The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

[Set Harth]

never for a second are you concerned about the characters or any fallout from the action, which makes the action empty.

At one point I did find myself wondering if the Mandalorian was going to die in the film. Not because of that one bad guy quote, that was obviously just the usual bluster, I just got a feeling at a different point. And he's not a character who turns up canonically in a later period so in theory anything could happen.
But that was definitely one of the things in the film that I felt went a little too far. Djarin had insanely powerful plot armor even while doing unbelievably reckless stuff. That's not exactly unheard of for this franchise, but no one even seemed to land a shot on him. The dragonsnake missed him and he didn't seem to be moving especially quickly.
The thing is, like a lot of franchises, Star Wars does have a caste of superpowered individuals. But he's not one of them. He comes off as incredibly lucky.

At some point i felt being transported back to some 80s Jim Henderson movie.

Jim Henderson. Or as he's sometimes known the Temu Jim Henson. Who is not as good.

( most evident when they took away Boba Fett's own show from the character in the final 2 episodes and made them sort of a bridge episodes for the upcoming Mando season).

It was more the 5th and 6th episodes that he completely took over, then he was part of the gang in the final one.

 

[FPAlpha]

At one point I did find myself wondering if the Mandalorian was going to die in the film. Not because of that one bad guy quote, that was obviously just the usual bluster, I just got a feeling at a different point. And he's not a character who turns up canonically in a later period so in theory anything could happen.
But that was definitely one of the things in the film that I felt went a little too far. Djarin had insanely powerful plot armor even while doing unbelievably reckless stuff. That's not exactly unheard of for this franchise, but no one even seemed to land a shot on him. The dragonsnake missed him and he didn't seem to be moving especially quickly.
The thing is, like a lot of franchises, Star Wars does have a caste of superpowered individuals. But he's not one of them. He comes off as incredibly lucky.

The problem is the actual armor, nothing penetrates it ( or it takes way too long).

So while it is no full body armor like Iron Man everybody still misses the unarmored body parts but i think in this movie they took it a bit too far with Din solo'ing Imperial Bases, AT-AT's, crime lord palaces etc. It honestly felt a bit ridiculous and by extension boring because nothing they threw at him made any mark on him or barely slowed him down ( except for that one other Bounty Hunter, who was a real problem for Mando).

Now Din is an expert fighter of course but this feels like a videogame where you maxed out your character level wise, have the best gear available ( including the secret, hard to get items) and then go back to early or mid game levels and clear them out for whatever reason. No challenge at at.

 

[Verteron]

I know that Luke's X-Wing was able to go from Hoth to Dagobah in TESB, but I don't recall seeing hyperdrive-capable fighters in the original film. So maybe it's "always" in-universe, but not necessarily in real-world terms.

Return of the Jedi:

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There are X-Wings and B-wings in the fleet that seem to go to hyperspace independently along with the cruisers

 

[Set Harth]

He was talking about ANH, though.

 

[Christopher]

Return of the Jedi:

I said "the original film." As in, the first one. That's the third one.

 

[Set Harth]

The problem is the actual armor, nothing penetrates it ( or it takes way too long).

But in this movie no one even appears to hit the armor with a blaster shot.

It honestly felt a bit ridiculous and by extension boring because nothing they threw at him made any mark on him or barely slowed him down ( except for that one other Bounty Hunter, who was a real problem for Mando).

That's because that guy is a Filoni pet character, that's why he survived. Just casually exiting stage left while the twins were getting killed.

 

[Verteron]

I said "the original film." As in, the first one. That's the third one.

Fair, just misread.

 

[Tosk]

He was talking about ANH, though.

Although if we go by that metric, the Falcon is the only starship in the galaxy with hyperdrive.

 

[Christopher]

Although if we go by that metric, the Falcon is the only starship in the galaxy with hyperdrive.

Along with the Star Destroyers and the Rebel Blockade Runner (aka Tantive IV), since we don't need to see them actually jump to hyperspace to know that they have interstellar travel. And, of course, the Death Star, which is neither a moon nor a space station, as it isn't stationary (though in Obi-Wan's defense, he didn't yet know that at the time).

 

[FPAlpha]

But in this movie no one even appears to hit the armor with a blaster shot.

Occasionally they do, you can hear a plink sound everytime it happens but it rarely affects Mando.

By that point i feel they could fire starship lasers at his armor and nothing would happen. In the beginning it seemed like a cool concept and it was nice to see him make full use of his near invulnerable armor like actually turning in a way to absorb a shot knowing it won't do damage to get into a position himself for a counterattack but it is played out over 3 seasons and especially this movie.

They wrote themselves into a corner with this one, everything needs to have a weak point to be able to write some drama and make the audience actually concerned about the hero and lord knows the Mandalorian armor has weak points but if you don't let the bad guys hit the unarmored spots no matter how much firepower they have you need to rethink your writing approach.

 

[Set Harth]

Occasionally they do, you can hear a plink sound everytime it happens but it rarely affects Mando.

I'd have to watch it again.

 

[UssGlenn]

Just got back from a showing. reasonably full theater. My 9 year old really enjoyed it. Said his brain might explode from all the action.

The giant droids were a bitt too video gamey for me.

I had forgotten that they were going to be real stop motion. My kid has recently been fascinated by stop motion animation, so that was really cool to see.

 

[Saul]

Kennedy even admits nowadays that recasting Han Solo was not the greatest idea.

Filming the movie twice was not the greatest idea.

Just got back from a showing. reasonably full theater. My 9 year old really enjoyed it. Said his brain might explode from all the action.

That's awesome to hear. I think most kids will love this movie.

 

[BillJ]

Andor has proven you can have amazing Star Wars…

A New Hope did this back in 1977.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Kennedy even admits nowadays that recasting Han Solo was not the greatest idea.

Kathleen Kennedy can say that, and I'd say she's wrong. I enjoy Ehrenreich's performance a lot. I found him charming and funny, and I loved his rapport with Donald Glover (who just oozes Lando). I don't believe Ehrenreich was miscast at all, and I hope to see him reprise Han Solo at some point. Don't be cowards, Disney.

Deep fake crap is getting better and better every single day, but I, for one, will always prefer an actor's performance to a simulacra of an actor. I don't feel that the actors are irreplacable. I'd have recast Leia in Rise of Skywalker, rather than jump through the outtakes and deep fake hoops that they did. (I don't know if she'd have done it, but I think Stephanie Zimbalist would have made a really interesting Leia in RoS.)

 

[Set Harth]

I don't believe Ehrenreich was miscast at all

Han Solo is not a midget!

I'd have recast Leia in Rise of Skywalker

Not me. That would have taken me right out of it.

 

[fireproof78]

I had forgotten that they were going to be real stop motion. My kid has recently been fascinated by stop motion animation, so that was really cool to see.

I'm really hoping Corridor Crew does some effects exploration or stunt exploration on this film. While I can appreciate all the model and effects work the big robots annoyed me.

 

[BillJ]

That would have taken me right out of it.

Unfortunately, the deep fake was jarring to me and made it hard to take the movie seriously. I’d have either not had her in the movie or recast.

 

[The Wormhole]

Having Leia's dialogue in Rise of Skywalker be very basic and generic with someone else always on hand to step in and elaborate for her was really distracting and that took me out of the film. Recasting would have been preferable to that.

 

[Tosk]

Having Leia's dialogue in Rise of Skywalker be very basic and generic with someone else always on hand to step in and elaborate for her was really distracting and that took me out of the film. Recasting would have been preferable to that.

I really hated that. It felt like Leia Mad Libs.