The Mandalorian: Chapter 1: The Mandalorian Review

Believe it or not we are now officially about five days away from finally getting Star Wars back where it belongs on the big screen. With the lates movie being a film version of The Mandalorian as such there really was no better tie in review to do then then the very first episode of the show as that's the episode that really did introduce these characters to the world and so then join me as I review the episode that gave the world Baby Yoda with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when he tasked with finding and killing a mysterious target a long Mandalorian finds his faith shaken when he finds out the target is a baby. 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. The plot for this episode was one that was kind of refreshing as instead of it hinging on a character deciding to join a war it instead focused on this character who for alot of the episode is portrayed very much as the bad guy choosing to do the right thing. With the plot of the episode using the stranger comes into town and ends up doing something life changing method of telling it's story and to be fair it is something that does work well in this plot as for a large portion of the episodes plot we do have to question if we can trust this unnamed Mandalorian and while yes the plot of this episode could have been better in some respects as the episode does take a good while to really get going with its plot but when it does get its plot moving that's when we get to see just how special that this was in it's early years as this show had to prove that Star Wars could make for a good TV show and what better way to help prove that then by giving us a plot that does make us want to watch not only the next episode but the rest of the first season as well with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.   

Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Carl Weathers as Greef Karga and Werner Herzog as The Client. Also starring in this episode is Omid Abtahi as Doctor Pershing , Nick Nolte as the voice of Kuiil , Taika Waititi as the voice of IG-11 , John Beasley as The Bartender , Horatio Sanz as Mythrol , Tait Fletcher as Alpha Trawler , Ryan Watson as Beta Trawler , Dmitrious Bistrevsky as Quarren Trawler , Christopher Bartlett as The Ferryman , Brian Posehn as The Speeder Pilot and Emily Swallow as The Armorer.

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. The episodes acting was quite frankly alot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this episodes acting should have been really bad due to the fact that we have a main character that not only doesn't speak for a vast majority of the episode but also never shows his face with the episode having to rely on its other actors alot of whom aren't that well known to carry the episode from an acting point of view. Yet even so the best actor in this episode is quite easily Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian as even tho he doesn't say alot of in this episode and he doesn't take his helmet of both of which things that could have been seen as holding an actor back it now means that Pedro has to rely solely on body language alone alot of the time and this is something where he does shine as you can tell from scene to scene if he's feeling angry , sad , happy or confused just by how he is standing with that being something that s hard for any actor to pull off as alot of the time live action actors use there faces to give us those emotions and yet it's when those tools are stripped away from them that we see how good of an actor that they really are with Pedro really getting his character right from the second that he walks on screen as just gives us this mysterious stranger type of vibe that does blend well with the character with it being something that does help to sell you on his performance as the character as well. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's n this very episode.

Doing the CGI for this episode is Important Looking Pirates ,  the legends and the greats that are currently over at Legacy Effects and Virtuos. 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. Even for a TV show this episodes CGI was of a really high quality with this being something that wasn't totally unexpected as not only do more modern day TV shows have some really good VFX in them but if you look at who was doing the VFX for this episode that it does make alot of sense as to why this episode did have some really good looking VFX in it. The thing that did help the VFX work as well as they do is the fact that this whole show was filmed on a large volume screen with the makers of this episode being to see the effects in real time and won't have to wait months to see them which does mean that the lighting for the effects can now match what was filmed on the day alot more better and while where will always be an argument for filming on location and not on a volume stage when the results are this is good it is something that that does make a strong case for shows being filmed on a volume stage. While the episodes effects do look good they don't look as good as they perhaps could have done with a few of the effects in the episode looking like they came right out of a video game and while it is understandable that not every effect can look good for the first episode especially there should have been more of an effort into making the episodes effects look as good as they possibly could have done.

