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  1. Roy Focker
    As I predicted Star Fleet does have a major staffing issue. Crusher gets 2 step promotion despite not being in Star Fleet for over 20 years and I assume has been practicing outlaw medicine without a license. She's a brilliant doctor but pretty sure she would have been disqualified for her less the legal activities during the past 20 years if staffing wasn't an issue. There's 7 of 9. She was a former Borg/civilian helping out on Voyager. Next some kind of 3rd party Texas Ranger. She joins Star Fleet bypassing the academy system and assigned as a 1st Officer. Raffi I assume attended the academy and spent years in Starfleet. Earning her whatever former position, she had before leaving to become a trailer trash meth head. Star Fleet lets her back in with a position of authority. Rios likewise had a Star Fleet career and left to be a freelance ship captain and I assume wasn't running a 100% legal operation. Star Fleet of this timeline must have been in really bad shape even before this series took place. During the extended endings. They didn't feature a funeral scene for Shaw or Ro (who also was forgiven by Star Fleet and allowed back in).
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    What growth did Mando have in season 3? He took a bath so he could rejoin his cult. That's not growth. That's regression. He decided to become the kid's protector and father figure in season 1, 2 and Book of Boba. This season could of had him questioning if taking baby Yoda back was the right decision? There was a reason to give the kid up in the first place. The lifestyle of bounty hunter is no place for raising a child and the kid has PTSD and unchecked god like powers. He wanted what was best for him but later couldn't live without his son - that was from the Book of Boba. They could have shown consequences of this action to create drama. They did nothing for his character this season. Improving a skill isn't growth. What about that whole flashback with human face Jedi Jar Jar? They could have continued to show more that. Maybe even have baby Yoda actually speak using his own voice. We get a flashback of order 66 to remind us why he doesn't talk to having him talking in the end. That would have been growth. He actually yells "No!" instead of using a droid's voice. This is The Mandalorian a TV show for the whole family. The Clone Wars is a cartoon for children. Yes, I said for children. It originally aired on cartoon network. The target audience there were children. Majority of adults who watched the Mandalorian didn't watch the cartoons. They only saw how much she grew in this show. Of all the characters she was the one with actual growth this season. Started it in a shame gutter thinking she's not worthy of leading, climbs out of it, shares she's to blame for losing their home and learns to lead without needing to hold Excalibur. Mando and Baby just went along for the ride. Their story ended in season 2 and did backsies in Book of Boba. Finished backsies with him taking a bath this season. Jesus Christ the message of season 1 and 2 was Mando is still suffering from his own childhood trauma of losing his family the cult saved and raised him but he's not happy. In episode 4 he befriends Omera hiding out in that village with baby Yoda. She asks him to stay and live in there in peace. His answer? I don't belong here. Why does he think this? Because he was raised by a cult. Taking off his helmet in season 2 was the hardest thing for him to do as equal as giving up baby Yoda. But book of Boba he gets the kid back, in season 3 he gets his cult back and now he's raising the kid with the same moral lessons from the same cult that messed him up. Season 3 could have ended with him returning to her village with kid and him with no helmet. He's giving his creed, his cult to be this kid's father in a good environment for raising him. Maybe she can be a part of their life too. That would be growth. Mando is father of the year.
  3. Roy Focker
    I've got serious doubts about the continued success of these Disney Plus series. I wasn't a fan of Rogue One. A gritter take on Star Wars was an interesting idea but to me it wasn't that upbeat adventure that Star Wars was known for. Movie knew this the tired to shoehorn more upbeat adventure elements. Which gave the movie a conflicting tone. Enter the first season of the Mandalorian. A show about some small-time bounty hunter in Boba Fett armor okay. I'll give a try. Could be nice to watch a Star Wars story that isn't about Jedi and stuff. Baby Yoda is an instant fan favorite with kids and adults. They had a hit on their hands and kept leaning in on all the family fun elements. Andor came along and made me appreciate Rogue One more. I like to think Andor and the Filoni Inspired shows aren't even part of the same universe. Disney is really counting on the Filoni-verse and it isn't getting much love from the critics. Kids, casual fans and Filoni-antics might love it now, but I think the casual fans will start to get Filoni-fatigue like they did with Marvel. Not saying every show has to be like Andor but it doesn't all have to be like this live action cartoon. Even The Last Jedi is better than this. Plenty of things to dislike about that movie, but at least it was trying to tell a story with character arcs. I read a review that said after this episode Mando is the same character he was at the start of the series. Zero growth. You need something besides cute character does cute thing and fighting character does fighting thing to carry this franchise.
