#anyways im done whinging i promise

[knife-dad]

One thing I will say, if there really isn't a planned ending for the mandalorian they could at least pace themselves better. There have been so many moments that could have been the arc of a whole season and they just pass by without much comment. They're really rushing through a lot of valuable plot points and there's not even a finish line to get to, yknow? If they were dealing with a looming finale it would make sense, but that's not the case.

I expected the scope of the plot to get bigger and more complicated, but if there's no plan to end the show, they could do that and still take their time. I thought pacing issues were just a book of boba fett problem but I guess not.

They've also lowkey dropped the ball on making this show character driven, in small but consistent ways. Like spending an episode on fixing IG-11 only to forget it later. We've seen Din be stubbornly goal oriented before- its weird for him to drop the idea almost as quickly as he had it.

I'm also not impressed with the circumstances that led to Din handing over the darksaber. It makes sense and is in character for him to do it, but the way it came about was a total coincidence. Not a plot by a known enemy, not even a compromise between characters with different ideologies- just one episode where Din lost a fight. Even the situation that led to Bo Katan seeing the mythosaur was circumstantial and an accident. Basically, it would be nice if things happened on purpose more often, even if it is funny when things happen to our main characters for no reason.

There's so much in this show that I still enjoy though! There's still a lot happening character-wise that I really love! Hopefully they can course correct with season 4, since I don't think there will be time in this one with only one episode left.