US: The Mandalorian

ianh · 25 Nov 2019 at 12:15

EvilGrin said:
Episode 3 was full of epic moments, from getting his new armour through to that epic battle at the end. I leapt off my seat and cheered when the Mandos turned up... an experience I’ve not had since the original trilogy!

I agree with the bit in the spoiler above, a real "Hell Yeah" moment to end with.

Lord-Jaffa · 25 Nov 2019 at 16:13

Ryan5Zulu said:
Can I ask how you are all getting access to this series? The Disney Plus website doesn't share much in the way of info for global/UK access. I am new to the UK so I'm not familiar with all the available streaming/VOD services.

VPN.

Combat Fighter · 25 Nov 2019 at 16:30

Lord-Jaffa said:
VPN.

Or

varkanoid · 25 Nov 2019 at 17:02

Yeah Episode 3 was good plenty of action.

BeelzebubUK · 25 Nov 2019 at 17:26

VPN

Combat Fighter said:
Or

Both

Safetytrousers · 25 Nov 2019 at 17:32

Zefan said:
The only thing that feels weird is the lack of traditional music,

In episode 3 there is one directly quoted phrase of original music, which was a nice touch.
It's a general thing not to use main series music in any of the Star Wars non-saga spin-offs.

Malevolence · 25 Nov 2019 at 19:10

ivrytwr3 said:
I was a little upset about that scene! The mudhorn had done nothing wrong and the Mandalorian picked a fight with it and then gave the Jawas it's egg - next scene is the Jawas eating said egg/mudhorn offspring with orgasmic pleasure

You want to get mad, then get mad at Luke Skywalker. As a child that psycho used to shoot womp rats for fun before progressing to slicing a wompa's arm off, presumably leaving it die a slow death, and then he brutally murders a rancor.

BeelzebubUK · 25 Nov 2019 at 19:24

You should watch some of the Robot Chicken Star Wars sketches for a perspective from the other side of things

McGraw · 25 Nov 2019 at 21:35

Malevolence said:
You want to get mad, then get mad at Luke Skywalker. As a child that psycho used to shoot womp rats for fun before progressing to slicing a wompa's arm off, presumably leaving it die a slow death, and then he brutally murders a rancor.

It had knocked him out and hung him upside down.

I have no sympathy

Gerard · 26 Nov 2019 at 14:14

Smokey Deza · 26 Nov 2019 at 19:40

Why doesn't he have a jet pack?

.:MBK:. · 26 Nov 2019 at 20:04

he hasn't earned enough exp, he only just leveled up enough for his last upgrade...

Zefan · 26 Nov 2019 at 20:37

.:MBK:. said:
he hasn't earned enough exp, he only just leveled up enough for his last upgrade...

I've actually been getting these kind of vibes so far. It reminds me a lot of the late, great Star Wars Galaxies, before the dark times at least. The idea that there's intrigue and excitement in the nitty, gritty life of ordinary individuals, and that you don't have to resort to following a few key "iconic" characters who are akin to celebrities is something that I really hope Disney start grasping with the success of this show. We could do with Star Wars games like this again :cool:

iamtheoneneo · 26 Nov 2019 at 21:21

This show.....
Is actually really good.

Wtf!

Gerard · 26 Nov 2019 at 21:33

Smokey Deza said:
Why doesn't he have a jet pack?

He's too cheap to pay for the dlc.

CaptainRAVE · 27 Nov 2019 at 08:14

BeelzebubUK said:
You should watch some of the Robot Chicken Star Wars sketches for a perspective from the other side of things

The emperors phone call gets me every time.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 27 Nov 2019 at 13:24

Struggling to resist watching this until the season finishes

Nasher · 27 Nov 2019 at 16:45

Yea so far it's been better than the recent movies. Just waiting for that idiot in charge of the SW franchise to come and cancel it when this much lower budget series starts to steal the limelight

b0rn2sk8 · 27 Nov 2019 at 17:40

It’s hardly low budget though is it? It’s reportedly $15m an episode and way less goes into it in perms of production compared to a feature film like TLJ. Likewise how much money goes into something doesn’t determine how good it will be.

You must also realise the same ‘idiot’ who was responsible for TLJ is the same person responsible for this frankly fantastic piece of work.

ElliorR · 27 Nov 2019 at 20:11

b0rn2sk8 said:
It’s hardly low budget though is it? It’s reportedly $15m an episode and way less goes into it in perms of production compared to a feature film like TLJ. Likewise how much money goes into something doesn’t determine how good it will be.

You must also realise the same ‘idiot’ who was responsible for TLJ is the same person responsible for this frankly fantastic piece of work.

Jon Favreau? IMDB doesn’t appear to list him for TLJ.