Dave Filoni wrote and directed this one
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Some exceptional little links into the clone wars tv show.
āIām a friend of the family.ā
āYouāre just like your father.ā
(Annakinās apprentice)
Cad Bane perfectly brought to live action.
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For me, seeing as itās a space western rip off series:
The good
- revisiting the gunslinger and the final scene with a great villain I look forward to seeing again.
The bad
- Luke just comes across as a melancholy axe murdering accountant
- they introduced too many characters and possible story arcs in one hit.
The ugly
- the mando Grogu love story,
- wait I thought this was Boba Fett series not Mando 3
My theory is there wonāt be a Mandalorian season 3
Story arcsā¦
The ranger was from season 2 of Mando. So was Ahsoka. So that was more drawing together existing story arcs. The Avengers assemble vibe.
Cad Bane, the badass in the hat, was drawn from the animated show. But I think heās effective as a mysterious bad guy.
Grogu and Luke will need to see how this plays out in the finale to justify the screen time in this show.
But yeah, theyāve definitely sidelined Boba in his own show in order to get Mando to save his ā ā ā .
The Mando/Grogu relationship makes perfect sense in my mind. Theyāve got an adopted father son dynamic, so itās a perfectly believable situation for both to be feeling the loss of the other.
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Well, the last 2 episodes have made up for that.
You donāt think heās gonna go back to mandalore, find his way underground and seek redemptionā¦this is the way style?
I get all that, just think it was too much for one episode, when just a couple of snippets and Easter eggs are enough to keep it going.
Iām still laughing about those āmodsā on scootered, and the scene the other week. These are Bobas heavies!!!
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Those mods were just so dodgy.
Personally I didnāt stress too much about the episode feeling overly busy. It felt like it was building and paying off stuff that had been previously introduced. It was all critically needed to make the finale work.
But I get why youād feel that way.
And fark Luke off for making Grogu choose between the armour and the lightsaber. We all know Luke dogged his training, tried to kill his father and pashed his sister, and he turned out okā¦
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You guys think Cobb is dead?
Nope. I reckon they want to use him in future series. But his deputy, who I think was Lukeās mate, is very seriously having a bad day.
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What the feeling on the deep fake of young Luke? I think they did a pretty good job. Didnāt have any breaking suspension of disbelief moments personally.
Mandalorian season 3 is suppose to be coming out in December.
I think theyāre only starting to shoot it now.
Obi-wan is rumoured to be out in April/May.
It looked really really good. I was so impressed with it. It really does open up all possibilities now for Star Wars.
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Well I was only debunked in mere minutes 
if it makes you feel any better, mando 3 was reported before book of boba.
Spoilers for the animated shows, but hereās a post about some of the links to the animated content which is heavily influencing the live action shows.
I donāt think sheāll be introduced next week, but the Bad Batch animated show is focused on Bobaās cloned sister. Considering how much theyāve drawn into live action from the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series, I expect her to make her way into a future season. Would be interesting for orphan Boba to meet his blood sister who he doesnāt know exists.
What looks to be happening is building the foundation of Thrawn as the big bad guy. Heās a strategic genius who generally crushes all opposition through pure intellect. Bobaās sister Omega is an enhanced clone with extremely gifted tactical planning skills.
The other cards being played are the young Mandolorian girl and young Jedi from Rebels becoming live action in the Ahsoka series. Theyāve been cast and look like great choices.
The crime syndicate in the Solo film is also being entangled into the series. That was run by Darth Maul, who live action viewers would know from episode 1. Maul also led the Mandalorian sect that Mando was raised by. Interesting layer of evil to that group.
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Mandalorian Season 3 is looking increasingly likely that they will go back to Mandalore. Itās just as likely that they will have Bo-katan Kryze who will join him to claim back Mandalore.
Itās also likely that Sabine Rhen from Rebels will also be involved in this.
All the Disney plus series are linked, and all of them have Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni as show runners.
Thrawn is an interesting one. Iāve read all the Thrawn books by Timothy Zahn which have came out over the last 10 years. And he is actually a good guy who works for the Empire to try save his planet from being destroyed from the Empire. In the Clone wars Filoni made him evil, which he has never been in the books.
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I wouldnāt call Thrawn evil, but definitely an extremely competent leader for the Empire. Heās never gone full evil, just been very cunning and calculated in defeating the showās protagonist.
I guess the subtlety gets lost in the adaption to a young adult targeted show. Itās a remix, adapted in a way that suits the needs of the show. But Iām glad the shows are starting to draw heavily on the immense about of stories told in the legends era novels.
Mark Hamill has aged well.
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