For me the problem with this season is nothing felt earned and everything was a short cut. Mando ending living on a farm with Grogu feels like the endgame to their arcs but it doesn’t feel like the end yet, it’s also weird to focus a season on finding the Mando home and then not ending up there?! Gideons force cloning arc was built up for 3 seasons and ended so easily. Mando redeeming himself and bathing in the waters happened so quickly, as did taking back Mandalore. These things feel like series long arcs but happened in 2 episodes each, nothing felt earned. The only exception is Bo Katan uniting the Mandos and Viszlas sacrifice.
Bathing in the mines of Mandalore was way too easy. Bo Katan getting the dark saber was way too easy. Landing on Mandalore and finding out it wasn't poisoned was way too easy.
I love your idea of introducing the imperial base in episode 2. It seems so obvious from a writing standpoint. We’d still get the shock factor of there being a secret base on Mandalore, and now, there would be ACTUAL TENSION throughout the season. All 3 seasons have made the odd choice of pretty much only using Gideon in the last 2 episodes and I have no idea why.
We got one episode of what I expected to take a whole season. The rest was some low quality filler episodes and really unfocused on any central plot till the end. I also think not cutting up the episode on coruscant made the season not flow well as a whole.
I’m just gonna say what I said before. In my honest opinion, this season was meh. To me, it felt very messy, incoherent, and lost. It felt like the show didn’t know what it wanted to do. It felt like Boba Fett/Obi Wan tier imo, which I wasn’t used to with this show. At least until the last two episodes, which were really the only solid episodes imo. To that, I say too little too late. Two solid episodes isn’t enough to save what was in my opinion a mostly lackluster, aimless, and boring season. Overall, I give the season a 5.5/10. I would probably rank it at the lowest spot of my 2023 TV shows list so far (which would be spot number 16 atm). All just my two cents. Hoping season 4 will be better.
I 100% agree! I love the idea of the main plots and I love that it does a great job at setting up the sequels, but overall the execution could have been a lot better. Still a decent season, but nearly as good as the first two. Also, I think they should have just took the last 3 episodes of book of boba fett and take away some of the side quests like the one with Jack Black.
I think that Din reuniting quickly with Grogu in BOBF was a huge mistake... It would have been so cool to see Mando struggle with regaining his honor and Grogu's absence... Also this finale felt less weighty than the previous finales... It really felt like Dave and Jon struggled to juggle the personal stories of Bo , Grogu, and Din with the big stakes of the Mandalorians, Moff Gideon, and the New Republic... Hopefully the next season will be a big improvement...
One of the biggest problems for me with this season was 1/3 of the episodes are inconsequential to the rest of the season The scientist is in trouble; doesn't matter The kid is in trouble; doesn't matter who broke out Moff Gideon could it be Mandalorians or is someone framing them; don't know and honestly doesn't matter what about Elia Kane on Coruscant (Had to look up her name cause I forgot and kinda didn't care a whole lot) also doesn't matter Grogu is still with Mando (Hate saying this cause I love Grogu) kinda doesn't matter I think you can easily write Grogu out of the season and not much changes I really wish this was the season where they brought Mando and Grogu back together I think it would have been earned and also would have made sense to happen in this show/season I still think this season has some highs but I agree that this is my least favorite Mandalorian season BUT I think it still is better than Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan
I loved Baby Yoda and what they did with IG-12, but I did wish he was still Luke at least for one season and focus on earning money or working with Bo Katan.
If I was writing this show, the ending of this season would be the ending of season 4. In Season 3 Grogu would be training with Luke until the final episode or two, and it would be a combined version of a shorter, better written TBOBF plus New Republic stuff plus Mando's "redemption" on Mandalore (where he would find that the Imperials have a base there). So Moff Gideon being there would be a finale twist but also be an active threat/obstacle during their entire effort to retake their home in season 4. So then season 4 would be about Bo-Katan wanting the darksaber etc and would end with the united clans defeating the imperials, with your pitch about the Moff Gideon force user clones. It would also explore or at least address the fact that Bo-Katan used to be a terrible person and a terrorist and never really had a proper redemption on-screen, which is ignored by this show.
Couldn’t agree with you more. Stories are about conflict. This season had incredibly compelling conflict going into it and instead of exploring they avoided it at every turn. It’s baffling. It’s incredibly unsatisfying.
Agree 100%, the direction and score always made it feel like it was building up to something a lot more interesting than what actually ended up happening
I’ve learned that we’re a lot happier when we watch Star Wars the less we theorize and try to predict what is going to happen next. I really enjoyed this season. It definitely had flaws and dry moments, but went a direction I was not expecting, which was a breath of fresh air. We forget that there used to be droughts of no SW content for years, I’m just happy this is tying in the sequel trilogy loose ends
My biggest issue with most Star Wars stuff nowadays is it always feels like they’re holding things back for further down the road, but then they never pay it off or they do but it isn’t as interesting as the setup would have implied. Feels like they’re just stringing everyone along with little tidbits here and there but it never actually becomes anything
This weirdly felt like could of been a great ending to the show, Din and Grogru finally are Master and Apprentice. I have hope that Season 4 will go back to it roots of s1 and s2 what made this show so great.
My hype levels for season 4 are so low after this season. This season felt directionless most of the time and multiple plot points were set up and then abandoned
I was worried about the show after season 2 since the journey was over and grogu finally was with a Jedi and that season finale was a damn good one as well. Then book of boba gets undid the entire point of the last 2 seasons but it did set up what seemed like it could’ve been a full season arc. And then didn’t do more than 1 or 2 episodes on it and then basically gave nothing for grogu to do making his return even more of a slap in the face for the last seasons ending It had potential but overall my worries of the season was seen. Hoping for a better season 4
1. Mando Cave 2. Save the kid from Birds. 3. Save village from pirates. 4. Save city from robots 5. Andor episode that ends with guy being mind wiped. 5 episodes of nothing in an 8 episode season. Oh and the dark saber was destroyed.
I've had such trouble articulating my feelings and thoughts on season 3 but you've done it for me - thank you. I needed more Din & Grogu character growth and less pointless cameos.
Season 2 puts season 3 to shame. Season 2 was so perfect. An overarching story with some side quest, great character development for mando, and cameos that fit perfectly. Plus much better dialogue and acting. Season 3 was an overall disappointment. I agree that none of the payoff was satisfying.
I think if they had done a season where Mando is struggling to move on with his life now that Grogu is gone and somehow he decides that with Bo Katan, they can retake Mandalore and just happen to stumble on Moff Gideon that would have been good. Disney skipped too many steps. I don't think they needed to redeem Din Jarin by having him bathes in whatever waters right away. They could have held on to that and Come up with something more interesting. Also, Bo Katan could have rescued Mando in a similar way but maybe insists that she keep the Dark Saber. And that's another thing. That thing was destroyed in the finale. What the hell! Very anti-climatic.
