The Mandalorian - Series Premiere! Chapter 1 - Group Reaction 

Suraj: "I have seen them all..." Me: "Hell yeah." Suraj: "Except for the original trilogy." Me: "Why am I still here? *JUST TO SUFFER?"*

"life day" is a reference to the Star Wars Holiday Special along with Mythosaur reference. also budget for this show was reported to be around $15M/episode.

It's not between Force Awakens and Last Jedi, it's between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens

dude them not seeing original trilogy breaks my heart

a Pauldron is a Shoulder armor piece. We hopefully will learn soon about what the signet part means.

Chris once again being the MVP of the Normies. Can't believe he's the only one that has watched all the movies lol. Y'all should totally watch the Clone Wars series, it's the best Star Wars content available. Oh and by the way, Jon Favreau didn't direct this episode, Dave Filoni did, the main guy behind Clone Wars.

"The world is very fleshed out" -Suraj talking about a 40 year old franchise

Suraj: “Were more Star Wars nerds than Blindwave.” Also Suraj: never watched original trilogy.

This takes place 5 years after Return of the Jedi and 25 years before The Force Awakens

Oh god.... they haven’t seen the original trilogy.

Suraj: "I've seen them all except Solo and the original trilogy..." I swear Suraj is trolling the commenters...

Damn Chris, saying The Mandalorian has the best aspects of both Rogue One and Solo is incredibly accurate imo lol

I wasn't going to say anything but WTF!!! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY???

Chris's brain stalled harder than the Millennium Falcon with that reveal at the end

Few things about Mandalorians. The main character is not a full on Mandalorian, atleast not yet. As he said he was a foundling, meaning he was brought up into the guild and not born into it (from what we got in this episode). He also doesnt have any insignia which means he is not a part of any Mandalorian Clan. Marketa smartly pointed out, that his armor looks like something he scrapped together which is completly true. Only members of a Clan especially if they join a family are rewarded with a Beskar armor pieces. It shows theire status, worth atc. When it comes to the Mando armor, they hardly ever create a beskar armor plates from new materials but melt down and reforge the armor plates of theire ancestors. The metal is soaked with the blood of theire enemies but also theire family. The armor connects them to theire past and protects them in theire future. The main character has to collect his beskar armor to prove to the remaining clans AND to Mandalore (the leader/ruller/king) of all Mandalorians. When he does and proves himself worthy he ''may'' be offered a member ship in some1s clan and become a part of theire family. And thus becoming an actually mandalorian. Beskar armor can re/deflect everything including a lightsaber. That is why the empire stole it all from the mandalorians durring the great purge. The empire smartly wanted to use it for theire soldiers.

I know it's been said countless times but Chris is clearly the alpha reactor out of all the Normies

'We're bigger Star Wars fans than Blind Wave' *opens the door to Eric with a lightsaber* '...Well Okay then'

*A signet* is a symbol that signifies the family house, a clan or an affiliation. This symbol is often found on rings. Signet Rings, that letters were sealed with in medieval times. *A pauldron* is the metal shoulderpiece belonging to a suit of plate armour. *Life Day* is christmas in Star Wars mythology, as detailed in the Star Wars Holiday special. Happy life day=Merry Christmas

Nobody: The Normies: 0:24 extremely passive aggressive attitude before even starting the show.

Yoda’s species has never been given a name. In starwars cannon this baby is the third one to ever show up in any starwars content besides yoda and one other

This takes place only 5 years after the end of the original trilogy-TFA takes place 25 years after this! So that is super important for figuring out a lot of the context for this show. I'm actually super curious about how casual star wars fans will receive this show. I know a lot of my enjoyment was from geeking out over easter eggs and the amount of EU/Legends lore in this, so it'll be interesting to see how good they are at introducing the lore to new fans and keeping them engaged.

A shoulder pauldron is a piece of armor designed to protect the shoulder.

Immediately stop watching this and react to the original trilogy. You're treading in very dangerous territory. Having opinions on star Wars without actually seeing Star Wars is gonna get you all the wrong sort of attention with this fandom.

Oberyn martell playing a character/race known for not removing their helmets. I love the irony of the casting :)

Interesting fact: if you cut a worm in half you don’t get two worms, you get a dead worm cut in half.

This show had more SW feeling than the entire new movies combined.

"What is a Pauldron?" It's a piece of shoulder armour, which is what our guy gets.

Mando's client wanted the target alive. In all likelihood, IG-11 was hired by a different client.

