Mando Season 3 Finale!
Added 2023-04-20 11:09:09 +0000 UTC
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Clone wars was... 22 episodes!!!! It's not comparable and it was an anthology series. Mando does have an over arcing story that it needs to set up for a pay off. Let's look at the pay offs in Season 3: IG11: Grogu gets a Mech, that gets destroyed in the next episode its introduced in and Nevaro gets a new Marshall... Doesn't really need setting up in episode 1. Pirates: You do not need to establish why Pirates want to raid a town... they are pirates, the fued between Mando and that one pirate goes nowhere. Mythasor: Ligit doesn't do anything Clonning: Moffs Clones die almost as quickly as they are introduced. Making episode 3 seem pointless. A Home on Nevaro: the Mandalorians get a new home! And leave that home 2 episodes later... why have them get a new home then? Moff Gideons return!!!: He dies an episode after he comes back... kills one main character and that's it. The Darksaber: will Bo challenge Mando for the Darksaber? No she won it on a technicality... wow so satisfying and then it just gets destroyed... Great π This is Satisfying pay offs guys... If you enjoyed Season 3 that's great but it has blatant writing problems and comparing it to Clone Wars a 22 episode show where we should be comparing it too... oh idk... Mandalorian Season 1 and 2... It's so average. People are comparing it to an animated show, where it should be compared to itself. Also, I can write a whole thing about how the "filler" in seasons 1 and 2 serves a purpose and teaches Mando lessons and serves the story
Dawson
2023-04-21 08:33:12 +0000 UTCI one-hundred percent agree. You know, the more time that passes, the more I'm amazed that a show like 'Andor' was even greenlit. Season one consisted of twelve 40 - 60 minute episodes. I think at the minimum, this should be the standard for Disney+ shows. I'm not saying the writing has to be on the same level (although that would be great), but I feel like something has to change whether that's the size of the budget, the number of episodes, or the episode length. I agree that the filler in the Mandalorian isn't bad by any means, but it could definitely be better. I understand Favreau's want to have a pulpy space adventure of the week feel, but there needs to be some variation in how those adventures occur and why. Our main characters got attacked by three giant monsters (episodes one, four, and seven) within the span of a season for almost no reason. I don't know, sometimes it just feels like the writing is a bit directionless whether its regarding the main story or the filler in-between.
Jacob Ember
2023-04-21 02:25:23 +0000 UTCHaving filler isn't the issue and the filler in the Mandalorian isn't bad. They're still fun episodes. The issue is that when you only have 8 episodes that are 30 minutes (after recaps and credits) there is no room for filler. If they want to do that which I have no issue with then they should make the seasons longer or at least make the big story progression episodes longer.
Quinten Shibusawa
2023-04-20 23:59:22 +0000 UTCAnd yeah. I agree. Andor is on another level. Even outside of Star Wars one of the better series I've seen last couple years. But let's see how s2 concludes. Good hopes though.
Ruben VL
2023-04-20 22:32:47 +0000 UTCI agree it was not the strongest season but I'm just less dissapointed as others. For me Andor is also on another level. I feel Mandalorean is prety close to clone wars in tone and feel. I think people tend to remember the great episodes and place it higher in their memory than it probably is in reality. It had a great payoff which elevates a series. I was just curious, cause we are spoiled the last 20 years with some of the series we got.
Ruben VL
2023-04-20 22:29:05 +0000 UTCAndor is a very good example of set up and pay off. Everything that show sets up big or small pay off eventually
Dawson
2023-04-20 19:50:48 +0000 UTCYe it was definitely Disney wanting Grogu to come back that derailed the story for Season 3. I imagine Season 3 was originally at least the first half, going to an extended version for the 2 episodes we got in BoBF but Disney underestimated how popular Grogu would be so wanted him back for merchandising. Thus derailing the plans for Season 3 resulting in the poor last minute writing with Daves over sight as he is working on Ashoka
Dawson
2023-04-20 19:50:14 +0000 UTCI definitely see what you're saying Ruben, but I think that Dawson has a valid point here. For me personally, I think this season would have been much better received if there were at least four to six more episodes that were all about character development and story progression. Filler can most definitely be used well, but it needs to, in someway, connect back to the main story's core narrative. I mean if you look at season one of 'Andor,' every episode is deliberate in what it is trying to say and has meaning. Given the direction at the end of season two of 'The Mandalorian,' season three easily could have had that same focused trajectory, but instead Favreau's writing kind of backpedaled and meandered in what could have been the most character-driven season for the title characters. I'll always love what 'The Mandalorian' did in its first two seasons. Hopefully, season four can bring us back to what made most people love the show in the first place.
Jacob Ember
2023-04-20 19:12:37 +0000 UTCI'm 22, x-files was 22 episodes a piece. It's okay if you don't mind filler in a 22 episode show. I have watched alot of 22 episode shows with 1 hour episodes a peice they have lots of filler but it's usually in service to the greater narrative or have small lessons for character development... I don't care for the filler in Mando s3 it's really quite pointless and not very interesting
Dawson
2023-04-20 16:52:22 +0000 UTCHeh, I'm somewhat wondering what age you have. When I was young most series had no real story progression. Some had a couple episodes every season like x-files. I also want the story to move forward, but I'm not that disappointed if it's somewhat more filler.
Ruben VL
2023-04-20 16:35:17 +0000 UTCThe "getting filler episodes makes you appreciate the better episodes" argument is such a silly. It's an 8 episode show, there shouldn't be any padding. If every episode was like the last 2 and we had maybe 2 filler episodes I'd Understand. Episode 1 could be written out, 3 was pointless(it was a cool world building episode but that's about it as the things it sets up get abandoned with no pay off in episode 8), 4 was pointless. 5 again could be rewritten and removed, 6 was filler. 3/8 of your episodes had some sort of story progression... that's not good
Dawson
2023-04-20 13:15:00 +0000 UTCThis was definitely the safest way to do the finale. It was cool but I am disappointed by this season on a whole. Its riddled with Plot holes and pay offs that ether aren't satisfying or don't come into the story. Like the Mythasor. Hate to be negative about it but this is definitely in the BoBF and Kenobi camp and not the Andor and Mando s1 and 2 camp
Dawson
2023-04-20 12:25:46 +0000 UTCYeah, I saw someone say this somewhere else on youtube and was about to comment about it. I thought it was really interesting.
Eric Smith
2023-04-20 11:41:10 +0000 UTCFrom my understanding Episode 7 "The Spies" seems to be inspired by the 12 spies where Moses sent 12 "spies" or scouts into the Promised Land, The land of Canaan ahead of himself and his followers. This is all paralleled in Episode 7 titled "Spies" with Bo sending in a scout group of men and woman (Spies) to explore Mandalore (Promised Land) before the arrival of the Armourer and the Fleet (Before Joshua and Moses followers). It can also be seen as a reference to the Shadow Council, scouting the galaxy searching for allies and waiting to rebuild the Empire. There was no actual spies in these episodes unless you count Elia Kane the female Imperial working undercover within the New Republic. But it's an easy mistake to make for the fans so I can see why all those theorises were made and how alot of people were confused with nothing being addressed in this episode.
Jedi Mandalore (Dylan)
2023-04-20 11:32:53 +0000 UTCHoly crap! 7 months already?? Time really flies lmao
Eric Smith
2023-04-20 11:17:52 +0000 UTC
