@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@revengine said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

The Mandalorian and Rogue One were my two favorites of the recent SW projects. Most of the other SW projects have been ehhh at best.

Thanks for linking us to the dark saber explanation video. I never saw the cartoons are they worth checking out?

For your last statement on Mando, I don't think the show will do well if Mando is no longer a bounty hunter and is a full-time nanny. I know you were 1/2 joking with that, but fans will need to see fights, chases and Mando do sketchy dangerous jobs to make ends meet. Apollo Creed really does nothing for me, the actors what like 70 something now its not like he can do elaborate fight scenes anymore.

Gina Carano is at least a legit fighter/martial artist and her fight scenes are more believable than the scrawny frail Rey. I have no issue with her and her character she's if anything like a dude in this show so unless you really hate women I don't see why anyone should have any beef with her, plus at least she's hot too unlike Rey. Rey looks like she hasn't even hit puberty yet.

The only SW cartoons I've watched is Rebels and I'd say it's worth watching although I've heard Clone Wars is very good as well. Rebels takes place during the time leading up to Rogue One and A New Hope - apparently The Ghost (the name of the ship from Rebels) can even been seen in battle in Rogue One.

I have no problems with Cara Dune and you're right, it's nice to see an actor who actually knows how to make a convincing fight scene but the show is called The Mandalorian, it is not called Cara Dune (although I could see her eventually getting own show). But the show made it pretty clear that Mando is giving up being a bounty hunter to be a nanny with his "I've got more pressing matters" line. I guess we'll see when season 2 rolls around.

You'd be hard pressed to find a movie (or a series) where there isn't a strong woman who can hold her own--then some! It's just art imitating life. It would be hell to pay if they were all kept "barefoot and pregnant", or repeatedly needed some man to come to their rescue, or entirely absent.

This character is here because it's something whose time has come and because it's what the fans (viewing public) demands--and rightly so.

I agree, the poison of woke identity politics has, sadly, made its way into all aspects of the culture. Although I have to admit, I can't ever recall "demanding" that The Mandalorian feature a strong female character - but then I don't remember demanding The Mandalorian exist either so, whatever. But I'm pretty sure I do remember strong female action characters existing before now - Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Xena, Buffy etc. - but maybe I'm just making them up.

Upon some reflection I do recall the smithy saying to Mando something like "Until you find the baby's homeworld/people you're obligated to be its parent." Paraphrasing of course - but I'm beginning to think what Mando meant when he said "I've got more pressing matters" in response to returning to the Bounty Hunter guild is he's got to find baby Yoda's homeworld/people. So I think that (along with getting the Darksaber off Moff Gideon) will be his main objectives for season two and we'll see less of Navarro and its inhabitants.

@revengine said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@revengine said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

The Mandalorian and Rogue One were my two favorites of the recent SW projects. Most of the other SW projects have been ehhh at best.

Thanks for linking us to the dark saber explanation video. I never saw the cartoons are they worth checking out?

For your last statement on Mando, I don't think the show will do well if Mando is no longer a bounty hunter and is a full-time nanny. I know you were 1/2 joking with that, but fans will need to see fights, chases and Mando do sketchy dangerous jobs to make ends meet. Apollo Creed really does nothing for me, the actors what like 70 something now its not like he can do elaborate fight scenes anymore.

Gina Carano is at least a legit fighter/martial artist and her fight scenes are more believable than the scrawny frail Rey. I have no issue with her and her character she's if anything like a dude in this show so unless you really hate women I don't see why anyone should have any beef with her, plus at least she's hot too unlike Rey. Rey looks like she hasn't even hit puberty yet.

The only SW cartoons I've watched is Rebels and I'd say it's worth watching although I've heard Clone Wars is very good as well. Rebels takes place during the time leading up to Rogue One and A New Hope - apparently The Ghost (the name of the ship from Rebels) can even been seen in battle in Rogue One.

I have no problems with Cara Dune and you're right, it's nice to see an actor who actually knows how to make a convincing fight scene but the show is called The Mandalorian, it is not called Cara Dune (although I could see her eventually getting own show). But the show made it pretty clear that Mando is giving up being a bounty hunter to be a nanny with his "I've got more pressing matters" line. I guess we'll see when season 2 rolls around.

You'd be hard pressed to find a movie (or a series) where there isn't a strong woman who can hold her own--then some! It's just art imitating life. It would be hell to pay if they were all kept "barefoot and pregnant", or repeatedly needed some man to come to their rescue, or entirely absent.

This character is here because it's something whose time has come and because it's what the fans (viewing public) demands--and rightly so.

I agree, the poison of woke identity politics has, sadly, made its way into all aspects of the culture. Although I have to admit, I can't ever recall "demanding" that The Mandalorian feature a strong female character - but then I don't remember demanding The Mandalorian exist either so, whatever. But I'm pretty sure I do remember strong female action characters existing before now - Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Xena, Buffy etc. - but maybe I'm just making them up.

Upon some reflection I do recall the smithy saying to Mando something like "Until you find the baby's homeworld/people you're obligated to be its parent." Paraphrasing of course - but I'm beginning to think what Mando meant when he said "I've got more pressing matters" in response to returning to the Bounty Hunter guild is he's got to find baby Yoda's homeworld/people. So I think that (along with getting the Darksaber off Moff Gideon) will be his main objectives for season two and we'll see less of Navarro and its inhabitants.

