I like how how Jon Faveau offered Billy Burr a role in The Mandalorian despite how he has been taking shots at the franchise. And the man crushed it as a Stormtrooper with PTSD
That’s not unusual. Simon Pegg took loads of shots at the prequels- hell one of the best Spaced scenes is him monologuing how bad TPM was to a kid. And George Lucas still let him voice Dengarr in TCW.
Shows how much of a hypocrite bill burr is. "Star wars sucks! Wait...money!? okay i'm in" yet people consider him some gospel truther. He's a sellout. He did GREAT job acting don't get me wrong but it always rubbed me the wrong way that. He got fed by the horse he wanted to put down.
He wasn't a Stormtrooper, wise-ass!!! Seriously though, Bill Burr's character was my favorite in the entire series. I was sad he didn't show up in the third season.
I maintain that Jon Favreau and his writers had a whole different story planned for Season 3, but the executives made the scrap it in favour of more Grogu.
Exactly my thoughts! Which is why I cut S3 some slack more than most. Since I feel there are remains of what S3 was meant to be inside the S3 we have now.
One of things I loved about the Mandalorian was how the show blended elements from Westerns and samurai media while delivering something new to Star Wars. One moment that fans loved was in the Ahsoka episode where she and the Magistrate have a Kurosawa samurai battle while Mando and her second-in-command have a Western stare down. I also loved how the show expanded more on some of its universe like having the Mandalorian be friendly toward the Tusken Raiders and how Death Watch later became a radical cult. Werner Herzog was the reason that Grogu was mainly a puppet and called the producers "cowards" for attempting to do a take with CGI. Edit: I still stand that Doug needs to start watching Star Wars Skeleton Crew.
If you ask me, Season 3 felt like Disney learned the wrong lessons from the massive success of Seasons 1 & 2 and that the first two seasons got way too popular way too quickly. Apparently, the episode on Coruscant was meant to be in a spinoff show focusing on Gina Carino’s character that was cancelled after controversies on her were brought to light and she was fired. Also would not be surprised if they completely altered Book of Boba Fett from its original vision to suddenly focus on Mando.
I hate what season 3 represents. Bringing back people and characters by backtracking what happened and regressing characters. Only bringing them back for money
I think for better or for worse, The Mandalorian represented the point in time where Star Wars began embracing Clone Wars mythos as canonical in live-action. Which is great if you've been a Clone Wars fan since 2008, but it also makes Mando's story secondary to Dave Filoni's wider plan for the timeline in between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Also once Chuds realized Mandalorian season 3 and The Bad Batch were all about setting up sequel-era events, they turned on Filoni for not being their savior. Also I can't hate the cast. I've met Armorer actor Emily Swallow a few times and she's really cool.
@ It’s a slang for the guys who run the Fandom Menace channels and believed in that secret Lucasfilm civil war between Filoni and Kennedy. Which btw, never existed in the first place. Also they’re really sexist/racist and fly into a rage about most female characters in media depending on made up theories, body type complaints or insistence on “woke” ideology in franchises that always had them to begin with.
I think Filoni should've kept it to The Bad Batch. That whole show was about clones and the Empire, so the Project Necromancer stuff makes perfect sense there. I agree with Doug that it didn't feel like it belonged in The Mandalorian, which already had its own premise and identity that didn't need to so heavily connect to that.
@ Ik. Unfortunately you try looking up any Star Wars stories and those assholes are constantly whining about the dumbest of things related to the franchise. And harassing its stars too.
To me what made the first season so good, was that it was just something that was happening in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars is sometimes best when it isn't falling into the Star Wars tropes. Star Wars is best when it isn't Star Wars is what I have told people. The longer the show went on the more "Star Wars" it became and less space western it became.
IT WAS THE CHOSEN ONE CRITIC! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING BALANCE TO THE FANBASE! And it dropped the ball on the LAST FREAKING SEASON! I was so heartbroken.
I feel like the biggest problem with this show is that they cancelled Rangers of the New Republic, and suddenly had to find a way to fit it into the canon. So, they decided to just try throwing it into The Mandalorian. The episodes on Coruscant, or with the former CIS seem to fit much more into a show about the New Republic, than about the Mandalorians.
The problem that Rangers of the New Republic got shelved or canceled was Gina Carano's fault for not listening her employers to stop using hate speeches and offensive postings on Twitter. I do think they should have used an another Star Wars protagonist introduced instead of Cara Dune.
@@cynicat74 She was fired for posting offensive stuff on X and as well as not listening to her employers. That was one of the reasons why Rangers of the New Republic got axed and as well as Cara Dune was written off/absent in The Mandalorian Season 3 and future Star Wars projects.
For me, the Mandalorian is those first two wonderful seasons: that's the show I fell in love with and it was done as soon as Luke took Grogu away and Boba sat on that throne. Everything beyond it is just extended lore. No more, no less.
It did save Star Wars (it came out to take people's minds off of Rise of Skywalker) but season 3 and the other shows didn't take advantage of it. I liked that season 2 started a Star Wars cinematic universe and I thought it was a great show.
Personally, I think Skeleton Crew is the best Star Wars show streaming right now. It’s like if The Goonies was in the Star Wars universe, which is what I love about it. Definitely give it a watch if you haven’t, you won’t be disappointed.
Yeah, I lost interest when it started in what looked like any old future version of a Earth suburb. What a subtle way to show the audience that "Isn't the kid just like you, isn't he?". You can't start that lazy.
That tends to be the problem with great IPs. Weather we like it or not a story needs to end. If you keep stretching the narrative out at a certain point it falls apart. The Star Wars universe is a massive rich canvas that can be used to tell many completely unrelated grand stories so the writers need to be allowed to tell a good story and then move on to tell a different good story. S2 would have been a satisfying end to Mando's story.
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Hot take: no-one who says "Disney Star Wars" can be taken seriously, since they ignore (as Doug says) that Star Wars was always flawed even when George Lucas owned it.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Of course it's valid to talk about the Disney Star Wars era as its own thing. Yes, Star Wars has always been flawed, but the DIsney Star Wars era has been flawed in a very different way to how the prequel era was flawed.
@@benwasserman8223 Partially in agreement. Andor shows what is possible with the IP. They really build out the universe in detail and make it feel real. Ahsoka, to me, feels incredibly generic and corporate... The kind of writing where things just happen and people just do stuff because the plot says so. Sadly the show made Thrawn look like a smug idiot, rather than the super genius he is supposed to be. Bad batch kinda fun so far.. Its no Andor, but I feel like it has a pretty solid tone and idea behind it.
@ Well Ahsoka was all designed and written by Filoni. So unless he’s corporate because he worked at Lucasfilm for nearly 20 years, it’s just a continuation of Clone Wars era storytelling. Andor’s great, but those very corporate figures are responsible for its existence too. Apparently Kathleen Kennedy asked Tony Gilroy if he wanted to do anything else with Rogue One’s characters after the movie came out and he said no. Then came back a bit later with his pitch and she approved it. And even then the story is pretty indebted to TCW.
