These Mandalorians are some of the most dangerous warriors in the galaxy 

“Possible ambush take cover” was my favorite part

That was among the best scenes in the show. Loved it.

Its like if you took a bunch of Special Forces sergeants/squad leaders and made them into a single squad

This scene is exactly how to tell the audience why the Empire was so afraid of the Mandalorians uniting again. The Mandalorians in legends almost conquered the Republic three times before they were finally put down. They had to hide the mask of Mandalor in the middle of fuckin nowhere just to stop them from doing it again. In canon I’m looking forward to more of this.

I think the way andor achieved this is because literally every character besides andor himself was brand new and given just enough screen time for us to like them but still lack plot armor, in addition to the way everyone dove for cover the moment the blasters came out of holsters, very good writing

It feels like they actually consulted somewhat with military personnel for this scene. Obviously there are some issues with taking cover and proper spacing, but you can’t expect a show meant to entertain to be 100% accurate. It felt kind of like the combat drills I used to run with my old squad.

I wonder if they got alot of grief over the scooter cooters in Book of Boba Fetts and made this look like it was done (or at least choreographed) by someone with close quarter combat training

“Nothing is more dangerous than a mandalorian team on the hunt. Pray that you never encounter one” -Jedi moments before death

A single mandalorian is a cowboy but a group is a militia

This why mandalorains feared they are basically walking tanks that are a lot more smaller.

This was definitely choreographed by either current or ex military which makes it look real. Problem is, as a result, they don’t use the 3D tactics that would come from having jetpacks. Modern military’s don’t have jetpacks so we don’t have military tactics to use them in current forces. The Mando’s would. Things like sending two of them to the roofs on either side of the alleyway, dropping one off from above when they got pinned down, quickly retreating only to come in from an entirely different direction. None of these were used because modern military personnel can’t do such things. Love the realism but remember that it ISN’T real life so you have access to situations that wouldn’t occur on Earth.

We need a Ghost Recon-esque game where we play as either a mando squad or a clone squad like the bad batch.

If there’s been one upside to the interminable wait for Season 3 to released, it’s that all of the battle scenes, whether military assault teams, in-air or space dogfights, or CGI beasts…have all looked spectacular. You can definitely see the money Disney/Lucasfilm spent on this season, right up there on the screen.

Love the episodes so far. Although i don't understand why haven't they just used their jetpacks, but that's me 😅

I love the battle IQ of acknowledging the thjng in the tree that warned them of enemies ahead. Although i Don't get why when they're surrounded and pinned by a hkgh ground turret, they Don't judt shoot a jetpack rocket at the turret, or just jetpack out of the surrouned kill zone.

The Republic Commandos novels did a great job at characterizing the Mandalorians, I think Mandalorian follows in its footsteps. Mandos are raised on survival, combat, struggle, pain, pushed to their limits. At the very least, they can hold their own. At the very best, some Mandalorians could take on anyone in the galaxy - even Jedi. They're basically built for this

A space age special forces unit . Oorah !

I too loved how they were basically elite Special Forces in that episode. I would love to see Mandalorians operate like that more

I absolutely loved how the monkey lizard thing warned the Mandalorians about the pirates ahead was cool

That episode of the Mandalorian is my favorite episode of the series

Among the Mandalorian season 3, the Mando's liberation of Nevarro was the best scene I've enjoyed so far. I'm talking about military combat formation, etc.

really adds more depth to the lore of republic commandos being trained by mando trainers almost exclusively. I hope that gets explored at some point

This scene made me want some sort of COD style game for Mandalorians

I would love to see a series based on the mandalorian War. Mass amounts of Jedi vs. mass mandalorians would be amazing if done properly.

This was the best siege so far i've watched

I love the monkey thing telling them that there’s an ambush because the pirates shot at them. Great and funny touch

I really liked that they were in four-person teams at first, making them similar to Republic Commando squads

I love this explanation of the Mandalorian’s because they live by a warrior code but when it comes to fighting they ack like a military unit

Your first comment on The Mandalorian, it's actually intentional because the show is meant to be a space western. Even now it still kinda is, in western movies the main character would do stuff on his own but then would call for help to fight large bandit groups. Then they would take on to be the head of the town and etc. . I agree about your comment on Andor, in Star Wars universe people usually just stand out in the open and shoot carelessly, which is just like what, are you not worried about your life??

