It’s because they didn’t expect it to be such a hit like it was, they didn’t even have any merch ready for the show & people were literally making and selling Grogu dolls/merch on Etsy for like 6 months before they even brought any official merch out, it was 100% supposed to finish at season 2 and they didn’t want to let go of their new cash cow, it’s also why they rushed and brought back Grogu in boba fett & didn’t even bother to explain it in season 3. Just lazy shitty writing
@@bowencreer3922 & you’re delusional my friend. This season was absolute dog shit & I loved season 1 & 2 and was looking forward to season 3 complete let down in every possible way, terrible writing, constant goddamn exposition and too much telling instead of showing, I feel like Grogu has become a proxy for the audience and we’re being spoken down to and having keys jangled in my face, I wish my bar for being entertained was so low it’s in the ground like yours.
@@bowencreer3922 the viewership of this season has been in the shitter, did you even see the lizzo episode? It felt like a mockery and complete parody of Star Wars.
@@bowencreer3922 Sooo, kinda crap? First seasons of new shows can be forgiven for being slow, as long as they spend that narrative worldbuilding time wisely to set up some satisfying payoffs for future series with mystery, intrigue and depth. Somehow the writers managed to make everything they did that to seem increasingly shallow and uninteresting, as though they have the polar opposite of talent.
I’m feeling a bit sadistically vindicated unfortunately. When everyone was raving about Season 1 I was saying “we’ll see when the Baby Yoda cute factor runs out people will realise how shit this is”.
The rush to get grogu back before season 3, and the fact that you can condense the important bits of that season down to around 3 episodes, makes me think somebody higher up decided the show isn't going to deviate from Din and Geogu adventuring together. Probably forever going by that ending. So whatever they were planning had to be mopped up quickly, resulting in this mess.
I think Grogu was always coming back to Din. The weird timeline is probably due to the firing of Gina, who was supposed to have a bigger part in this season, and they utter failure that was BOBF where they decided to use some of Mando season three to kill time for the absolute shit they had to cut in the last hour. These are rumors but they make sense.
Gotta remember that one of the two guys in charge of the Mandalorian (Jon Favreau) is also the same guy who started the Marvel movie slog of little tension and endless quipping. The other one (Dave Filoni) has been busy on a bunch of other series, like the Bad Batch and Ahsoka, so his involvement with this third season was probably minimal.
You have successfully highlighted what this show has become. Something playing in the background while one plays on their phone. Truly the pinnacle of modern entertainment
Can’t even count how many times I ended up pausing or having to rewind because I was on my phone, ended up stopping watching one episode before the lizzo episode, glad I didn’t keep watching. This show almost seems like parody at this point.
It's honestly sad to see what this show has become. The moment I saw the first episode I felt something was off and didn't have much desire as the season went on to see the rest. In hindsight I was right to not waste my time.
I just finished episode 3 and I feel exactly like you about the first episode not even 5 minutes in and I was already cringing. Then they throw that generic monster attack in for basically no reason other than to have something advanced the plot. Also that child actor that was taking the Creed was so horrible with his delivery that I honestly have to wonder if he was some executive son or nephew
@@mateusbelmont5317 I don't think the final fight counts since the reason he was losing in the first place was because Grogu was in danger and then he had to come back and save Bo Katan when she was about to lose
ANY time I see a new child actor, my first thought is, "who's niece/nephew is that?" Especially when they're so terrible they pull me out of the show. (yeah, I know they're just kids, but there is ALWAYS a better actor out there.)
What worked for the first 2 seasons was the feeling that Mandolorian was like the old Kung Fu tv show. Hero wanders from place to place, having unrelated adventures with only some loose overarching narrative threads. S3 was more like some weird medieval show with knights and armor trying to reclaim their homeland, like some King Arthur tale, which was a total shift in tone. Not to mention very weak with the constant "this is the way" cultish response every time a plot point needed to happen but they couldn't be bothered writing proper event development. The visuals also got progressively more referential as the season went on, with simple cut and paste of scenes from previous Star Wars movie, such as the little black droid and the red guards, until it was just wall-to-wall copying of previous concepts.