BTW, you should watch The Bad Batch. Sure, the narrative is structured like The A-Team and Omega can get annoying at times, but I assure you it's a great successor to The Clone Wars with consistent quality.
“Mandalorian Season 3: Staring Pedro Pascal… from his Garage.” Cause all of his Dialogue in Season 3 sounds like Quick First Takes you get for an Actor who’s busy to ADR into scenes later.
I don’t know if you’ve heard about this Doug, but there was a previous draft of the sequel trilogy that would’ve had Darth Maul and his apprentice as the main antagonists (with a few other things changed). And we’ll never see it.😞
This is the Best thing that came fromStar Wars that was on Disney Plus. I am EXCITED and HOPEFUL for the Mandalorian and Grogu Movie "I Have Spoken " " This is The Way"
On the twenty sixth day of disneycember my critic gave to me 26 Grogus growing 25 Santas swearing 24 minimum wage employees working 23 titans... Remembering? (idk I've never seen it) 22 minifigures moving (ON THEIR OWN, AHHHHH) 21 cartoons (not) framing 20 Guinea Pigs spying 19 scrats-a-spooking 18 crows ressurecting 17 rockets blasting 16 face huggers impregnating 15 generations defining 14 queens beheading 13 movies laughing 12 meteors falling 11 episodes stitching 10 movies trying 9 ghostfaces killing 8 acolytes dividing 7 tom and jerrys feuding 6 judges dreading 5 DOG DEADPOOOOOOOLS 4 kravens hunting 3 emotions jarring 2 mutents fighting And every film students favorite movie
If Grogu didn't return so early and had mando redemption take more effort and time, the 3rd season would have been fine and could have done a 4th season Issue was it tried to both up the stakes again along with trying to wrap the story instead of being small scale character focus.
I know 90% of all Star Wars lore and Season 3 was rough, it felt like I skipped an episode ( yes I watched Boba). Grogu should have went off to train, there should have been a reunifying and taking of Mandlore under Din. The girl boss Bo is suddenly not a villian, after you played her up as an anti-hero/villian and there was clear tension... was so stupid. They could have made her such a good villian and Disney won't let a woman be bad anymore.
it's funny, because now we have Arcane doing exactly what Mandalorian should have done, concretely ending after 2 seasons while leaving things open for specific characters to overlap and flow into other shows in the universe they're creating. it means that you can take the pieces in isolation, while still leaving things lying for them to reuse certain characters if they have a good story for them.
I think Arcane season 2 was horribly rushed though. Don't get me wrong, it was amazing. But we definitely needed a third season. Cool if you think differently, but I think Mando didn't need to end at season 2, I think he didn't need Grogu. Season 3 should have been Mando uniting the factions and taking back Mandalore with Grogu training in the Force.
Am I really the only person that went into this show hoping for the stuff that Season 3 gave us? As a big Clone Wars fan and a fan of the Republic Comando novels, I was so excited to dive deeper and deeper into the Mandalorian culture. The fact that most of the fan base turned on the series at that point is baffling to me.
Cant speak for anyone else, but I heavily disliked the very serialized nature of season 3. Season 1's most enjoyable aspect, to me, was that each episode was its own fun little adventure.. A semi-episodic structure. I also really liked the small personal scale.. Seeing mando slowly upgrade his kit, deal with maintaining his ship, It was like watching an RPG protagonist I dont need/want the series to be an epic story about saving the universe, featuring a list of the fan favourite characters who all just happen to show up at once.
@@MaMastoast No, he was ment to say that he was clearly thinking that Doug possibly didn't want to talk about Gina Carano in this video since she is a controversial actress since he really didn't talked about Cara Dune that much in the video.
Man The Mandalorian was a great limited series, love how it ended on a bitter sweet note with Grogu and Dijn parting ways, perfect ending, glad it never continued past that point...
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Eeeh, you say that. Of course it was never gone, but the sequel trilogy did erode Star Wars' position in pop culture imo. Arguably so did the prequels I guess, but those movies were supported by a wave of the greatest star wars games ever made.
After hearing the last season was supposed to be a Bo Katan series but got made into another Mandalorian series, it feels like it makes more sense as to what/why happened the way it did.
It’s a mixed bag. S1 is some of the best Star Wars we’ve ever gotten, S2 still had a strong emotional core even if it was starting to feel like a bit of a cameo fest, and S3 has an interesting story at its core, but completely dropped the ball with its character writing. The movie & S4 definitely COULD bring things back on track, but I’m not currently hopeful
On the 26th day of Disneycember the critic gave for me: 26 baby yodas 25 TH-cam santas 24... TWENTY-FOUR!... in a row? 23 football players 22 Lego pieces 21 silly wabbits 20 talking hamsters 19 TIMING ghosts 18 loudy crows 17 non Elton John biopics 16 "pure" species 15 boys... that meet.. world (i didn't saw the show sorry) 14 nepo babies 13 WAZAAAAA movies. 12 Bay-exploitations 11 shiny "turtles" 10 marshmallow pizzas 9 scary movies. 8 red shirt jedi 7 cats & mices 6 LAAAAUUUUU keepers FIVE WOLVERINEEES! 4 symbiote suits 3 new emotions 2 mutant team ups And a tasty Big Kahuna Burger
I find it hilarious that the Book of Boba Fett was supposed to be a spinoff series, but by the time it came out the Mandalorian was already so popular it ended up just being a "season 2.5" filler arc. I think the reason is that Boba Fett was so cool and interesting because he had this great design but we knew so little about him, and people wanted to see more of him (I also love how they actually used the fan theory that his armor protected him in the Sarlac's stomach long enough for him to claw his way out) but by the time they finally did the first two seasons of Mandalorian basically already TOLD the story we wanted to see so now we're just seeing the story of another Mandalorian but in GREEN armor...
Bringing back a certain character aside, one of the biggest issues I have with the Mandalorian is how much stuff from Clone Wars started to take over. The Mandalorian was at it's best when it was doing it's own thing, not when it was continuing segments from other shows (or acting like a pilot for new shows!)
What I remember most about the ending is the Mandalorians get their home world back. Yes it’s devastated and ruined, but it’s habitable. And when Bo Kataan lights the great forge it’s a sign of new beginnings for the Mandalorian people. So it ends on a happy note. It’s not bad. And I’ll watch the movie should it happen.
Everyone has add least one massive franchise that they can't get into but see everywhere. Stars Wars to me is a franchise that I understand why it became iconic but at the same time it's not something I can grow a deep connection to. It's hard to fully explain, my best answer is when you see something get pardied and references 1000s of times you end finding hard to get into the originial that takes itself seriously.