I enjoyed the season overall but it left me with a slight feeling of 'The Last Jedi/Rise Of Skywalker' in that they brought up a bunch of plot points which they then didn't have a proper answer/resolution for. It felt like they hadn't totally decided the overall story and were making it up as they went from episode to episode. In 1 episode you have jetpacks running out of fuel after a few miles, in another you have a guy literally flying into space with his jetpack 🤷. An Episode was called 'The Spies' and had no spies in it really 🤷. Mando bathed in the waters easily, the mythosaur reveal went nowhere, the armourer acted weird and suspicious a lot but nothing came from that, Bo got the Darksaber via a Loophole, Gideon's clones were killed by a flick of a switch etc. What the hell is going on with the writing here? These things don't ruin the series, but they just feel really weird and not thought out properly.
THANK YOU. I felt i was the only one. Talkong to friends and a spoilery discord... everybody seemed to love it and i was like okayyiisssh... but nobody would understand my point of view. Hope it gets better...
One of the problems, in my opinion, and this goes for pretty much most of Disney's content is that there seems to be very little risk taken in telling the story. Conflict between Bo and Din would have been interesting. A greater deal of ideological conflict between the Nite Owls and the Children of the Watch would've been interesting. Risk-taking with bold and interesting conflicts and twists is what makes shows like Attack on Titan fantastic. This season didn't really do any of that. It feels as though because all of the good guys are good, they have to agree on everything, and they will always be allied. People are more complex than that. My rating is: Mid-dilorian (5.5/10)
You had the same idea I had! If they just revealed the imperial base in episode 1 or 2 and made the season about Din and Bo gathering as many mandalorians as they could to retake Mandalore the finale would have felt a lot more epic and their victory a lot more earned. It's storytelling 101, nothing too crazy but it works!
It felt like this season kept approaching interesting plot lines but then going the safest route possible. I kept wondering if the Armorer would turn out to be the lead villain, if Din Djarin and Bo Katan would have a romantic subplot, if Djarin would abandon his traditional ways, or if there'd be some degree of conflict between the two Mandalorian races, but all the least interesting storylines were chosen instead
💯 agree. It'd have been really interesting twist to have the armourer be working with moff Gideon and she was the one planting stories about mandolore being un inhabitable
@@DRV110 Yeah, or it could be a sort of clashing of two ends of the politics type of thing, with the armourer being some sort of ultra-nationalist and moff gideon being the other side of the coin
Disney and I'm not joking should hire Sean to write the future of some of their shows, or at the very least watch his reviews and breakdowns. Litterally no joke, he knows what he's talking about
I still have fun with season 3. I do agree the concept and the execution varied greatly. Everything got solved too easily- Mando get accepted back into the tribe, the return of the black saber, or taking back Mandalore. All these problems could have been a whole season each. But I don’t agree with your mythosaur issue. Thanos had a cameo in the first Avengers movie, but he did not show up until Infinity War and Endgame - many movies later. They hinted the mythosaur, but there is still a lot of stories to tell just because we did not get it in this season’s finale. I don’t see a problem.
I was reminded of a book I saw at the bookstore today when you mentioned the borrowing of classic western story templates and funnily enough you used a movie with the number 7 as an example but it's called "The Seven Basic Plots" by Christopher booker or Brooker.
Super disappointed in this season. I had a fun time with some of the episodes but the first 2 seasons and andor were great and loved them so I was excited to see this season. Slow but descent start but meh ending and middle
@@ethan.H2007 I’m actually really excited. Ashoka is one of my top 5 favorite Star Wars characters of all time, and I love that their bringing in characters from Rebels. However I’m cautiously optimistic given how I thought season 3 of Mando and Obi-Wan Kenobi were going to be good and they ended up being pretty bad.
I decided to let S2 be the end for me on watching Mando. Don't know where the show is headed now (outside of what you said) but I don't care, that ending was perfect for me.
Season lacked any purpose and direction, their story should've ended in season 2 and mando could just have cameos after that while he's out solo. I love moff Gideon but he just didn't feel like a threat at all
Underwhelmed with the direction of this show is putting it lightly. I know they just didn’t set up another season of Din and Grogu side quests. The creators of this show just love going in circles lol between Grigu ditching Luke and then the end the season the way they did. Just really disappointing from a show with lots of potential. I have no idea what they were thinking. The Bo Kartan/Manadalore plot line didn’t really wow me either. No real conflict, just a quick resolve. Favereau and Filoni probably have their focus more on the Ashoka show, and it’s showing..
What's disappointing is the season has so much potential to be the best season based on the setup with the version that you said here. But they just didn't do that version or the better version at all
It's so damn weird to me that people are so upset that Din and Bo-Katan didn't fight for the Dark Saber. What kind of sense would that make? Why would Din fight her? He didn't care about the Saber, he says that exact thing himself
Because that's the lore which was established. No one wants them to fight. Everyone knows he doesn't care about the saber. But the lore demands she defeat him in conflict. That's why it's interesting. Him handing her the sword is boring and feels like a loop hole.
@Sean Chandler Talks About I can't say I agree, and based on the discourse I've seen, people very much did want them to fight. But that "loophole" is very much still within the lore. Din was defeated but the weird alien guy, who then took possession of the Saber (even if it didn't know it), so when Bo-Katan beat it, she gained ownership. It's pretty cut and dry. I was personally really glad they handled it the way they did because it would have felt like really forced interpersonal drama, and in order to get him to fight her she would have had to do something out of character I feel.
It's quite obvious this season was chopped up, which makes a lot of sense as material from this season was planted right in Boba Fett instead. While I can't call this the worst season of Disney+ Star Wars it is absolutely the weakest of this series. Edit: I also figured out how to fix everything hinting towards the future, get rid of the entirety of the Imperial hierarchy and move it to a post credit scene where they mull over their difficulties before they receive a communication that Thrawn is heading their way. I just reignited audience interests without changing any of the overall material.
One big issue I see is that Mando's whole arc of going to Mandalore (which was set up in his first appearance on BOBF) is finished so fast, that he basically had nothing to do and was sidelined for Bo, which ended up just being the Bo Katan show. One other issue was that all the little side quests never had a full end goal. Season 1 was Mando on the run with Grogu from the empire, S2 was all about Mando bringing Grogu back to the Jedi, both with Moff Gideon as the big looming threat. But with S3, there wasn't a full goal until the tail end of ep 5, and Gideon wasn't revealed to be the big bad until the 2nd last episode (Kinda feeling like Kingpin in Hawkeye), and due to that, his honesty terrible death never felt satisfying.
I honestly think the show jumped the shark with Luke Skywalker showing up at the end of Season 2. You can’t top that. That being said I loved the relationship between Bo Katan and Din Djarin and when Moff Gideon was there it was AWESOME but he was WAY underused as he has been the entire series
I was just disappointed. You’re so right about the story being great, but being told weird. Moff Gideon is second only to Darth Vader to me, and his inclusion being half-baked let me down. But Baby Yoda’s little mech was probably my favorite part of the season.