I remember that being on the infamous white board that disney star war defenders would gaslight saying they weren't being serious with that. Oh how terribly that has aged.
@Homer duh that’s not my point, she’s in full armour on her own sitting there in silence, it was just to set up the scene, nobody is just sitting there in complete silence all day doing nothing, that’s like a medieval king sitting alone in his throne room wearing full plate armour in silence until the one person he needs to talk who he doesn’t even know is coming to show up.
So glad that RU-vidrs are getting integrity and not watching garbage just because they know they will get hate watch likes and clicks. We need more of this. If it sucks don't watch it, end of story.
5:16 The whole ship is a custom build. It is likely that Mando included a connection between the cockpit and the droid space when it was being rebuilt.
You're absolutely right. This season throws all the world building, illusion, and immersion out the window. They were the first things I noticed while watching Seasons 1 & 2. It reminded me of Star Tours and Shadows of the Empire. A living, breathing, functional world. Something the Sequels lacked.
Honestly here, I really enjoyed Season 3 - subjectively. And I know it was not good - objectively. The weirdest thing in there is still Grogu, who feels like the creators couldn't decide if he's a jedi apprentice with over 50 years of training, or a cute plushie merch and went for both. He looks to be perfectly able to understand people and seemingly knows what they're talking about - even when Din or the Armorer had little history lessons with him - yet he doesn't speak a single word and makes sounds like a 1-year old toddler instead. I seriously think the writers had plans with growing him up and actually made the story according to it, but Disney was afraid the show would lose views if they gave us a matured, more serious character with long traumas instead of a cutesy glutton.
Good review. I felt the same way. I enjoyed the program because it expands the SW Universe while at the same time being aware of some glaring plot contrivances and omissions, and thin character development. For example, Mando handing over the dark saber to Bo Katan at the end of Ep 7 was awkward. If she legit won it in Ep 2, why say nothing until then? And then only to have the thing crushed an episode later by a squeeze of the hand by Moff Gideon? Ridiculous. A 1000 year old legendary weapon designating the leader of the Mandalorians handed around and broken like some child's forgotten toy was really disappointing. Someone should have given that more thought. "This is the way" can only cover up so much stupid.
It’s the opposite. Grogu wasn’t supposed to be in this season. He was always designed to be a prop, not a character. He can’t talk, he can’t walk, he can’t fight, he can’t emote, he can’t grow. And his “character arc” was completed last season. Grogu very plainly had no role in this season’s story, yet they’ve been trying to shoehorn him in randomly however they can. Yoda was 900 when he died. Grogu is 50. That would make Grogu roughly five years old. Which makes sense given he famously looks like baby of Yoda’s species. At this rate, it would take another 80 years before Grogu is even a “teenager”.
And nearly thirty of those years were heavily traumatic for him (order 66 19BBY - "Mando episode 1" 9ABY). He's growing every time we see him. He almost said "This is the Way" to Bo and Din. He used to hide in his hover egg, now he's taking out Beskar troopers, standing down two fighting Mandalorians, and taking on Petorian Guards. If he came back from months of training with Luke and was OP everyone would be complaining about that. He was cheap merchandise, but he also has the most potential for growth, and mark my words he will grow to be a powerful Mandalorian. Personally, I think the representation of the passage of time has been the biggest problem with this show. It's been MANY cycles since the first episode, and I bet like myself many people thought it was only a couple of cycles.
