#mandoverse

[itsjayro]

After what that fraud Jod did to us the missing Kanan Jarrus hours are real intense rn!! 😭

[inquisitorius-sin-bin]

I'm not super into the Mandoverse, but I did audibly coo at this moment in BOBF...

Nap time for babies 🥹

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[pedroacrossthestreet]

so he’s cut his hair for helmet-less din scenes, right?

right?!

[friskynotebook]

Love you forever Grandpa Greef ❤️

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[short-wooloo]

Ok so, one the one hand, I'm not a fan of how interconnected and dependent upon watching other shows the mandoverse is

And the fact that Skeleton Crew is apparently separate from them despite existing in the same time is appealing for me

That said

I think it would be so much better and fitting if these kids ended up being thrawn's new nemesis' and eventual cause of his downfall

Nothing bruises a fascist's ego like losing to those they deem lesser

[classicanalyzer]

Skeleton Crew - This Could Be A Real Adventure and Way, Way Past The Barrier Thoughts

"Since the fall of the EMPIRE, the NEW REPUBLIC has maintained order.

And yet, remote hyperspace routes are increasingly plagued by piracy.

These PIRATES boldly brand their armored hulls as a sign to all ships.

Surrender or die...." The opening crawl of Skeleton Crew

The first two episodes are such a fun and refreshing open to this new Star Wars adventure. The editing in this show is top notch and full of personality. The child actors did an amazing job of selling the four kids as kids in the Star Wars galaxy. The high number of aliens in this show also really refreshing.

That opening space battle goes so hard, especially the transition from the title crawl (I'm loving how the live-action shows since Ahsoka been doing this) to the action. The action sequence is shot really well and I love how the visual effects look.

Mick Giacchino did an amazing job with the score with the kid's theme and the pirates' theme. I can't wait to see what else this man cooks in the rest of the episodes, especially with the piano.

Captain Silvo is pretty much Jude Law's character, Jod Na Nawood (at least one of his many, many identities).

Brutus being a Shistavanen is such a good choice. Such great alien prosthetic work. It was also some good continuity to see Vane in the show, given the focus on pirates.

I like how Wim is a deconstruction of wanting to have a classic SW adventure and believing in the classic SW tropes. As he'll see over and over again, the galaxy is not as idealistic and happy as the stories make them out to be. But I also feel with his desire to do something more and different, especially in that scene when he looks at Neel's family and his own reflection. I hope Wendle, Wim's dad, gets further exploration in the forthcoming episodes.

Nell is the best. That boi must be protected at all costs. The prosthetics for him and his family are so amazing. He seems to have a problem with asserting and standing up for himself. It's both funny and cursed that his siblings are watching footage from the Holiday Special lmao. Fern is a bit of a brat, but she's also dealing with a mother who expects a lot from her. She tries to escape that as much as she can while trying to live up to her expectations. She also is the most level-headed of the group. KB is the most intelligent of the group but also seems to long for more in life. Her fascination in the creatures in the pirate spaceport and absent mindedness at the creatures suggest interests beyond technology. I want to know about KB about why she's given cybernetics and where her family is.

I also wonder what the mural in Fern's house means for the history of the world and the story of the show.

The production design is very impressive and I really like the electronic devices used in the show, especially how Wim uses his to look at images of the Jedi.

I always had a feeling that At Attin was pretty fishy based solely on the suburbs, lmao. They seem to have a false utopia of sorts with all the predetermined career tests (the US Department of Education would love them lol), especially toward whatever the "Great Work" is. I wonder if the Great Work mentioned by Fara is related to Soh's Great Works.

I also like the nod to how some Jedi Temples can arise from underground and arise plus the Atollon and Aldhani mentions are nice nods to the larger Canon.

I like a theory that the Barrier could be a hologram of sorts.

The Onyx Cinder is such a cool ship design. SM-33 (Nick Frost) is such a fun pirate droid with some kickass fighting choreography. His introduction in the red lighting is also really cool. I hope we get to see more of his antics and character in the show. Port Borgo looks so fire, and God, the visual effects for the pirate port and this show are so amazing. It blows Ahsoka's visual effects out of the water. A Teek being the driver is a fun nod to Ewok: The Battle for Endor. I also find it interesting that everyone thinks their world is not only considered a myth and doesn't exist but is full of treasure. I also like that the Theelin brothel worker wanted to help out the kids and get them back home, tho it's very understandable why Fern is distrustful of her, given the nature of the port.

