heddleston said:The Porkchop Express said:
Mando consistently shooting people in the foot is my favorite bounty hunter dick move.
I lost count of how many times he did it this episode, it's like his whole fighting style is to get to that shot and then finish you off.
I felt he was good. He would have been even more wasted as Phasma.Gigem314 said:
Giancarlo Esposito was grossly underutilized in this series, and what little dialogue they gave him seemed lazy and not well thought out. An actor of his quality is worthy of a more prominent role. He would have been 1000x better than Phasma or Hux in the recent trilogy and made the First Order a lot more interesting than it was.
In Clone Wars, Jedi younglings are instructed in lightsaber construction by the ancient droid Huyang. He will appear in Ahsoka so unless that is a flashback or is destroyed at some point during the show he is still around to teach Grogu eventually if needed.redline248 said:In the old EU, in Shadows of the Empire, Luke found schematics and plans in Obi-Wan's hut.DallasTeleAg said:
Is the Jedi Temple still there? Can they access any records on how to build one? Luke did it as a young Jedi, so i'm assuming it can't be too hard.
I think the jedi temple was destroyed and I would guess the emperor put harsh restrictions on what could be accessed from it. Alias or Porkchop can probably fill in the blank, there.
It's not completely impossible the knowledge can be found out in the galaxy, but I would hope it would be Grogu finding out rather than the armorer or someone.
I'm just now catching up on this thread because I finally watched the finale last night. So I'm resurrecting a dead discussion, sorry. But, the sealable helmets were already introduced in this show and you didn't need background from other sources. In the first episode that Din goes to Mandalore, remember he sealed his helmet when he first got out of his ship because he didn't have R5's atmosphere readings yet. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean the sealing works equally well in space, but at least the not-always-sealed-but-sealable-on-command aspect of the Mandalorean helmets was previously introduced.TCTTS said:DallasTeleAg said:
Lol... laser swords powered by magic gems is believable... but I'm drawing the line at helmets that seal, but they won't show me a schematic to prove how they seal.
I never said light sabers were "believable." I said that because they've taken the time to give them history and lore, I have a better appreciation for their existence. In other words, they feel INTENTIONAL and not like something conveniently invented because the plot needed it.
Conversely, Mandalorian-uniforms-as-space-suits not only felt like something out of left field, the "sealed off" aspect people keep mentioning contradicted itself even within the same episode (i.e. Gideon pulling Bo's helmet off with ease).
Again, subtlety has never been your strong suit, though, so I get how all of this might go over your head. That, and you whine endlessly about people being mean on this board, while constantly/hypocritically taking aim at me, so I at least understand your compulsion to keep doing so.
I think they were criticizing the writing/direction of the character, and not the actor's performance.powerbelly said:I felt he was good. He would have been even more wasted as Phasma.Gigem314 said:
Giancarlo Esposito was grossly underutilized in this series, and what little dialogue they gave him seemed lazy and not well thought out. An actor of his quality is worthy of a more prominent role. He would have been 1000x better than Phasma or Hux in the recent trilogy and made the First Order a lot more interesting than it was.
If anything I didn't like how they made him a hands on fighter. I would have much rather him been the big bad behind the scenes.
I still enjoy Star Wars, but it feels to me like they're trying to do too many things at the same time.Quote:
Star Wars has sadly missed far more often than its hit since my childhood
The trooper armor was beskar alloy, so not as good as the real stuff,AgGrad99 said:
I finished S3 this weekend. I liked it.
I felt like the story was similar to the previous two seasons. Mando trying to accomplish a particular goal, but having individual adventures along the way. I think this one felt a little different, because it was less about just him, and more about Mandalor/Bo-Katan. Like the first two, it was a little cheesy: some awesome moments mixed in with some dumb ones. But it's a good show if you just want to turn off the brain and be entertained.
Two comments:
-In the finale, Moff Gideon states his troopers amor were forged from beskar, just like the Mandalorians. The Mandalorians also mentioned this when they were first attacked. But then shots were bouncing off the Mandolorian beskar armor, while Moff's troopers were falling left and right as they got shot. This was hard for me to ignore.
