The Mandalorian Season 2 - Official Thread

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But I also think she had the pull to say "this stays" regarding Lucas' outline. IF that wasn't the case, WTF was she even brought on for? Disney would've gave her a nice severance and bid her adieu. She was supposed to bridge the gap between Lucas and the Mouse, and she basically took the reigns and turned into a full-fledge suit...the kind that GL despised.

The difference between the Mandalorian and the movies, is that the Mouse doesn't really care about the TV side of things like that. They only care about the movies, since that draws all of their revenue. They didn't even have the foresight to have ANY BY merch in production...so they were playing catchup. They had BB8 ish everywhere 3 months before he appeared.
That was intentional. You know merch manufacturers leak shyt all the time. They didn’t want BY spoiled.
The Mandalorian" creator Jon Favreau has said that Baby Yoda merchandise wasn't made ahead of time to avoid spoilers leaking
 

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That was intentional. You know merch manufacturers leak shyt all the time. They didn’t want BY spoiled.

Nope. They didn't have it ready at all. They had no clue. When they saw how it was taking off, they rushed into production, but were only able to do tees, and socks. It took months for them to even have something as cost efficient as a plush doll. Usually, the surprise merch hits right after the reveal, meaning it would've been in production 3-4 months prior.
 

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Anyone else find it corny that sasha banks got the better of Boba Fett in a street brawl? They just do away with his bad ass aura by having him get stole on

If sasha banks hit you with meteora, you'd tap out too:sas2:

That would have been worth the Vince McMahon lawsuit:russ:
 

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I’m all for the GAWD skywalker to come back and wreck shyt, but nikkas gtta relax on the Mando slander . Talking about they are just “street brawlers” and chopped liver compared to the Jedi. That was the chosen ones son. Everybody gnna look like food compared to him .

Also if we being real , Dinn been getting his ass whooped for the last 2 seasons, even by some jobbers. I always thought Dinn wasn’t a great representation of a “true “ Mandalorian. In legends and video games they were a decent match for “regular “ Jedi, mainly because of their tech and they knew how to fight them .
 

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I’m all for the GAWD skywalker to come back and wreck shyt, but nikkas gtta relax on the Mando slander . Talking about they are just “street brawlers” and chopped liver compared to the Jedi. That was the chosen ones son. Everybody gnna look like food compared to him .

Also if we being real , Dinn been getting his ass whooped for the last 2 seasons, even by some jobbers. I always thought Dinn wasn’t a great representation of a “true “ Mandalorian. In legends and video games they were a decent match for “regular “ Jedi, mainly because of their tech and they knew how to fight them .
One of my main issues with the show is them writing Dinn to look stupid as shyt sometimes

Like him running into that yoda forcefield 3 times, or him emptying the clip on that darktrooper even though it wasn't doing shyt:mjlol:

They got him looking like a stormtrooper in Beskar armor:mjlol:
 
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One of my main issues with the show is them writing Dinn to look stupid as shyt sometimes

Like him running into that yoda forcefield 3 times, or him emptying the clip on that darktrooper even though it wasn't doing shyt:mjlol:

They got him looking like a stormtrooper

That forcefield shyt was pretty stupid. I remember thinking WTF.
 

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Rewatching the pilot now.
Based on what we know of Moff Gideon's plans, why was IG-11's order to terminate Grogu, when Mando was ordered to bring him back? That's not what you would do if you needed a blood sample.
Does that mean that somebody else hired IG-11?

I kind of suspect they weren't 100% sure where they were going when the filmed the pilot. For example, the stormtroopers with Dr. Pershing look like they can't even maintain their armor, but in the second season we see that Dr. Pershing operates out a fully-staffed secret base.
It reminds me of "The Others" in LOST. When they were introduced they were dressed like bums, but in the 2nd season they retconned it into that they were wearing disguises.
Remember Moff immedietly kills the dude when he shows up at the end of the first season. and Doctor always maintain that grogo needed to be taken alive. Makes me think he was a lakey who wasn't completely following orders correctly. Doesn't seem like a contradiction, just that particular dude not seeing the bigger picture that Moff Gideon was seeing. It was probably him not Gideon who hired all those bounty hunters.
 