Great vid guys, couple of things though: - This is between VI and VII (ROJ & TFA) - That cooked species was a Kowakian Monkey Lizard. Salacious crumb (Jabba's pet) was the last time you saw one in Ep VI - His shoulder pad was shot at the start, so he used the beskar to replace it - The ship (Razor Crest) is a model...not CGI - The Mythosaur is the symbol for Mandalore (as seen in the blacksmith scene)

Yoda was 900 years old when he died and we don’t have a name for his species. George Lucas never came up with one to make Yoda more mysterious.

My theory about the "yoda" baby: We've only seen two members of those species, Yoda and Yaddle, both being Jedi. Purely statisticly speeking, all we know from that is they are Force sensitive a lot. My guess would be that that is the same case for this baby, thats why those pirates were keeping it, as it eventualy could turn into a really powerful weapon. We also saw there were more bounties on that baby as the Droid had completely different orders, while our old man wanted the baby alive (tho he was also ok of it being dead). The reason why people want it dead would be a fear of it falling into the wrong hands that would turn it into their own weapon. Also the Yoda species are rare, we dont even know their name, so that is probably why the doctor wants it alive, to study it and to give us, the audience, answers for one of the oldest star wars mystery that yoda spicies is. The way I see it this could go two ways. Either the Mandalorian will give the baby to the doctor that will study it and will allow us to learn about this species or, more likely, the mandalorian will keep it, bring it to the place where his shoulder piece was forged trying to hide the baby there. There they wont accept the baby at first but he'll have some monologue about being a foundling himself and what not and convince the others to look after this baby.

Lucas actually made it part of his deal when selling to Disney that they can not over explain Yodas species because the mystery about them is part of the amazingness about them. Also there so rare there’s only ever 2-5 alive in one point in the galaxy

100% of the comments. “They haven’t seen the original trilogy wtfffff”

Honestly the best thing that Star Wars has given us for YEARS, personally since Clone Wars series

Pauldron: it’s basically shoulder armor.

Haven't seen the original triology?!!!! What is up with you three?

I’m surprised more people weren’t sitting in for this one. It’s so good!

The Client/ stormtroopers want him alive ( half pay if proven death) however IG-11 says "the contract was specific, kill target" which means there are different employers.

yo chris make suraj watch the og trilogy already lmao

Star Wars The Clone Wars is a show that I think you guys would enjoy. It offers a lot of story and action and would be a great reaction or just a show to watch on your own time.

not tryna be that guy but why are you even watching this if you haven't even seen the original trilogy

Yodas race was NEVER named. It is only refered to as ''Yoda Race''. Its nice because it adds a little could of mystery behind them and theire incredible force sensitivity. They live for more than 900 years if im not mistaken and are incredibly rare to see durring one persons life span.

Haven't seen this mentioned, so if it has been, sorry. But the robot said that his bounty was quite specific that it was to be killed. Therefore, because the Mandalorian was told to bring it in alive (or dead for a lesser fee), someone else wants the baby dead, and hired the robot.

This made me realize what a star wars nerd I am because these guys lake of knowledge drove me mad.

Yes I was hoping the normies would react to the Mandalorian.

After the Empire Collapsed, all of the remnants had a massive power struggle and thus independent factions were established. I imagine many storm troopers in that moment became PMCs and worked for whichever ex Imperial Warlord or Grand Moff payed the most.

That little thing in the cage Chris?? was sitting in Jabba's lap in Return of the Jedi. It was the creature that always laughed at Leia.

Suraj! Not having watched the Original Trilogy is nothing but great for a REACTION channel. Genuine first reactions to Star Wars movies are pretty rare since they're either old, or everyone who cares already watched it in cinema. Also, I thought the whole concept of calling yourself "Normies" was exactly that you throw yourselves into geeky stuff you don't know a lot about. That's often what makes your reactions great.

Ya guys are a quit off on the time it takes place, this takes place five years after Return of the Jedi

"Looks like toast." Lol, so glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.

hey guys big fan from Italy... If you wanted some extra bits from the episode, the land speeder scene shows the new model that replaced the older land speeder shown as the second option the Mandalorian chooses to get carried to his ship with his bounty. This scene brings back the dialogue from the original trilogy episode I in which Luke is forced to sell his land speeder and follow Obi Wan, which states that the model luke owns don't sell for much ever since the new model came out.

The series is shot in very 80's way specially first trilogy style with all the shots

Reading this comment section has shown me why exactly the star wars Fandom is so infamous. Lol.