-Casting is odd throughout the series (and throughout most the various Disney SW series). They'll mix in good/noted actors with some who are terrible. For example, every time Peli Motto is on the screen (scrapyard lady), I cringe. Her acting is straight out of a bad High School play. I try to ignore it, but she's terrible.
In The Spies episode, right after Gideon lands in his Mando armor, he says, "Thanks to your planet's resources, I have created the next generation Dark Trooper suit. Forged from Beskar alloy."AgGrad99 said:
She's terrible.
Did they explain that the beskar was not as good? I must have missed that.
I heard the Mandalorians say, 'they're wearing beskar' and Moff Gideon said, 'beskar forged from these very mines in Mandalor' or something like that.
I found it odd they brought attention to it, but it didnt seem to hold up any better than the old storm trooper uniforms.
AgGrad99 said:
She's terrible.
Did they explain that the beskar was not as good? I must have missed that.
I heard the Mandalorians say, 'they're wearing beskar' and Moff Gideon said, 'beskar forged from these very mines in Mandalor' or something like that.
I found it odd they brought attention to it, but it didnt seem to hold up any better than the old storm trooper uniforms.
The Porkchop Express said:In The Spies episode, right after Gideon lands in his Mando armor, he says, "Thanks to your planet's resources, I have created the next generation Dark Trooper suit. Forged from Beskar alloy."AgGrad99 said:
She's terrible.
Did they explain that the beskar was not as good? I must have missed that.
I heard the Mandalorians say, 'they're wearing beskar' and Moff Gideon said, 'beskar forged from these very mines in Mandalor' or something like that.
I found it odd they brought attention to it, but it didnt seem to hold up any better than the old storm trooper uniforms.
While not explicitly said, the general idea is that an alloy, while containing some properties of the original metal, wouldn't be as strong as the pure source.
It would have been cool if they had showed some old Mando chained up and forced to make armor for the Imperials / making Gideon's power suit.
One of the random Mandalorians yells "they're wearing Beskar armor." in the opening seconds of the fight.Red Five said:The Porkchop Express said:In The Spies episode, right after Gideon lands in his Mando armor, he says, "Thanks to your planet's resources, I have created the next generation Dark Trooper suit. Forged from Beskar alloy."AgGrad99 said:
She's terrible.
Did they explain that the beskar was not as good? I must have missed that.
I heard the Mandalorians say, 'they're wearing beskar' and Moff Gideon said, 'beskar forged from these very mines in Mandalor' or something like that.
I found it odd they brought attention to it, but it didnt seem to hold up any better than the old storm trooper uniforms.
While not explicitly said, the general idea is that an alloy, while containing some properties of the original metal, wouldn't be as strong as the pure source.
It would have been cool if they had showed some old Mando chained up and forced to make armor for the Imperials / making Gideon's power suit.
Alloys can be stronger (i.e. steel or bronze) than their original source metal if that is the desired purpose of the alloy.
The main point I think is that Gideon only said the Dark Trooper suit was made of beskar alloy. The Stormtroopers were not wearing the Dark Trooper armor, only Gideon was. Was there any indication that the troopers they were fighting we wearing armor made from beskar? Maybe I am only focusing on Gideon's statement and it was said elsewhere before that.
Did you remove your helmet?maroon barchetta said:
This is an interesting post from my favorite Aggieland radio dj.
https://995thefox.iheart.com/featured/k-c-wheeler/content/2023-04-20-i-saw-a-mandalorian-in-college-station/
You must bath in the living waters of the fish pond.Gigem314 said:Did you remove your helmet?maroon barchetta said:
This is an interesting post from my favorite Aggieland radio dj.
https://995thefox.iheart.com/featured/k-c-wheeler/content/2023-04-20-i-saw-a-mandalorian-in-college-station/
No.
And did you remember to bring a poop bag?
No.
Then you are a Mandalorian no more. This is the way.