Lol spot on regarding the helmets. She's beating this chunk of metal as if making a shield for Middle Earth, and then emerges with this perfectly casted 3D printed helmet, complete with a paint job. Why didn't she use a cast? It makes no sense, how did they make the armour for the clones and other fighters, was it all done by hand. These Mandalorians keep their helmets on, to what? It's like they have to switch their brains off for their entire life, and what do they get out of it - cool outfits and a jetpack. Why don't you just get the outfit and then leave, take your helmet off and carry on being a bounty hunter. I don't get it, and the show has never explained why or how people would submit to it. There's no promise of eternal paradise at the end, right
I think the show did a fairly good job explaining the children of the watch. They find young kids who are orphans (Din's flashbacks and later Grogu's flash backs), or their natural offspring (Ragnar Visla). Honor and loyalty are paramount in their culture so why would someone who grew up with those lessons even think of betraying them? Then we get Bo calling them religous zealots or a cult which clues us in (and links back to prior material) that Mandalorians as a race are war faring people much like Vikings, we know from earth who will fight everyone and everything that they can. This show introduced us to Din and Grogu, we learned who they are, and now we're learning who they are to their people. And season four is being set up to grow grogu into a power Mandalorian. Or at least that's my prediction of the next season, if we get another. As for the helmet, it's pretty foolish to believe that that didn't take days or weeks to make. But the age of the kid in the helmet is a pretty good concern. I mean heads don't all grow that much but they should be a young adult before they take the creed. Yes, they should have a helmet at that age but they're too young to have the strict no removal. Think high school team jerseys that get passed down to the next class.
In regards to the opening initiation scene, it’s so weird to see this cosplay looking fan filmesque scene mixed with cinema level creature cgi. I mean we have kids running around with pretty patty looking Mandalorian helmets they got from target on a boring beach while an ancient leviathan is attacking them 😂
Great review, I'm just a little surprised that people are making excuses for Jon Favreau, like he's their bestie. He let his name be credited, and no matter what happened behind the scenes, he chose to be credited as writer. He could credit other writers if there were any, or opt to take a step back if he was too busy on other projects? But you bet he took the big bucks they paid him regardless, so he gets the blame in my book as the creator and writer.
To be honest, I just reeeeally want you to review the Lizzo/Jack Black/Doc Brown episode of the Man in Delorian 😁 I thought the first series was quite good, but thankfully that’s where I stopped 😂 Boba Fett was pure, distilled, cringe with that goddamn scooter gang, and I couldn’t face anymore of Disney’s crap!
I liked this series but I was really conflicted about season two. While I thought that it was more fun than the first one, having all that build up to get Baby Yoda to Asoka only for her to say that he should go find Luke instead and episode with her becoming trailer for her own show was such a waste. Then, all the moments when they tried to fix Rise of Skywalker, that was lame too. But worst moment was having Luke appear and the way how it was handled. But I would be OK with all of that if they decided to stick to the decision they made to have Baby Yoda and Mandalorian split. Like, it would be obvious that they would reunite in a season or two, but having it happen in different show that aired in between seasons was something beyond ridiculous, it made me from intrigued to couldn't care less about future of this series.
I hate to be the guy that said I told you so, but I will be. The Blandalorian wasn't spectacular to begin with. Sure, it was a step up from the Sequels, but that's like saying a stale cracker is a step up from feces. But that's Disney Star Wars. Either they butcher the OT and destroy those characters for their cardboard or their "new" stuff is watered down trite. For me, the saddest part isn't even the death of Star Wars(though, that's bad); it's that the old Expanded Universe died for this crap. There will be a whole generation of fans who will NEVER know it existed. That to me is unforgivable. Yeah, the EU had its stinkers, but it had some great stories as well. All in all, I urge everyone who is disatistifed with Disney SWs and wants to give the EU a chance, seek out Heir to the Empire, KOTOR, or any of the books or games within that era. There was more heart and effort into those stories than what Disney has done.
During the premiere of their disastrous 1st Rey movie, I finally made the decision to publish my own space opera. One I invested over fifteen years of research into. This year I am planning on completing book 8 of my #starshatter series. They dilute and destroy, we create.