This episode did of course introduce the world to Baby Yoda with him basically carrying the show for alot of it's run due to the fact that he is so cute. With this being something that the makers of this episode must have realized pretty straight away as in alot of the episodes when things are getting to tense an episode will just cut to him doing something cute just to get the audience to go "Awwwwww" which is fair enough as he is an adorable character but constantly doing that and not letting the tension of the episodes scenes just stay with us does take away from any of the episodes that it's in as while having more comedic moments is still great those moments won't be able to hit as hard when there just undercutting the tension of the scene. Thankfully due to he fact that the character barely appears in this episode we don't get any such scene in this episode and guess what the episode is all the more better because of it as now we the audience are left with an episode where we have to question if this Mandalorian is a good guy or not with us really only finding out that he is somewhat of a good guy at the end of the episode when he sees Grogu and doesn't kill as he was instructed to do so which yes granted is a small moment but its one that works due to the fact that the episode didn't cut away from the more tension filled scenes to a scene where Grogu is acting cute and while yes there is a more comedic scene in the episode that happens when there isn't anything going on in the episode and therefore it has to no scene to undercut the tension from in the first place. To be fair tho the idea of having this supposedly deadly target that this person must kill is a good idea as it makes us wonder what is so powerful about this creature in the first place and it also gives the character of The Mandalorian the chance to reveal the fact that he is somewhat of a good guy by not killing him.

Something that does make this show standout from other pieces of Star Wars media is the fact that this episode is essentially a western. With The Mandalorian acting as the lone character with a dark and shady past as he wonders in to this small town and has his life changed for the better with this being something that is all but confirmed when you take into account that you can here Spurs on the characters boots and the fact that the score for the episode does have more of a Western vibe to it then it does a science fiction action show and yet the episode never really looses the fact that it's set in the world of Star Wars as rather it embraces both the cliches that Westerns and Star Wars media do run into alot of the time. This is something that does make this episode stand out as it would have been very easy for this episode to just be a straight forward science fiction as that is something that you would expect from anything in Star Wars but the fact that the makers went out of there to make this episode feel more like a Western then anything else does show you that they are more then willing to take a chance and show us something that we didn't know we wanted to see in this world with them giving us all of the thigs that one expects to see in a Western but now there given a more Star Wars twist to them which is something that does make those idea and thoughts seem and fresh again. The only thing that does let this episode down quite alot is the fact that for a large portion of the episode it is hard to work out just what the main plot of the episode is meant to be as the episode does spend a large amount of time in showing us The Mandalorian getting ready for this mission and the steps that he takes to even get this mission which is just pointless as they add nothing to the episode as a whole. 

As was mentioned earlier on in this review this episode does have a more comedic scene with The Mandalorian training to use some creatures essentially as a horse. With him falling off every single time this is a cute joke as it does show that this character isn't perfect at everything and given the fact that it is really the only scene like this in the whole entire episode it was also something that was needed as it does give us the audience permission to laugh before things get really serious nearer the end of the episode and with the scene not really undercutting any other scene it also doesn't take away from the episode either. Would the episode have worked just as well if this scene wasn't included yes as it is essentially a nothing scene as nothing about The Mandalorian himself is revealed in that scene but at the same time given the fact that he original trilogy had lots of cute moments where the characters were allowed to be silly and tell a joke and be the but of a joke it is also something that us oddly fitting for this episode. To be frank if this scene was dine differently like maybe we do get to find out something about The Mandalorian then maybe this scene would have worked even more better as then we'd be able to laugh with the character and we'd learn something about him in the process as it is it is a scene that works just as well as this is the calm before the storm in matter of speaking as right after this scene he does go out and finds Grogu after killing several people and droid and while that moment is dark as it can be it works all the more due to the fact that we've just had this moment if light comedy with the character and while the show would go overboard with it's comedy in future seasons here the comedy worked as it was just one scene that didn't undercut the tension of any other scene.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty eight minuets and forty six seconds. This is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show as alot of this shows episodes are around that same time and yet at the same time this episode really could have been longer as it does have alot of plot to set and is just so good that having a longer running time would have made the episode be all the more better as we would get to see more scenes with characters that we really like with this episode having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. However tho the episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely in one regard as the episode doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which is something that is fair enough as this is the first episode but at the same time tho the episode really doesn't add anything to its plot to make it feel fully formed and well though and while yes granted we could get lot more information in regards to this episodes plot in other episodes they are things that should have been added into this episode as you do always want to start with our best foot forward and part of that does include having a fully developed and more well thought out plot. Luckily the episode does take the time to fully develop its main characters as while alot of the shows other main characters either don't appear in this episode or if they do they get very minimal screen time The Mandalorian does go from someone who is the straight up bad guy to going to someone who could be the good guy something which is done rather subtly in the episode by having him kill someone who was about to kill Grogu bug I really will admit that this episode really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean 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. This episode does have some really good action in it with it being made clear as day that the makers of this episode really did put just as much thought and effort into this episodes action then they did everything else in the episode as much like with the films this episodes action was really good and creative with the episode doing a good job of making this character look all the more cool just in it's action scenes alone. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the attack on the homestead that is housing Grogu as we get to see not only just how good of show that The Mandalorian is in the first place something which we do get to see brief glimpses of at the start of the episode but we also get to see alot of cool moments like for example IG-11 taking alot of fire just so The Mandalorian can take out someone with a really big and more powerful gun that's right in front of them with the whole thing just being so cool to watch and while that whole sequence doesn't really last all that long when you think about it it would have been great if that scene had lasted alot more longer just so us the audience could really feel the danger that the characters are as this is basically a life or death situation and while it is a really good action scene just having the characters take there time to to really make the bigger moments be all the more impactful would have made it better with the rest of the episode action scenes being just as well in  my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst this was a really good episode only time well tell if The Mandalorian And Grogu will catch on as don't forget alot of the mainstream audiences wouldn't have watched this show in the first place and therefor won't know who these characters are in the first place, with this first episode being a really good debut episode for what was a really good first season of this show 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 things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me and RIP Tom Kane.