Beskar is Mandalorian iron, it’s basically indestructible and only found on mandalor, and it’s moon cortosis. you take it to a mandalorian armorsmith, who are basically the only dudes who know how to make the shit, and they can make you lightsaber-proof armor. Das’ right, Beskar is lightsaber-proof.

17:40 NICE!! my reaction exactly! ahahah xD Dope episode and great review! I have spoken

The Clone Wars is as good as Avatar the last airbender or better because... well, both had Dave Filoni involved in the production

I saw Carl Weathers and I was like "Are they in a Burger King?"

A pauldron is the shoulder piece the smith made for him. A signet is a house picture, think Direwolf for Stark, Flower for Tyrell. Also I know it was just a misspeak but the time period is about 5 years after Return of the Jedi, not Last Jedi. Far closer to the fall of the empire via Luke than the rise of the 1st order and the time period for Rey.

The look on all your faces at the end was priceless

This series seems like it's going to be variation of Lone Wolf and Cub

Pauldron = Shoulder armor, the piece she made for him.

Beskar was known as "mandalorian iron", and was extremely rare - the only planet where you could find substantial quantites of it was Mandalore. To them it's more than just metal - the armor and weapons were not just highly resistant to damage as well as extremely sharp, but there was also a ceremonial aspect to it; The Mandalorians had a very martial culture. Pauldron is a type of shoulderguard.

Marketa and Suraj’s reaction to the “little fish” was so funny.

Ignore any gate keepers and just enjoy this goodness

Goblin Slayer (Year One): Star Wars Edition

15:08 Remember those weird Halloween costumes where like, your top half is Mario and your bottom half is Yoshi?? 15:24 😂

The Imperial remnant leader was played by director Werner Herzog (probably a governor or magistrate, look at the medallion he's carrying, with the imperial symbol), oh, and the cab driver was Brian Posehn

Would love to see your reaction to original trilogy, especialy after seeing the newer movies first.

wish the normies reacted to Clone Wars, maybe some time int he future

Side note: all the ship related effects shots were done in the same method as the original series. Physical models built and shot with motion locked cameras.

Right now, we don't know if the Mando shot IG-11 to save an infant out of mercy or because he will get more beskar if he is alive. We learned in this episode how (given their circumstances) important any small piece of beskar is to Mando's. The bounty would bring many (100?) times what he received as a down payment. And, we see how important it is to this Mando to live up to the Mandalorian tradition. Will he turn the infant over for the beskar? Will he turn down the bounty and save the infant? Or, will he try to save the infant AND try get the beskar?

if you didnt see the original trilogy you havent seen star wars yet

How dare you not watch clone wars 😭 hurry up and watch clone wars after demon slayer

Here’s some info on some of the lore that y’all might’ve missed or not understand. Maybe y’all just misspoke, but this takes place between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens. It’s a 30 year period that hasn’t been explored much except for in books and comics. The New Republic is still rebuilding and there are still remnants of the Empire lying low in the Outer Rim and the Unknown Regions (that’s where the First Order eventually comes from). Life Day, Mythosaur are references to the Holiday Special, which a majority of people hate but Favreau likes. The Director wasn’t Favreau, it was actually Dave Filoni, who is the head of Clone Wars and Rebels, and who is basically considered George Lucas’s apprentice as he worked under him for many years, and especially during Clone Wars. Both he and Favreau are the creatives behind the show. Also Yoda’s species and background hasn’t been explored because George Lucas wanted to keep it somewhat a mystery. We’ll see how much they explore in this series. When it comes to The Mandalorian’s past, his hatred for droids and traumatic upbringing are both linked as his family was probably killed during the Clone Wars. In the flashback scenes, you can see that the ones shooting at his family are Battle Droids. Also, He is a Foundling which means that he wasn’t necessarily born on Mandalore, but brought into their culture, basically being adopted into Mandalore. The Signet is a sign of who’s family you belong to. There are different Houses on Mandalore, so it’s somewhat the Game of Thrones concept of different old Families that rule different areas, all under a Monarch. They’re also a warrior people, and in different point of times have fought against Jedi (Old Republic) and against the Empire (during the events of Rebels, which takes place in between Episode 3 and 4). Some of the Mandalorian families we know in canon are House Vizla (in the Clone Wars tv show, Jon Favreau played the head of their house) and House Wren (which is the House and family of Sabine Wren, one of the main characters of the tv show Rebels). Dave Filoni was the head of both shows, and has been the one who has created of a lot of the canon lore for Mandalore and Mandalorians. The Great Purge could be a few different things, but it’s most likely the invasion of Amanda lore by the Empire, forcing them to lose their neutrality and sovereignty. Beskar is a metal that is used for Mandalorian armour. It’s considered one of then strongest metals in the universe, impervious to a lot of blasters and even lightsabers. It was a metal that belonged to Mandalore before the Empire took control of the planet, and took mined most of the metal. A pauldron isn’t a Star Wars term, it’s the name for the shoulder armour piece, in this case the one he made with the beskar metal. The Stormtroopers are most likely part of some Imperial Remnant on that planet, and one of their motivations for finding the baby yoda is the fact that the only members of his species that we’ve seen on screen have been force sensitive. Yoda and Yaddle were both on the Jedi Council during the Old Republic. That might explain why the scientist wants it alive (to study and experiment on it), and why the Imperial Official (played by Werner Herzog) is fine with killing it. Hopefully that helps fill y’all in on some interesting lore that might have a big impact on this show.

