SPOILER The Mandalorian S3E8- Chapter 24, The Return

ouf absolutely.
When I paused it i thought wow, the jet pack with knee projectils. Insane. And the position of the body. One of the best shots of the season.

 

It was not an inquiry of mine. It was a regret I expressed : a powerful dark user once did not succeed in mastering the midichlorians, but a 2nd-zone military, with no knowledge of the force at all, succeeds.
NOK.







Don't mess with the MSE-6 Police Squadron. Or they'll throw you in jails.





For those about to fight. We salute you.










DISCUSS : Din Grogu and the Mythosaur

At the end of the episode, after the Forge Revival, Din asks the Armorer to include Grogu in the chant. But Grogu is dismissed by the Armorer.
Something like a connection is then shown : Grogu, who stands near the Living Waters, kind of moans, staring at the water. The camera then dives underwater and ends near the Mythosaur, who opens an eye at this moment.
--> reminds of the Gideon clone who opened an eye, as Grogu passed in front of him

The discussion is : is this camera move only a gratuitous nod to the mythological beast ? Or is there something happening, connectig Grogu to the Mythosaur ? Does the fact Grogu is not allowed to officially join the clan, kind of awakes the Mythosaur ? Do they "connect" thru the Force ?

 

Most important scene of the episode to me. Seems clear to me at least that Grogu has a connection to it and will be riding it at some point. Mech-suit pfffft, he’s gonna have a mount the size of a small city to ride upon into battle. And I think he remakes the Darksaber for his own.

 

Absolutely.
It's what I thought. Narratively and visually speaking, it implies (or should imply) Grogu is connected with the criature, or he is the one who wakes him up, the presence the creature feels.

 

I, for one, am glad they did not go there. In this day and age, every male-female 'team-up' does not need to end in romance.

I would rate it in the same category of 'happy endings' as the end of ANH and ROTJ. It felt that type of REALLY good. Season 3 hasn't been my favorite --- but it sure ended on a high note!!!

I think most SW fans had the exact opposite reaction. More like: Oooooooooooh NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

But for all of you SW fans who were depressed by its demise, cheer up---I am 100% certain its not gone forever. It's 'ruin' simply signals it has no story to tell in the foreseeable future. But its far too good of, in Gideon's words, 'a tricket' to be gone forever.

The Darksaber has become mythological. I liken it to the King Arthur story. Like Arthur who drew the great Excalibur from the stone signifying he is the new King, it's too powerful a symbol of Mandalorian leadership to be gone forever. My gut says a Star Wars story will be told someday where a refurbished Darksaber (ala Anduril from The Lord of the Rings) comes into the possession of a new Mandalorian leader by the name of Din Grogu.

 

Anakin's saber was destroyed after The Last Jedi and Rey way able to rebuild it. I'm sure the Armorer can fix that thing up.

 

I hope we all get see Bo Katan sporting a cast on her pulverized wrist in the trailer for Season IV.

 

I just hope the Mandalorian’s can establish a better relationship with the saber and remove it from the discussion of leadership.

I like the idea of Grogu building a lightsaber that incorporates elements from the darksaber, but I’ll be disappointed if they bring the blade back in its full capacity.

 

The Skywalker Family name & the Dark Saber; both of their deals were permanently altered.

 

Din Grogu... Ugh. I really don't like that.

Did anyone else notice how when the PG's were chasing Grogu around, he was making endless baby noises?? That seemed incredibly lazy to me. This season they seemed to embrace this a lot more. It wasn't subtle at all. He was already incredibly cute and likeable. I thought that was really on the nose.

 

I always look forward to @MBWilson's episode takes and -- like the show itself -- I'm never disappointed. You ended S3 on a high too, buddy!

Ironically, all the social media 'who's the traitor?' chatter of the past week added to our elation and joy when we learned that both of them remained true-blue loyal Mandalorians to their core.

FWIW, Grogu's Force Bubble reminded me of Groot's protective bubble-shield in the first Guardians of the Galaxy film. But fortunately in this case, our little guy didn't have to sacrifice himself in order to do it.