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Nope. They didn't have it ready at all. They had no clue. When they saw how it was taking off, they rushed into production, but were only able to do tees, and socks. It took months for them to even have something as cost efficient as a plush doll. Usually, the surprise merch hits right after the reveal, meaning it would've been in production 3-4 months prior.

No, if you have merch available to hit right after the reveal that means it was in production before the show aired. Which like the other poster stated ,means it would have been spoiled through toy leaks. They purposely delayed the toys so the reveal wouldnt be spoiled.

What you are calling surprise merch actually leaks months in advance. We knew all the characters that would be in Infinity War months before they were announced due to toy trade show leaks. We know who the villains are in Black Widow due to the same issue.
 

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That forcefield shyt was pretty stupid. I remember thinking WTF.
that whole episode was dumb as hell :mjlol: putty patrol storm troopers, completely disregarding any sort of tactical approaches that are brought up throughout the series, smooth brain mando, etc

I get it was a setup episode but it was a fukking mess
 

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Din might be an Idiot at times

But take away force powers
Take away Lightsabers
Dont include droids or cyborgs
And include other Mandalorians

Din might the best all around normal combatant in SW history

Han solo- not even close
Lando Calrissian- see above
Jango fett- maybe
Bo katan- is gonna learn her place in S3
Saw Guerrera- based on what i saw in rebels..nope
Sabine Wren- a mf joke...brilliant inventor tho
Finn- see above Statement, minus the brilliant part
Poe Dameron- amazing pilot...but that about it

Who else?
What other non force wielder can hang with mando

Din is a expert gun fighter- how many western style standoffs has he won?
Expert hand to hand combatant- fought off those pirates sans beskar and bare handed like mf Batman
Might not be expert level pilot tho- Boba makes him look ametuer hour as a wheelman.
Wields most weapons he finds...such as the beskar staff, like he's been using them his entire life

The only other normal fighter who is as dangerous is another Favreau creation
Pre Vizsla
Breh went toe to toe with Both Maul and Obi-wan
Lost both times of course...but for a normal guy he put up a good fight.

 

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The "move on from the skywalkers" stuff is straight :camby:

the problem is that the trilogy was supposed to close that skywalker era of star wars, but they fukked up so bad.

now their team need to do a repair job until it can move to another era. there's another 10 years worth of material and storylines, then they can move onto some ancient shyt like darth bane

they could do a plaguies movie, which would be :krs:

me personally, I'd say fukk it and make that trilogy luke's bad dream. they'd be better off just to write it off.
 

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Din might be an Idiot at times

But take away force powers
Take away Lightsabers
Dont include droids or cyborgs
And include other Mandalorians

Din might the best all around normal combatant in SW history

Han solo- not even close
Lando Calrissian- see above
Jango fett- maybe
Bo katan- is gonna learn her place in S3
Saw Guerrera- based on what i saw in rebels..nope
Sabine Wren- a mf joke...brilliant inventor tho
Finn- see above Statement, minus the brilliant part
Poe Dameron- amazing pilot...but that about it

Who else?
What other non force wielder can hang with mando

Din is a expert gun fighter- how many western style standoffs has he won?
Expert hand to hand combatant- fought off those pirates sans beskar and bare handed like mf Batman
Might not be expert level pilot tho- Boba makes him look ametuer hour as a wheelman.
Wields most weapons he finds...such as the beskar staff, like he's been using them his entire life

The only other normal fighter who is as dangerous is another Favreau creation
Pre Vizsla
Breh went toe to toe with Both Maul and Obi-wan
Lost both times of course...but for a normal guy he put up a good fight.


I feel like Bobba Fett would have made any Dinn fight sequence look like a cakewalk, and that’s just going off of the one true fight scene he had on the show . I wouldn’t put it past Bo to kick Dinn ass too, but we might find out next season. TBH, I don’t think they gnna have those two fight next season anyway . Those fights be looking way too difficult for Dinn, Almost like he still learning how to Mandalorian .
 

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I feel like Bobba Fett would have made any Dinn fight sequence look like a cakewalk, and that’s just going off of the one true fight scene he had on the show . I wouldn’t put it past Bo to kick Dinn ass too, but we might find out next season. TBH, I don’t think they gnna have those two fight next season anyway . Those fights be looking way too difficult for Dinn, Almost like he still learning how to Mandalorian .
Mando wasn't even the best fighter in his own clan right?

Boba in his prime washes damn near everybody anyways tho
 
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