I can't help but wonder if the Mando's and Jedi went from worst enemies to best friends during the events of the Clone Wars, the final season coming out will cover the Siege of Mandalore.

Here for Rana's reaction. Also, I've never seen someone rock an orange sweater better (also straight stuntin on people with those high socks).

This is why I only trust Blind Wave with Star Wars reactions lol

Beskarr is what Mandalorian armor is made out of its super strong and really rare. It can deflect Blaster bolts and even lightsabers. The Empire took this metal from Mandalore aka The Great Purge

Oh gosh, people! You in for some Mandalorian culture drop right here, if you want to! Beskar is a special Mandalorian Metal which is so durable that it can withstand Lightsaber strikes. Most Mandos forge their armor (called „beskargam“, „iron skin“) out of it, as their long time ford, the Jedi, obviously use lightsabers. The metal is incredibly rare and only found on Mandalore and its moons, and only Mandalorian blacksmiths know how to craft it to bear that incredible durability. The term foundling is new to this show, but the Mandalorian tradition of adopting any orphans they encountered into their society and raising them as part of their clan has been well-documented. The family („aliit“ in Mandalorian tongue) is the most highly treasured piece in Mandalorian culture. Mandalorians do not care for your species, gender, skin color -if you adhere to their code , you are Mandalorian. The code is called Resol‘nare (six tenets of Mandalorian life) and is thousands of years old, developed before the great conflicts of the Old Republic more than 40.000 years before episode four. It consists of the following tenets: Wear the armor, speak the language (Mando‘a), defend yourself and your family, raise your children as Mandalorians, contribute to the Clan‘s welfare and when the Mand‘alor( the Mandalorian leader) calls upon the clans, rally to their cause. Mandalorian culture is Rich and fully developed in The expanded universe of Star Wars Literature. It’s worth your time, cause it’s more than just a warrior guild, it’s a unique and interesting take on what a culture of people who only care about what’s inside you instead of your appearance or former status may look like. Also fyi: a „pauldron“ is (obviously, now) a piece of armor protecting the shoulder. A mythosaur is an ancient, gigantic dragon-like creature which originated on Mandalore, which the Mandalorians soon hunted to extinction to prove their superiority in combat. Their skulls remain the most well-known symbol of Mandalorian culture. Even Boba Fett wore one on his amour. I hope you keep on watching the show, and maybe I enticed you to read novels such as Republic commando (GREAT books, really!) . Have fun, ner‘vode (brethren, sisters), oya manda!

How dare you guys enjoy something you dont have a PHD in!!!!!! INCONCEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!

Y’all missed out on Clone Wars. It’s is an amazing show and the Mandalorians are heavily featured. Mandalore used to be a very rich planets with medieval style Mandalorian warrior clans who ruled. Than they got replaced by a more pacifist government. There was a civil war and the Mandalorian warriors defeated the central government with help from Darth Maul. Mandalore was a neutral planet until there was a separatist invasion and the planet was freed by the Republic who than occupied it until it turned into an Empire which resulted in another Mandalorian civil war. This is about 8 years after the fall of the Empire and there have been only two recorded Yodas in canon before this.

A "Signet" I believe is a mark of Identification used for Royal and/or noble houses. Most common uses are a Signet Ring or necklace, but other wearable artifacts are also used. Have you ever watched a "Period Movie" in which a Noble or a King would dripp melted wax onto a folded note, then press his ring into it to show that the letter is from the King??? That Ring is a Signet ring.