This season was dumb. Mando had nothing to do for the entire middle of the season, and Bo-Katan was written as such a dull, deadpan bore of a character who says everything like she's reading from a textbook. She doesn't seem to have any interest in the Darksaber anymore because she couldn't reclaim Mandalore, which looks entirely uninhabited. Mando has no journey. He needs to reclaim his honor as a Mandalorian and does that without it having significance at all, and the way he reveals Bo's claim to the Darksaber is so dumb. Why in the name of the underused and ignored Mythosaur would he wait to reveal information about the most important thing to one of his closest allies? They also set up the pirates and resolved it in a kind of cool way, but it was in the first few episodes. The episode with Pershing was okay, but it seemed out of place and didn't have much payoff, outside of some talk about clones. The random cameo episode had absolutely no payoff and was bad. Even Jack Black couldn't save it. The last two episodes became good somehow, but nothing about the first six episodes set up much about those two. Honestly, if they'd cut the middle four episodes and added in bits at the end of episode 2 or the beginning of Episode 7, I think the season would've been a little bit better. Or they could've just tightened up the writing.
What sucks is when you watch the episodes they are pretty decent and have great moments. But for all the Star Wars shows they just feel hollow. I don’t know what it is because these should be easy home runs with the content they have to work with, the actors and budget, it’s all perfect. I really needed more grogu and din djarin development other than him officially adopting him. Maybe grogu could have started to speak or actually show some agency. And for din and the cult I think they needed to remove their helmets
Sean can you apply to join the Star Wars writing team? Because you nailed these points. There were so many great arcs set up that they just threw away. And a simple reordering of events might have saved the whole season. It's honestly hard to believe how lazy this story was, knowing who was behind it
I enjoyed this season personally. But, I do think it needed touch-ups here and there. Again, I'm no massive Star Wars fan like Sean and everyone. I became a fan because of The Sequel Trilogy/Disney Era and The Mandalorian. I don't know what that says about me, but I don't have any major negatives for Season 3. Apparently, and allegedly (take it with a huge grain of salt), the reason why this season felt so scattershot is because (again, allegedly) Kathleen Kennedy ordered the reunion of Mando and Grogu in Book of Boba Fett (probably due to fear of loss in merchandising), which caused some disarray in the writing for S3 (Favreau allegedly almost walked away from this season over alleged frustration). Also, one of the Mandalorian spin-offs was gonna follow Cara Dune as a Lieutenant for the New Republic along with Bill Burr's character (titled "Rangers of the New Republic"). But, because of what Gina Carano did that caused her firing (hence the offscreen mention of her in the Season Premiere), it almost felt like whatever was going to be that spin-off had to somewhat be fused into this season. Again, don't take what I say as gospel. It's all rumors. Listen, I understand fans who are more knowledgeable than me will have more to complain about when it comes to this season. But, as a casual fan (which there's nothing wrong with), I dug this season. I still really enjoy this show. I'm more excited for Season 4 than people like Sean is, but I understand that. *This is the way*
I find the problem with some of these shows isn't that they aren't entertaining. It's that if written a little better they could be outstanding. It's almost like everything is thrown together and no one sits down and reviews and edits some of these things.
That’s a good way to put it for me too. I gave the season a 5.5/10 personally and Obi Wan the same score. Both things had their moments tho. Did love getting to see Ewan and Hayden back in their roles :)
yes, however I still enjoy this more than Obi Wan... I really don't like how they forced such a storyline, no matter how amazing obi wan's moments with Vader were
For me, I'd say this was still a step up from Obi. While this season was lazy at times (many times, sadly), it never did anything as aggressively dumb as having Obi-Wan sneak Leia past a whole platoon of Stormtroopers by simply covering her head with part of his coat.
Just didn’t land did it, I love the world of the Mandalorian and yes I still get a kick out of seeing the show but it was a letdown compared to the first two seasons. This should of been a massive climax the taking of Mandalore I’d like to see Mando and Grogu take a break for a bit until Favrue and Filloni have written something worthwhile for them in their next adventure. They’ve got to many toys to play with right now with the upcoming shows, I hope they stick to one at a time and Disney doesn’t push them to make a load of mediocrity out at once.
I loved Seasons 1 and 2, and I was disappointed in Season 3. It has moments that I enjoyed, the action is solid, and I loved Katee as Bo Katan this season. The plot was both a mess or nonexistent, and it lacked momentum or excitement while doing things that undid earlier seasons until the final 2 episodes occurred. It executed some ideas in a disappointing fashion where it makes me frustrated. I had worries for the season because of The Book of Boba Fett, and this season sadly solidified my worries. I’m hoping Season 4 is a step up!
Yeah the season felt totally aimless until like the last second. Then it was good but by that time I was just frustrated as I am with Star Wars as a whole 🙄
This finale was good but I was definitely the safest way it could have played out. The Bad guy loses and the good guys win... again, for the 3rd time Moff Gideon has been defeated... why is this guy a threat? I haven't actually seen him do anything(key word, SEEN), you can tell me all you want but all I've seen is this guy get his ass kicked and be played by the best villain actor of all time... that's it tho 🤷♂️ Now it's over, this is definitely an average season. It sets up plot lines that ether don't get resolved or conclude in unsatisfactory ways. IG11 plotline: pointless (Grogus new mech gets destroyed immediately and the Marshall thing doesn't really need set up past Greif asking mando to do it). Mythasor(idk how it's spelt, don't correct me cause idc): goes nowhere, would have been cooler if it was just at the end of the last episode with 0 set up, as a cool set up for next season. Bo shouldn't need a "sign" to retake Mandalor, she should just want to do that. Episode 3 and Cloning: Moffs Clones are killed as soon as we meet them, so pointless af. Has nothing to do with Snoke and Palpitine so... Episode 4: utter waist of time. Episode 5: sets up the Mandalorians having a new home... then they proceed to leave that home 2 Episodes later 🤦♂️ Episode 6: Has nothing to do with anything. So pointless I like things in this season but there is a reason it doesn't work... Grogu. Grogu is everything wrong with this show, they didn't have a plan for his character his arc was finished but Disney forced him back in for that merch money and thus derailing plans for season 3.
I know that Star Wars is a family-oriented franchise. And yet there we have Andor as proof that you can make adult content without betraying the galaxy far, far away. That's why I feel something close to disappointment with the 3rd season of The Mandalorian. For starters, it's illogical to put filler episodes in a season of just 8 short episodes. Except for those co-written with Filoni and/or Kloor, the ones signed by Favreau alone are flat, childish and sometimes absurd. The visual achievements are often really good, but if we look beyond the eye candy there is little else left. And I am a child no more. One tries to pass over these "details", but there are so many of them that it is impossible to omit them. Various MacGuffing that try to cover up plot holes, inconsistencies of time and space. I thought we had left behind the cartoon megalomaniacs who tell their evil plans while rubbing their hands together and drooling. Wrong. If the villain has the exact location of the Mandalorian, what the hell is stopping him from sending a platoon of soldiers to liquidate him? Dunno. The same guy who hatched this whole plot is going to risk it over a temper tantrum? For a delusion of grandeur? Are you serious? Are the troops asleep or are they fools? Pushing a couple of buttons is enough to blow up the clone containers? Are you mocking me Favreau? Gideon destroys the saber in Bo's hand but doesn't pulverize her bones? Ships can't see or detect each other? That's too many overlooked mistakes. Too many deus ex machina. I could go on, but I have made my point. It's one thing to write in a simple and accessible way and quite another to assume that the audience has the maturity of 7-10 year old kid and you can throw whatever you want at them. It's the first SW live action series, most people liked it, it made the franchise fashionable again. It deserved more, the character deserved much better, but it seems he is no longer the star because a new one is on the way. Sorry, really sorry, but this is not the way...