Season 3 was fine but it felt rushed. What they shouldve done was for grogu to stay with luke for some more time and then have mando struggle to redeem his identity back and also unite the other mandalorians. The battle for their homeplanet should have been more legendary. They shouldve taken time to develop it have 10 episodes with each 1hr long or alteast 45 min. Then have grogu join them in the middle when they are pinned down and use his jedi powers. S3 somehow didn't have that awesome feeling of S1 and 2.
Yea, if you didn't watch Rebels you wouldn't know what they are. This show draws heavily from the expanded universe and I think that's the problem people have with it.
@@doug176 TLDR: There are faults in Star Wars just like ever other media, but I'm not going to let the few bad or weird things detract from the epic tales that are being told. No? Take Book of Boba Fett. In legends he goes back to the planet his father led a covert, of sorts, and takes over leading those people. Kinda the same thing he did in the show, albeit with really poor script and side characters. But Boba still gave up the life of a bad ass bounty hunter and that was the biggest complaint I remember from that show. "Boba's no longer a bad ass boo hoo." Boba is also pushing 50 at the start of the Book, so yea he's slowing down but he's still fast enough to kill Cad Bain with his gaffy stick. In this show, people complain that the small nomadic Children of the Watch run out of fuel on their planet. While the larger group of actively rebellious Night Owls have plenty of ships, supplies, and more warriors. Of course Axe would have more fuel to make it to space, and of course at that point the Night Owls would supply the Children with more fuel and other supplies. Instead people just assume that every Mandalorian is the same when that's not even close to the truth. Din Djarin was fundamentally in uniting Mandalorians and returning them to Mandalore. What more were people wanting? Din has had zero intent on leading anyone, he immediately tries to give the dark saber away. I don't have a problem with Din taking second seat to Bo during this season when the payoff was getting back to Mandalore. We saw the Mythasour in live action twice for crying out loud! There is so much about this season that was prime Star Wars. The Dark Saber is centuries old I believe and people are upset that if got broken. I don't know the ins and out of Beskar metallurgy but to say it would weaken over hundreds of years isn't that far of a stretch. And we now have to option of a new saber like Maul, Ahsoka, and Luke all made from prior broken or taken sabers. They've incorporated an interconnected theme in Star Wars like we have in MCU. It's frustrating to see people ignore all the good we get because they don't know right off the bat what it is, or because they had a thought of what it should be before we got it. Again, sorry about the long response but if people would think before they type, they would probably enjoy this more.
Your description of the Star Wars dozers made me cackle in delight and then I became unnerved that this may actually be their origin… and the gorgs are Jabas!!!
I am still bitter that we didn’t get a Jango Fett Open Seasons series with Daniel Logan as young Jango with narration by Temura Morrison. If I had complete control, I would have adapted JF Open Seasons and Star Wars Bounty Hunter into a series. But… I get it… then it wouldn’t have the marketable baby yoda… It seems not all things which are timeless are marketable. Take Avatar the Last Airbender, the series is look on with reverence yet it didn’t do that well with the merchandising aspect.
I enjoyed Season 3 because I watched Clone Wars and Rebels animated series. It wrapped up a lot of the Mandalorian arc from those 2 shows, which was fun for me. If you don't know anything about Bo Katan, Death Watch, or the Dark Saber, then you probably didn't like the season.
I've just finished watching the season and I felt like they everyone was treading water, the story moving at the pace of a glacier whilst the action had some pew-pew noisy bits. The only thing I really liked (apart from the nice spaceships) was that Din didn't give a toss about the leadership really, and was fine with sodding off to Navarro with his adopted son to live a simpler life. I sympathised greatly with him.
So back in the day when the Mandalorians lived on Mandalore, wouldnt it have been much easier to redeem yourself if you took your helmet off? Like, you could stop by on your way home from work because there was some cake in the breakroom that you really wanted to eat, and that pain in the ass Carla wouldn't just get her cup of coffee and GTFO, so you had to take your helmet off in front of her to eat the break room cake? Yes, I know there's a big monster in the water, but surely that would be common knowledge with some many people stopping in to bathe in the waters. When the Mandalorians lived on Mandalore, it hardly seems like it would have been much trouble to have scheduled a spa appointment to keep from being ostracized by every person you knew and loved.
