin' away, baddos!" Now that they're getting to restart their civilization, are they gonna branch out to the finer arts-- of military tech? Their agriculture saavy is "we just like, let stuff grow, it's awesome."

my assumption is the crystal from the darksaber might have made it but that's big SW nerd territory

Maybe having a giant not-mythical tusked deathbeast actually living in your fountain of life is just limiting.

Grogu seemed to be vibing with it so we may still get our epic "baby yoda rides giant mandalorian mascot waving a lightsaber" moment

If mandalorians previously rode around on mythosaurs, when did 'myth' get added to their name?

Myth translates as 'motorbike' in High Mandalorian

Caught up finally. Would be pretty happy honestly if that was the end of the show, everything feels pretty wrapped up, but I know that Disney probably won't let a massively successful show like this die gracefully. Rumor has it the Rangers of the New Republic stuff will be repurposed here - it looks like they already started with all the Coruscant stuff, Carson Teva, etc.

Really glad terribly-named Nite Owl AXE WOVES didn't die pointlessly as it looked like was gonna happen

And if Gideon survived that shit, or it was a clone, I will be pretty pissed off honestly

Saw an article the other week that said Favreau has 10 seasons planned

It took me until now to realize he's part man, part DeLorean

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