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 IMP Awards . Com  and the official Star Wars fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great the official Star Wars fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

The Mandalorian TV Series "Chapter 23: The Spies" AND "Chapter 24: The Return" SPOILER FREE Review

 

Star Wars without a shadow of a doubt The Mandalorian is the only thing that's keeping Star Wars going right now as there's no new movies coming out. As such there was a lot of eyes on season three of this show as there was also alot of controversy surrounding it and well it's just released it's final episode and I thought that i'd check out both episode eight and episode 7 of this shows divisive third season and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE review of the episodes that are really brutal with the episodes in question being called simply just "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return" enjoy.

The plot of these episodes is The Mandalorian and Bo launch their attack to reclaim Mandalore but have one last threat to deal with. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the plot of these episodes being so good that there almost movie quality because that's how good the plot of these episodes was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these episodes is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze and Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon. Also starring in these episodes is Katy M. O'Brian as Elia Kane , Simon Kassianides as Axe Woves , Mercedes Varnado as Koska Reeves , Emily Swallow as The Armorer , Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Carson Teva , Carl Weathers as Greef Karga and Wesley Kimmel as Ragnar.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the cast for these episodes really making the most of what little this script gives them to work with as this script gives these actors and actresses nothing to work with in terms of what their characters respective personalities are.

Doing the CGI for these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Image Engine Design. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episode was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what it really had any right to be with the CGI being really close to feature film worthy.

To me this season really did over use the character of Bo-Katan Kryze which is a shame because she is a really cool character. However she's a character that works best in small doses where as here in this season she's pretty much in every single episode and when alot of her screen time is just spent hitting home the same message over and over again not only does it get repetitive but it also gets boring as well and instead of cheering whenever she's on screen I found myself getting bored whenever one of her scenes came up because I knew exactly where it was going with her character.

What I really liked about these two episodes is that we got to see Grogu being brave I won't say why because of spoiler reasons. To me this showed just how far he;s come as a character and how far the relationship between Grogu and The Mandalorian has developed as the Grogu that we met in season one wouldn't do any of the things that we see him do in these episodes and in the early episodes of the show The Mandalorian would get rid of Grogu if he could have and yet here that's not the case with the two needing each other just to survive and just to talk to each other.

Even tho this season of the show has been very mixed to me these two episodes were rather solid episodes. As they did give you everything that you'd expect to find in what is basically a two part finale however that's also the problem as it does everything that you'd expect it to do without giving you anything new and while having a huge scale battle might work for Star Wars it doesn't work for The Mandalorian as The Mandalorian works better when it's finales are rather small in scale but at the same time tho having a big scale final episode does make the episode seem all the more epic then what it actually is.

