The Mandalorian S1E8 - Season Finale

I am pretty sure every one, who new of it, had this reaction I think this is a perfect bite for season 2. Good move Filoni, well done!

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Me too!

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May not ... The one wielding this saber assumes the position of Mandalorian leader. Does Mando want to take such position, responsibility and burden? Maybe yes driven by responsibility for the clan and to restore Mandalore to it's former glory. Maybe not, willing to continue living a simple live. That's not a simple thing to do.

 

I don't honestly care.
It was fun and I was laughing.

Cheers,
Jayson

 

Surely they did! But Mandalore is not the only planet they were living on. So I think there is a chance many of them survived.

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Yeah me too! Two clumsy guys, who cares!

 

I don't think so. Mandalore was the central planet, and all the other colonies were less populated and had a small Mandalorian presence.
Once you've taken out the largest faction, it'd be a hell of a lot easier to mop up the rest.

 

Mandalore's population was not big, they were living in domed cities. Yes they knew they are easy target so they must have taken some measures to prevent total extinction. The planet was devastated by many wars so it could not sustain large population. Concordia was also populated since ancient times, probably also with small population, or let's say not very big. I doubt that they are all killed. My expectation is that there are many small enclaves, groups, call them as you like, who are dispersed through the galaxy growing their numbers and waiting the right moment to come back to Mandalore and Concordia and to reclaim it.

Edit: I forgot to mention both planets had deep mines, due to the extensive mining of beskar they had a lot of ancient mines. Who knows what is still in the mines. Probably some portion of the population hid in the old mines and survived.

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I was kind of surprised they split again. Cara was covering him with her own body, then they just say: ok goodbye I will have a different path now. Kind of strange relationship. She was like : I will die with you but not let you get captured by those imps. And a few moments later : raising a kid is totally not my thing, goodbye!

 

Just watched it. So good so many things! Cara from Alderaan was a super cool drop for me, not sure why. Darksaber is soooo good and I love that Moff’s are trying to copy Vader’s style. Season 2 Mando and BbYoda finding out more about the jedi, oh yeah everybody, now THIS is podracing.

 

Well, it's only the first season. Can't rush these things.

Seriously though...we know Din longs for that kind of closeness, based his interactions with Omera in ch. 4, but that episode also told us he made the choice not to go there, even before he knew he had to take Babyoda and leave. Cara--well, she might have been shielding him with her body and holding his hand and pleading with him not to go, but those were actions under extreme duress. Unconscious reactions, as it were. I think her conscious mind she's like nope nope nope. Which makes sense, given her background and the way she's also chosen to live.

Just realistic for both of them in this situation. Though Din did seem surprised she was going to stay on Nevarro, he didn't protest too hard. Maybe he knows she's in season 2.

 

He flies now!

 

Wasn't that show supposed to take place after RotJ ? Why is there still moffs and troopers ?

 

I would as well, along with Haruun Kal.

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The Empire was not fully dead after Return of The Jedi. It was very weak, but before the battle of Jakku, Moffs and troopers still were around, the Empire was just not what it once was.

 

The empire is gone, but the imperial navy was so big, spread across the galaxy, they cannot disappear in one day, or even in several years. The different parts remain in a paramilitary style organizations. Fighting for there own thing. The troopers become mercenaries. The Moffs become crime lords. In any case they are well armed, well organized and still hold a strong punch no matter in which direction they go.

 

Who is in charge ?

 

No one really, a Moff or anyone with any authority or power is a crime lord now, fighting for themselves.

 

Don't get me wrong, it's highly watchable but I'm not going to think about this during the whole week like some shows you really get into.

I absolutely don't hate it but I don't love it either.

 

Loved the episode thoroughly, and the whole season. A few highlights for me:
- Biker scout scene- hilarious!
- IG-11 mopping them up, superb! Second best action scene in the episode (The baby-Nanny has quite the perfected Hapkido technique! I train and teach in that style and I was like- that was awesome!
- The Forger’s fight scene- best scene in the episode and possibly in the series. Bo Katan?
- The darksaber!!!! Yes.

well done F and F. Will binge watch all of these now

 

Wasn’t that Favreau himself? That would be kind of weird if the showrunner made his own character that significant in the story, yeah? Hell, that's probably what I would do though

 

Haha, well this is a series where the title character is largely just a voice