PatAg said:
Didnt he say entering upper atmosphere, I dont think the ships were truly out in space.
Didn't Mando pull a movie where he basically had to pressurize his helmet to survive in space at some point in this series already?
Jetpack fight had some awesome visuals leading up to it that made that episode worth watching on its own.
Still...that season just left me wondering why it wasn't good, and I'm now concerned about the quality of the other upcoming shows. Still optimistic and looking forward to it all, and still looking forward to season 4 of this show. Just not being blind to reality either.
The Mandalorian has always felt like Favreau's own, personal, full-time hobby. Yes, Filoni assists him, but for whatever reason the powers that be basically let Favreau do his own thing (save for Kennedy forcing the Grogu reunion, of course), they let him write all the episodes himself (which is extremely rare for a TV show), and basically treat it as if it were Favreau's baby, not theirs. Nothing about the way this series is made is even remotely traditional, and because of that, there seem to be next to no guard rails, and next to no quality control. The fact that the series was a massive hit in its first season likely set a "hands off" precedent as well, in terms of execs giving him notes.
Also, even in Mando's first two seasons, though the overall goal was clearer than in season three, the show still meandered all over the place and didn't feel very focused or propulsive. Whereas you look at every other show on the Star Wars slate, and from the jump they each of them feel far more intentional, like they have more of a reason for existing, a more specific point of view, and more of an endgame they're each heading toward. You watch that
Ahsoka trailer, for instance, and you can instantly feel that it's telling a singular story, where everything has been meticulously planned out, connecting points A to B, with an endgame in site, etc.
Andor, too is obviously the same way; hyper-focused in its themes, with a clear-cut mission to setup/connect to the first scene of
Rogue One. While
The Acolyte trailer hints a series that might very well have the most specific/unique vision of the bunch, and even
Skeleton Crew is about a group of kids who "get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy and must find their way home" - i.e. it's stating its exact mission from the start, and knows exactly the story it wants to tell.
Whereas
The Mandalorian has always felt like something Favreau is making up as he goes along, to the point where I think in, say, five years, we're going to look back at the story it and TBODF were telling as this kind of weirdo, aimless, fuddy-dud cousin run by Uncle Favreau, with everything else having been made by much stronger voices and auteurs. That's not to say that all of the other series will be successes, it's just that if any of them fail, I don't think it'll be because they fell into the same traps as
The Mandalorian.