They did cover actual sectors of fire and were somewhat spaced out but they also stood out in the open a whole lot. Better than most we've seen though

This was one of the best choreographed live action fight I'm star wars.

Well these specific actors are part of the "501st: Vader's Fist" reenactment group. They literally LIVE for this stuff. Everything you see on the screen: that's THEIR gear.

"I was here when it it happened.." That line hits different with this comparison lol

Yes exactly! They’re like Star Wars special forces. All of them are quite competent on their own, but they also work seamlessly as a team. We saw a bit of this in s2 with Bo and her squad mates, but this was the first time we saw it on a grand scale. Bo needn’t have worried. We saw them training in ep4, I bet they regularly do group battle simulations and field exercises and all the rest of it like a real military.

It explains how the mandalorians took over half the universe in Old Republic legends, love how they land and methodically conquer.

As a Marine infantryman, that episode impressed me quite a bit. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it was definitely pretty solid.

man that’s my favorite episode of the season so far. that whole battle was amazing

My first thought seeing that scene was that they definitely hired someone with military training to choreograph that scene for them. It wasn't anything too tacticool, however it was more than I expected it to be.

That mandalorian in blue armor and with kama is one of the most badass looking mandalorian i have ever seen

Bruh, Paz freaking Vizsla dropping in and dumping rounds had me hyped.

They looked like special forces the way they moved. One guy even lowered his blaster as another mandalorian went infront of him, something a lot of special forces do so they don't have their gun pointed at a friendly.

You're the man with a wise eye Thanx Alsn

Me watching this episode had me like “This is hella badass this what I been waiting for”

the mandalorian feels more like a western when it's just mando on his own. Moments like the fight on Nevarro highlight that mandalorian culture reveres both weaponry and war.

Mando has been a space cowboy show with elements of American civil war type combat.

This was refreshing after the fiasko that was the end fight in book of boba fett. Thankfully none of these mandalorians used the stand in the open and get blasted tactic that both din and boba has used previously.

I love this episode. I think its tied with ep 6 of s2 and first 3 episodes being 10/10

Don’t know why but the blaster sounds just hit different in that scene

Loved both!! Andor felt dangerous and high pressure, the Mandalorian felt like watching an experienced military unit drop in on some airsoft players!!

I loved that scene, one of my favorite moments was with the Monkey Lizard. MK: “yo! Up ahead!” Mando: “oh shit thanks.” * turns to squad * “Possible ambush, take cover.” And guess what? It was right.

Traditionally, rank doesn't exist in mandalorian military. Whoever is the leader leads, whoever is the follower follows. The one above all is Mandalore. Beneath him is only those who know best how to move armies and soldiers. Ergo, rank is not respected, capability is all that matters. This also prevents people who are actually bad at leading, from being in a position of leadership. Thus, it is not only the strongest who lead, but also those who remain unchallenged. And to keep them from loosing their edge should someone challenge their leadership.

I was praying for a Mando sniper and spotter team being dispatched as overwatch prior to the dropping of the commandos. would have been awesome to see effective sniping.

The one frustrating part of the Mandalorian strike squad team was their lack of jetpack usage to tactically take better positions. It's great seeing more real world tactics being implemented into Star Wars but I feel there needs to be more creativity with how Mandalorians can assault objectives with their superior mobility.

This is one of the best scenes in the season.

I agree that they started good but they pretty much stayed on the ground and moved into a wide open space when the enemy had cover and superior position. They remained so static when they have jetpacks that make them highly mobile. Could have easily had a ground team drawing fire and pining the pirates down and another team getting on the roofs from the side to provide multiple lines of fire.

That's because the western bit was intentional for that episode. I think it's cool they pull from different genres. The old Star wars are no different in its reference to old style western references.

This was by far the best firefight in the mandalorian, up until this point you had just been told they were a forced to be reckon with but never really shown why. The way they operated as a SF is cool af

Each blaster bolt felt dangerous because on average, one was shot every 40 mins. 3 good episodes doesn’t redeem 9 ranting ones.

