Manda-lore(ian) 

15:52 I’m a lawyer for the Walt Disney Corporation and you’re recreation of the Star Wars Soundtrack is incredible. Our Legal Team will stop by shortly to break your legs.

B-mask normally: has a non monotone voice that fluctuates a lot B-mask when humming: can literally only hit 2 notes

Part of what makes this analysis so amazing, is it hasn't even touched on the implications set by the season 2 finale (something you, B-Mask, will learn to appreciate when you've watched Clone Wars). Din Djarin is set to become the next Mandalore, he won the dark saber through combat, a rite of passage that he wasn't aware of before he took on the responsibility. Bo Katan was *given* the saber by Sabine, an act that all other Mandalorians detest and see as weakness; and more than likely the reason why she lost it, and was left with a handful of loyalists under her command, but was forgotten by her people after the events of Rebels. The finale implies an upcoming struggle between the two characters, that despite Din forgoing tradition and even trying to express his defeat just so Bo would take it off his hands, he still has been shoved into a role that he will have to choose to accept or abandon. If Din chooses to become Mandalore and save his people, he would most definitely be taking on a challenge he has never considered: leading. And the conflict that would inevitably arise between him and Bo Katan would be a momentous hurdle to conquer for the exiled veteran trying to reclaim what she believes is a birthright. If he abandons the duty he has gained from acquiring the Dark Saber, he will be abandoning Mandalore, its people, and the traditions that have survived for millennia. Though he has been straying from the Path and the Way, to completely abandon his people would destroy Din Djarin at his core. This would leave the Mandalorians to fade away into the quiet dark, forgotten, extinct; and centuries of victories, traditions, and honor, would be lost forever.

I missed you, but even more than that, I missed fish people!

He’s back! Great to have you back man, hope things are healing well!

The Thunderbolts video looks like it went in a really wild direction.

First 2 minutes reminded me why I like those original films. Thank you it's been a while since I remembered when this series was magical and special, not because of them being in space or lightsabers or the force, but because of it's storytelling.

ok I probably should’ve watch the show before I saw this. Still, great job with this!

Glad to see you’re still capable of slipping gems into our pockets while you craft something bigger.

That ending line gave me goose bumps. Well done as always B-mask.

Oh wow. Cool that Jon made communication a huge theme in Mando. Seems like he's really into that concept. Especially after Chef.

Another well written, balanced, thoughtful and earnestly positive analysis. It would have been so easy for you to point at some other Star Wars movies and say, “it’s good because it’s not that”, but instead you took the time to explain how and why The Mandalorian resonates the same way as the original trilogy, by being a melting pot of influences, and through creative use of the shorthand associated with Star Wars. A really well made (and delivered) video essay. Shot man!

Disney: "How many books? Too many. Too many books."

This takes me back to the good old days before season 3 dropped.

The genuine analysis of Boba Fett caught me off guard because that's a part of the conversation I feel like is lost to most people I talk to. I think it hasn't dawned on most people that Boba entered the franchise as a villain, and I love that you caught on to the feeling of "uh-oh" his return subtly brings. Just like you said, Din *isn't* Boba. Boba is ruthless, coldly efficient, and lacks whatever ever good qualities the Mando traditions prescribe onto their followers. He shows up and while it's good to see him in action, we're only seeing him on the positive end of the spectrum. We cheer him on because when we catch up with Boba, he's on our side. The Mandalorian gives fans what they've been cheering for, the bad-ass, unstoppable anti-hero Boba smiting our enemies and looking away from explosions without breaking a sweat. Good: It gave fans the power-fantasy. And now it's up to the next set of writers to show us why that fantasy should have never been realized when one of the scariest people in the Galaxy ends up targeting some of the other characters we love for whatever reason. It's wonderful, and I truly hope Boba Fett gets to live up to the hype. I want to be able to hate him as much as his enemies fear him. Great revival of the character.

Realizing that Mando and Baby Yo are inside your typical B.P. logo on the thumbnail, and now I'm cursing you for having me think hard for what that's supposed to mean with the rest of the video, if not also just because it's just pretty frickin' sweet as shit. Good to see you 'round these parts again, amigo.

The fact that they gave Boba Fett a hot asian sidekick and made him badass like some kind of fanfic and making it work is proof enough that they made something great here. Also funny how I just now saw this and you talking about salvaging something that didn't work and making it good/putting new context to it after I saw Spider-Man: No Way Home. Also great to learn more about the people behind it and what inspired Star Wars and this series.