Now then these two episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and thirty nine seconds for episode 7 and thirty eight minuets and fifty six seconds for episode 8. I have to admit that I really didn't like the fact that the actual series finale had such a short running time as a series finale by it's very nature has to wrap up all of the storylines of that particualr season and that's also true with this season finale as well and it just can't do that and still tell a good story at the same time and as such it would have been if these two episodes swapped running times as episode 7 doesn't need to be as long as it is and episode 8 needed to be longer but to both episodes credit they both had some fairly good pacing to them tho.

So now then since this is an actin show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty super cool. With both of these episodes having action scenes that are chock full to the brim of really cool action scenes and cool moments in those action scenes as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really fun pair of episodes that really did deliver on certain aspects but at the same time they also failed on other certain aspects as well which is a shame because when these episodes are good there really good 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 things that that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that means that these very episodes have a grand total combined score of exactly a 7.5 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 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.

The Mandalorian "Chapter 22: Guns For Hire" Review

With Star Wars Celebration Europe currently going on it only seems right that I talk about something Star Wars and well with the The Mandalorian TV show currently nearing the end of it's third season. It only seems right that I talk about the shows most recent episode as that episode has been making alot of waves on Twitter since the episode came and out and as the episode has been out for a few days I won't be marking it as being either spoiler filled or spoiler free as lot of people have had more enough time to go and see the episode and so then join me I review the episode that has alot of cameos in it with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 22: Guns For Hire" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Mandalorian , Grogu and Bo-Katan Kryze go to a planet in order to get Bo-Katan's fleet of ships back. 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 not that bad but the issue is that it wasn't all that good either as it feels like the plot to an episode that should be more towards the start of the season and not really one that's towards the end of the season in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze and Simon Kassianides as Axe Woves. Also starring in this episode is former WWE Superstar and current IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Varnado as Koska Reeves , Jack Black as Bombardier , Lizzo as The Duchess , Christopher Lloyd as Helgait , Christine Adams as Quarren Captain , Harry Holland as Mon Calamari Nobleman and Matthew Wood as B-1 Series Droid Foreman.

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 not that bad. Which really isn't new for this show since even in this shows bad episodes the acting has always been top notch it's just a shame that this episodes script really isn't that good and so the episodes cast can;t turn in great performances because of the fact that the script just won't allow for it.

Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Image Engine Design. 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 / flt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes CGI more then keeping up with this shows already high standard of CGI effects.

This episode ha gotten a lot of hate for having some very distracting cameos and after finally seeing the episode in question I have t agree. As the people that are making these cameos are so well known to the mainstream audience and as such your not seeing the character your just seeing whoever is making the cameo and that really is something that takes you out of the episode because instead of seeing the character of the Bombardier your seeing Jack Black who is a very fine actor as is Christopher Lloyd but even they can't pull of these cameo rules.

This is such a really weird placed episode since it's a more lighthearted episode and hose are usually better placed earlier on in a shows season. However here it's placed third to the end which is usually when a season starts to wrap up that seasons arcs and so having an episode that's more lighthearted and isn't really attached to anything that's going on in this season barring the first and final scene it makes me wonder why this episode was placed here as it would have been better served if it was an earlier episode in this shows third season. 

This episode really doesn't do all that good of a job of building up the mercenaries that both The Mandalorian and Bo-Katan Kryze are looking for as credible threats. As they only have one scene at the start of the episode where we see them in action and even then it's a short scene and so there's not really alot of time for us the audience to take in just how ruthless these characters are because there not on screen for that long and then they don't appear again until the very end of episode which makes including them in this episode a complete waste of time.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and fourteen seconds. Which is the perfect running time for this episode to last as when you really get down to it there really isn't alot their interms of plot and story to cover anything longer then that but at the same time tho if you cut out the Lizzo and Jack Black cameos you very easily could have used to time to showing as to why these mercenaries are a threat which in turn would have made the episode alot better and i will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it. 

So now then since this is 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 not that bad. However that's also the issue as this episodes action wasn't all that good either as while we did get to see some cool moments alot of it just felt dull and boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode quite clearly isn't the best episode of this show but at the same tie I don't think that it marks the start of this show declining in quality either as any show can and indeed do have some bad episodes in them and this episode is just one of them and nothing more then that 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 things 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 a 6.5 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 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.