Just finished my The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale and Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Finale Double Feature. I never thought I'd say this. I still can't believe it, but: Star Trek: Picard Season 3 as a whole was really good and WAY better than The Mandalorian Season 3. I found The Mandalorian Season 3 really weak and disappointing. ... I think, hell has frozen over 🥴
100% agree, I think this season was honestly even worse than obi wan and the book of boba, hardly anything memorable happens the first 6 episodes, and then the last 2 where all the action is packed into was so underwhelming compared to what it could have been
I'm glad you were critical. We deserve better than this, we really do. The whole reason I initially got disney+ in the first place was to watch Obi Wan and that show was horrible. And these shows just keep being absolutely medicore, with the exception of Andor.
Not gonna lie, I kinda liked it. Sure it’s not perfect and pretty rushed I guessed but I guess why I liked it more is because in the other seasons, it just felt like filler but here, it feels like it all matters.
This is almost like stranger things 4, it had the best of stranger things and the worst of stranger things. Much like this season had the best and worst of the Mandalorian, and I thoroughly enjoyed this season.
I know Mandalorian 3 sets up intriguing plot lines but then doesn’t really go anywhere, but I also feel like Andor did the same, but no one talks about that. With Syril Karn, he is set up from start of season, as he is trying to track Andor, but throughout the season, I personally felt like his plotline didn’t really go anywhere.
If I can add my two cents, it’s a special kinda horse. To me, it died after Last and Rise, revived after Mando and Clone Wars and Visions and ran a good distance, tripped and died with Boba Fett and Obi Wan, then went and revived again with Andor and Tales of The Jedi with some good distance, and just tripped again. That poor horse…
I had a theory that Bo Katan would fight Din Djarin for the Darksaber. She would win, take the darksaber and use it to slay the Mythosaur that was thought to be extinct or killed off. And once she slays it, she would be the new “The Mandalorian” and rewrite the ways of Mandalore to how her house was. Nope.
6:00 I really don't think they should've made this a season long journey just to redeem himself, would've been quote boring, like all he has to do is go to mandalor.... the interesting part of the show was gideons secret base on mandalor.... the fact that it was safe this whole time, they've been lied to.....why? The Armeror, she shoudv3 been working with him, and keeping mandalor a secret the whole time. And by the end of the show, mando then realises that he doesn't need to hide his face like the Armeror led them to believe, and they all take their helmets off. Arc complete. Then you talk about the darksaber, mando and bo can't fight because they are friends and the fight wouldn't be honourable....it woukd be flawed, so the only way Bo could get it is through Din loosing it to someone else. I think this should've been a finale thing, where Din lost it to gideon in ep7, and then bo tries to get it off him in the finale. But then before she can finish gideon off, he then destroys the saber. Which would be tragic for Bo, but she would then realise how good it is for her people, she doesn't need it to be a leader, this creates democracy.
The Dr Pershing episode was by far and away the worst episode of this show. Why was it there? Din wasn't even in it!! They could have killed Pershing off in one scene, maybe two if you want a bit of build up. And what did it even accomplish, why was it so important to kill him on screen? The Jack Black episode was 10 times better than the Dr Pershing episode.
16:50 yes, the story is about reclaiming mandalor, but you complain nobody is there.... this wasn't ever the problem. The issue was everyone thought it was poisoned/cursed and inhospitable. This was the interesting point.... the lie. Bo knew the planet was safe tho, she's already been....BUT she didn't have the darksaber, so nobody followed her. That was her issue. And Dins was realising his faith in the Armeror was futile.
I knew it wasn’t gonna be a good season when I could predict two things that would happen: SPOILERS -When the Mythosaur showed up I said to myself “Yeah, it’s gonna pop up later isn’t it?” YEP -When the woman w the boy hair cut showed up, I knew she was working w Moff Gideon
Think about how much time they had to write and come up with a season one or evening a 1 to 2 season show vs. Following seasons, this is always a problem with tv shows this is not a new problem. How can this get such a negative review vs. The Fast and Furious movies. A tv show can still be popcorn fun. Don't get to hyped up about other ideas that people come up with mid-season because, yes some will be better than what they do. Why are the tv show reviews so much more harsh.
Kathleen Kennedy needs to let Jon and Dave make these movies and shows. She’s pushing her woke agenda on these shows and films to get a point across that no one cares about instead of giving people what they want.
My ranking: 3. S3 2. S2 1. S1 To me the first season was just so special. The second season was good but inconsistent. Season three felt boring at times with awesome stuff happening sporadically.
For me the problem with this season is nothing felt earned and everything was a short cut. Mando ending living on a farm with Grogu feels like the endgame to their arcs but it doesn’t feel like the end yet, it’s also weird to focus a season on finding the Mando home and then not ending up there?! Gideons force cloning arc was built up for 3 seasons and ended so easily. Mando redeeming himself and bathing in the waters happened so quickly, as did taking back Mandalore. These things feel like series long arcs but happened in 2 episodes each, nothing felt earned.
The only exception is Bo Katan uniting the Mandos and Viszlas sacrifice.
A lot of meandering on useless stuff but when it gets to the main plot points…its rushed?! Weird combination.
Bathing in the mines of Mandalore was way too easy. Bo Katan getting the dark saber was way too easy. Landing on Mandalore and finding out it wasn't poisoned was way too easy.
It suffered from god of war ragnarok syndrome
That's a great way to put it
Sacrifice? He got out, did you see
I love your idea of introducing the imperial base in episode 2. It seems so obvious from a writing standpoint. We’d still get the shock factor of there being a secret base on Mandalore, and now, there would be ACTUAL TENSION throughout the season. All 3 seasons have made the odd choice of pretty much only using Gideon in the last 2 episodes and I have no idea why.
We got one episode of what I expected to take a whole season. The rest was some low quality filler episodes and really unfocused on any central plot till the end. I also think not cutting up the episode on coruscant made the season not flow well as a whole.
I’m just gonna say what I said before. In my honest opinion, this season was meh. To me, it felt very messy, incoherent, and lost. It felt like the show didn’t know what it wanted to do. It felt like Boba Fett/Obi Wan tier imo, which I wasn’t used to with this show. At least until the last two episodes, which were really the only solid episodes imo.