The redemption needed by Din was from his clan Children of the Watch. Most Mandalorians didn't believe that you couldn't take you're helmet off. And the Children of the Watch didn't live on Mandalore but the moon Concordia.
Back in that day, every Mandalorian on Mandalore took their helmets off all the time. In fact, they lived their entire life with their helmets off and only put them on for battle. You know, like sane people. It was one small cult of extremist zealots called The Children of the Watch, I tiny percentage of the population, that didn't take off helmets, and they were exiled to live on the moon, Concordia while the rest of the sane Mandalorians enjoyed fresh air, sunshine on their face, dining together, and getting a nice hairstyle from time to time.
Season 3 biggest problem for me was that it felt like a KIDS show. Season 1 and 2 had a healthy mix of being badass and still teenage friendly. I mean take the very first scene from season 1 episode 1 as a perfect example. It was badass cold and to the point, "I can bring you in cold, or i can bring you in warm". Show me 1 scene in all of season 3 that was anything close to that... The first episode of season 3 had fkn Sesame Street looking space pirates with cheesy Pirates of the Caribbean accents... It felt like i was watching a totally different show, and its not like it was TERRIBLE but after waiting years for the next season and getting what felt like a completely different show was extremely irritating....
Dark Star Forgive me if my fantasies might Seem a little shopworn I'm sure you've heard it all before. I wonder what's the right form Love songs written for you, It's been going down for years But to sing what's in my heart Seems more honest than the tears. I am curious, don't want to hurry us. I'm intrigued with us. Ain't this song a bust. I don't care, dark star. I met you several years ago, The times they were so strange, But I had a feeling. You looked into my eyes just once, An instant flashing by that we were stealing. Another time you felt so bad, And I wasn't any help at all as I recall. We didn't quite know what to do So we left the wanting be Still there for me and you. Dark star, I see you in the morning, Dark star, a' sleeping next to me. Dark star, let the memory of the evening Be the first thing that you think of When you open up your smile and see me, dark star. It's easy to be with you Even with the storms that rage Beneath your search for peace. We must make some time together Take the kids and find a world That's ours to keep. Now you've got me dreaming girl. It's been so long that I thought that I'd forgotten how. My heart is once again my soul. We touched, we did, you know we did, No more teasing now. Dark star, I see you in the morning, Dark star, a' sleeping next to me. Dark star, let the memory of the evening Be the first thing that you think of When you open up your smile and see me, dark star. Songwriters: Stephen Stills
I talked to someone about the fact 90% of the show was filler with about 2-3 episodes of actual story per season, and when I proved this by restructuring and cutting irrelevant scenes in season 3 to cover the first 4 episodes in 1. They called it an ADHD script and were grateful I wasn't a writer. As someone who has ADHD, that made me laugh because it showed he had no idea what that means. He also got mad that I cut Baby Yoda leaving to go get Bo Katan and just had Bo secretly follow Dim because he wanted the BABY to actually do things like an actual character and not be...well, a baby. That's the kind of fan The Mandalorian is cultivating.
This show is where good ideas go to die. The core concept of the episode is a great opportunity for Grogu to get some much-needed character development, but the writers completely screwed up the setup. The ticking clock build-up was lazy, the teaching moments between Mando and Grogu were shallow and insufficient for the story they were trying to tell, the timescale didn't match the action at all, and the whole situation was laughable at best. And that's before you even consider whether Grogu should have been present in the first place - this show has issues that no rewrite can solve at this point.
@@LiftYagami ..uh... obviously, I meant the fact that Baby Yoda was sent at all, not just cutting the scenes where a BABY navigated the ruins and caves to get back to the ship, somehow knowing how to use the navicomputer and communicate to the astromech to fly to another world to go get Bo, successfully communicate that Dim needed help, and accurately lead her back to the spot in a ruined city on a devastated planet where Dim is waiting. All before Dim is killed. That's why I said I would just have Bo secretly following them.