Totally agree. For all the hoopla and grander scope of S3, I think the show works better when it's Djarin and Grogu against the Universe. (I strongly suspect that even before S3 premiered that Favreau was thinking the same way.) But Season 3 served its purpose. Not only were some fans thrilled by the Mandalorian-dominated season, it did some necessary heavy-lifting tp 'set the stage' for bigger and better SW adventures to come.

It's funny because I was anticipating at least one of those things -- plus an end-credits scene -- and was surprised when none of them happened.

But when I stopped and reflected on the ending, I realized it was more emotionally satisfying because it didn't have any of those things to distract viewers. In hindsight, I would say the same thing about the end of Season 2. Looking back now, the Boba Fett post-credit scene kind of takes away a bit from the absolute beauty of that season's perfect ending.

 

Late to the party, but... hell yeah!
Sure, there wasn't Thrawn or any other fan predictions, but it wasn't Gideon's demise and all that that made me happy.
It was the very ending!

Easily, that can be the show's ending and now, Mandalorian and Grogu will go for new adventures while having their new home.
Awesome. I pretty much agree on all points with Star Wars Explained over the third season with the exception of the ending.
Yes, Din is the surrogate father of Grogu and it's nothing new, just stated openly, but I was actually touched and while some guys cried over Luke Skywalker in S2, I almost lost it here. That was great.

There are already rumors that S4 is in the making and I wonder about the movie and how that will all play out, but I am satisfied and can only look forward to Din running on his own through the Outer Rim and hunt the Imperials.

I strongly believe, that this show (and all the volume stuff) works the best when you tell small scale stories.
Except for the exterior VFX shots and all the spaceship action was marvelous and it looked movie like in comparison to flyby shots from first season.
But the story was all over the place this season and all the grand sounding things felt small most of the times
and sadly, out of the three seasons, this one was the weakest, but I did enjoy all of it, it's just nitpicks here and there.
I hope that the rumors about Jon Favreau having issues with Lucasfilm and why the Book Of Boba Fett and this season were quite wonky in comparison to first two seasons are just rumors.

My only issue with the last episode is Moff Gideon's demise. I wanted some satisfactory and epic kill at the hands of Bo Katan or Din for all the hell he caused for three seasons instead of Captain Phasma treatment, but that was just a fan wish. It is actually ironic for all his gloating and hubris, to die like a noob in huge explosion from his star cruiser.
Also, I would switch any of the sidestories for more time, so they could have used some of Gideon's clones instead of them being last minute plot wrap-up and no action.

But overal, I had lots of fun and couldn't wait each week for new Mando, even tho it was a bit unerwhelming at times, but the ending made for it.
Now few months till Ahsoka and I hope they don't screw it up! The trailer looks epic and saw it like 20 times already since it's debut.

 

This show somehow managed to strike a balance between Grogu not being able to tie a knot w/ his own hands to driving the stagecoach across Texas to go get mommy.

 

I couldn't agree with you more.

The Volume is absolutely incredible, but the technology has its limits. I think the new model is for SW Disney+ to tell stories that really take full advantage of The Volume. However, when the story arc leads to a special effects-heavy, mega-battle/space war climax, THEN they'll take the extra time and money to present it to fans as a feature film. (like Marvel did with Avengers Endgame.)

This approach will ensure some incredible Star Wars TV while guaranteeing a triumphant return to some super-blockbuster feature films.

 

Totally Agree!

Frankly, I was okay with those rare instances. My issue is that when you have feature film-quality cinematography and acting but a budget that forces you to limit the number of extras you can bring in and costume, your 'believability' suffers when the story calls for an all-out war (as in TBoBF:E7) or the uniting of various tribes of Mandalore (Mando:S3.) Again, they did the best that they could do with what they had but (IMO) this season of Mando would have bedazzled us all a lot more if it had been a feature film.

 

@MBWilson Great Post!
I mirror most of your thoughts and feelings on the ep. Just a great finale for the season overall and stayed true to the show and franchise's core themes.

Any specific shots that you felt didn't hold up on TV this season?

The only one that felt CGI to me was the first Armourer tomahawk hammer slam as they classed with the new dark troopers. but it was so epic I didn't care at all.

 

Bet people expect death and betray but none of that. Many fights. Grogu using force to save Din and Bo from blast. Grogu on the robot didn't last long. And happy ending but did expect Grogu to speak or did have feeling showing the future like Grogu glown up.