Let's face it, they nicknamed Paz Papa Heavy or Big Heavy. He wasn't nearly as fast as Din. Yeah he could take blaster shots but those weapons aren't typical blasters.
Spoilers The Mandalorian Season 3
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Din is faster. But going by Vizsla's death scene, the Praetorians' weapons appear able to penetrate beskar. And when they have Din on the ground, it seems like he's positioned for a mortal wound, but it doesn't happen. They do get conveniently distracted by Grogu/IG, but before that it looked like they had enough time to penetrate the armor. Were they planning on killing him slower because Gideon was watching, or something?
That sounds plausible but I'd ask what source that information is from. ( The TROS novelization appears to imply he was created after ROTJ, but there are several things in that novelization which don't necessarily align with the intent behind the film. )
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Holy shit, that was hilarious! The bit with the intern had me laughing so much I now feel lightheaded.
That video was a scream. And also uncomfortably true. 
Thank you, someone else who wanted to see Dad take off his helmet when he's alone with the kid living happily ever after. Cuz no one will know. And Bo does it all the time anyway, the Armorer said to, so c'monnnnn! No Mandoface for 2 years????
Thank you, someone else who wanted to see Dad take off his helmet when he's alone with the kid living happily ever after. Cuz no one will know. And Bo does it all the time anyway, the Armorer said to, so c'monnnnn! No Mandoface for 2 years????
Basically.
It hasn't been stated outright, but context clues in CW & Rebels leads me to believe that the rank and file troops generally only have a beskar alloy, which while still superior to most anything else of equivalent weight/thickness, is nothing compared to pure beskar.
It would stand to reason given the feudal nature of the noble houses & clans that under usual circumstances, only the wealthy (read: nobility) can afford pure beskar armour, and only then maybe just enough for the ruling family, or maybe only the head of the house themselves for the less prestigious clans. Indeed, it's well established that they're passed down as heirlooms, and re-forged for each generation.
This all tracks nicely when you consider Sabine got a deflected blaster bolt right to the helmet when fighting Vader, and it "only" knocked her on her arse and scorched the paint job. While on the other hand, Boba took a similar shot to the helmet in a showdown with Cad Bane and it left a permanent dent. Being just a foundling during the last civil war before the Clone Wars; Jango was probably just a soldier, and thus his armour was likely made of a lower grade alloy. Whereas Sabine was daughter to the head of a noble house, and specifically said her beskar was a family heirloom.
I wouldn't be shocked if a good portion of the clan wars over the centuries were fought over beskar reserves as much anything else. After all; once the mines run dry, and the quality of the alloys stretches thin, the best way to get more beskar is to take it from other Mandalorians (typically after killing them and stripping it from their corpses.)
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We've already seen them carting it around and giving out as currency. It's a fair bet that most of what they salvaged has already been frittered away.
It's also worth keeping in mind that not every Mandalorian is or should be an armour clad warrior, because that is not how a functional society works. Indeed most of them aren't.
One of the things I hope they'll touch on is what happened to Mandalore's civilian population. It would be a bit much if they were *all* nuked by the Empire, leaving just a few hundred soldiers and religious fanatics to carry on the civilization. Also; Mandalorian space takes up something like a thousand inhabited systems. Plenty of places for the refugees to flee to.
I'm sure they ended it the way they did because they weren't 100% sure this wouldn't be the last season; and the way it ended with Mando sitting on the porch of his new dwelling and Grogu 'force-turning' the Frog - and the zoom in to a small circle of that COULD have served as a nice series finale were that the case. (And if it were, they probably would have cut out the scene where he walks into that New Republic base bar and signs up as a 'for hire' Bounty Hunter too.)
But yeah, we're getting a 4th season (Unless something WRT the upcoming WGA strike makes Disney change its mind.)
Given that they were talking about season 4 before season 3 was even over; I seriously doubt there was any question of this being a series finale (however it may feel like one.) More likely it was conceived as the end of this book/phase/trilogy/whatever of 'The Mandalorian', so they can go into the next story with a clean slate. Doubly so given that we now know we're headed for a movie that'll tie off this whole enterprise in the next 7 years or so. Clearly LF are playing the long game with this show.
Yeah, remember. They had the principle photography in the can long before S3 even aired, as post production takes a LONG time on any of these - so yes, at the time they wrote and filmed it, they didn't know if S4 was going to happen or not.
Yeah, I kinda doubt the movie will be about Thrawn and Ezra. I expect that'll be resolved by the time the movie comes around, and there'll be something else to deal with. Filloni has never been shy about borrowing/incorporating old Legends material , but he's never been slavish to it either; so anyone expecting a mostly faithful adaptation of the old Thrawn trilogy will be sorely disappointed.
Side note: some crew gifts from the Ahsoka shoot have already found their way into online auctions, and they're marked as "Ahsoka Season One", so clearly there's a long term plan in play now. Whether they'll stick to it, adapt it, or abandon it for one reason or another remains to ne seen of course, but it's nice to know they at least have a general direction in mind.
Side note: some crew gifts from the Ahsoka shoot have already found their way into online auctions, and they're marked as "Ahsoka Season One", so clearly there's a long term plan in play now. Whether they'll stick to it, adapt it, or abandon it for one reason or another remains to ne seen of course, but it's nice to know they at least have a general direction in mind.
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