The fact the kids literally know nothing that's commonplace and normal to the galaxy means most of At Attin (since they had droids from the galaxy, I wonder if the general public doesn't know about the galaxy but only a few in govt know) didn't hear anything of the Skywalker Saga. Oh God, that's going to be a depressing story to tell the kids (especially Wim on Order 66) and At Attin's public about how the galaxy went to hell for decades.

I love that rat (Snowball) that lives in SM-33's empty eye. I also like how Wim refer to Old Republic credits as dataries just as Qui-Gon said when referring to credits in The Phantom Menace. I wonder how insane the exchange rate between Old Republic credits and New Republic credits is.

I wonder what Jod's backstory is since Jude Law confirmed he is an actual Force-sensitive and not pretending to be one. Realistically, I think he's just a Force-sensitive who is posing as a Jedi to the kids. However, I feel like there could be more to his story since Law mentions we'll be learning a lot about his character in Episode 7. If he was a Jedi, I like to think he was a Jedi dropout and then using the Force subtly to rise in the pirate ranks. I hope Jod gets some character development if he is going to try to manipulate the kids at first (mainly because I like Jude Law and hope he gets to do more Star Wars.

Otherwise, these two episodes is such a great start to this show.

"The distance between us and the key...is an illusion." "Jod Na Nawood"

[randomwritingguy]

My potentially unpopular opinions of Ahsoka Tano:

Stories post the Wrong Jedi arc have diminished the impact of the ending by making Ahsoka a Jedi in denial. She pretty much acts like a Jedi except some rare exceptions so her saying stuff like "I'm no Jedi" isn't as powerful as it should have been. Now when I watch the ending of her walking away from the temple and the order I don't see it as a story choice that improves Ahsoka's character but merely an explanation on why she isn't in Revenge of the Sith.

I never thought Ahsoka would be the kind of person who would have a padawan. Not against the idea though.

Live action Ahsoka being the Gandalf of Star Wars doesn't fit her at all. She's basically a slightly less strict Mace Windu in terms of personality now. Rebels handled her better where she was wise but more chilled and laid back.

Ahsoka Tano's story should have ended in Star Wars Rebels. It would have been tragic but satisfying to have her stay by her master's side and not leaving him even if it means she would die. Her journey would have started with Anakin and would end with Anakin (as Darth Vader).

I like the World Between Worlds but I hate how it was introduced just to save her life. It is arguably worse than Rey being resurrected by Ben's force heal.

Ahsoka's future is boring and uninteresting and I think Rey's journey post The Rise of Skywalker has way more potential.

[agentscamander-romanoff]

So I have predictions for Ahsoka's arc in her TV-show.

Ahsoka as we see in Mandoverse shows "believes" in attachment rule,but I think everything is deeper.

It's obvious that she starts to believe in this rule after Anakin's betrayal.

However,this rule is a protective mechanism for her.

Ahsoka is pushing everyone aside.

She closes herself from anyone. That's why she refuse to teach Grogu. That's why she walked away from Sabine.

I think her main arc would be letting go, forgiveness and healing.

She said to Ezra that he must let go of Kanan,but did she let go of Anakin?

She must heal to continue her journey.

Let other people in her life after so much betrayls.

[flilisskywalker]

Hera: I see you two fell in love with idiots. Sabine and Bo: ... Hera: Well, don't wait for too long. He might sacrifice himself to save you from an explosion tomorrow.

[justanotherbadbatchfan]

So, the recent cancellation of The Acolyte has me thinking about another lost Star Wars story. Except this one never aired a single episode.

One of my biggest issues with the New Republic era is the lack of much meaningful exploration of the New Republic itself (outside of books, The Convert from Mando S3 and scattered scenes elsewhere). Which is a real shame because there are so many interesting topics to explore with especially early in its existence. How does the rebel alliance hope to transition into an actual functioning government? On a smaller scale how did former rebels adjust to their new lives after the war? What became of the more radical rebel factions? Did some of them start fighting The New Republic? How did heavily pro imperial worlds respond to the change of power? More on the extremely wholesome New Republic amnesty program?

