Good or even great TV shows don't come along all that often and what is even rarer is one that is consistently either good or great. Well we are now just a few short days away from one of those shows debuting it's third season as such I thought that i'd take a look at one of the episodes that had alot of buzz surrounding it and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced a fan favorite character to the world of live action with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 13 The Jedi" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when The Mandalorian takes Grogu to a mysterious planet to hopefully be trained by a Jedi the Jedi instead enlists him in a fight to remove an evil governor from power of a local village. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episodes story being rather simple and effective in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian and the great Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Also starring in this episode is the great Michael Biehn as Lang , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth / The Magistrate , James Croak as A Prisoner , stunt woman turned actress turned director turned martial artist Dylan Alvarado as A Village Boy , Mai Brunelle as A Village Girl , Wing Tao Chao as Governor Wing and Clark Schierle as A Villager.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances all of which help to elevate what could be seen as a really dull script ad make it seem alot better then what it actually is because that's how good the acting in this very episode.
Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are all currently over at Legacy Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Granted you do get some very dodgy looking CGI effects as well but those are in the minority and don't represent the majority.
As I mentioned at the start of this review this is the episode that introduced the character of Ahsoka Tano. I fully remember all of the hype and all of the rumors surrounding this character and when she would debut in this show and I have to say that this episode did a very good of introducing this character to an audience that for one reason or another might not have seen her debut in animated form and her character in this episode is very much the next logical step in her characters journey and it's one that I can't wait to see play out.
This episode does kind of make both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels essential viewing. Since a character who played a big part in the end of Star Wars: Rebels is mentioned by Ahsoka Tano this is something that I can see putting alot of people watching the upcoming Ahsoka TV show just because of the fact that not alot of people like watching animated movies or TV shows but given how interconnected these The Mandalorian spin off shows are that was always going to happen at some point.
This is also the episode where we find out that Baby Yoda is actually called Grogu which is a name that I didn't like just because it sounds to much like Goku. Which isn't always a bad thing but when your alien names are often very creative and very distinctive it makes Grogu standout for all of the wrong reasons not to mention the big reveal really isn't treated as a big deal it's something that's done half handedly with the reveal almost coming of as a throwaway line which works well for the character of Ahsoka Tano but it doesn't work well for the character of The Mandalorian who would ave treated this as the big deal that it is.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is a bit of a short running time for an episode like this one to have since you very very easily could ave stretched this episodes running time to one hour just by expanding upon it's plot which would have allowed you to fully develop it's villains and go deeper into the blossoming friendship between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano both of which are key to making this episodes plot work.
So now then since this an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Altho the action goes out of it's way to making Ahsoka Tano look good then it does The Mandalorian which wouldn't be an issue if this was the Ahsoka show but it's not and so all it does is make The Mandalorian feel more like a side character when it comes to the episodes action sequences in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really good episode that goes a long way as to showing us what this show is like when it at's it's best and is honestly more true to Star Wars then the actual sequel trilogy ever was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thins that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.