The Darksaber!? We nearly made it through an entire first season of The Mandalorian without a face reveal or a jetpack for Mando, and while I would have rated the audacity to complete the series without either, I loved that the season finale gave us both. It was a stacked episode as nurse-mode IG-11 rescued…
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Mandalorian Musings – S1, E7 (The Reckoning)
Origami Tie Fighter Deborah Chow, you have restored my love of The Mandalorian. Episode seven, the penultimate chapter of the first season was nothing short of sublime, righting the wrongs of previous episodes by swinging back to the intriguing original plot and bringing in a squad of familiar faces. If I wasn’t four months late…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E6 (The Prisoner)
X-Wings, Report In I could immediately jump onto my soapbox about how episode six is the third in a row to largely ignore the narrative established at the start of the series. Sure enough, ‘The Prisoner’ is yet another standalone adventure, but it’s one with swashbuckling action, great characters, top tier cinematography and a GLORIOUS…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E5 (The Gunslinger)
Fun but Filler For all it’s fun set-pieces, call backs and typical dry Mandalorian quips, I wasn’t a huge fan of the general narrative direction of episode five. After last week’s detour to Sorgan failed to move the overall story forward, we’re once again offered another instalment that fails to progress our characters’ journey. It’s…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E4 (The Sanctuary)
The not-so-innocuous world of Sorgan Is it paradoxical that the longest episode of the series so far is also the one which sees our characters make the least amount of narrative progress? I’m not saying it’s a bad thing – episode four was an almost self-contained blast – but it did undoubtedly surprise me. We…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E3 (The Sin)
Super plot, super weapons and a Super Battle Droid The Mandalorian’s direction has so far been near flawless. The story has been engrossing. The acting, particularly from a helmet hampered Pedro Pascal, has also been first rate. And all of these plus points were accentuated in the Deborah Chow directed episode three. This 40 minutes…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E2 (The Child)
A Little Help From My (Little) Friend Even the best bounty hunter in the parsec needs a little help every now and again. Fortunately for Mando, his force sensitive cargo was on hand to lend a hand in the second episode of Disney+ show The Mandalorian. I’m going to address the elephant in the room…
Mandalorian Musings – S1, E1 (The Mandalorian)
Quippy exchanges and unexpected finesse An enigma for so long to UK audiences, Disney+ has finally arrived on our shores. Huzzah, and happy Disney+ Day to all. Of course, the arrival of the groundbreaking streaming service means that The Mandalorian is finally available for Britain’s viewing pleasure. Well, at least the opening two episodes, with…
Is Rosario Dawson a perfect Ahsoka casting?
Eckstein fans face a trade-off If you had told me in 2008 that Star Wars would be casting a live action Ahsoka Tano for a TV series in 2020, I’d say you were out of your mind – and that would even be before you told me that Star Wars fans would be elated about…
Did The Rise of Skywalker need to talk cloning?
Palps, why didn’t you tell me? The Rise of Skywalker was a lot of movie. J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio treated Star Wars fans to a real feast with the finale of the Skywalker saga rich in… well… a big galaxy defining plot and similarly seismic character moments. To do justice to all of the…
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