All in all, this series never would've left the drawing board if it didn't have the Star Wars trademark all over, to milk the fans. Now, considering the movies Disney have made, that basically all are dog poo (with some few exceptions, they were at least ok), I can understand the decision, because really, it isn't much worse. But if this was any other genre or any show without a trademark, it would've been shot down so hard, we never would've heard of it. Imagine a western TV-series with this manuscript? Never. Never ever, ever.
I get it, the music is on point, the camera shots are beautiful and so on. But, the manuscript is absolutely laughable. The story isn't even there. I ask myself, 5 episodes into an 8 episode season, is there even a point to all of this? Is there a story they want to tell, or do they want to sell baby-Yoda merchandise (no, they don't, those morons at Disney didn't even think about that, that's how much this series matters to them)?
Every second episode is basically a filler, in an 8 story season x 30 minutes. You could somewhat call them all fillers. It's unbelievable. ALL the immersion comes from Star Wars fans wanting to see the story of a Mandalorian bounty hunter. That's all, because this show is so, so weak it's not even funny. It's at the point of ridicule at this point.
It's not because you're talented you get a job in Hollywood today. It's because you know someone, is related to someone or polished someone's knob. All that drain of talent really, really shows these days. Hollywood or Disney, it doesn't matter, it's all the same. Woke remakes or weak original movies, with a clear agenda. Good luck with that.
This show is a B-series and that they spent more than $10m an episode to me says everything about their strategy. They throw money at it, because the talent isn't there. They could've done SO much more with SO much less money, to make a series about a Mandalorian bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe. Amateurs have shown 10 times as much with 100 times less resources, because they have an actual passion for a story. You know, the story that isn't there at all in this show.
I'll still watch it, but it's not exactly like I'm excited to wait for another episode. I'll watch it the same night, or two-three days after, it doesn't matter, because I'm not excited, but I have 30 minutes to spare and I'm bored.
For every episode, the more sure I am they - yet again - ****ed everything up, because they don't understand a problem isn't solved by throwing money at it. You can't make an episode better by rendering an AT-ST in there for 100% fan service, when the episode itself is garbage.
It's a very, very mediocre show. I will be surprised it'll even sniff a second season, because it's SO bad. Then again, this is why Disney bought the franchise. They can milk fans to their bones with mediocre garbage until they die. Of course we'll see another episode with more pointless, shallow episodes leading to nowhere.
Hey, next time you create a series, how about an actual story, with an arc, characters and so? Too much to ask? I thought so. It's extremely mediocre. It's still better than most Disney has produced about Star Wars. That says alot. I wouldn't exactly be sad it this was cancelled, because there's nothing to miss. Then again, I wouldn't exactly be sad if Disney went bankrupt either, because they don't care about making good movies and haven't done so for decades now.