Thank you B-Mask because now whenever I read a comic with those creatures in it I can say "Aw yeah it's the Lumpy Doofoos."

Bro, I love you, man. As mush as we may disagree a bit on Ratchet & Clank and the Star Wars prequels, you manage to make me love the media I already love even more when I watch your videos. You have a gift for recognizing why things work well. But also, you give the more niche stuff we both happen to like its due credit at every opportunity. Sly 2? Iron Man 2? (And yeah, screw it. Iron Man 2 is one of the MCU's best.)

Can't believe it's been 10 months since the last video, very excited to watch this one

Been marathoning your old videos lately on a whim. I'll retroactively call this a manifesting a new video

Honestly, this softened my stance on Season 2 when I bemoaned it before from relying more on the Jedi Force melodrama than the world of Smugglers and Bounty Hunters I was here for.

Was thinking of you recently, probably my favorite content creator. Glad you're back with the Tomarlorian

I appreciated the inclusion of music from kotor around 29:00

That Dave Filoni bit on Anakin-father-sacrifice-hope. I love Filoni.

“Wake up, babe. New B-Mask.”

Man, this analysis really made me love Star Wars again, for a short time at least. That final part of the video still gives me chills, lol. Thanks for the video.

god i always love seeing what videos you put out. i'm glad you took your time for yourself, and its wonderful to see you back. now its time to do my annual rewatch of the sly series and cry a little.

Returning to the RU-vid scene to prattle on about a movie about space wizards intended for children, I see. I expected as much! Jokes aside, welcome back B. We missed you. 💙

I Really like what you did with the title

I see this posted a lot on a tonne of channels, but it still is true here. I do not understand how this channel still has

The one thing I love about your video essays is that all the time spent making the video, all the scripting, editing and points that are trying to be made or explained come through as this, to me, really polished and enjoyable piece of art. Even if I may or may not agree with certain points, I can appreciate how well thought out and researched and well explained your view points are. I will always be willing to wait for one of your videos, they are an absolute joy to watch and re-watch.

Thank goodness, I'm so glad you're back and ok! Welcome back man

This is exactly what I need today buddy

I wanna hear B's a capella rendition of the Hoth Battle music.

*"Babe, wake up. B-Mask uploaded a new video."*

All of this is so wonderful (especially your thoughts on The Last Jedi and your appreciation for Peyton Reed)...can't believe the funny mask man made me cry.

I had to pause the video and think about the comparison between The Last Jedi and Sly Cooper 2 for a minute. Really gonna fuck with my day to realize you're right.

I always love when B sneaks in in-jokes for his friends

Excellent video. The best analysis i on modern Star Wars that I have ever seen

MAN. B Mask!!! Someway somehow all of your videos just hit me in all the right ways. I'm so excited and happy when sharing your videos dude. You've got such a way with words and know how to pull heartstrings. Love this video my guy!

aye that's me at 10:46 holding the rifle with underslung grenade launcher on the right side of the screen, in green, red, gold and black. Photo's from 2015 Star Wars Celebration 7 in Anaheim California

I have only watched some if only this one video talking about mando as a video essay. And I am really stunned, great vid.

Love your work, glad to see you back. :)

How could you use monkey eyed Darth Sidious rather than the upgraded hood of malice ? I am so shooketh

Always a pleasure to see a new video of yours.

19:00 Ha, YES! Glad you dropped that in there lol. I enjoy hearing your thoughts on Mando and echo lots of them myself. Good video. I approve.

I recently subscribed to you and I got into your vids about the sly retrospectives. I’ve watched this video too, I’m glad you uploaded again I thought your channel was dead. Please keep making vids, you make great content

I love your exploration on this topic. I learned a lot!

Welcome back dude!! Really really enjoyed this as always. You've easily become one of my favorite creators since I've found your channel last year and I'm looking forward to the next marvel retrospective! Sorry to hear you've been having personal issues but we're glad to have you back! Keep up the good work but don't push yourself too hard!! (Also that Monsters at Work reference bumped you up on my fav creators list substantially)

You're a fantastic content creator man great job

I’ve watched all of your videos first off but I only came back to watch that cool mash up of keeping the dream alive and the ff I’m so glad I saw that you uploaded again

Great vid, man! Really enjoyed it!