On the 26th "DisneyCember" my Critic gave to Me... -. Twenty Six Bounty Hunters -. Twenty Five Swearing Santas -. Twenty Four Kevin Smith Clerks -. Twenty Three "Disneyfied" Biopics -. Twenty Two Lego Jedis -. Twenty One Crazy Rabbits -. Twenty Spy Rodents -. Nineteen "Friendly" Ghosts -. Eighteen Gothic Legends -. Seventeen Unfunny Spacemen -. Sixteen "Alien" Movies -. Fifteen Decent Sitcoms -. Fourteen Teenage Villains -. Thirteen Spoof Movies -. Twelve Astronauts -. Eleven "T.V Pilots" -. Ten Fat Kids -. Nine Slasher Killers -. Eight Lame Jedis -. Seven Pointless Movies -. Six Cops From The Future FIVE SWEARING HEROES!! -. Four Spider-Man Games -. Three Complex Emotions -. Two Returning Mutants And a Twist Dance with a lot of Feet
SPOILERS!!!!! I am still flummoxed that Disney gave us the ultimate emotional juggernaut of Star Wars with the season 2 finale....only to walk it back immediately. Like, I can see Mando and Baby Yoda reuniting at some point. But as a writer, if you are going to give that gut bunch, you need to let the story digest it. I was hoping we'd get a season where Mando was alone and missing Baby Yoda, but trying to find purpose again. In fact I could totally see that as his quest; he gave up his creed by taking off the helmet to say goodbye to Baby Yoda. Now he doesn't have him anymore, so he tries to atone for it so that he can at least have his culture back. I was expecting an entire season where he is trying to be redeemed, and the path to redemption is so damn challenging that he nearly gives up. Like "What is the point of this anyway?" Maybe somebody questions him as to whether it was worth breaking the Creed for the child, and he responds "If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing" to which they respond "Ok, then why is the redemption worth it?" to which he doesn't respond, or something to that effect. And you could still tie in this idea of taking Mandalore back, and Bo Katan's redemption on her own, like they were both going through it Why not have their journeys work together and the struggle of reuniting the Mandalorians to take back their planet is more of a challenge so that when they're successful it feels earned and ties into their redemption? AND THEN ONLY AT THE END does Grogu return as a Jedi to help them out, because it shows how Mando's sacrifice was worth it, that he gave Grogu the care that got him to Luke, that got him trained, that got him ready for the exact moment when they needed him. I'm sorry, season 3 is so damn convoluted and rushed that I am amazed anyone thought it was a good idea. To go from brilliant tight writing to whatever you can call that, is incredible. The word I keep using to describe Star Wars since Baby Yoda came back is missed opportunities. That's the word that comes up with every single show I've seen since then (Andor being one of the few exceptions), and I can't believe that there is this much money going into this franchise and they can't seem to realize the emotional powerhouse concepts that are right at their fingertips
Would’ve been really cool to see most/all of s3 with Mando alone, like you said. Then maybe during the finale, he gets into a battle he can’t win. He’s metaphorically pinned to the wall… and a light sabre shoots from off-screen, or whoever’s fighting Mando gets lifted up in the air by Force powers. It’s revealed to be Grogu, a little older now, ready to show his father-figure how much he’s learned.
imo One of the reasons Grogu was brought back was because after season 2 a lot of people pointed out that Grogu staying with Luke meant he would eventually be killed by Kylo Ren, so they had him leave Luke's school so they could still be able to do stuff with him.
I loved the Jack Black episode and consider it one of my favorites. The episode was a big Star Wars detective series that had a HUGE shocking twist ending that was amazing.
The whole point of Grugu being there was a quest to find him a Jedi master. Yes, he and Mando have a bond, but Mando was what carried the show, not the baby. Having that retcon of bringing them back together makes their journey pointless. Mando could've done fine in season 3 with Bo Katan. They didn't need that duo of him and Grogu as training wheels to save Boba Fett.
I’ve actually written a good rewrite of season 3, or at the least things that should have happened. Also critic thank you for being fair in your judgment. I’ve seen so many critics just bash every little detail. I thank you for being fair.
I may have to watch it again but I didn’t really hate Season 3 like many others did, there are things I do like or just think are OK but I do understand and kind of agree that maybe they should have ended at Season 2 or at least continue without Grogu. I still think The Mandalorian is great despite Season 3. Heck outside of The Siege of Mandalore Arc I thought the last season of Clone Wars wasn’t that great, but I still think the series is great as a whole despite that season and certain episodes.
I think the series does exemplify the biggest problems Disney has with the Star Wars franchise. It wanted to have its cake and eat it, by trying to create its own canon, but it wanted to rely on fan service and the familiar to keep it going. Where small doses of winking to the audience can be fun, and help somewhat with direction, too much can be distracting, especially when you lose focus. I think the Season 2 finale should have been where the series ended, with Grogu being found by the Jedi order and saying goodbye, having learned so much. If his quest to become an apprentice of Mandalore came earlier in the series, then it might have felt more natural.
For me, Jack Black's style is just so unique that he can't submerse himself into the Star Wars universe. Bill Burr worked because his comedy is snarky wide ass humor which works well for the role he played. Having Jack Black in star wars would be like having Jim Carrey in stars wars. No matter what character he played, he'd still just stick out as Jim Carrey. I swear there were times when I forgot it was actually Bill Burr. That's how well he blended into the role.
Honestly, I jumped ship after watching Book of Boba Fett. When that show brought in Mando and undid the ending of Mando season 2, I just had a feeling that watching season 3 wouldn't be much fun. That being said, I still followed what was going on via reviews and stuff. However, I didn't feel like I was missing much. As for Star Wars right now, I recommend giving Skeleton Crew a shot. We're 5 episodes in and it's VERY interesting. It's basically Treasure Island in space, but still a solid and fun show. I'm very curious about where it's going and hopefully it'll end on a high note :)
People who thought season 2 was a perfect ending, I just was too distracted by the idea of what that ending would mean because I knew what happened to ALL of Luke Skywalker's students when Ben became Kylo.
I really did enjoy all of Mandalorian, but I can agree that the first parts were alot easier to get into and enjoy and stood alone well. I tend to like a "bigger universe" feel to media, so even though I didn't watch Clone Wars I still enjoyed the second and third seasons (I did have a friend I was watching it with who did fill me in on some things, that probably helped). I do agree that Grogu probably should have at least had more adventures with Luke or stayed gone from Mandalorian, I think it probably would have helped the new direction the story took have more focus.
I think this is the first time i've ever complained about this for anything but I think this show over relies on the practicle effects. They're are so many instances (Particulary with Grogu) where they have the puppets do something that is clearly outside its limiations and it looks awful and it would look so much better if they smoothed it out with CGI (Bear in mind i'm saying smooth out, not replace entirely). It makes the practical effects seem very souless and lazy. It doesn't feel like i'm watching people passionately want to put an effect in front of the camera it feels like "Let's do it practically because people will praise us for doing it practically"which is just as souless as "Let's use CGI because it's easier"
still waiting for: * Toy Story the Sega Genesis version * The Jungle Book both Sega Genesis & SNES versions * 101 Dalmatians the series * 101 Dalmatian Street * 102 Dalmatians * 102 Dalmatians the PS1 game * 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure the PS1 game (you reviewed the movie years ago now you gotta play the game) * Housebroken on Disneycember, times running out
Doug: I try to go into all of these objectively Also Doug: *keeps trashing the prequels, the prequel fans, and the people who made them, despite people literally nearly dying because of that kind of behavior.* Seriously, critic, stop. Learn to accept that there are good parts of the movies, and that there are more fans than just "the little kids who grew up on them and think they're good". Jake Lloyd lost his career -- hell, Ahmed Best nearly took his own life because of the hate he got over the movie. The problem isn't going to get any better until we can all sit down and have an honest discussion about the flaws and the miscommunications behind the scenes of the film in an honest way, and learn to understand other people's point of view.