The Mandalorian "Chapter 17: The Apostate" SPOILER FILLED Review

 

Star Wars the day that we have all been waiting for is now finally here since the new season of The Mandalorian has just debuted it's premier episode. This was a debut that I was looking forward to mostly because I was interesting in seeing how or even if they mentioned Cara Dune at all and well I was not disappointed and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show that starts of a new quest for our favorite hero with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 17: The Apostate" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Din Djarin decides to go some Mandalorian springs in order to redeem himself for removing his helmet however those springs happen to be on Mandalore itself. 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 not that bad with this episodes plot doing a very good job of setting up what might be the plot of this season in a very entertaining and engaging way in  my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze and Emily Swallow as The Armorer. Also starring in this episode is Carl Weathers as Greef Karga , Tait Fletcher as Paz Vizsla , Wesley Kimmel as Ragnar , Parvesh Cheena as A Nevarro Copper Droid , Marti Matulis as Vane , Shirley Henderson as The Voice Of The Anzellan Crew , Nonso Anozie as Gorian Shard and Mat Fraser as Pirate Coxswain.

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. Which for this show isn't anything that's all that new since this show has always had some really good acting in it which just goes to show you just how good the acting is not only in this episode but in this show as a whole.

Try as I might I cannot find out who did the CGI for this episode anywhere online at all which is such a shame as I really liked the CGI in this episode. 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 with this episodes CGI being movie quality good.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Like i'm sure alot of people I was curious to see how the would handle Cara Dune given that actress Gina Carano was fired from Lucasfilm. Well i'm pleased to tell you that the character of Cara Dune is very much alive and well but is just of screen this is perhaps the best way that they could handle the departure of this character since either way they'd risk making alot of people angry and this way they can still have the character make an impact on the show without her actually showing up in any of the shows episodes.

If you've seen the episode then you might have noticed that i've left one name of the cast list with that name being Taika Waititi as The Voice Of IG-11. Since yes the droid who died in the shows first season does play apart in this opening episode with Din using some of his parts to build something that will hopefully come in use to him on Mandalore this is a great to bring this character since it's something that really hasn't been done before at least in terms of either the live action Star Wars movies or the live action Star Wars TV shows and I have no idea why since it makes this world feel alot more reel and alot more realistic. 

We also get to alot of Grogu doing alot of cute things which was just a joy to watch but there's only so much of that that they can show before it starts to get tired and repetitive. Which was very sadly the case with this episode since alot of the cute stuff that we saw Grogu doing just felt repetitive but at the same time I don't think anybody could ever get tired of seeing Grogu just doing cute stuff but also there has to come a time now where you have to stop doing that because of where the characters are in their own personal journey and seeing Grogu doing cute things might eventually hinder his own personal character journey.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty five minuets and sixteen seconds. Which was such a short running time for this episode to have since you very easily could have stretched this episodes plot up to at the very least forty five seconds which would have made the episode feel alot more satisfying then what it actually is since with it's current running time the episode just has to rush from plot point to plot point and as such scenes just aren't given the time that they need to just breathe and that does effect the overall pacing of this episode as well with scenes going by so much faster then what they really need to.

So now then since this is 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. With this episodes action being alot better then what I thought that it was going to be and it helps that we get a really cool and really great looking action scene that reintroduces Din and Grogu which is just so really awesome and is a really awesome way to reintroduce us to these really great characters in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this was a great way to start of the new season of this great show and it shows that having that extra year of from making this show really did work well enough in this shows favor 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 things 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 from the official Star Wars fandom wiki page , the official The Mandalorian 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.

The Mandalorian "Chapter 13 The Jedi" Review

 

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.

The Mandalorian "Chapter 8: Redemption" Review

Star Wars fans it's been almost a month to the very day that I lost wrote about of The Mandalorian and well I just wanted to talk about an episode of this particular amazing show. Simply because this show is in all honesty that damn good that it demands that people talk about all the time or as they can do / as many times as is humanly possible and so join me as I review another episode of The Mandalorian with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 8: Redemption" enjoy.

The plot of this particular episode is The Mandalorian , Cara Dune ,  Greef Karga and IG-11 all find themselves trapped in a room with dozens of stormtroopers and the evil Moff Gideon outside of the room that our heroes are currently trapped in just waiting patiently for our freaking heroes to even try and to escape. Now then as for what I personally thought about the plot of this episode in all honesty I thought that the plot of this episode was rather weak since they finish up the story that I summarized for you all within thirty minuets and so I would have liked it if this episode had a much stronger story to it but with that being said tho the set up for this particular episode is indeed a good one.