It's honestly very sad. I was expecting a good season 3 to disappointment. Then I come here expecting a review or at minimum thought and couldn't even find that.
I think Disney have no interest in this series anymore. After season 2 they prioritised three other shows (at least one of them was genuinely really good) and it's clear they're putting their money on other upcoming shows like Ashoka and... the others.
Great analysis as always. Thank you for pointing out that we can finally admit to ourselves that the show was never very good to begin with now that it has reached a sense shattering low. I cannot shake the feeling that the production of this season has been handed over to Haim Saban who aspires to make it reminiscent of his witless, charmless and creatively devoid Japanese/American fusion money machine “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. If you told me in the 90’s that I’d be equating something branded as Star Wars with that brainless drivel I would never have believed it. But here we are.
You should definitely do the whole season episode by episode. Hearing you shit on this already monumental pile of garbage is glorious. Hearing my own thoughts brought into such an eloquent demolishing is very satisfying
I am a new subscriber and laughing and enjoy your back catalogue SOOOO much .... But when I heard "it sucks balls so hard ...." I lol so loud I woke my GF beside me .... These reviews and commentaries are the best .... Brutal and honest and exactly like how me and my other Aussie mates launch into a topic standing at stable in the local pub with a few beers under our belts. Great stuff and DON'T change!!!
I wonder if Mandalorian is just going go on forever. Pedro Pascal can just collect paychecks delivering voice lines for any rando in the suit and Grogu… is a puppet.
mandolorian contains traces of Dave Filoni’s Deus Exisms i also noticed that the way in which its written and flows, they had an ending battle in mind and just needed filler to achieve it. since. an army is amassed to retake mandalore long before they realize mandalore will be occupied. before they are introduced to the empire or mof giddeons plans they are “retaking” mandalore from….. nothing but hey, it gets an army where they need to be for a final battle just in case and HEY just their luck, they get to fight mof giddeons army with theirs.
Much as it makes me sound like a Sadist, I actually would like to see chamberlain's reviews of the rest of the season! the level of shear, laconic snarkery here oozing from every phrase and description, is like the the equal and polar opposite force of the director's commentary tracks for She hulk or rings of power. By simply existing, reviews like this diametrically decrease the quantum of smugness in the world, which is something of an ecological necessity, given that we've already seen a huge change in temperament, and the hole planet teeters on the edge of a global arse age!
These are pathetic excuses of Mandalorians. What happened to the brutal, merciless Mandalorians we saw in KOTOR and their Basilisk WarDroids? In #starshatter we say "Nothing built by weaklings lasts" and these Disney shows are most definitely made by weaklings of the mind and paupers of the soul.
the true mandalorians did go extinct.....and then ontop of that thier world was ruled by hardcore pacifists for who knows how long and who worked tirelessly to erase that culture
Aragmar Verilian That's Dave Filoni for you. Take the most interesting concepts and dilute them. Mandalorians in KOTOR are what they should be; merciless, brutal spartan like warriors who have a warrior like culture. While I thought TCW was ok as a series, for me what Dave did with the Mandalorians I found incredibly lame. Even so, I find it amazing how none of that context is carried over into Mandolorian, or should I say Blandalorian. But that's Disney SWs.
This reminds me of the hyper-aggressive Man-Kzin species from Larry Niven's books. They fought a series of wars against humanity and lost all of them. In the end, the ones who survived were more careful, and over multiple generations, they became more docile.
I just feel when everybody loves the first season. They got worried. Then when they saw how the episode with Luke brought grown men to tears of joy. Right then and there they new it had to be destroyed . And that is exactly what they did. They have literally taken every single positive male hero and not only killed them off but have to totally emasculate them on there way out. Has nothing to do with promoting positive female inclusion. They don't care if the female or race swapped character is good. They just want all the strong males gone.
