Spoilers The Mandalorian | Disney+ | Streaming Nov. 12

[Crewman6]

This episode was another in the "just okay" file. It was reasonably entertaining and there was some nice character work. I dig Cara Dune. The western tropes are getting a little tiresome here. We're also at the halfway point of the season without meeting the purported big bad of Moff Gideon.

And, as fun as the action scenes were, there have to have been at least a dozen better plans Cara and Mando could have come up with to take down the AT ST. Dumb.

 

[JD]

This Mandalorian character as he’s been portrayed is far more interesting than a resurrected Boba Fett would have been. Yes, Fett was menacing and lethal, but he’s a two-dimensional character. Mando is a complex, fallible man with a history who adheres to a code of conduct in a region where most do not. He’s fair, just, compassionate at times, and often downright polite!

I thought the Clone Wars did a pretty good job of fleshing out Boba Fett's character. If they built a new appearance off of that, I think he could be interesting.

Also, lothcat!

Oh right, I forgot about. I loved the Lothcats in Rebels, so I thought seeing a realistic one here was a pretty cool surprise.

One other thing I forgot to mention before, is that I loved the red light in the AT-ST's "eyes", that really made it creepy and intimidating.

 

[ISS-Magnum]

Two and a Half Samurai instead of Seven. Budget cuts.

 

[Crewman6]

I loved the Lothcats in Rebels, so I thought seeing a realistic one here was a pretty cool surprise.

You need to get yourself to Galaxy's Edge.

 

[Booji]

Lothcat!!!

 

[Skywalker]

If they're going to bring back Boba Fett I'd actually be interested to see him show up as an antagonist to the Mando. That's probably the only way I'd be excited about seeing him alive post-ROTJ.

 

[JD]

This episode gave us another example of a trailer implying something that didn't actually happen. At least a couple of the trailers showed part of the scene where Omera starts to take Mando's helmet off, but they always cut away before he stopped her, so they made you think she was going to take it off and we'd see his face.

 

[Noname Given]

I kinda miss the floating carriage <---- More "Lone Wolf and Cub" that way.

I liked it. 2 1/2 Samurai. I will say The Mandalorean isn't the brightest bulb in the shed if he didn't already realize (and in the previous episode was TOLD all the Guild Bounty Hunters on his previous Home Port had Tracking Fobs, SO OF COURSE they'd come looking for Baby Yoda. For him to even consider that the kid would be safe there...just what kind of Bounty Hunter is he?

I also liked that they answered up front that no, Mandaloeans don't live in their Helmets 24/7; but I did think him taking it off and looking out an opening where anyone looking back would see his face was also a bit too casual if 'The Way' is to keep your face hidden from anyone else.

The Imperial Walker also seemed a bit weak in the end (Yeah, it's tough, but if you have trained Troopers; I don't see in as either invincible or able to take out a set of competent Troops armed with similar tech).

I'm also happy they didn't go the route of adding the Former Rebel Trooper to his 'crew'. (and hopefully it'll stay that way.)

 

[JD]

Since my last post I've come across a picture of the Loth-Cat a couple times, and even after all the times they were on Rebels, I never noticed until now that they have bird feet rather than cat paws.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I kinda miss the floating carriage <---- More "Lone Wolf and Cub" that way.

I liked it. 2 1/2 Samurai. I will say The Mandalorean isn't the brightest bulb in the shed if he didn't already realize (and in the previous episode was TOLD all the Guild Bounty Hunters on his previous Home Port had Tracking Fobs, SO OF COURSE they'd come looking for Baby Yoda. For him to even consider that the kid would be safe there...just what kind of Bounty Hunter is he?

I also liked that they answered up front that no, Mandaloeans don't live in their Helmets 24/7; but I did think him taking it off and looking out an opening where anyone looking back would see his face was also a bit too casual if 'The Way' is to keep your face hidden from anyone else.

The Imperial Walker also seemed a bit weak in the end (Yeah, it's tough, but if you have trained Troopers; I don't see in as either invincible or able to take out a set of competent Troops armed with similar tech).

I'm also happy they didn't go the route of adding the Former Rebel Trooper to his 'crew'. (and hopefully it'll stay that way.)

I think the tracker only works if they're nearby, maybe limited to some range on the planet. The bounty hunter probably managed to track the Razor Crest somehow.