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    It was good. Not really needed but good. Can we just wipe season 1 and 2 from existence? I think that's what this show tried to do. Episode isn't without its flaws. No cameos by half bro Wesley or Data's daughter. It did feel disconnected from the Changeling plot. Small spoiler the Titan is renamed. But like why? I think Titan's actions during the whole conflict proved itself worthy of starting its own legacy of ships being named after it.
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    I think Gideon's story was originally part of the clone Palpatine plan but the 1st season was such a hit they decided to change that story and move to the Thanos I mean Thrawn story arc. What I really didn't like about this episode is Mando didn't earn it. He had a key role in the episode. It primarily focused on him as you would expect for the main character but he wasn't the main character. Bo was. She had character growth he had none. She had something to prove he didn't. Honestly he and baby weren't even needed this season. They didn't learn anything, changed for the better or for the worst. It was a phone in performance for a useless part.
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    As for the stupid. Only 2 guys to take Mando to a prison cell? And why didn't they remove his helmet? It would have broken his spirt and I don't know leave him vulnerable incase he tries to escape. Blast him dead in the face. Maybe Pedro voice was the only part him here for the entire season. Shouldn't Baby Yoda be dead? In the Last Jedi Luke performed a very impressive display of the force and it left him so weak he died. Baby Yoda performed a very impressed display of the force in the finale and he doesn't drop dead?
  7. Roy Focker
    That was boring and pointless. Seemed like a big do over of Season's 2 finale. For those who were disappointment that Luke saved the day and baby Yoda left him. This time Mando saves the day and lives happily ever after with baby Yoda. Gideon presence in this season was just to show up for round 2. Episode 1 to 6 side quests with hints that there might some else going on. Episode 7 bad guys give 5 minutes of expositional dialogue to tell us about all that stuff they've been doing that the show could have showed us on screen during earlier episodes. Rest of run time Mandalorians wandering around talking. Episode 8 one long fight that I had zero emotional investment in. Hard to tell some of them apart. Just 2 sides flying around in jet packs. Why couldn't they devotee more episodes to the taking the planet back instead of all that wasteful story telling? This episode was the final battle of a better season that we didn't get to see. You build the story up to the final fight. You don't just have your heroes do random stuff until finally they bump into the main bad guy who they weren't even aware was still around and then have a big final fight.
  8. Roy Focker
    Well the guy who rebuilt the Enterprise's bridge was blind.
  9. Roy Focker
    We know they're going to somehow save the day, but the Federation is still doomed. Every crewman under 25 been turned and killed every crewman over 25. They'll turn the junior crew back to normal, but the veterans will still be dead. There will not be enough experienced members to crew these ships. You've got the Enterprize D Command Crew and Officers serving on Star Bases to take command of all of Star Fleet but that's not enough to defend the Federation from the next invasion. Newly appointed 19-year-old Captains will be outsmarted by the Ferengi who keeps tricking them to trade their ships for magic beans.
  10. Roy Focker
    That's what I don't understand. Jurati and the Queen merged centuries ago in the past, changed their ways and made peace with the Feds. Why are they still a threat after season 2?
  11. Roy Focker
    I liked this episode but I'm also like, wait how is the possible? That's more than a little stupid but damn they did a good job of telling it. Apparently in Star Fleet there's nobody between the ages of 25 and 50 years old. This grand plan of the changelings would doom them as well. If I'm not mistaken didn't they solve and make peace with this in season 2 of Picard? It was a really bad season but try working with what they gave you instead of pretending it didn't happen.
  12. Roy Focker
    Actors have been returning to characters they swear they were done with 20 years ago. All the actors who were too good to appear in comic book movies 20 years ago have all appeared in comic book movies. They like money and want to earn doing the way are used to.
  13. Roy Focker
    This show is just silly. That Imperial woman in the rehab program on Coruscant makes a report to the Imperials confirming that she's been their agent the entire time. She does this in a dirty alley in the middle of the night. Not too far from a street. Neighborhood doesn't look too deserted. Chances of some random person stumbling on this is just too great. Commanding Imperial types have a zoom meeting to setup spin offs and react to news of the Mandalorians latest exploits. All of this Mandalorian stuff is just very cartoonish. Which is where it came from. This show is made by 10-year-olds for 10-year olds.
