Sci-Fi and Fantasy Thread - SPOILERS Part Two

[Flybynite]

Mando finale

Spoiler

Best Luke Skywalker appearance since I was a kid watching ROTJ close to 4 decades ago at this point.

don't care how it was pulled off. #### uncanny. It was Luke.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Spoiler: Mando Finale

The arrival of that X-Wing is one of the all-time great moments in all of Star Wars, because you knew what - if not who - was coming. Awesome. I'm completely nerding out right now and still digesting that whole thing. F***ing Favreau and Filoni, though, man. Awesome. I'm not even sure I approve of the choice, and I wasn't as convinced by the tech as I was with Tarkin in the earlier stuff, but that was epic.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Must. Not. Click.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Must. Not. Click.

Don't open Twitter, brother. Don't check anything.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Not a spoiler, just a PSA there is a post credits scene.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Don't open Twitter, brother. Don't check anything.

This is the only website I’ll go on today.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

This is the only website I’ll go on today.

Good. Tell me when you watch.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I stayed up until 4 AM to watch the Mandalorian finale and make a YouTube video about it.

Spoiler: Spoiler sort of?

I'm exhausted, yet I regret nothing.

It hit all the right feels, had terrific battles, major character appearance, and setup a brand new show at the end.

Jon Favreau should be CEO of Disney at this point

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I stayed up

Put all that in a spoiler, please. Because I'm asking you to.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Put all that in a spoiler, please. Because I'm asking you to.

I didn't think it was very spoilery, but I'm not trying to ruin anyone's fandom so I'll gladly oblige!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I didn't think it was very spoilery, but I'm not trying to ruin anyone's fandom so I'll gladly oblige!

Thank you.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Spoiler: HOLY SHIT MANDO

Fantastic f***ing episode. Holy shit.

That X-Wing showing up! And Luke getting a light side version of Vader's scene in Rogue One.

And that post credits scene! Bib Fortuna got FAT.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Will time just hurry the eff up!

 

[Lord Defect]

How do I post a pic inside a spoiler? I don’t want to test it out and get it wrong

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

How do I post a pic inside a spoiler? I don’t want to test it out and get it wrong

Same way you would normally.

Spoiler

[SPOILER insert image /SPOILER]

 

[Lord Defect]

Spoiler: Mando

I can’t be the only one that saw him.

Great episode, all around. Thanks for the heads up about the after credit scene. Looks like that’s going to be a dark show, especially for Disney.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Great finale. Great post credits scene... excited for 2021 now.

 

[Striiker]

THEY CLONED JAR JAR BINKS????

 

[Fire Tortorella]

THEY CLONED JAR JAR BINKS????

Put that shit in spoilers!

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Spoiler: MANDO

That was everything the sequel trilogy should have been and that's coming from someone that doesn't even necessarily hate them. 10/10 will watch again three times tonight.

Also, THE GOD DAMN BOOK OF BOBA FETT.

It's beautiful.

 

[Tripod]

Where is Beef? The TOP Mod would have deleted Striikers post by now.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Where is Beef? The TOP Mod would have deleted Striikers post by now.

If it was actually a spoiler it would be deleted.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Spoiler: Mando

Also, umm... are we done with the Din Djarin storyline? Is The Book of Boba Fett the third season of The Mandalorian? I can't imagine they're going to have two "competing" shows come out in December of '21 so it looks like it at least partially.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Spoiler: MANDO

That was everything the sequel trilogy should have been and that's coming from someone that doesn't even necessarily hate them. 10/10 will watch again three times tonight.

Also, THE GOD DAMN BOOK OF BOBA FETT.

It's beautiful.

Spoiler: Mando: General

I didn't even care so much about that. It's another one like Obi-Wan, where I can't see how it will be interesting, but we'll see.

A couple of quotes from another forum:

"The entire series was just fanservice. But enjoyable fanservice!"

"I think I'm probably jumping out at this point. The Mandalorian lore is boring and feels like fan fiction (even back when it was fan fiction) and this seems like a good ending. I can't believe they've just let Filoni shoehorn his entire gang into this thing though, kudos to him."

Saying that about the sequels, I can see it. Obviously - we all can. But saying this about Mando seems like horse shit to me. I think it's confirmation bias - they left the sequels having felt this and came into Mando expecting the worst (to protect themselves from disappointment). They see Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker - these I could maybe understand. But they see Ahsoka and Bo Katan and call it fan service, when what it really is is a continuation of the story created in Clone Wars and Rebels. It really bugs the shit out of me when people give such little thought to things.

I'm not sure I liked it being Luke there at the end. Have they not decided what they are doing with Ezra exactly? Or was it deliberate to get Baby Yoda in where Kylo Ren is f***ing around? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for sure. I can't say I ever needed any more of the sequel characters, but it would be fine. Either way, it was masterful storytelling, it really was. I didn't get my wish and have Cara Dune die, but hopefully she will f*** off out of the universe altogether so we don't have to see her in any of the new shows either.