If Rogue One was Starwars Vietnam, This EP was Starwars Modern Warfare

Gotta love that they included an AK

I always love the Sheriff in Freetown, dude got the blaster that looks like a revolver

You say this as their tactic after dropping into the city is: 1. Move forward 2. Shoot on sight I dont know whether they didn't have time or money or creativity to shoot a more elaborate, realistic situation where they flank these strung out pirates. I can get if these Mandos aren't as experienced as Bo Katan but their set up to be better than what we see imo.

The man the Mandalorians are basically the Marines if they had a planet and a religion

This is the Forever Red version of Mandalorians. Make a team that consists of people that are capable of leading a team under a more experienced team

If only disney would do this for stormtroopers too😢

The one thing that really pissed me off about that fight was the lack of vertically. Half the time Im sitting there thinking "Damn, if only you had a tool to get you quickly and safetly out of that kill zone"

Something people may not notice is that they don’t flag each other which is what anyone who has training w firearms in teams must do. There’s a scene where you can see one of them lower thier blaster to the ground when a teammate walks in front of them

By far the best tactics used in any StarWars thus far, as far as small unit tactics go. I loved it!

I wish they would have left that execution when the landed on screen for just like .4 of a second longer, would have really rammed home how ruthless they are in combat. Just felt like it was just slightly too fast of quick cut. especially when we had things in like the door being used to bisect that guy in the first scene of season 1. Seems like they're losing the "dangerous killers" vibe in place for "badass heros" which kinda set them apart from being just another force like the republic and the empire.

I loved the Kowakian Monkey lizard warning them of the ambush.

Yes soooo tactical you really know your stuff

Mandalorian warfare in the past is similar to titan pilots in titanfall they engage targets hard and fast using jetpacks to maneuver and flank enemies. But that was when they were numerous now they have to be careful a single mandalorian killed is worth a lot.

Seemed like modern US infantry tactics vs the OT with ww2 esc tactics and prequels with a mix of 40s to 80s tactics

Yeah that Mandalorian ground force scene was so good, it honestly felt like what the Halo show was supposed to feel like

That's why the mandalorians are feared. Just one a hard to kill warrior.

While watching this scene all I could think was: "I feel like I'm watching a CSGO match"

This is the way!

This was a really good scene, the only thing I'll be kind of nitpicky over is how the one mandalorian took their firing hand off of the weapon to give a hand signal...but I mean that's being very picky, and the overall content was pretty good

Is no one going to talk about that one dude surfing one of those snubfighters?

I think the best way I’ve described the Mandalorians to someone is “Ancient Spartans crossed with the French Foreign Legion”.

My favourite part about Adoor is how they use AK-47s and not even change a little bit And then just put some energy blasts on it

I'd like to have just one crossover battle where team Mando takes on Delta Squad from Republic Commando.

I would love to see a Jedi action sequence directed in the style of Andor.

The mandalorians had the same type of purpose as the Clone army of tye Republic. They are heavy combat shock troops/heavy commandos.

It was like live action clone wars. It was sick boyz😂😂

Andor made the fire fights feel weighty and realistic and the Mandalorian continued that to an extent with this fight.

Squad team 💪🏽

Can't forget their litteral plot armour

They had actual former Army SpecOp guys in those costumes and the other actors recieved Training in Military tactics.

Also in Andor it feels Like the individual is threatened, they are fighting as a unit, the "scary" Thing in the mandalorian is only If the unit falls.

That was literally my exact thinking bro I’m like these guys the seal team six of Star Wars dawg 😂

The only difference between a warrior and a soldier is the stucture

"yeah let's just sit in front of this heavy gun instead of using our jetpacks to outmaneuver"

I wish fights or shootouts felt more like andor. Beskar felt more like plot armor

Their movement and tactics were very similar to US Army Airborne Rangers from my experience

Mandalorians are the best fighters in the galaxy

Watching the mandalorians fight as group is like watching SAS recruits fighting as a unit

I like how they potriat mandalorian at the right level of power in the starwar universe. They are not overly strong like jedi, yet they are not underpowered like stormtrooper. They are like slightly below the jedi level.

It’s lucky that all it takes to train an elite military force is walking back and forth in front of people and saying “you will operate as a tight military unit.” Five minutes later, what do you know, they’re operating as a tight military unit. Truly incredible leadership from Bo

That’s the reason they were a template for the clone army