Season three was messy, its got side plots that take away from the main story. The whole pirate sequence was unnecessary, and Lizo + Jack Black was a waste of time. I liked the main story of Mandalorians taking back their home planet but what happened to Grogus force journey. I was really looking forward to seeing more links and interactions between the Jedi and Mandalorians.
I just want one Mandalorian kicking butt! I don't want an army of Mandalorians controlled by Bo-Katan Kryze! I feel like the Mandalorian is becoming the Bo-Katan Kryze show. I'm watching the 3rd season a second time now, hoping I'll like it better, but I'm having trouble getting through the last episodes again. The 3rd season really is hard to watch in my opinion.
I honestly don't know why people didn't like season 3. I thought The Convert episode was waaay too long but other than that I loved it. It was nice to see Bo Katan take charge & follow in her sister's footsteps & lead Mandalore back on the right track. In my opinion, this is just another case of people wanting to tear stuff down & people with ADHD getting tired of something as they're prone to do. I won't go near The Force Awakens trilogy but I've watched & enjoyed all the Disney+ series. Have they been perfect? No, but nothing is.
Success came at a cost. Disney’s grubby little fingers were all over this season. If they weren’t, Grogu wouldn’t have even showed up until the very end
I started the video cause I was honestly curious why the season might be bad, but the first minute was pure nonsense and I stopped watching when you complained about a table. You're just nitpicking. If you have real reasons why the show is bad maybe start off with that?
I keep reminiscing about the bi-monthly star wars comic of my childhood on planet Sverige, so long ago, and the thrilling moment when Lea seduce Boba to take his helmet of and knocking his blond head unconscious. Sweet dreams my fair prins...
i will never get over what that magistrate did to their own town. the magistrate killed 4 ppl and didnt call dispatch or emergency services. leaving them there in front of the school. ah yes. corpses. this is definitely better for the kids to walk out to/hear than some ruffians playing “tea time”. brilliant de escelation, magistrate for this, and his inability to do his research on his OWN JURISDICTIONs alliances he gets his town BUSTER CALLED and has to just HOPE some x wing pilot gets help and MAYBE the bombardment/takeover will stop.
The first season of shows like this usually get a free pass if they're a little slow or heavy on exposition, as long as they're building a world and setting up the foundations of a satisfying narrative for future seasons to follow. If it turns out that long term narrative is nothing but a fossilized dog turd, no-one is going to look back on it's setup fondly. Discerning adult humans are allowed to change their opinions on something if it's reflected on badly later on down the line - the inability to do so rationally suggests immaturity of thought.
I know that the show is not as great as it could be, but you’re doing nothing else than criticizing, and for the most part it’s not even constructive. There is some good in the show that we need to point out. We can also point out that there’s bad going as well. However, just saying “it’s bad, Disney sucks” isn’t helping at all. I agree with you on the bad writing or at least it's made for children, but there’s a lot of good things too, like the development around the Mandalorian culture or father and son bonding with Mando and Grogu. Also the prequel and OT had lots of flaws and bad writting too, it's part of sw. I think stating that the show is of poor quality can be done but imo the way you do it is as lazy as Disney’s writting. A part from that I do think your video quality is great as always. It's just that I'm tired about hearing nothing but complaints. We actually need to remeber that without Disney we wouldn't have had any SW content.
Hard to workout what's gone wrong. Rushing scripts out to meet Disney deadlines, outside hack writers. Upper management forced requests or all of the above.
I'm going to come back and watch this after I finish up the season but I'm three episodes in and it's so cringe-worthy. Also I have to say the imperials in the amnesty program being called designations as if they're droids and having to wear special badges is pretty damn dark And there's so much other cringy shit and unoriginal stuff. Those little tiny guys that fix droids just the design of them feels Disney none of Disney Star Wars feels like Star Wars They just don't get how to make characters for it just because something is weird looking doesn't mean it belongs in Star Wars