To that, I say too little too late. Two solid episodes isn’t enough to save what was in my opinion a mostly lackluster, aimless, and boring season. Overall, I give the season a 5.5/10. I would probably rank it at the lowest spot of my 2023 TV shows list so far (which would be spot number 16 atm). All just my two cents. Hoping season 4 will be better.
I 100% agree! I love the idea of the main plots and I love that it does a great job at setting up the sequels, but overall the execution could have been a lot better. Still a decent season, but nearly as good as the first two. Also, I think they should have just took the last 3 episodes of book of boba fett and take away some of the side quests like the one with Jack Black.
That's really what they should have done.
I think that Din reuniting quickly with Grogu in BOBF was a huge mistake... It would have been so cool to see Mando struggle with regaining his honor and Grogu's absence... Also this finale felt less weighty than the previous finales... It really felt like Dave and Jon struggled to juggle the personal stories of Bo , Grogu, and Din with the big stakes of the Mandalorians, Moff Gideon, and the New Republic... Hopefully the next season will be a big improvement...
One of the biggest problems for me with this season was 1/3 of the episodes are inconsequential to the rest of the season The scientist is in trouble; doesn't matter The kid is in trouble; doesn't matter who broke out Moff Gideon could it be Mandalorians or is someone framing them; don't know and honestly doesn't matter what about Elia Kane on Coruscant (Had to look up her name cause I forgot and kinda didn't care a whole lot) also doesn't matter Grogu is still with Mando (Hate saying this cause I love Grogu) kinda doesn't matter I think you can easily write Grogu out of the season and not much changes I really wish this was the season where they brought Mando and Grogu back together I think it would have been earned and also would have made sense to happen in this show/season I still think this season has some highs but I agree that this is my least favorite Mandalorian season BUT I think it still is better than Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan
I loved Baby Yoda and what they did with IG-12, but I did wish he was still Luke at least for one season and focus on earning money or working with Bo Katan.
If I was writing this show, the ending of this season would be the ending of season 4. In Season 3 Grogu would be training with Luke until the final episode or two, and it would be a combined version of a shorter, better written TBOBF plus New Republic stuff plus Mando's "redemption" on Mandalore (where he would find that the Imperials have a base there). So Moff Gideon being there would be a finale twist but also be an active threat/obstacle during their entire effort to retake their home in season 4.
So then season 4 would be about Bo-Katan wanting the darksaber etc and would end with the united clans defeating the imperials, with your pitch about the Moff Gideon force user clones. It would also explore or at least address the fact that Bo-Katan used to be a terrible person and a terrorist and never really had a proper redemption on-screen, which is ignored by this show.
I agree with everything stated here... it's crazy thinking that they did nothing with the Mythosaur
Couldn’t agree with you more. Stories are about conflict. This season had incredibly compelling conflict going into it and instead of exploring they avoided it at every turn. It’s baffling. It’s incredibly unsatisfying.
Agree 100%, the direction and score always made it feel like it was building up to something a lot more interesting than what actually ended up happening
I’ve learned that we’re a lot happier when we watch Star Wars the less we theorize and try to predict what is going to happen next. I really enjoyed this season. It definitely had flaws and dry moments, but went a direction I was not expecting, which was a breath of fresh air. We forget that there used to be droughts of no SW content for years, I’m just happy this is tying in the sequel trilogy loose ends
My biggest issue with most Star Wars stuff nowadays is it always feels like they’re holding things back for further down the road, but then they never pay it off or they do but it isn’t as interesting as the setup would have implied. Feels like they’re just stringing everyone along with little tidbits here and there but it never actually becomes anything
This weirdly felt like could of been a great ending to the show, Din and Grogru finally are Master and Apprentice. I have hope that Season 4 will go back to it roots of s1 and s2 what made this show so great.
finally a honest star wars reviewer
My hype levels for season 4 are so low after this season. This season felt directionless most of the time and multiple plot points were set up and then abandoned
I was worried about the show after season 2 since the journey was over and grogu finally was with a Jedi and that season finale was a damn good one as well. Then book of boba gets undid the entire point of the last 2 seasons but it did set up what seemed like it could’ve been a full season arc. And then didn’t do more than 1 or 2 episodes on it and then basically gave nothing for grogu to do making his return even more of a slap in the face for the last seasons ending
It had potential but overall my worries of the season was seen. Hoping for a better season 4
1. Mando Cave 2. Save the kid from Birds. 3. Save village from pirates. 4. Save city from robots 5. Andor episode that ends with guy being mind wiped. 5 episodes of nothing in an 8 episode season. Oh and the dark saber was destroyed.
I've had such trouble articulating my feelings and thoughts on season 3 but you've done it for me - thank you. I needed more Din & Grogu character growth and less pointless cameos.
Season 2 puts season 3 to shame. Season 2 was so perfect. An overarching story with some side quest, great character development for mando, and cameos that fit perfectly. Plus much better dialogue and acting. Season 3 was an overall disappointment. I agree that none of the payoff was satisfying.
I think if they had done a season where Mando is struggling to move on with his life now that Grogu is gone and somehow he decides that with Bo Katan, they can retake Mandalore and just happen to stumble on Moff Gideon that would have been good. Disney skipped too many steps. I don't think they needed to redeem Din Jarin by having him bathes in whatever waters right away. They could have held on to that and Come up with something more interesting. Also, Bo Katan could have rescued Mando in a similar way but maybe insists that she keep the Dark Saber. And that's another thing. That thing was destroyed in the finale. What the hell! Very anti-climatic.
If there was not a sequel trilogy and the Mandalorian was the newest story in the timeline, wouldn’t it be a much bigger deal in pop culture
I enjoyed the season overall but it left me with a slight feeling of 'The Last Jedi/Rise Of Skywalker' in that they brought up a bunch of plot points which they then didn't have a proper answer/resolution for. It felt like they hadn't totally decided the overall story and were making it up as they went from episode to episode. In 1 episode you have jetpacks running out of fuel after a few miles, in another you have a guy literally flying into space with his jetpack 🤷. An Episode was called 'The Spies' and had no spies in it really 🤷. Mando bathed in the waters easily, the mythosaur reveal went nowhere, the armourer acted weird and suspicious a lot but nothing came from that, Bo got the Darksaber via a Loophole, Gideon's clones were killed by a flick of a switch etc. What the hell is going on with the writing here? These things don't ruin the series, but they just feel really weird and not thought out properly.
THANK YOU. I felt i was the only one. Talkong to friends and a spoilery discord... everybody seemed to love it and i was like okayyiisssh... but nobody would understand my point of view. Hope it gets better...
One of the problems, in my opinion, and this goes for pretty much most of Disney's content is that there seems to be very little risk taken in telling the story.
Conflict between Bo and Din would have been interesting.
A greater deal of ideological conflict between the Nite Owls and the Children of the Watch would've been interesting.
Risk-taking with bold and interesting conflicts and twists is what makes shows like Attack on Titan fantastic.
This season didn't really do any of that. It feels as though because all of the good guys are good, they have to agree on everything, and they will always be allied. People are more complex than that.
