Obi Wan

[Ari]

How did I not see that THAT would be the reason that forced Obi-Wan to go off-world?!? I feel like a fool that bringing that character into the fold didn't even cross my mind. What a great first episode.

[Abraham Smashington]

Yeah, didn't even think of that. Also,

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FLEA. FUCKING FLEA.

Xizor better show up dammit.

[BillyG]

Watched the first episode. Notes:

Han! Was nobody talking about fucking Han being in this in the run up!?

FLEA. I remember Anderson, I think, saying he would be in this. A joy as always.

The Leia kid actor is fucking annoying.

It's real obvious how much Disney is straining these CGI factory lines. The bit I saw of Sarah watching Loki, big chunks of Moon Knight, and then some shots of the camel in this looks 20 years old.

The Third Sister always rules so fucking hard. Extremely into her character.

Ewan still gets my pussy wet.

[Abraham Smashington]

The third sister is a TERRIBLE actress. Sooooo bad. Which sucks cause the character is awesome. Little Leia is fine. She's like 6. Kumail's character is pretty great. Hope he gets more screen time.

[Abraham Smashington]

So again SW fandom or just fandom in general rears it's ugly head. Now if I say I hate the Third Sister people who are dumb will assume it's because she's black and not because she's a shit actress in this particular role. Just like the shit with Rose from TLJ. I didn't like her character it had nothing to do with her being a woman/Asian. People are fucking dumb. And it's like, when Ewan or Disney or whomever comes out to give validity to this shit is this what they want? Like HAHA DID YOU SEE EWAN SAID I'M A BAD PERSON. ANY PRESS IS GOOD PRESS. Fucking twitter man. Fucking social media. LET'S ALL GO BACK TO BBS/FORUMS or pre-1997 AICN where companies didn't give a shit about these nerds and their bad takes.

I keep hoping the Third Sister will reign it in during upcoming episodes because again, ooooof. She kind of sucks which is a shame because she's a badass. I just don't buy it at all from this actress and don't think I've seen her in anything else to compare it to. Wish the lady who played Domino from DP2 was playing her instead.

[FilmNerdJamie]

She's terrible because her idea of acting threatening is giving a disapproving pouty face.

If fan-babies wanna be racist about it, fuck them. However if Disney is exaggerating this for their own gain (which they have done in the past), then fuck them too.

[Anderson]

Disney PR will use anything for any purpose at any time.

[Abraham Smashington]

this fucking show man. Every episode has something fucking neat and many DUMB things which is making it real hard to keep watching ( even though we all know I'm not going to stop). Also, goddammit I don't want to harp on these two more but goddamn does The Third Sister and

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Mini Organa

suck as actors like 90% of the time.

Case in point.

• UNDERWATER BASE WITH
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  JEDI TOMB = neat
• UNDERWATER BASE WITH
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  JEDI TOMB WITH NO RECOGNIZABLE CHARACTERS BUT THE SHOW MAKING A POINT THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED T KNOW THEM OR WILL KNOW THEM AT SOME POINT = dumb
• PRISON BREAK
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  BY OBI-WAN SAVING MINI ORGANA = not bad
• OBI-WAN
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  HIDING MINI ORGANA UNDER A FUCKING TRENCHCOAT AND MAKING IT ALMOST OUT OF THE BASE = dumb
• ICE CUBE'S PEOPLE INCLUDING MAYA FROM PEN15
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  SWOOPING IN WITH SNOWSPEEDERS TO FUCK UP THE LANDING PAD WITH ALL OF OUR HEROES/VILLAINS = neat
• THIRD SISTER RUNNING LIKE SHE'S NANCY FROM A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET IN DREAMLAND
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  AND LETTING THEM GET AWAY = dumb
• THIRD SISTER FORCE
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  THROWING A BOX AND KILLING ONE OF THEM AT THE VERY LAST SECOND = kind of dumb
• VADER S
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  PEED WALKING AND ALMOST KILLING THE THIRD SISTER DUE TO HER INEPTNESS
  = both neat and dumb. Vader kind of sucks but this is more of a Lucas issue with the prequels.

The writing in this show is fucking abysmal. Like, I know Boba Fett had some dumb shit but the characters were written okay. Mando still the MVP.

[BillyG]

I found Mando pretty dull overall, and didn't finish it, but it at least wasn't written for people dropped on their head repeatedly as kids.

[Anderson]

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The majority of what was in the shooting scripts made it to screen.

However, the edits feel really cheap.

I get that a lot of that came from the last minute decision to turn this from 2 hour movie to limited series to Jedi Mando.
But, they threw a lot of shit out of wack, while keeping the skeleton of the show intact.

Something tells me we still get Qui Gon, new Vader fight and the big reveal that the Partisans have been saving the Jedi kids. It's just how they chose to push that off and not let it naturally hit during the story is super fucking weird.

I know they had to keep with the continuity of the new game since it's canon as follows.

9 BBY - Solo (back 2/3rds of movie)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fallen Order: Jedi Survivor

Apparently some Kenobi characters show up in Fallen Order 2.

[Abraham Smashington]

I'm on the opposite end. I fucking LOVED Mando precisely because it was slow and methodical and when action did occur it was awesome imo plus I fucking love the character and side characters. This show is written like episodes from that Driods/Ewok cartoon shit from the 80s. Just terrible. I thought it was super smart to turn this into a show instead of the stand alone movie that was first announced......but man they are making it soooo bad. No idea why Deborah Chow's direction on these episodes are so shitty when she directed some awesome eps of Mando. Everything just feels off

[Abraham Smashington]

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The majority of what was in the shooting scripts made it to screen.

However, the edits feel really cheap.

I get that a lot of that came from the last minute decision to turn this from 2 hour movie to limited series to Jedi Mando.
But, they threw a lot of shit out of wack, while keeping the skeleton of the show intact.

Something tells me we still get Qui Gon, new Vader fight and the big reveal that the Partisans have been saving the Jedi kids. It's just how they chose to push that off and not let it naturally hit during the story is super fucking weird.

I know they had to keep with the continuity of the new game since it's canon as follows.

9 BBY - Solo (back 2/3rds of movie)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fallen Order: Jedi Survivor

Apparently some Kenobi characters show up in Fallen Order 2.

I mean, those spoilers still don't make up for how shitty this show is. And like if video game canon is gonna fuck with live action shit, get that outta here. OR gimme a fucking Cal Kestis show.

[Anderson]

I mean, those spoilers still don't make up for how shitty this show is. And like if video game canon is gonna fuck with live action shit, get that outta here. OR gimme a fucking Cal Kestis show.

Oh, it's becoming very indicative of how Disney doesn't know quite yet how to make a lot of shit work on Plus. Mando succeeding has been in spite of these flaws, while others shows are getting their ass broke by it.

We're getting something with Cal Kestis sooner than later. Filoni and company have a boner for the character.

[Abraham Smashington]

Cal is fucking great, that's why. But again, they need to come up with a better story than in the video games because that shit was fucking fantastic. Now I'll get a BONER if they decide to scrape that barrel and give us a fucking Starkiller show. WATCH ME BRING DOWN A FULL STAR DESTROYER WITH MY MIND AND WATCH HOW OBI WAN COULD BARELY HOLD BROKE GLASS TOGETHER lol.

[Anderson]

at least they didn't say he cut himself off from the Force which is the stupidest part of Disney SW in a whole line of stupid fuck decisions.