 

Starring in this particular episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian and we also have this particular episodes director Taika Waititi as The Voice Of IG-11. Also starring in this particular episode is Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon , Gina Carano as Cara Dune , Carl Weathers as Greef Karga , Emily Swallow as Armorer , Jason Sudeikis as Bike Scout Trooper Number 1 , Adam Pally as Bike Scout Trooper Number 2 , Aidan Bertola as Young Din Djarin , Alexandra Manea as Din Djarin Mother , Bernard Bullen as Din Djarin Father and Brendan Wayne as Mandalorian Warrior.

Now then as for what I personally thought about the acting that's / that is featured / presented to us in this very episode in all honesty I thought that the acting that's / that is featured / presented to us in this very / actual / particular episode was really good. With all of the cast that of characters that are appearing in this episode giving some truly wonderful performances and the fact that this episode has some really good acting in it shouldn't come as a complete shock to anyone since the acting that's in this very / particular TV show has always been really good and so it only makes sense that this particular episode follows / continues on with that very /particular trend in my opinion anyways / at least.

Doing the CGI effects for this particular episode are Happy Mushroom and Legacy Effects and while the show des usually have some really great CGI effects in this episode however the show / this episode has very mixed quality CGI effects. Which is a shame because the overall quality of the CGI effects in this episode and in this very show is usually very high and yet in this episode that have an obviously CGI Scout Trooper getting beaten up or possibly even killed by an obviously CGI droid / robot but when this particular episode does have some good CGI you really do know it because it really is a good CGI effect. 

Now then even tho i've been pretty freaking positive about this episode thus far there are some things about this particular episode that I personally didn't like with the first of which being the inclusion of The Armorer since the inclusion of The Armorer in this episode felt very forced and while it was needed the makers of both this show and the makers of this particular episode could have found a more organic way in which to include the character if The Armorer but that's just what I think and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least.

The other thing that I personally didn't like about this episode is the fact that we don't really get to see any interesting character combinations in this episode. This issue however is more understandable since the setup for this particular / very episode doesn't really allow for alot of interesting or even new character combinations but at the sae time I honestly do think that it would have been very interesting to have two characters who have never met each other before the events of this particular / very episode and have those exact same two characters have a full blown conversion with each other just to see how each character would react to what the other character is currently saying to them.

Now then I do very fully admit that I was shocked that both Disney and Lucasfilm allowed a character to be killed of and in this case the character in the question is the droid that is called simply just IG-11. Simply because you don't really associate the deaths of TV characters with Disney and with Lucasfilm now being fully under the Disney umbrella it wouldn't have been that / very surprising if Lucasfilm / Disney said no to killing of the character of IG-11 but I will fully admit that the death of IG-11 was a truly shocking and as well as being a truly sad ending for the character of IG-11 in my opinion anyways / at least.

This particular has / had a grand total running time of exactly forty six minuets and twenty six seconds and well I have to fully admit that that was the right amount of this very / this particular episode. Since there really isn't enough there in terms of plot or even story for that matter and as such  so it would have been very foolish to even attempt / try to get this episode to run anywhere close to a one hour running time in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then since this show is an action show after all and so that does infact mean that I have to actually talk  about the actual action that is featured / presented to us in the actual episode itself an if i'm being well and truly very honest here people the action that is featured / presented to us in this actual / very episode was indeed really freaking good. Since alot of the action that we see in this episode episode is just so freaking cool to see and at the end of the day that's what  you want in any action sequence in my opinion anyways / at least.

Overall this episode was a really good first season finale episode indeed since it was a very entertaining episode to watch even if it doesn't really take that much of a full advantage of it's actual setup. Now that i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / particular episode in this very / particular review that means that this episode of The Mandalorian gets a 9.5 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 ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I used in this very from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page and the official Star Wars fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images that I actually used that are actually from this very episode being the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page just simply because there was a lot more of a verity of images that are from this actual episode to chose from and that simply wasn't the case with the official Star Wars fandom wiki page plus alot of the images that I personally used that are from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page (which are currently still up by the way) are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.