The First Order started as a result of what happened in the campaign to the Star Wars Battlefront 2 game. Theres also a book out called Inferno Squad explains it tho. But to my understanding, there were a lot of high-ranking Imperials trying to rebuild the Empire during this time. They could've also had a hand in creating the First Order. I guess we'll see. Great reaction guys!

A pauldreon is a Star Wars armour piece that shows your rank, for example, stormtroopers have pauldreons to singnify their rank like a yellow paulderon is a commander's coulored rank. Or red to show captain rank.

I loved when Hurley saw Best Jeanist, but it totally made my day when Jean Ralphio started singing about Eleven.

Omg I always wondered if you two group know each other, you 2 are my favorite group reactions

The Great Purge is the Mandalorians name for the events that started with Order 66.

I finally just watched eps 1& 2 and I love this show. Well done for sure

That blue guy was Horatio Sanz from SNL. Also the ughnaught old guy that helps the mandalorian was voiced by Nick Nolte

The Mandalorian culture is probably my favorite in all of fiction (Klingon being a close second) Btw, Mandalorians are less a species than a culture. Children are often adopted on the battlefield and later join a clan to become fully fledged Mandalorians. I have a lot of beef with Disney right now (well said Chris) but DAMN, this looks good. Also, please play Republic Commando! It takes place between Ep II and III and is a great game that introduces you a lot to the culture.

Also the blue alien at the beginning was Horatio Sanz from Saturday Night Live. The uber driver on the ice was comedian Brian Poshern - Also Faverau wrote the story, but it was directed by Dave Feloni who did all of the Clone Wars cartoons and this is his first live action directing job. The Storm Troopers are now hired hands work mercenary jobs/bodyguards etc since the empire fell

A pauldron is a shoulder piece for armour...so that armour he acquired for his shoulder is the pauldron ya'll were wondering about. A signet I think is like a logo of some sort...or maybe a family crest or sigil, Yeah...im pretty sure thats it.

10:40 Those are the creatures that Jabba had as a Pet (or emergency snack I'm not sure ^^)

Heavy references to the Holiday Special.. like : Life Day (star wars christmas) , the blurg are from the caravan of courage (ewok tv special) .. the disruptor rifle he uses is from the books (and holiday special).. and then the mandalorian culture of adopting orphans (foundlings)

The carbon-freezing chamber used on Han Solo in Cloud City was a crude facility not intended for people, not an early design still being researched. Carbon freezing has been around a long time (including to freeze people), so it makes sense that the Mandalorian could have a simple facility on his ship. Although the Empire has been formally defeated at this point, that doesn't stop parties within it to try to take the lead as hegemon in the galaxy. Chris's analogy to gangs is accurate but probably on a much larger scale. Pauldron and Signet aren't words unique to Star Wars. A shoulder pauldron is a piece of armor over the shoulder. It's what you see crafted and put on the mandalorian in the episode. A signet is a symbolic identifier, kinda like a family crest. The Mandalorian seems to be an orphan, and family history is very important to Mandalorian culture, so she was probably asking if he had found his heritage so she could put the family signet on the pauldron. That's my guess at least. Of course a lot of details in here are references to early Mandalorian storytelling, specifically the Holiday Special, which introduced Boba Fett as a Mandalorian (which was also new). The Mandalorian's weapon comes from the Holiday Special as well as the mythosoar. The Holiday Special also celebrated Life Day, which has occasionally been used non-canonically in video games. The thing you see roasting is a Kowakian Monkey-Lizard (first seen in Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi), probably the worst, most perversive creature in Star Wars. He probably deserved that death more than anyone will ever know.

18:07 I was like shuuuttt upppp yoooo enjoy the magical moment !!

If you guys don't mind me asking, how do you manage to place videos from streaming services (such as this one from Disney+, and other streaming services) into your videos for your reactions? Do you download it, record it, or is there some other method I have not mentioned? I am trying to develop a RU-vid Channel and would most appreciate any advice or tips. Thank you.

The creature being spitroasted and his horrified friend are part of Salacious Crumb's species, the one hanging around Jabba's Palace that got eaten by Jabba in episode 6.

"Pauldron"a peice of shoulder armor what he got crafted out of the beskar steel, "Beskar Steel"is an extremely strong and rare metal used in mandolorian culture for their weapons and armor = to adamantium or vibranium of the MCU..... Not sure what the "Signet"is but I believe it is what tribe he was from on Mandolor but doesn't know.

The Life Day and the great Mythosaur is a throwback to the Star Wars holiday special. Pauldron is a shoulder armour. As for Signet, it could be a symbol or sign.