The Mandalorian SPOILERS

[1qqaaz]

I do they think tease a Thrawn appearance - if I'm not mistaken, the casting rumours for him came out a long while ago.

But I don't think Ahsoka, Sabina, Bobba, Luke or anyone like that appears in the finale.
I think the Mythosaur will "save" them.

[sleepingmoose]

We know for sure Thrawn appears in Ahsoka, because the actor and casting was confirmed at Celebration a week and a half ago (Lars Mikkelsen reprises the role he did as a voice actor in Rebels). The big question is if we get a glimpse here first.

[chemgear]

[zukes]

I'm going to guess that we get an end credits scene with Thrawn....

[bizaro86]

That sort of felt like a series finale type episode to me - I'll be interested to see what direction they go for season 4. Maybe back to "Monster of the Week" with Din & Grogu travelling around collecting bounties?

Although...I know Gideon got hit in the face by a capital ship but presumably he'll still be back for next season right?

[soreshins]

Well that was fun!!

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Could very well have been a series finale since it appears to be getting harder and harder to get seasons of Mando out in a timely manner and critical reception for this season isn't as great.

Of course with Mando and Din Grogu making cameos in Ahsoka and the eventual Thrawn film.

There was a lot of fun in the episode, my sw nerd nitpicking aside.

My main issue is how rushed it was to get to the conclusion. Why rush such a meaningful stretch of plot when they could scratch a couple of these side quest episodes and have the good stuff span 3-4 episodes?

This episode is what fans signed up for, not so much Jack Black, Lizzo and volunteer droid inspections.

The conflict for mandalore couldve felt really epic, and more like a struggle if it was less condensed.

Everything happened so damn fast!

Nerd nitpick: inconsistency with the Praetorian guards. They looked like chumps here, while in lore they're some of the best fighters in the universe. They've shown elsewhere to be able to hold their own against trained force users.

Coming out of this these once enigmatic characters will feel a bit cheapened now. They should've used them more sparingly, and made them scary strong when showcased (this is one thing the ST got right).

I thought they were going to throw a curveball or two with the "spies", but it was all fairly straightforward without any real surprises, which kind of dulls the end product. Still enjoyable enough though. But I was really hoping for a wow/wtf moment or two along the way.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

That sort of felt like a series finale type episode to me - I'll be interested to see what direction they go for season 4. Maybe back to "Monster of the Week" with Din & Grogu travelling around collecting bounties?

Although...I know Gideon got hit in the face by a capital ship but presumably he'll still be back for next season right?

I bet one of his clones was alive and well elsewhere. Maybe next time he resurfaces he has force abilities.. to pay off Dr Pershing's work

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Could very well have been a series finale since it appears to be getting harder and harder to get seasons of Mando out in a timely manner and critical reception for this season isn't as great.

Of course with Mando and Din Grogu making cameos in Ahsoka and the eventual Thrawn film.

There was a lot of fun in the episode, my sw nerd nitpicking aside.

My main issue is how rushed it was to get to the conclusion. Why rush such a meaningful stretch of plot when they could scratch a couple of these side quest episodes and have the good stuff span 3-4 episodes?

This episode is what fans signed up for, not so much Jack Black, Lizzo and volunteer droid inspections.

The conflict for mandalore couldve felt really epic, and more like a struggle if it was less condensed.

Everything happened so damn fast!

Nerd nitpick: inconsistency with the Praetorian guards. They looked like chumps here, while in lore they're some of the best fighters in the universe. They've shown elsewhere to be able to hold their own against trained force users.

Coming out of this these once enigmatic characters will feel a bit cheapened now. They should've used them more sparingly, and made them scary strong when showcased (this is one thing the ST got right).

I thought they were going to throw a curveball or two with the "spies", but it was all fairly straightforward without any real surprises, which kind of dulls the end product. Still enjoyable enough though. But I was really hoping for a wow/wtf moment or two along the way.

I don't know why they felt the need to make this episode only 36 minutes long. It did seem to fast paced.

The Praetorian guards are so inconsistent that it's practically a meme at this point. But more often than not, they're chumps.

Everything did seem to tie up quite neatly.

[badradio]

The Dark Sabre turned out to be pretty flimsy in the end…

[getbak]

I want to see a fan edit with Hector Salamanca piloting the ship as it crashes and ringing his bell.


If a regular Mandalorian suit can withstand atmospheric exit, I'm not so sure that Gideon's suit (which was clearly enhanced beyond the standard) couldn't survive that explosion.

[Canada 02]

Marshall IG-12
Fu Gina Carano, we replaced you with a droid

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by badradio

The Dark Sabre turned out to be pretty flimsy in the end…

Not really. Gideon's Beskar suit was mechanized. It is why there were whirring noises when he moved.

It probably enhanced his strength using the same tech that Dark Trooper droids we saw in Season 2 had. They didn't explicitly say it, but I would think that is why he was able to crush the Darksaber.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by badradio

The Dark Sabre turned out to be pretty flimsy in the end…

How did it survive all those years/battles being that breakable when put up against beskar?

I feel like destroying the darksaber wasn't really necessary here.

Couldn't just have it slide onto a mound of rock out of Bo's reach?

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

Marshall IG-12
Fu Gina Carano, we replaced you with a droid

Grogu's IG had about as much personality.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

How did it survive all those years/battles being that breakable when put up against beskar?

I feel like destroying the darksaber wasn't really necessary here.

Couldn't just have it slide onto a mound of rock out of Bo's reach?

I was expecting him to kick it over the edge and it would fall down into the water and land beside the Mythosaur.

[nik-]

I thought this season was kind of a let down. Got away from that mild, slower show that made it good at the start and was just too many set pieces. I find these action scenes a little boring.

I also didn't watch them Boba Fett show so I was a little confused as to why Grogu was just back. I had to Google it, which is dangerous because I just waited and caught up last week. It's a little annoying that I have to watch other shows to have things make sense.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by nik-

I thought this season was kind of a let down. Got away from that mild, slower show that made it good at the start and was just too many set pieces. I find these action scenes a little boring.

I also didn't watch them Boba Fett show so I was a little confused as to why Grogu was just back. I had to Google it, which is dangerous because I just waited and caught up last week. It's a little annoying that I have to watch other shows to have things make sense.

Don't worry, those of us that watched the Book of Boba Fett were just as confused as to why they wedged Mando season 2.5 in the middle of it.

Very strange way to format a story, hopping to another show and back, when any casual viewer that doesn't follow all SW content religiously is not going to know what is going on.

Probably even stranger that they put the 'protagonist' of that show on the backburner in the second half of his own show in favour of Mando and other characters. At one point, he was literally a cameo on his own show.

It's been something watching Disney's Lucasfilm attempt to find its footing.

[1qqaaz]

It is fairly easy for jedi to repair lightsabres, since most of them construct them from scratch as padawans.

But I'm thinking that the darksaber is done, since the show seemed to be communicating that it's not as necessary as the actual unity of the people.

Really, I think the darksaber has always been, first and foremost, a merchandizing mechanism - similar to Baby Yoda and BB-8.

[CaptainCrunch]

I thought it was a decent episode. The ending did feel like a wrap up of a series with Din and Grogu sitting at peace at the cabin.

In the end Gideon's plan was utterly bizarre. I'm gonna clone myself with the Force, which goes back to Snoke and Palpatine.

But we really didn't get anything outside of an action filled episode which was cool. But to me Gideon's death felt really unsatisfying.

I guess Bo is the defacto leader of the Mandalorians without the Dark Sabre. We didn't find out who the spy was. And Grogu is super powered now.

The episode sounded . . . safe.