Love the commentary on The Mandalorian, one small note though: Pedro Pascal isn't in the suit most of the time, the physical performance is done by two other guys, one of which is John Wayne's grandson.
I wish I liked this show more. It just has none of the things I love about Star Wars. Star Wars is great because of incredibly strong character work and relationships. The only one in this show I was invested in is the Mando and Grogu. The atmosphere and cinematography is cool, but it’s just…not as fun as other OLDER SW properties.
🎶On the twenty-sixth disneycember Doug gave to me twenty-six rogues, TWENTY-FIVE BAD SANTAS,twentyfour uninterested clerks, twentythree football balls, twenty-two lego star wars sets, twenty-one maroon cartoons, TWENTY HAMSTER BALLS, nineghteen ghosts, eighteen bodies, seventeen rockets, sixteen aliens, FIFTEEN TGIF SITCOMS, fourteen red hearts, thirteen unfunny parody movies, twelve transforemers, eleven waves made out of gold, TEN BIG SANDWICHES, nine mysterious calls, eight force witches, seven orphan girls, six broken Stalones, FIVE CAMEOS, four spider webs, three memory orbs, two Wolverine claws and a cigarette from the disney brand🎶
I actually liked how the series ended, even though we're getting a movie sequel. It's biggest misstep was the season 2.5, also known as The Book of Boba Fett.
I like how how Jon Faveau offered Billy Burr a role in The Mandalorian despite how he has been taking shots at the franchise. And the man crushed it as a Stormtrooper with PTSD
That’s not unusual. Simon Pegg took loads of shots at the prequels- hell one of the best Spaced scenes is him monologuing how bad TPM was to a kid. And George Lucas still let him voice Dengarr in TCW.
Shows how much of a hypocrite bill burr is. "Star wars sucks! Wait...money!? okay i'm in" yet people consider him some gospel truther. He's a sellout. He did GREAT job acting don't get me wrong but it always rubbed me the wrong way that. He got fed by the horse he wanted to put down.
He wasn't a Stormtrooper, wise-ass!!!
Seriously though, Bill Burr's character was my favorite in the entire series. I was sad he didn't show up in the third season.
@@BeJaminYeh Just because you're a barista doesn't mean you have to like every kind of coffee. What are you talking about?
@@BeJaminYeh he said in an interview he didn't actually hate the show he just thought it was funny to make fun of it for star wars fans reactions
I remember someone said the Jack Black episode felt like a GEICO commercial 😂
The episode was so easy a caveman could do it.
@@saphcal I actually kinda liked that episode myself.
It also felt like something out of 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
@@Lukethefox which is fine for guardians. doesn't really fit in Star Wars.
Unpopular opinion: I liked that episode.
Bringing back Grogu was a huge mistake. Season two ended perfectly.
No, getting rid of him was dumb. He's the secondary protagonist. It made no sense to get rid of him.
@ but the ending of season two just felt so right.
@@ToxicTurquoise454it was reported Jon wanted a Luke TV show, but it wasn’t greenlit. So that show would’ve still maintained Grogu in mainstream.
@@spinlok3943 my thoughts exactly! Basically retconned an important lesson!
You don't understand... They brought him back because Money
I maintain that Jon Favreau and his writers had a whole different story planned for Season 3, but the executives made the scrap it in favour of more Grogu.
I agree!
Yup
That would make alot of sense.
Exactly my thoughts! Which is why I cut S3 some slack more than most. Since I feel there are remains of what S3 was meant to be inside the S3 we have now.
The season 2 final is still some S tier Star Wars material
Sooooo true. S1 and S2 were good.
@@chasehedges6775 I enjoyed season 3. It just wasn't as good as the first two seasons is all
Din Djarin's story really felt so damn refreshing take for the franchise, exploring a bunch of uncharted territory and stuff!
"This is the Way."
It is nice when shows with these massive followings occasionally say "your stuck in the past and need to move forward"
@@troperhghar9898 This is the way.
One of things I loved about the Mandalorian was how the show blended elements from Westerns and samurai media while delivering something new to Star Wars. One moment that fans loved was in the Ahsoka episode where she and the Magistrate have a Kurosawa samurai battle while Mando and her second-in-command have a Western stare down. I also loved how the show expanded more on some of its universe like having the Mandalorian be friendly toward the Tusken Raiders and how Death Watch later became a radical cult. Werner Herzog was the reason that Grogu was mainly a puppet and called the producers "cowards" for attempting to do a take with CGI.
Edit: I still stand that Doug needs to start watching Star Wars Skeleton Crew.
If you ask me, Season 3 felt like Disney learned the wrong lessons from the massive success of Seasons 1 & 2 and that the first two seasons got way too popular way too quickly. Apparently, the episode on Coruscant was meant to be in a spinoff show focusing on Gina Carino’s character that was cancelled after controversies on her were brought to light and she was fired. Also would not be surprised if they completely altered Book of Boba Fett from its original vision to suddenly focus on Mando.
The coruscant episode was way too long.
@@kdusel1991 Don't get me wrong, it was intriguing, but it was so long and so boring.
It would have been fine if it had some relavence to the main story
@@WilyGryphon im not saying it wasn't intriguing. It just didn't really fit in with the storyline.
I hate what season 3 represents. Bringing back people and characters by backtracking what happened and regressing characters. Only bringing them back for money
I think for better or for worse, The Mandalorian represented the point in time where Star Wars began embracing Clone Wars mythos as canonical in live-action. Which is great if you've been a Clone Wars fan since 2008, but it also makes Mando's story secondary to Dave Filoni's wider plan for the timeline in between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Also once Chuds realized Mandalorian season 3 and The Bad Batch were all about setting up sequel-era events, they turned on Filoni for not being their savior.
Also I can't hate the cast. I've met Armorer actor Emily Swallow a few times and she's really cool.
"Chud?" What does that mean? I've never heard that name before.
@ It’s a slang for the guys who run the Fandom Menace channels and believed in that secret Lucasfilm civil war between Filoni and Kennedy. Which btw, never existed in the first place. Also they’re really sexist/racist and fly into a rage about most female characters in media depending on made up theories, body type complaints or insistence on “woke” ideology in franchises that always had them to begin with.
@@benwasserman8223 you really need to take a break from being online 24/7
I think Filoni should've kept it to The Bad Batch. That whole show was about clones and the Empire, so the Project Necromancer stuff makes perfect sense there. I agree with Doug that it didn't feel like it belonged in The Mandalorian, which already had its own premise and identity that didn't need to so heavily connect to that.