My rating is: Mid-dilorian (5.5/10)
You had the same idea I had! If they just revealed the imperial base in episode 1 or 2 and made the season about Din and Bo gathering as many mandalorians as they could to retake Mandalore the finale would have felt a lot more epic and their victory a lot more earned. It's storytelling 101, nothing too crazy but it works!
It felt like this season kept approaching interesting plot lines but then going the safest route possible. I kept wondering if the Armorer would turn out to be the lead villain, if Din Djarin and Bo Katan would have a romantic subplot, if Djarin would abandon his traditional ways, or if there'd be some degree of conflict between the two Mandalorian races, but all the least interesting storylines were chosen instead
💯 agree. It'd have been really interesting twist to have the armourer be working with moff Gideon and she was the one planting stories about mandolore being un inhabitable
@@DRV110 Yeah, or it could be a sort of clashing of two ends of the politics type of thing, with the armourer being some sort of ultra-nationalist and moff gideon being the other side of the coin
Considering this season had almost three years of development time while season 2 had half of that, I would have thought season 2 had that extra time.
This season was very underwhelming.
Disney and I'm not joking should hire Sean to write the future of some of their shows, or at the very least watch his reviews and breakdowns. Litterally no joke, he knows what he's talking about
Maybe not one of the core word to word writers but the visionary and flow creator of story and plot lines
I still have fun with season 3. I do agree the concept and the execution varied greatly. Everything got solved too easily- Mando get accepted back into the tribe, the return of the black saber, or taking back Mandalore. All these problems could have been a whole season each.
But I don’t agree with your mythosaur issue. Thanos had a cameo in the first Avengers movie, but he did not show up until Infinity War and Endgame - many movies later. They hinted the mythosaur, but there is still a lot of stories to tell just because we did not get it in this season’s finale. I don’t see a problem.
I was reminded of a book I saw at the bookstore today when you mentioned the borrowing of classic western story templates and funnily enough you used a movie with the number 7 as an example but it's called "The Seven Basic Plots" by Christopher booker or Brooker.
Lookin very healthy my guy…cheers to you!! 🙏🏼
Super disappointed in this season. I had a fun time with some of the episodes but the first 2 seasons and andor were great and loved them so I was excited to see this season. Slow but descent start but meh ending and middle
I definitely agree with you. Are you excited for Ashoka?
@@cooperwolfe5478 hell ya man. I loved rebels so much actually and it’s like a sequel to it. Looks amazing. Wbu
@@ethan.H2007 I’m actually really excited. Ashoka is one of my top 5 favorite Star Wars characters of all time, and I love that their bringing in characters from Rebels. However I’m cautiously optimistic given how I thought season 3 of Mando and Obi-Wan Kenobi were going to be good and they ended up being pretty bad.
Totally agree, 2 good episodes, at the end, didn't save a really dull season.
Grogu needs to grow up already
I decided to let S2 be the end for me on watching Mando. Don't know where the show is headed now (outside of what you said) but I don't care, that ending was perfect for me.
Season lacked any purpose and direction, their story should've ended in season 2 and mando could just have cameos after that while he's out solo. I love moff Gideon but he just didn't feel like a threat at all
Underwhelmed with the direction of this show is putting it lightly. I know they just didn’t set up another season of Din and Grogu side quests. The creators of this show just love going in circles lol between Grigu ditching Luke and then the end the season the way they did. Just really disappointing from a show with lots of potential. I have no idea what they were thinking. The Bo Kartan/Manadalore plot line didn’t really wow me either. No real conflict, just a quick resolve. Favereau and Filoni probably have their focus more on the Ashoka show, and it’s showing..
What's disappointing is the season has so much potential to be the best season based on the setup with the version that you said here. But they just didn't do that version or the better version at all
It's so damn weird to me that people are so upset that Din and Bo-Katan didn't fight for the Dark Saber. What kind of sense would that make? Why would Din fight her? He didn't care about the Saber, he says that exact thing himself
Because that's the lore which was established. No one wants them to fight. Everyone knows he doesn't care about the saber. But the lore demands she defeat him in conflict. That's why it's interesting. Him handing her the sword is boring and feels like a loop hole.
@Sean Chandler Talks About I can't say I agree, and based on the discourse I've seen, people very much did want them to fight. But that "loophole" is very much still within the lore. Din was defeated but the weird alien guy, who then took possession of the Saber (even if it didn't know it), so when Bo-Katan beat it, she gained ownership. It's pretty cut and dry. I was personally really glad they handled it the way they did because it would have felt like really forced interpersonal drama, and in order to get him to fight her she would have had to do something out of character I feel.
“My version a little bit better than theirs….a LOT better than theirs” 😂😂
“There’s a cloud in the way” 😂😂
How did grogu even get to Mando? He just appeared for me unless I missed something.
Book of Boba Fett has two episodes that basically undo the ending of Mando Season 2
@@emicadena2105 no like in that episode
It's quite obvious this season was chopped up, which makes a lot of sense as material from this season was planted right in Boba Fett instead. While I can't call this the worst season of Disney+ Star Wars it is absolutely the weakest of this series.
Edit: I also figured out how to fix everything hinting towards the future, get rid of the entirety of the Imperial hierarchy and move it to a post credit scene where they mull over their difficulties before they receive a communication that Thrawn is heading their way. I just reignited audience interests without changing any of the overall material.
One big issue I see is that Mando's whole arc of going to Mandalore (which was set up in his first appearance on BOBF) is finished so fast, that he basically had nothing to do and was sidelined for Bo, which ended up just being the Bo Katan show.
One other issue was that all the little side quests never had a full end goal. Season 1 was Mando on the run with Grogu from the empire, S2 was all about Mando bringing Grogu back to the Jedi, both with Moff Gideon as the big looming threat. But with S3, there wasn't a full goal until the tail end of ep 5, and Gideon wasn't revealed to be the big bad until the 2nd last episode (Kinda feeling like Kingpin in Hawkeye), and due to that, his honesty terrible death never felt satisfying.
hell nah disney, y’all done ruined our only chance at happiness with your streaming service 😭
I honestly think the show jumped the shark with Luke Skywalker showing up at the end of Season 2. You can’t top that. That being said I loved the relationship between Bo Katan and Din Djarin and when Moff Gideon was there it was AWESOME but he was WAY underused as he has been the entire series
I was just disappointed. You’re so right about the story being great, but being told weird. Moff Gideon is second only to Darth Vader to me, and his inclusion being half-baked let me down. But Baby Yoda’s little mech was probably my favorite part of the season.
Gideon isnt second to Vader, not even close.
You should do an updated ranking for all 24 chapters
To keep it short, I agree.
