The Mandalorian begins an important journey.The Mandalorian begins an important journey.The Mandalorian begins an important journey.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs the Armorer fires up the forge and crafts the helmet, a familiar sigil can be seen hanging on the wall of the cave. This sigil is the Beskar-crafted skull of the Mythosaur. In Star Wars lore, the Mythosaurs were a race of gigantic creatures native to Mandalore. They were eventually driven to extinction by Mandalore the First, before becoming known as the symbol of Mand'alor - the ruler of the Mandalorians - the planet Mandalore, and the people of Mandalore themselves.
- GoofsIG-11's depiction here is inconsistent with how he was depicted in the first season. Here, he defaults to his programming to kill Grogu, but in the first season all of his programming was wiped and he had to relearn even basic functions from scratch. He self-destructed using a thermal detonator located within his chest, yet his chest and head here are intact while most of his limbs are shown missing. A self-destruction that leaves enough material intact that he could be restored to working order is not very effective and goes against his statement that his manufacturer's programming said that he could not be captured.
- Quotes
The Armorer: You have removed your helmet. What's worse, you did so of your own free will. You are no longer Mandalorian.
The Mandalorian: The Creed teaches us of redemption.
The Armorer: Redemption is no longer possible since the destruction of our homeworld.
The Mandalorian: But what if the mines of Mandalore still exist?
The Armorer: All was destroyed in the Purge.
The Mandalorian: Is this inscription not Mandalorian?
The Armorer: Where did you come upon this?
The Mandalorian: Jawas. They came upon it be trade from a traveler who claimed to have visited the surface of Mandalore.
The Armorer: This relic only proves that Mandalore's entire surface has been crystalized by fusion rays.
The Mandalorian: But a traveler was able to retrieve this, so perhaps, it is not poisoned. If I visit the planet and I can bring you proof that I have bathed in the Living Waters beneath the mines of Mandalore, then by Creed. the decree of exile will be lifted and I would redeemed.
The Armorer: This is the Way.
The Mandalorian: Then I will see you again.
I feel like there was no heart behind this episode, like no one involved, aside from the cgi artists, actually cared about what they were working on here. The cinematography, costume work, pacing, writing, and editing, were all let downs.
Each shot was very unimpressive (especially compared to the concept art shown at the end). The quality of most of the alien costumes immediately distracted me from the story (I swear it's somehow significantly worse costume work than the original Star Wars, like Lucasfilm is pretending poor costume work is a stylistic choice, in order to cut costs). The grass pirate guy looked especially laughable. The pacing was erratic at best, making for an awkward experience. The writing, in terms of story, was questionable, as too many different side quests were thrust upon Mando too quickly (and that monster attack scene at the beginning felt poorly implemented, like Mando just needed a cool looking entrance, and this random scenario is what the writers came up with). The editing was really distracting throughout the episode, but especially in the monster attack scene.
The two Mando episodes embedded in The Book of Boba Fett were very good (the rest of The Book of Boba Fett was awful), so I was hoping that some of what made those so good would have carried over to the third season of The Mandalorian. Unfortunately, only the questionable alien costume work (the low point of those episodes) appears to be the only thing that made it to season 3 of Mando.
I am not convinced, yet, that this season will be a loser, but this was not a good start.
- dmshrmed
- Mar 2, 2023
Details
- Runtime35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1