And yet, here you are.

As for the Ripleys, Connors, et. al, you are not making them up. There has always been one or two or a few spread out here and there...the-exception-instead-of-the-'new'-norm. So few that probably all of them could be listed in one sentence. In contrast, fast--forward to the present where it would probably "take a book" to note them all .

As for the show, yes I expect it to focus some on Mando finding the kid’s tribe. And as a result of that search, I expect Mando will have some kid-related exploits. But, also, unrelated to that search, I expect Mando will have some non-kid-related exploits of his own along the way. Just saying don’t think it will be—has to be either/or.

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@revengine said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@revengine said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

The Mandalorian and Rogue One were my two favorites of the recent SW projects. Most of the other SW projects have been ehhh at best.

Thanks for linking us to the dark saber explanation video. I never saw the cartoons are they worth checking out?

For your last statement on Mando, I don't think the show will do well if Mando is no longer a bounty hunter and is a full-time nanny. I know you were 1/2 joking with that, but fans will need to see fights, chases and Mando do sketchy dangerous jobs to make ends meet. Apollo Creed really does nothing for me, the actors what like 70 something now its not like he can do elaborate fight scenes anymore.

Gina Carano is at least a legit fighter/martial artist and her fight scenes are more believable than the scrawny frail Rey. I have no issue with her and her character she's if anything like a dude in this show so unless you really hate women I don't see why anyone should have any beef with her, plus at least she's hot too unlike Rey. Rey looks like she hasn't even hit puberty yet.

The only SW cartoons I've watched is Rebels and I'd say it's worth watching although I've heard Clone Wars is very good as well. Rebels takes place during the time leading up to Rogue One and A New Hope - apparently The Ghost (the name of the ship from Rebels) can even been seen in battle in Rogue One.

I have no problems with Cara Dune and you're right, it's nice to see an actor who actually knows how to make a convincing fight scene but the show is called The Mandalorian, it is not called Cara Dune (although I could see her eventually getting own show). But the show made it pretty clear that Mando is giving up being a bounty hunter to be a nanny with his "I've got more pressing matters" line. I guess we'll see when season 2 rolls around.

You'd be hard pressed to find a movie (or a series) where there isn't a strong woman who can hold her own--then some! It's just art imitating life. It would be hell to pay if they were all kept "barefoot and pregnant", or repeatedly needed some man to come to their rescue, or entirely absent.

This character is here because it's something whose time has come and because it's what the fans (viewing public) demands--and rightly so.

I agree, the poison of woke identity politics has, sadly, made its way into all aspects of the culture. Although I have to admit, I can't ever recall "demanding" that The Mandalorian feature a strong female character - but then I don't remember demanding The Mandalorian exist either so, whatever. But I'm pretty sure I do remember strong female action characters existing before now - Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Xena, Buffy etc. - but maybe I'm just making them up.

Upon some reflection I do recall the smithy saying to Mando something like "Until you find the baby's homeworld/people you're obligated to be its parent." Paraphrasing of course - but I'm beginning to think what Mando meant when he said "I've got more pressing matters" in response to returning to the Bounty Hunter guild is he's got to find baby Yoda's homeworld/people. So I think that (along with getting the Darksaber off Moff Gideon) will be his main objectives for season two and we'll see less of Navarro and its inhabitants.

And yet, here you are.

As for the Ripleys, Connors, et. al, you are not making them up. There has always been one or two or a few spread out here and there...the-exception-instead-of-the-'new'-norm. So few that probably all of them could be listed in one sentence. In contrast, fast--forward to the present where it would probably "take a book" to note them all .

As for the show, yes I expect it to focus some on Mando finding the kid’s tribe. And as a result of that search, I expect Mando will have some kid-related exploits. But, also, unrelated to that search, I expect Mando will have some non-kid-related exploits of his own along the way. Just saying don’t think it will be—has to be either/or.

But the very KEY THING is this........EVERYONE loves Baby Yoda! They all think its cute as hell and it is. But its the fact that Baby Yoda won over the masses and casual fans that Mando was solidified as a big hit.

If Baby Yoda was not in Mando, the success of the show probably would not be as big as it is.

@MrCharmingMan said:

But the very KEY THING is this........EVERYONE loves Baby Yoda! They all think its cute as hell and it is. But its the fact that Baby Yoda won over the masses and casual fans that Mando was solidified as a big hit.

If Baby Yoda was not in Mando, the success of the show probably would not be as big as it is.

Yeah and Yeah.

Of course, there is no way to know what the show’s impact would have been without Baby Yoda; but I feel the same way…that his popularity is a major contributor to the success of the show.

For me, Baby Yoda being the "Big Reveal" at the end of E1 was definitely a (to paraphrase) Luke, I am your father moment. From that point on I knew I was in for the long haul.

Baby Yoda is for the female viewers.

@revengine said:

Baby Yoda is for the female viewers.

Don't think it's the "Baby" part that locked-in fans...think it's the "Yoda" part. After all he is 50-something? years old.