This season was dumb. Mando had nothing to do for the entire middle of the season, and Bo-Katan was written as such a dull, deadpan bore of a character who says everything like she's reading from a textbook. She doesn't seem to have any interest in the Darksaber anymore because she couldn't reclaim Mandalore, which looks entirely uninhabited. Mando has no journey. He needs to reclaim his honor as a Mandalorian and does that without it having significance at all, and the way he reveals Bo's claim to the Darksaber is so dumb. Why in the name of the underused and ignored Mythosaur would he wait to reveal information about the most important thing to one of his closest allies? They also set up the pirates and resolved it in a kind of cool way, but it was in the first few episodes. The episode with Pershing was okay, but it seemed out of place and didn't have much payoff, outside of some talk about clones. The random cameo episode had absolutely no payoff and was bad. Even Jack Black couldn't save it. The last two episodes became good somehow, but nothing about the first six episodes set up much about those two. Honestly, if they'd cut the middle four episodes and added in bits at the end of episode 2 or the beginning of Episode 7, I think the season would've been a little bit better. Or they could've just tightened up the writing.
What sucks is when you watch the episodes they are pretty decent and have great moments. But for all the Star Wars shows they just feel hollow. I don’t know what it is because these should be easy home runs with the content they have to work with, the actors and budget, it’s all perfect. I really needed more grogu and din djarin development other than him officially adopting him. Maybe grogu could have started to speak or actually show some agency. And for din and the cult I think they needed to remove their helmets
I heard a great quote from Chris Gore (Filmthreat), "The Mandalorian just feels like the Star Wars show now." 🙄🙄
Sean can you apply to join the Star Wars writing team? Because you nailed these points. There were so many great arcs set up that they just threw away. And a simple reordering of events might have saved the whole season. It's honestly hard to believe how lazy this story was, knowing who was behind it
I enjoyed this season personally. But, I do think it needed touch-ups here and there.
Again, I'm no massive Star Wars fan like Sean and everyone. I became a fan because of The Sequel Trilogy/Disney Era and The Mandalorian. I don't know what that says about me, but I don't have any major negatives for Season 3.
Apparently, and allegedly (take it with a huge grain of salt), the reason why this season felt so scattershot is because (again, allegedly) Kathleen Kennedy ordered the reunion of Mando and Grogu in Book of Boba Fett (probably due to fear of loss in merchandising), which caused some disarray in the writing for S3 (Favreau allegedly almost walked away from this season over alleged frustration).
Also, one of the Mandalorian spin-offs was gonna follow Cara Dune as a Lieutenant for the New Republic along with Bill Burr's character (titled "Rangers of the New Republic"). But, because of what Gina Carano did that caused her firing (hence the offscreen mention of her in the Season Premiere), it almost felt like whatever was going to be that spin-off had to somewhat be fused into this season. Again, don't take what I say as gospel. It's all rumors.
Listen, I understand fans who are more knowledgeable than me will have more to complain about when it comes to this season. But, as a casual fan (which there's nothing wrong with), I dug this season. I still really enjoy this show.
I'm more excited for Season 4 than people like Sean is, but I understand that.
*This is the way*
I find the problem with some of these shows isn't that they aren't entertaining. It's that if written a little better they could be outstanding. It's almost like everything is thrown together and no one sits down and reviews and edits some of these things.
Season 3 was messy, but it was alright fun, similar to how I felt about Obi Wan.
That’s a good way to put it for me too. I gave the season a 5.5/10 personally and Obi Wan the same score. Both things had their moments tho. Did love getting to see Ewan and Hayden back in their roles :)
yes, however I still enjoy this more than Obi Wan... I really don't like how they forced such a storyline, no matter how amazing obi wan's moments with Vader were
@NinthShinigami Dam. 5.5 now I know u weren't a big fan if this one.😂
Obi Wan was a dumpster fire,
For me, I'd say this was still a step up from Obi. While this season was lazy at times (many times, sadly), it never did anything as aggressively dumb as having Obi-Wan sneak Leia past a whole platoon of Stormtroopers by simply covering her head with part of his coat.
You could see Sean’s preacher in him coming out in this video lol
Just didn’t land did it, I love the world of the Mandalorian and yes I still get a kick out of seeing the show but it was a letdown compared to the first two seasons. This should of been a massive climax the taking of Mandalore
I’d like to see Mando and Grogu take a break for a bit until Favrue and Filloni have written something worthwhile for them in their next adventure. They’ve got to many toys to play with right now with the upcoming shows, I hope they stick to one at a time and Disney doesn’t push them to make a load of mediocrity out at once.
I loved Seasons 1 and 2, and I was disappointed in Season 3. It has moments that I enjoyed, the action is solid, and I loved Katee as Bo Katan this season. The plot was both a mess or nonexistent, and it lacked momentum or excitement while doing things that undid earlier seasons until the final 2 episodes occurred. It executed some ideas in a disappointing fashion where it makes me frustrated. I had worries for the season because of The Book of Boba Fett, and this season sadly solidified my worries. I’m hoping Season 4 is a step up!
Yeah the season felt totally aimless until like the last second. Then it was good but by that time I was just frustrated as I am with Star Wars as a whole 🙄
amazing review, hit every point, agree with everything you say, underwhelming season
This finale was good but I was definitely the safest way it could have played out.
The Bad guy loses and the good guys win... again, for the 3rd time Moff Gideon has been defeated... why is this guy a threat? I haven't actually seen him do anything(key word, SEEN), you can tell me all you want but all I've seen is this guy get his ass kicked and be played by the best villain actor of all time... that's it tho 🤷♂️
Now it's over, this is definitely an average season. It sets up plot lines that ether don't get resolved or conclude in unsatisfactory ways.
IG11 plotline: pointless (Grogus new mech gets destroyed immediately and the Marshall thing doesn't really need set up past Greif asking mando to do it).
Mythasor(idk how it's spelt, don't correct me cause idc): goes nowhere, would have been cooler if it was just at the end of the last episode with 0 set up, as a cool set up for next season. Bo shouldn't need a "sign" to retake Mandalor, she should just want to do that.
Episode 3 and Cloning: Moffs Clones are killed as soon as we meet them, so pointless af. Has nothing to do with Snoke and Palpitine so...
Episode 4: utter waist of time.
Episode 5: sets up the Mandalorians having a new home... then they proceed to leave that home 2 Episodes later 🤦♂️
Episode 6: Has nothing to do with anything. So pointless
I like things in this season but there is a reason it doesn't work... Grogu. Grogu is everything wrong with this show, they didn't have a plan for his character his arc was finished but Disney forced him back in for that merch money and thus derailing plans for season 3.
I know that Star Wars is a family-oriented franchise. And yet there we have Andor as proof that you can make adult content without betraying the galaxy far, far away. That's why I feel something close to disappointment with the 3rd season of The Mandalorian.
For starters, it's illogical to put filler episodes in a season of just 8 short episodes. Except for those co-written with Filoni and/or Kloor, the ones signed by Favreau alone are flat, childish and sometimes absurd.
The visual achievements are often really good, but if we look beyond the eye candy there is little else left. And I am a child no more. One tries to pass over these "details", but there are so many of them that it is impossible to omit them. Various MacGuffing that try to cover up plot holes, inconsistencies of time and space.
I thought we had left behind the cartoon megalomaniacs who tell their evil plans while rubbing their hands together and drooling. Wrong.