@ Ik. Unfortunately you try looking up any Star Wars stories and those assholes are constantly whining about the dumbest of things related to the franchise. And harassing its stars too.
To me what made the first season so good, was that it was just something that was happening in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars is sometimes best when it isn't falling into the Star Wars tropes. Star Wars is best when it isn't Star Wars is what I have told people. The longer the show went on the more "Star Wars" it became and less space western it became.
IT WAS THE CHOSEN ONE CRITIC! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING BALANCE TO THE FANBASE! And it dropped the ball on the LAST FREAKING SEASON! I was so heartbroken.
To be fair, that's how most shows tend to be unfortunately. Not everything is Breaking Bad I guess.
“ this is the way”
This is the Way
This is the Way
Season 3 is is not the way
This is The Way
I thought it was okay@@anthonyleach7608
I feel like the biggest problem with this show is that they cancelled Rangers of the New Republic, and suddenly had to find a way to fit it into the canon. So, they decided to just try throwing it into The Mandalorian. The episodes on Coruscant, or with the former CIS seem to fit much more into a show about the New Republic, than about the Mandalorians.
Interesting point; I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.
The problem that Rangers of the New Republic got shelved or canceled was Gina Carano's fault for not listening her employers to stop using hate speeches and offensive postings on Twitter. I do think they should have used an another Star Wars protagonist introduced instead of Cara Dune.
They cancelled it cause of the shit that happened with Gina Carano
@@kdusel1991 I don't really see what this has to do with my point.
@@cynicat74 She was fired for posting offensive stuff on X and as well as not listening to her employers. That was one of the reasons why Rangers of the New Republic got axed and as well as Cara Dune was written off/absent in The Mandalorian Season 3 and future Star Wars projects.
For me, the Mandalorian is those first two wonderful seasons: that's the show I fell in love with and it was done as soon as Luke took Grogu away and Boba sat on that throne.
Everything beyond it is just extended lore. No more, no less.
THIS💯💯💯💯💯
It ended at S2 and it was perfect.
It did save Star Wars (it came out to take people's minds off of Rise of Skywalker) but season 3 and the other shows didn't take advantage of it. I liked that season 2 started a Star Wars cinematic universe and I thought it was a great show.
Personally, I think Skeleton Crew is the best Star Wars show streaming right now. It’s like if The Goonies was in the Star Wars universe, which is what I love about it. Definitely give it a watch if you haven’t, you won’t be disappointed.
Skeleton Crew is surprisingly pretty fun!
Yeah I'm enjoying it. I really hope the Pirate is just wearing magnetic gloves and not 'another' Jedi who survived Order 66.
@@Lukethefox Jude Law's character could also just be a force user and not a former order 66 survivor.
Yeah, I lost interest when it started in what looked like any old future version of a Earth suburb. What a subtle way to show the audience that "Isn't the kid just like you, isn't he?".
You can't start that lazy.
@@Lukethefox My theory is that he was never a Jedi, only an apprentice who either didn't make it to the temple or left pretty early on.
Season 2 was 4 years ago. I feel like you could’ve talked about the spoilers
On the twenty sixth day of disneycember, the critic gave to me.
26 baby Yodas
25 Naughty Santas
24 Funny Store clerks
23 Football games
22 Lego Space Battles
21 Cartoon Rabbits
20 Guinea Pig Agents
19 ghostly friendships
18 resurrected musicians
17 Mars missions
16 Alien invasions
15 Will Friedle sitcoms
14 Red Queens Ruling
13 scary parodies
12 meteor showers
11 Princesses sailing
10 Sandwiches
9 teens screaming
8 Jedi masters
7 cat and mouse adventures
6 Futuristic Officers
5 FUNNY SUPERHEROES
4 gliding spider-men
3 New Emotions
2 Nostalgic Mutants
and
A Tarantino movie
Keep it up with the rhymes bro!
@@kdusel1991 Thank you. I will.
The First 2 Seasons were the Best however the moment it tried to make Spinoff, it was the day were everything felt apart.
That tends to be the problem with great IPs. Weather we like it or not a story needs to end. If you keep stretching the narrative out at a certain point it falls apart.
The Star Wars universe is a massive rich canvas that can be used to tell many completely unrelated grand stories so the writers need to be allowed to tell a good story and then move on to tell a different good story. S2 would have been a satisfying end to Mando's story.
Doug forgetting that Rebels and clone wars existed before Mandalorian
6:51 I love this episode it’s like having to complete a stupid side quest in KOTOR or other games to continue the plot.
Thou shalt always be sidetracked by irrelevant bullshit.
Video Request List
1. “What If Gothel Failed To Kidnap Rapunzel As A Child?”
2. “What If Desti was alive, but brainwashed?” (It’s an SMG4 FanScription.)
3. “What If Dr. Blowhole was in the Penguins of Madagascar Movie?”
4. “What If Puss In Boots was never an outlaw?”
5. “What If NorthWind went with the Penguins’ plan?” (I honestly think it would be better for our heroes if they went with the Penguins’ plan.)
6. “What If Tim Miller directed Deadpool 2?”
7. “Scooby-Doo: The Mushroom Kingdom Mystery” (A Scooby-Doo/Mario Crossover)
The show that gave a glimmer of hope for disney star wars
And thankfully Ahsoka, Andor, Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor, Bad Batch, Visions and the High Republic books have kept that hope going.
Hot take: no-one who says "Disney Star Wars" can be taken seriously, since they ignore (as Doug says) that Star Wars was always flawed even when George Lucas owned it.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Of course it's valid to talk about the Disney Star Wars era as its own thing. Yes, Star Wars has always been flawed, but the DIsney Star Wars era has been flawed in a very different way to how the prequel era was flawed.
@@benwasserman8223 Partially in agreement.
Andor shows what is possible with the IP. They really build out the universe in detail and make it feel real.
Ahsoka, to me, feels incredibly generic and corporate... The kind of writing where things just happen and people just do stuff because the plot says so. Sadly the show made Thrawn look like a smug idiot, rather than the super genius he is supposed to be.
Bad batch kinda fun so far.. Its no Andor, but I feel like it has a pretty solid tone and idea behind it.
@ Well Ahsoka was all designed and written by Filoni. So unless he’s corporate because he worked at Lucasfilm for nearly 20 years, it’s just a continuation of Clone Wars era storytelling.
Andor’s great, but those very corporate figures are responsible for its existence too. Apparently Kathleen Kennedy asked Tony Gilroy if he wanted to do anything else with Rogue One’s characters after the movie came out and he said no. Then came back a bit later with his pitch and she approved it. And even then the story is pretty indebted to TCW.
BTW, you should watch The Bad Batch. Sure, the narrative is structured like The A-Team and Omega can get annoying at times, but I assure you it's a great successor to The Clone Wars with consistent quality.