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    Yes, the real stars of Disney's Star Wars are the editors who make the trailers. Every single trailer for all their movies and series gives us hope. Did you see that trailer? I had doubts after the last season, but this looks really good. I didn't see any reference to that unpopular element from before and the CGI looks like it really improved. Was that Orson Welles as that mysterious cloaked Sith lord in the end of the trailer? I thought he was dead. What perfect casting.
  15. Roy Focker
    To quote a random comment I saw on Facebook: "He looks like a blue Elon Musk." Now while I do like them exploring the years between Episode 6 and Episode 7. It does create a story problem. In Episode 7 we're led to believe that the New Republic didn't consider the First Order to be a threat. Leia is just some paranoid old war-hero who refuses to accept the war is over and has formed the Resistance to keep an eye on the First Order. Having the New Republic think this way would make sense if the First Order has been staying put governing their corner of the galaxy and the last couple of decades have been pretty quiet. But as they make more series and movies covering these years between Episodes 6 and 7 they introduce a series of conflicts with Imperials that makes the New Republic's no nothing attitude about the First Order a pretty stupid one. It hasn't been 30 years of peace with zero threat from the remnants of the Empire. It has been 30 years of recuring threats from the remnants of the Empire.
  16. Roy Focker
    If it's the version with Jedi Rocks I'll just stay home.
  17. Roy Focker
    I'm confused was this supposed to be a reply to another topic?
  18. Roy Focker
    Rey wasn't a bad character (at first) in my opinion, but it ended with her defeating Sith Satan with her own god like force powers. Where's the challenge for her in a sequel?
  19. Roy Focker
    2 Questions 1. Where the hell were all these characters during the original trilogy? From what I saw of Rebels all these characters were in the thick of it. You'd think they would've played a bigger part. I didn't see them in the briefing scene to attack the Death Star II in ROTJ. I assume they all were dead or too old to be running around saving the galaxy stuff. Luke and friends could have really used their help. When the galaxy needed these heroes the most they decided to stay home till after the Emperor was dead. 2. Why aren't they older looking? Rebels took place 5 years before ANH. The Mando-verse takes place like 10 years after a ANH. Shouldn't these Rebel characters and all of Filoni cartoon characters be looking like they are pass they're 15 to 30 years past their prime?
  20. Roy Focker
    Jv is right you see we don't need a new thread for every rumor or early announcement. Trailer looks good. Doesn't make sense to have all these force users running around with light sabers. Where the hell were they during the OT? But it is based on a cartoon so that makes sense
  21. Roy Focker
    Not a bad episode it wrapped a few things up but I'm worried about the last 2 episodes. I'm afraid were going headed towards the very stupid.
  22. Roy Focker
    The thing about Filoni's cartoons is they are cartoons. It is a different form of media. Rules that apply to making a good cartoon episode isn't the same for making a good tv show, movie, novel or comic book. Cartoons are still written for children. They have children going along in the adventures because they are in a cartoon. As an audience we accept things like this because we know we're watching a cartoon. That doesn't apply for something made for an older audience. Worst they assume everyone has been following the cartoons. The casual fan doesn't follow all forms of Star Wars media. These live-action series will just throw in characters and plots from the cartoons with hardly any explanation or setup. Like these cartoons the Filoni TV shows do have some good episodes, but majority of them has become a cartoon. I like to see Filoni move away from his cartoon universe that he's been using a crutch.
  23. Roy Focker
    Latest episode the good The pacing of the episode. Bo and Mando finally have an overall quest for the season. On their journey they take a side mission to help a planet with a problem. As for the bad. Enough with the celebrity cameos. People liked Bill Burr how about more comedians. It is getting distracting. Especially when the celebrities are more known for being celebrities instead of actors that disappear into their parts.
  24. Roy Focker
    Stupid question about the Star Fleet Ship Museum. I know story wise they needed to meet up Geordi at his job and it need to be a safe location. Solution any remote star base or space station. They had to make it a museum with the most famous ships because of Easter Eggs. Why is this museum not in orbit around Earth or some busy planet with heavy traffic? You know a bunch passing active Star Fleet ships and tourists flying by? This is a museum with no visitors?
  25. Roy Focker
    Latest was an okay to good episode. You can really tell they tried to do this season as cheap as possible with once again everything happening on ship. They decided to fight back by creating a trap which backfires when an unpredictable element disrupts things. There's another cameo and name-dropped cameo. I have to wonder does anybody retire from Star Fleet? Should they have mandatory retirement age? In all the original TV shows we saw ships with crews between the ages of 20 to 50 and Admirals in their 50's and 60's. Why haven't we seen all the ships filled with mostly senior citizens?
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