Baby Yoda would've been safe on the planet normally given that the Mando seemed fine with it at first and he would know more about how trackers work than the audience.

 

[David cgc]

The villagers he decided to help wouldn’t be out of place in the first few seasons of Stargate SG-1. Not sure that’s a good thing.

I'm playing through Jedi: Fallen Order, and one of my favorite things is...

Spoiler: Jedi: Fallen Order

... having the old Jedi Master whose journey you're retracing be just, straight up, Master Bra'tac. Like, it's not just the casting, I'm absolutely sure that while making this game, someone said, "The old Jedi, he should be a wise, cultured warrior type, like Bra'tac from Stargate. We should see if he's available."

I did not realize how much I missed Bra'tac. Seeing him again makes me feel like a young man... of eighty.

 

[Reverend]

The villagers he decided to help wouldn’t be out of place in the first few seasons of Stargate SG-1. Not sure that’s a good thing.

Funny you say that since aside from the Kurosawa thing, this episode kinda reminded me of 'A Hundred Days'.

Actually, red lighting allows you to maintain your night vision, which is why it's frequently used in photography dark rooms, military bunkers, submarines, and anywhere you might find yourself working in the dark. If you're driving the AT-ST while relying on your eyes to see outside through a window and you don't have night-vision optics, it makes complete sense to have red light inside the walker.

You also use red flashlights when out navigating at night (military and otherwise) since you need to read the map but you don't want to screw up your night vision (by which I mean literally keep your eyes dilated.) And yeah, in the case of military night ops, it helps prevent you from being so easy to spot from a distance.

Still, even if all of that weren't the case I'd totally buy the the raiders just rigged it that way for the sheer intimidation factor.

I think the tracker only works if they're nearby, maybe limited to some range on the planet. The bounty hunter probably managed to track the Razor Crest somehow.

Baby Yoda would've been safe on the planet normally given that the Mando seemed fine with it at first and he would know more about how trackers work than the audience.

I think it's safe to say it's pretty much like the Mando said in the episode: they raised some hell and word got around about an Mandalorian with a child taking on a band of raiders in the middle of nowhere. That one hunter decided to check it out and got lucky. And if he got lucky, others could too, especially when that guy never returned from said middle of nowhere planet...

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

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[valkyrie013]

But isn't Baby Yoda wearing a Poncho, and talks very little? and has No Name??

 

[137th Gebirg]

And he probably has the door of a tiny potbelly stove under his poncho to keep from getting shot by the bad guys.

 

[JD]

The other day someone mentioned a tracker on Baby Yoda, and I was wondering did they specifically say there is one on him? Maybe rather than a device on him, they're tracking him by his DNA?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Maybe that was the limitations of TV coming through but that AT-ST and the raiders should've come across a bit more formidable. The dialog was selling something more than we were ultimately presented with.when the time came. The "red eyes" was a cool touch and almost made it work, perhaps if the suppression fire had been more smothering.

Maybe more than budget the runtime worked against it and more time would've allowed more buildup of the threat, more of the Mandalorian and Gina Carano's character's integrating with a new life and so on my have helped. When I think of western movies that have gone in similar directions they have the advantage of time and scope to make their stories work and earn the character moments. Here, it seemed like the Mandalorian had the affection of the village woman from the first moment.

It wasn't a bad episode but it felt a little undercooked. Reminded me of other episodes of sci fi shows where one of our heroes finds themselves pulled in by some idyllic life whether The Paradise Syndrome/This Side of Paradise or Jeremiah Crichton and I'm sure many others. I believe all of the episodes have been written by Favreau so far so I think we know what to expect going forward at this point for the most part.

I think we're supposed to be referring to the kid as The Child but I think Baby Yoda is here to stay at least until they give a proper name.

 

[Tuskin38]

The duality of one man/youtube channel

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[Xerxes82]

The other day someone mentioned a tracker on Baby Yoda, and I was wondering did they specifically say there is one on him? Maybe rather than a device on him, they're tracking him by his DNA?

The tracking fobs track him. Unerringly, though probably over a rather limited range.

We haven't established exactly how the fobs work. Earlier in the thread we were surmising some kind of biometric tracking, but the show hasn't been at all explicit.

 

[Aragorn]

I enjoyed the episode but it was the most TV-like episode so far. The battle felt very small, simple and limited. The character beats were great though.