Agreed, plus it's way better (and more sensile placement-wise) with the Snoke/Palpatine TROS set-up.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow yeah it works so well! I want more out of that part of the timeline. It's better than tales of the empire
“Mandalorian Season 3: Staring Pedro Pascal… from his Garage.”
Cause all of his Dialogue in Season 3 sounds like Quick First Takes you get for an Actor who’s busy to ADR into scenes later.
I don’t know if you’ve heard about this Doug, but there was a previous draft of the sequel trilogy that would’ve had Darth Maul and his apprentice as the main antagonists (with a few other things changed).
And we’ll never see it.😞
Tbh I don't think that would work at all.
Best modern Star Wars production period!
That's andor
Nah Andor clears EASILY, but S1 & S2 of this show are still great
@Outatime1995 Yup it's Andor no question.
Until the third season of the show fucked it all up.
@@Outatime1995 Overrated
Love how Baby Yoda was the only cultural impact this show left
Season 1 - 8.5/10
Season 2 - 9.5/10
Season 3 - 6.5/10
Accurate ranking.🙏🙏👍
S1 - 9/10
S2 - 6/10
S3 - 2/10
This is the Best thing that came fromStar Wars that was on Disney Plus.
I am EXCITED and HOPEFUL for the Mandalorian and Grogu
Movie
"I Have Spoken "
" This is The Way"
Now that you've done this, Dreamworksuary, Twilight Tober Zone, and Bat May, you should do Nickuly/Aprilodeon and June Henson.
On the twenty sixth day of disneycember my critic gave to me
26 Grogus growing
25 Santas swearing
24 minimum wage employees working
23 titans... Remembering? (idk I've never seen it)
22 minifigures moving (ON THEIR OWN, AHHHHH)
21 cartoons (not) framing
20 Guinea Pigs spying
19 scrats-a-spooking
18 crows ressurecting
17 rockets blasting
16 face huggers impregnating
15 generations defining
14 queens beheading
13 movies laughing
12 meteors falling
11 episodes stitching
10 movies trying
9 ghostfaces killing
8 acolytes dividing
7 tom and jerrys feuding
6 judges dreading
5 DOG DEADPOOOOOOOLS
4 kravens hunting
3 emotions jarring
2 mutents fighting
And every film students favorite movie
Love the addition, I'll really miss your comments once Disneycember wraps up next week.
@@trinaqI'll be back next year
Probably like 8 days in honestly
Always forget for about a week at the start
@@Jenny_Metzelar gonna miss your rhymes buddy!
Skeleton Crew is fine, but it definitely feels like Star Wars Junior
The younger actors do a good job, IMO. The writing is pretty meh however.
The Face Of Disney+
The thing that put Disney+ on the map.
I enjoyed all 3.5 seasons of Mandalorian. I’ll see any film revolving around these two or Season 4 as soon as it drops.👍
It's technically not wraped up, since there's still a movie coming out and even rumors of a 4th season
The 4th Season is the movie, it got Moana 2d
Trying align mandos story in the boba Fett show was definitely what messed over the 3rd season.
And Disney being too involved
Sooooo true.
Book of Boba Fett was terrible anyways🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If Grogu didn't return so early and had mando redemption take more effort and time, the 3rd season would have been fine and could have done a 4th season
Issue was it tried to both up the stakes again along with trying to wrap the story instead of being small scale character focus.
I know 90% of all Star Wars lore and Season 3 was rough, it felt like I skipped an episode ( yes I watched Boba). Grogu should have went off to train, there should have been a reunifying and taking of Mandlore under Din. The girl boss Bo is suddenly not a villian, after you played her up as an anti-hero/villian and there was clear tension... was so stupid. They could have made her such a good villian and Disney won't let a woman be bad anymore.
it's funny, because now we have Arcane doing exactly what Mandalorian should have done, concretely ending after 2 seasons while leaving things open for specific characters to overlap and flow into other shows in the universe they're creating.
it means that you can take the pieces in isolation, while still leaving things lying for them to reuse certain characters if they have a good story for them.
I think Arcane season 2 was horribly rushed though. Don't get me wrong, it was amazing. But we definitely needed a third season.
Cool if you think differently, but I think Mando didn't need to end at season 2, I think he didn't need Grogu. Season 3 should have been Mando uniting the factions and taking back Mandalore with Grogu training in the Force.
@@samirabdel-aziz478Arcane S3 needed 3 more episodes
The first two seasons were terrific, but then Season 3 came along, and made me question if the show was actually that great to begin with.
Am I really the only person that went into this show hoping for the stuff that Season 3 gave us? As a big Clone Wars fan and a fan of the Republic Comando novels, I was so excited to dive deeper and deeper into the Mandalorian culture. The fact that most of the fan base turned on the series at that point is baffling to me.
Cant speak for anyone else, but I heavily disliked the very serialized nature of season 3. Season 1's most enjoyable aspect, to me, was that each episode was its own fun little adventure.. A semi-episodic structure. I also really liked the small personal scale.. Seeing mando slowly upgrade his kit, deal with maintaining his ship, It was like watching an RPG protagonist
I dont need/want the series to be an epic story about saving the universe, featuring a list of the fan favourite characters who all just happen to show up at once.
I wanted a Bounty Hunting show, not a Mandalorian show. I got it in the first two seasons.
You want more cluttered pacing and character incompetence? What's wrong with you?
I liked the 3rd season, the first two were better but I definitely can’t wait for the movie with these characters.
I got my brother a “This is the Way” sweatshirt and my SiL a crochet Grogu.
They loved them.
I'm sick to death of Doug's prequel prejudice
Like how he avoided talking about the elephant in the room (Cara Dune)
Dont really think its the elephant in the room for people just watching the show. A bigger deal for those who follow culture war stuff.
Who? :)
@@MaMastoast No, he was ment to say that he was clearly thinking that Doug possibly didn't want to talk about Gina Carano in this video since she is a controversial actress since he really didn't talked about Cara Dune that much in the video.
Man The Mandalorian was a great limited series, love how it ended on a bitter sweet note with Grogu and Dijn parting ways, perfect ending, glad it never continued past that point...
It had the potential bring back Star Wars, but they screwed it on the last season.
Star Wars was never gone, you dolt.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Eeeh, you say that. Of course it was never gone, but the sequel trilogy did erode Star Wars' position in pop culture imo. Arguably so did the prequels I guess, but those movies were supported by a wave of the greatest star wars games ever made.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadowyea it wasn’t gone, it was just in the gutter lol.
After hearing the last season was supposed to be a Bo Katan series but got made into another Mandalorian series, it feels like it makes more sense as to what/why happened the way it did.
10:22 "It's like poetry, it rhymes."
It’s a mixed bag. S1 is some of the best Star Wars we’ve ever gotten, S2 still had a strong emotional core even if it was starting to feel like a bit of a cameo fest, and S3 has an interesting story at its core, but completely dropped the ball with its character writing.
The movie & S4 definitely COULD bring things back on track, but I’m not currently hopeful
What I really like about the 3rd season is that we actually get to see the Mandalorian’s. We hear about them but never saw them
On the 26th day of Disneycember the critic gave for me:
26 baby yodas
25 TH-cam santas
24... TWENTY-FOUR!... in a row?