If the villain has the exact location of the Mandalorian, what the hell is stopping him from sending a platoon of soldiers to liquidate him? Dunno. The same guy who hatched this whole plot is going to risk it over a temper tantrum? For a delusion of grandeur? Are you serious?
Are the troops asleep or are they fools? Pushing a couple of buttons is enough to blow up the clone containers? Are you mocking me Favreau? Gideon destroys the saber in Bo's hand but doesn't pulverize her bones? Ships can't see or detect each other? That's too many overlooked mistakes. Too many deus ex machina. I could go on, but I have made my point.
It's one thing to write in a simple and accessible way and quite another to assume that the audience has the maturity of 7-10 year old kid and you can throw whatever you want at them.
It's the first SW live action series, most people liked it, it made the franchise fashionable again. It deserved more, the character deserved much better, but it seems he is no longer the star because a new one is on the way. Sorry, really sorry, but this is not the way...
Just finished my The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale and Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Finale Double Feature.
I never thought I'd say this. I still can't believe it, but:
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 as a whole was really good and WAY better than The Mandalorian Season 3.
I found The Mandalorian Season 3 really weak and disappointing.
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I think, hell has frozen over 🥴
100% agree, I think this season was honestly even worse than obi wan and the book of boba, hardly anything memorable happens the first 6 episodes, and then the last 2 where all the action is packed into was so underwhelming compared to what it could have been
that thumbnail face is hilarious
If they would build up the main villain instead of having mando do side quests all season it would be better
I wasn’t even invested in this season until episode 7. I hardly even remember what happened in the first 6 episodes. It just wasn’t interesting at all
I'm glad you were critical. We deserve better than this, we really do. The whole reason I initially got disney+ in the first place was to watch Obi Wan and that show was horrible. And these shows just keep being absolutely medicore, with the exception of Andor.
Not gonna lie, I kinda liked it. Sure it’s not perfect and pretty rushed I guessed but I guess why I liked it more is because in the other seasons, it just felt like filler but here, it feels like it all matters.
Also, asking for stuff to be written exactly how you would expect it to go is boring
Season 3 was not the best season but I still liked it. Hopefully season 4 does more interesting things leading to Dave Filoni’s movie.
This is the rant I’ve been needing all day
1) Chapter 5
2) Chapter 7
3) Chapter 6
4) Chapter 8
5) Chapter 3
6) Chapter 4
7) Chapter 1
8) Chapter 2
It is pretty sad when the only thing keeping Star Wars alive is EA!
This is almost like stranger things 4, it had the best of stranger things and the worst of stranger things. Much like this season had the best and worst of the Mandalorian, and I thoroughly enjoyed this season.
I know Mandalorian 3 sets up intriguing plot lines but then doesn’t really go anywhere, but I also feel like Andor did the same, but no one talks about that.
With Syril Karn, he is set up from start of season, as he is trying to track Andor, but throughout the season, I personally felt like his plotline didn’t really go anywhere.
I feel like there was way too much filler for the story they wanted to tell, but the finale episodes were great
It wasn’t terrible but it could have been so much better. The end of season 2 is leagues beyond anything in this season
Nailed it, Sean.
At this point star wars isn't just dead under Disney. It's like a horse that's been dead for a long time with Disney kicking its grave saying go boy
If I can add my two cents, it’s a special kinda horse. To me, it died after Last and Rise, revived after Mando and Clone Wars and Visions and ran a good distance, tripped and died with Boba Fett and Obi Wan, then went and revived again with Andor and Tales of The Jedi with some good distance, and just tripped again. That poor horse…
Agree with lizzo. Literally first thing I though was "is that lizzo"
On paper I liked every plotpoint but the execution was so terrible
Nice cut, you look 20 years younger
I had a theory that Bo Katan would fight Din Djarin for the Darksaber. She would win, take the darksaber and use it to slay the Mythosaur that was thought to be extinct or killed off. And once she slays it, she would be the new “The Mandalorian” and rewrite the ways of Mandalore to how her house was.
Nope.
6:00 I really don't think they should've made this a season long journey just to redeem himself, would've been quote boring, like all he has to do is go to mandalor.... the interesting part of the show was gideons secret base on mandalor.... the fact that it was safe this whole time, they've been lied to.....why? The Armeror, she shoudv3 been working with him, and keeping mandalor a secret the whole time. And by the end of the show, mando then realises that he doesn't need to hide his face like the Armeror led them to believe, and they all take their helmets off. Arc complete.
Then you talk about the darksaber, mando and bo can't fight because they are friends and the fight wouldn't be honourable....it woukd be flawed, so the only way Bo could get it is through Din loosing it to someone else. I think this should've been a finale thing, where Din lost it to gideon in ep7, and then bo tries to get it off him in the finale. But then before she can finish gideon off, he then destroys the saber. Which would be tragic for Bo, but she would then realise how good it is for her people, she doesn't need it to be a leader, this creates democracy.
As "bad" as this season was, it is no where near the depths of Obi Wan and Boba Fett.
The Dr Pershing episode was by far and away the worst episode of this show. Why was it there? Din wasn't even in it!! They could have killed Pershing off in one scene, maybe two if you want a bit of build up. And what did it even accomplish, why was it so important to kill him on screen? The Jack Black episode was 10 times better than the Dr Pershing episode.
Shoulda renamed the title of the video Storytelling 101
You made me laugh because of how stupid the season sounded, but I honestly felt the same way.
No mention of the weird and pointless episode with the doctor and the ship biscuits which added nothing.
It reminded of GOT S8
16:50 yes, the story is about reclaiming mandalor, but you complain nobody is there.... this wasn't ever the problem. The issue was everyone thought it was poisoned/cursed and inhospitable. This was the interesting point.... the lie. Bo knew the planet was safe tho, she's already been....BUT she didn't have the darksaber, so nobody followed her. That was her issue. And Dins was realising his faith in the Armeror was futile.
I knew it wasn’t gonna be a good season when I could predict two things that would happen: SPOILERS
-When the Mythosaur showed up I said to myself “Yeah, it’s gonna pop up later isn’t it?” YEP
-When the woman w the boy hair cut showed up, I knew she was working w Moff Gideon
Tbf the mythosaur showing up again wasn't exactly 100iq move from you, it was literally intentionally obvious
Think about how much time they had to write and come up with a season one or evening a 1 to 2 season show vs. Following seasons, this is always a problem with tv shows this is not a new problem. How can this get such a negative review vs. The Fast and Furious movies. A tv show can still be popcorn fun. Don't get to hyped up about other ideas that people come up with mid-season because, yes some will be better than what they do. Why are the tv show reviews so much more harsh.
This season had a lot of problems but at least it was still better than Kenobi and book of boba Fett
Try and turn off auto focus.
Kathleen Kennedy needs to let Jon and Dave make these movies and shows. She’s pushing her woke agenda on these shows and films to get a point across that no one cares about instead of giving people what they want.
My ranking:
3. S3
2. S2
1. S1
To me the first season was just so special. The second season was good but inconsistent. Season three felt boring at times with awesome stuff happening sporadically.