Eat your heart out Daniel Day LewisC@LAg said:he is trying method acting and lost some weight.redline248 said:C@LAg said:ig11redline248 said:
Btw, which character was Taika?
No wonder I didn't recognize him
Eat your heart out Daniel Day LewisC@LAg said:he is trying method acting and lost some weight.redline248 said:C@LAg said:ig11redline248 said:
Btw, which character was Taika?
No wonder I didn't recognize him
Oh I think it is definitely the Mando himself.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Have we talked about those flashbacks with young Mando? We speculated a lot about who it could be, but somehow, I don't think anyone floated the idea of it being the Mandalorian himself?
I figured it had to be a flashback though, cause of the prequel-era battle droid in the back. (Thanks SW Theory.)
The speculation for me isn't whether he is THE Mandalorian...but whether he is A Mandalorian.Brian Earl Spilner said:
I didn't mean to speculate on who it is, it's pretty clear it's him. I can see my post is confusing though.
TCTTS said:
I don't know why people are doing that. We don't do it for any other show and it was already decided that this will be a spoiler thread the moment each episode is released. I didn't use spoiler tags for my reaction.
This is a really good point. What if this is one of the tasks of Operation Cinder?!?!jokershady said:
All joking aside, I'm wondering if this first episode reveal is possibly indicating something...
palpatine had a bunch of contingency plans to implement in the event of this death. What if one of them was this order to kill the assumed child of Yoda? That would have essentially made the mandalorian employed by palpatine.
We've got approximately 5-6 more episodes before TROS releases in theaters. What if this thing goes way deeper than we had thought?
Because we're all scared of being ridiculed by the Rules Gestapo here.TCTTS said:redline248 said:
How long do we have to keep putting specific stuff in spoilers? I hate typing out the code on my phone
I don't know why people are doing that. We don't do it for any other show and it was already decided that this will be a spoiler thread the moment each episode is released. I didn't use spoiler tags for my reaction.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Have we talked about those flashbacks with young Mando? We speculated a lot about who it could be, but somehow, I don't think anyone floated the idea of it being the Mandalorian himself?
I figured it had to be a flashback though, cause of the prequel-era battle droid in the back. (Thanks SW Theory.)
Some days it pays to be a Star Wars geek...this is one of them.bonfarr said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
Have we talked about those flashbacks with young Mando? We speculated a lot about who it could be, but somehow, I don't think anyone floated the idea of it being the Mandalorian himself?
I figured it had to be a flashback though, cause of the prequel-era battle droid in the back. (Thanks SW Theory.)
The armorer asking him if his sigil has been revealed yet made me think there is going to be something interesting in his identity. We know he was raised an orphan and the flashbacks make it seem like he lost his.parents in some kind of attack. I don't know enough about Mandalorian history to guess, is there some kind of royal or Noble family on Mandalore he could be descended from?
Yeah they work as clans/houses/tribes. In Clone Wars, there were disputing factions with Obi Wan (and eventually Darth Maul) getting heavily involved.twilly said:Some days it pays to be a Star Wars geek...this is one of them.bonfarr said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
Have we talked about those flashbacks with young Mando? We speculated a lot about who it could be, but somehow, I don't think anyone floated the idea of it being the Mandalorian himself?
I figured it had to be a flashback though, cause of the prequel-era battle droid in the back. (Thanks SW Theory.)
The armorer asking him if his sigil has been revealed yet made me think there is going to be something interesting in his identity. We know he was raised an orphan and the flashbacks make it seem like he lost his.parents in some kind of attack. I don't know enough about Mandalorian history to guess, is there some kind of royal or Noble family on Mandalore he could be descended from?
Mandalorian House - Wookieepedia
The Armorer told him that the beskar he brought would be enough to sponsor man other "foundlings," and Mando responds that he was once a foundling. Given the flashback scene, my assumption is that foundlings are war orphans taken in by Mandalorians. It is likely that he is not a genetic Mandalorian, but based on cultural traditions he may earn, by obtaining beskar armor, a sigil, etc., full rights of the tribe.lunchbox said:The speculation for me isn't whether he is THE Mandalorian...but whether he is A Mandalorian.Brian Earl Spilner said:
I didn't mean to speculate on who it is, it's pretty clear it's him. I can see my post is confusing though.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
I think part of my slight disappointment in the first episode was the complete lack of context and history of the Mandalorians themselves. Though, I'm hoping this will be revelaed throughout the series.
I guess I was hoping for more of a proper "setup" rather than just dropping us in the middle of the action, but then again, this is Star Wars, not Game of Thrones.
It's 2 sentences. Can't get much more brief.bonfarr said:
Is there a Cliff's Notes version?
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Ok, what if Yoda discovered a way to jump into clone bodies? (Setting up a similar storyline for Palps in TROS)
GreasenUSA said:It's 2 sentences. Can't get much more brief.bonfarr said:
Is there a Cliff's Notes version?
So he watched the X-Men movies and figured it out?Brian Earl Spilner said:
Ok, what if Yoda discovered a way to jump into clone bodies? (Setting up a similar storyline for Palps in TROS)
Cool, but this takes place before TLJ, so I don't think that's it.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Ok, what if Yoda discovered a way to jump into clone bodies? (Setting up a similar storyline for Palps in TROS)
I mean in terms of genetics, the people of Mandalore are human and Mandalorian is the culture. So yeah the race/culture is what it has always been. They've always been warring clans that are known for being badasses. By the time of the Clone Wars though, they'd become a pacifist nation after a civil war. That pacifist faction (New Mandalorians) was overthrown by a faction led by Darth Maul. Darth Sidious overthrew Maul and the Empire took over Mandalore. There was eventually another civil war between factions that were pro/against Empire rule.Quote:
it's also possible that there are few, if any, genetic Mandalorians even left. Their "race" may be more based on shared culture than anything else at this point.