23 football players
22 Lego pieces
21 silly wabbits
20 talking hamsters
19 TIMING ghosts
18 loudy crows
17 non Elton John biopics
16 "pure" species
15 boys... that meet.. world (i didn't saw the show sorry)
14 nepo babies
13 WAZAAAAA movies.
12 Bay-exploitations
11 shiny "turtles"
10 marshmallow pizzas
9 scary movies.
8 red shirt jedi
7 cats & mices
6 LAAAAUUUUU keepers
FIVE WOLVERINEEES!
4 symbiote suits
3 new emotions
2 mutant team ups
And a tasty Big Kahuna Burger
I find it hilarious that the Book of Boba Fett was supposed to be a spinoff series, but by the time it came out the Mandalorian was already so popular it ended up just being a "season 2.5" filler arc. I think the reason is that Boba Fett was so cool and interesting because he had this great design but we knew so little about him, and people wanted to see more of him (I also love how they actually used the fan theory that his armor protected him in the Sarlac's stomach long enough for him to claw his way out) but by the time they finally did the first two seasons of Mandalorian basically already TOLD the story we wanted to see so now we're just seeing the story of another Mandalorian but in GREEN armor...
Bringing back a certain character aside, one of the biggest issues I have with the Mandalorian is how much stuff from Clone Wars started to take over. The Mandalorian was at it's best when it was doing it's own thing, not when it was continuing segments from other shows (or acting like a pilot for new shows!)
I don't know who complained about mandalorian fatigue in book of boba fett, but for me the show became great when mando appeared
May the force be with you
I’m sorry I now want an agent Q series thanks for planting that seed
I love the part in Licence to Kill where Q joins Bond for a big part of the mission. I want a whole movie of that
I love this Star Wars live-action tv series!
What I remember most about the ending is the Mandalorians get their home world back. Yes it’s devastated and ruined, but it’s habitable.
And when Bo Kataan lights the great forge it’s a sign of new beginnings for the Mandalorian people. So it ends on a happy note.
It’s not bad. And I’ll watch the movie should it happen.
I was under the impression Pedro was a household named by this point… With Game of Thrones and Narcos
Everyone has add least one massive franchise that they can't get into but see everywhere.
Stars Wars to me is a franchise that I understand why it became iconic but at the same time it's not something I can grow a deep connection to.
It's hard to fully explain, my best answer is when you see something get pardied and references 1000s of times you end finding hard to get into the originial that takes itself seriously.
On the 26th "DisneyCember" my Critic gave to Me...
-. Twenty Six Bounty Hunters
-. Twenty Five Swearing Santas
-. Twenty Four Kevin Smith Clerks
-. Twenty Three "Disneyfied" Biopics
-. Twenty Two Lego Jedis
-. Twenty One Crazy Rabbits
-. Twenty Spy Rodents
-. Nineteen "Friendly" Ghosts
-. Eighteen Gothic Legends
-. Seventeen Unfunny Spacemen
-. Sixteen "Alien" Movies
-. Fifteen Decent Sitcoms
-. Fourteen Teenage Villains
-. Thirteen Spoof Movies
-. Twelve Astronauts
-. Eleven "T.V Pilots"
-. Ten Fat Kids
-. Nine Slasher Killers
-. Eight Lame Jedis
-. Seven Pointless Movies
-. Six Cops From The Future
FIVE SWEARING HEROES!!
-. Four Spider-Man Games
-. Three Complex Emotions
-. Two Returning Mutants
And a Twist Dance with a lot of Feet
SPOILERS!!!!!
I am still flummoxed that Disney gave us the ultimate emotional juggernaut of Star Wars with the season 2 finale....only to walk it back immediately.
Like, I can see Mando and Baby Yoda reuniting at some point. But as a writer, if you are going to give that gut bunch, you need to let the story digest it. I was hoping we'd get a season where Mando was alone and missing Baby Yoda, but trying to find purpose again. In fact I could totally see that as his quest; he gave up his creed by taking off the helmet to say goodbye to Baby Yoda. Now he doesn't have him anymore, so he tries to atone for it so that he can at least have his culture back. I was expecting an entire season where he is trying to be redeemed, and the path to redemption is so damn challenging that he nearly gives up. Like "What is the point of this anyway?" Maybe somebody questions him as to whether it was worth breaking the Creed for the child, and he responds "If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing" to which they respond "Ok, then why is the redemption worth it?" to which he doesn't respond, or something to that effect.
And you could still tie in this idea of taking Mandalore back, and Bo Katan's redemption on her own, like they were both going through it Why not have their journeys work together and the struggle of reuniting the Mandalorians to take back their planet is more of a challenge so that when they're successful it feels earned and ties into their redemption?
AND THEN ONLY AT THE END does Grogu return as a Jedi to help them out, because it shows how Mando's sacrifice was worth it, that he gave Grogu the care that got him to Luke, that got him trained, that got him ready for the exact moment when they needed him.
I'm sorry, season 3 is so damn convoluted and rushed that I am amazed anyone thought it was a good idea. To go from brilliant tight writing to whatever you can call that, is incredible. The word I keep using to describe Star Wars since Baby Yoda came back is missed opportunities. That's the word that comes up with every single show I've seen since then (Andor being one of the few exceptions), and I can't believe that there is this much money going into this franchise and they can't seem to realize the emotional powerhouse concepts that are right at their fingertips
Would’ve been really cool to see most/all of s3 with Mando alone, like you said. Then maybe during the finale, he gets into a battle he can’t win. He’s metaphorically pinned to the wall… and a light sabre shoots from off-screen, or whoever’s fighting Mando gets lifted up in the air by Force powers. It’s revealed to be Grogu, a little older now, ready to show his father-figure how much he’s learned.
S3 and book of boba fett is when Marketing crews do the writing.
Jack Blacks Cameo was PEAK
imo One of the reasons Grogu was brought back was because after season 2 a lot of people pointed out that Grogu staying with Luke meant he would eventually be killed by Kylo Ren, so they had him leave Luke's school so they could still be able to do stuff with him.
I just thought it was lazy writing.
It was good while it lasted.
For 2 good seasons.
Awesome vid
And remember, they shot a feature length movie coming out later this year.
I loved the Jack Black episode and consider it one of my favorites. The episode was a big Star Wars detective series that had a HUGE shocking twist ending that was amazing.
*THIS IS THE WAY*
The whole point of Grugu being there was a quest to find him a Jedi master. Yes, he and Mando have a bond, but Mando was what carried the show, not the baby. Having that retcon of bringing them back together makes their journey pointless. Mando could've done fine in season 3 with Bo Katan. They didn't need that duo of him and Grogu as training wheels to save Boba Fett.
I’ve actually written a good rewrite of season 3, or at the least things that should have happened. Also critic thank you for being fair in your judgment. I’ve seen so many critics just bash every little detail. I thank you for being fair.