Darn it! You did such a good job on this video that now I'm gonna have to watch The Mandalorian again. Oh well, glad to have you back!

Didn't have the chance to say this on twitter but I've been keeping up ever since you've started posting. I'm glad you're feeling good enough to post again and so sorry that you had to go through all that. It feels great to have you back B-Mask, the way you present your work is truly one of a kind and excellent. Long live the king.

This was spectacular to watch, thanks for sharing your thoughts B.

Welcome back king! Amazing as always!

The return of the king!

Super glad to see you back, can't wait for what you'll get up to next.

Your intro put words to what I’d been feeling the past few days, scrolling RU-vid shorts about star wars lore and watching fan discussions in the comments

I'm a huge fan of SW as playground, as much or more a place than a collection of stories a mass of lore and interconnections. It's just how I came to love it. A whole grab bag of fun RPG components for an RPG I'll probably never play or run.

Man B-Mask I love your videos please don't stop

RU-vid’s recommended has blessed me with another awesome channel that deserves more subs yet again

i just found you from the fantastic four retrospective video and this channel is absolutely amazing and so underrated btw, 219 comments? what? gonna watch your every video see you later

Haven't watched this but I love your old school gaming Trilogy reviews like the Sly, Crash, and Spyro ones.

Amazing video as usual!

Great to see you back man. ever since I watched your monkey island and fantastic four video You've been my favorite RU-vidr.

IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

15:49 Ah yes, a Hutt trying to honor Darth Vader.

The King has returned

i heckin love star wars (nice bideo)

Babe wake up new B-mask video just dropped

yo bro please make a video on book of boba fett and/or mandalorian season 3 you have such a fascinating perspective on this series

The king has returned!

I've missed you, King. Welcome back. 👍

Great having you back B!

return of the king

yes, very much agree on how anyone can watch and understand. I convinced my sister in law to watch Clone Wars and Rebels because of the lore of Mandalorian connecting and not everyone in my family will watch because of that but they can still understand. got some funny looks when I freaked out when Ahsoka said, where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?

that homemade score was worth it all.

THE RETURN! Glad you're doing well!

it took a sci-fi show to have me falling in love with the spaghetti western...

Welcome back

that orchestral humming is worth every dollar I have ever given you

oh my God. A B mask vid. Is this a birthday present?

The garden shed shade 😭😂

Haven't seen the show but I will still watch this anyways.

Holy crap, new B-Mask :000

This is the way

This is beautiful.

New BMask video will improve my mood

Great to hear you again!

Beautiful singing B-Mask, you link the tracks!

I love this channel.

I don’t know why but every time he puts a fish people joke in these things I lose it! Thanks for always making me laugh 👍

I think this is a great analysis and a great video, easy thumbs up, this is one of my favorite RU-vid channels. HOWEVER I have a pretty bad time watching this show and I think it's worth saying that I feel its biggest flaw is Disney trying to double dip on the concept - is it its own thing? Sure but every episode usually contains at least one major wink/nod reference that's supposed to make you clap. Is it a classic old west serial in space? Sure but it's also event TV with a bloated budget and a disgusting load of marketing. So it's an epic adventure that you wanna watch every week? No because it has such a wafer thin running narrative that it could be summed up in on sentence. I really feel like Disney is throwing away something that could be cool by making it as much for everyone as possible in an effort to keep you hooked onto Disney Plus. Will I keep watching it? Sure but I watch a lot of stuff that I love and hate, I think I just wish the show did one thing exceptionally instead of a lot of things ok.

0:55 there was the back of his toy packaging and some magazine articles!

I needed this.

My favourate star wars film is a new hope, unlike all the other star wars films, the first 3rd of a new hope is slow and not much happens, Its primarily 2 droids wondering the desert while we learn of the world and lore through their dialogue, the war, the rebels and the plans the death star, and then they meet Luke and Lukes meets obiwan, it has such a beautiful simpilcity that made it work, and to me mandalorian season 1 ep 1-3 really capture that, this show isnt perfect but its creators really understand the roots of what made star wars work, its inspirations of old tv cereals and westerns, its simple story telling on the small screen, and its no wonder why we see George on set on the mandalorian, cause he loves what they are doing, unlike the sequels which were bloated generic modern scifi films that looked like star wars but werent star wars at the heart of the story

Really love the video. Now I wonder how you felt about Visions and what that had to say about Star Wars.

your singing is going to be my ringtone great and God Bless