Even with the reception of Andor & The Skeleton Crew, it's always open-ended if Disney can ever learn from their mistakes with Star Wars.
My friend, Socrates, knew who Pedro Pascal was before this show because he was in the Netflix series Narcos!
Everyone who watched Game of Thrones knew him.
I may have to watch it again but I didn’t really hate Season 3 like many others did, there are things I do like or just think are OK but I do understand and kind of agree that maybe they should have ended at Season 2 or at least continue without Grogu. I still think The Mandalorian is great despite Season 3. Heck outside of The Siege of Mandalore Arc I thought the last season of Clone Wars wasn’t that great, but I still think the series is great as a whole despite that season and certain episodes.
I think the series does exemplify the biggest problems Disney has with the Star Wars franchise. It wanted to have its cake and eat it, by trying to create its own canon, but it wanted to rely on fan service and the familiar to keep it going. Where small doses of winking to the audience can be fun, and help somewhat with direction, too much can be distracting, especially when you lose focus. I think the Season 2 finale should have been where the series ended, with Grogu being found by the Jedi order and saying goodbye, having learned so much. If his quest to become an apprentice of Mandalore came earlier in the series, then it might have felt more natural.
Andor is peak Star Wars and I’m beyond excited for season 2
Baby yoda is adorable.
For me, Jack Black's style is just so unique that he can't submerse himself into the Star Wars universe. Bill Burr worked because his comedy is snarky wide ass humor which works well for the role he played. Having Jack Black in star wars would be like having Jim Carrey in stars wars. No matter what character he played, he'd still just stick out as Jim Carrey. I swear there were times when I forgot it was actually Bill Burr. That's how well he blended into the role.
Uhm.. Have you seen Carrey do drama? It's like a whole other actor. Jack Black on the other hand, is very one-note.
Honestly, I jumped ship after watching Book of Boba Fett. When that show brought in Mando and undid the ending of Mando season 2, I just had a feeling that watching season 3 wouldn't be much fun. That being said, I still followed what was going on via reviews and stuff. However, I didn't feel like I was missing much.
As for Star Wars right now, I recommend giving Skeleton Crew a shot. We're 5 episodes in and it's VERY interesting. It's basically Treasure Island in space, but still a solid and fun show. I'm very curious about where it's going and hopefully it'll end on a high note :)
Great review! I'm one of the few people who still haven't seen the show, so if I do watch it, I guess to stop after season 2 huh? Lol
YES!👍💯. That is the best option.
People who thought season 2 was a perfect ending, I just was too distracted by the idea of what that ending would mean because I knew what happened to ALL of Luke Skywalker's students when Ben became Kylo.
I just pretend the ST trilogy didn’t happen and that ROTJ and Mandalorian S2 were the true end. It’s easier that way.
I really did enjoy all of Mandalorian, but I can agree that the first parts were alot easier to get into and enjoy and stood alone well. I tend to like a "bigger universe" feel to media, so even though I didn't watch Clone Wars I still enjoyed the second and third seasons (I did have a friend I was watching it with who did fill me in on some things, that probably helped). I do agree that Grogu probably should have at least had more adventures with Luke or stayed gone from Mandalorian, I think it probably would have helped the new direction the story took have more focus.
The Mandalorian is the show that peaked way too early, just like LOST, the third season killed the show and the creators just gave up!
I think this is the first time i've ever complained about this for anything but I think this show over relies on the practicle effects. They're are so many instances (Particulary with Grogu) where they have the puppets do something that is clearly outside its limiations and it looks awful and it would look so much better if they smoothed it out with CGI (Bear in mind i'm saying smooth out, not replace entirely). It makes the practical effects seem very souless and lazy. It doesn't feel like i'm watching people passionately want to put an effect in front of the camera it feels like "Let's do it practically because people will praise us for doing it practically"which is just as souless as "Let's use CGI because it's easier"
When I show this to show to people I stop at season 2. If they want to watch season 3 they can do it without me
0:40 ...Clone Wars, we had Clone Wars.
I highly recommend Skeleton Crew, it’s really good and entertaining
good timing to look back into this since the movie is coming out in the future
still waiting for:
* Toy Story the Sega Genesis version
* The Jungle Book both Sega Genesis & SNES versions
* 101 Dalmatians the series
* 101 Dalmatian Street
* 102 Dalmatians
* 102 Dalmatians the PS1 game
* 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure the PS1 game (you reviewed the movie years ago now you gotta play the game)
* Housebroken
on Disneycember, times running out
Doug: I try to go into all of these objectively
Also Doug: *keeps trashing the prequels, the prequel fans, and the people who made them, despite people literally nearly dying because of that kind of behavior.*
Seriously, critic, stop. Learn to accept that there are good parts of the movies, and that there are more fans than just "the little kids who grew up on them and think they're good". Jake Lloyd lost his career -- hell, Ahmed Best nearly took his own life because of the hate he got over the movie. The problem isn't going to get any better until we can all sit down and have an honest discussion about the flaws and the miscommunications behind the scenes of the film in an honest way, and learn to understand other people's point of view.
I mean, if he doesn't personally enjoy the movies I don't think he's obligated to say otherwise.
Love the commentary on The Mandalorian, one small note though: Pedro Pascal isn't in the suit most of the time, the physical performance is done by two other guys, one of which is John Wayne's grandson.
If it didn’t end with season 2 people would love the show way more
..not making jack black an alien (specifically a hutt musician) is criminal... XD
I wish I liked this show more. It just has none of the things I love about Star Wars.
Star Wars is great because of incredibly strong character work and relationships. The only one in this show I was invested in is the Mando and Grogu. The atmosphere and cinematography is cool, but it’s just…not as fun as other OLDER SW properties.
I'm not going to lie, I'd watch a Q solo film.
🎶On the twenty-sixth disneycember Doug gave to me twenty-six rogues, TWENTY-FIVE BAD SANTAS,twentyfour uninterested clerks, twentythree football balls, twenty-two lego star wars sets, twenty-one maroon cartoons, TWENTY HAMSTER BALLS, nineghteen ghosts, eighteen bodies, seventeen rockets, sixteen aliens, FIFTEEN TGIF SITCOMS, fourteen red hearts, thirteen unfunny parody movies, twelve transforemers, eleven waves made out of gold, TEN BIG SANDWICHES, nine mysterious calls, eight force witches, seven orphan girls, six broken Stalones, FIVE CAMEOS, four spider webs, three memory orbs, two Wolverine claws and a cigarette from the disney brand🎶
If you've kept track of Star Wars projects post the sequels you'll notice that they're all trying to explain the Smoke/cloning and first order stuff.
Except Andor and Obi Wan and The Acolyte and the Jedi games.
Dude, the Mandalorian lore and their interactions were the best things in S3.
Eh, S3 was pretty meh overall.
Not really. We already had enoughnof them in the first two seasons.
Yea the was the only good thing about season 3, so I agree
I actually liked how the series ended, even though we're getting a movie sequel. It's biggest misstep was the season 2.5, also known as The Book of Boba Fett.