If Lucasfilm wants to push the New Republic era as the main focus of Star Wars storytelling going forward they should seriously consider reviving this show. Even in the absence of Cara Dune there are plenty of other new republic characters who could make for a pretty fun ensemble (Carson Teva, Zeb, Kallus, Hera, Omega? Potentially Mayfeld???) and the option to create new ones. Sadly I feel like it might already be too late, would love to be proven wrong though.

[itsjayro]

Whatever you do don’t think about how Ezra hasn’t seen Lothal restored to her old glory!

[random-letters-i-just-thought-of]

I love Boba's and Fennec's dynamic so much! 

Boba randomly walked into her dying and decided to go all out to save her. When she woke up she just wanted to return the favor but then she kinda just stuck around because she realised Boba wouldn't last a day without her.

They both adopted each other. They are both convinced they are the sane ones of the duo. Nobody has any idea who's the older one. 

They are opposites. They are exactly the same. They are equals. They balance each other perfectly. Where Fennec is cold and harsh, Boba is warm and gentle. Where Boba is furios and emotional, Fennec is calm and calculated. He is fire, she's water. She's so competent it makes her look insane. He's so insane it makes him look competent. They are both deadly.

Yet, together they are found family. They become the cool supportive uncle and aunt to a queer teenage bike gang.

They are both perfect leaders. Yet, there's no rivalery whatsoever between them. 

They are both unconditionally devoted to each other. There's no romantic or sexuell intent at all. I love them. 

[pedroacrossthestreet]

For 2024 I’m manifesting a sitcom spin off to the mandalorian.

it’s just domestic mando trying to get through the difficult teenage years with grogu having settled in their little home together.

Mando in an apron, cooking dinner, doing the hoovering.

Little man slamming doors, using the force.

Greef Karga getting applause every time he makes a cameo when he pops by for a cup of sugar.

That kinda thing.

[foxykatie425]

You know, as much as I’d love Star Wars to bring Cal and Merrin into live action, I struggle to picture how they could do that without it being super deus ex machina.

Like one of Ashoka’s biggest problems as a series was its reliance on the audience being familiar with Star Wars Rebels, an ANIMATED series that didn’t necessarily have the same target audience as Ahsoka. And I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, I love Star Wars Rebels, but the simple fact is there are more people watching the live action shows than the animated shows.

So how could you possibly expect the majority of your audience for a live action tv show to be familiar characters from a video game series?? How do you effectively introduce these characters to an audience that hasn’t seen them before without having entirely too much exposition that would totally kill the pacing?

If they can find a way to do that well, then great, although we also run into the problem of spoilers. Because we’ve still got one more Jedi game coming, and that’s probably not gonna come out for another 3-4 years, if we’re lucky! I have to imagine that game is gonna be set sometime before A New Hope because they need to establish a reason why these characters are not major players in the OT and to a lesser extent Rebels. (Right now they can still go to and from Tanalorr, my theory is they’re gonna get stuck there somehow but that’s a discussion for another day.) If we’re keeping our live action shows in the post-ROTJ timeline, and Cal and Merrin get brought in, then you’ve spoiled the end of the third game. So realistically they just can’t bring them into live action until after that third game comes out. (Also I’ve heard Respawn is super protective of Cal as a character, which you know, who can blame them?)

This is simply my opinion based on my own speculation. I’d love to hear what other people think about this, but at the end of the day, as much as I’d love to see live action Cal and Merrin, I only want it if it’s done RIGHT! 🙃🤔

[short-wooloo]

I'm still just floored at how stupid it was to kill off Moff Gideon

Like great, now mando lost its phenomenal antagonist, but you've also killed some amazing potential

Now that thrawn's back in the gffa, you could have made a whole show about him and Gideon bitch fighting with each other and other imperials over who gets to rule the rump state, it could have been hilarious!

[classicanalyzer]

Star Wars Analysis - An Eternal Cycle

"History tells us that, given enough time, all empires will fall. But if we do not also come to understand how and why they rise, we will remain trapped in this cycle forever." (Kin, Beaumont, "Introduction", The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, 35 ABY, page ix)

"This is democracy. It is strange. And it is messy. It's not about getting it right. It's about trying to get it right. Yes, it's a bit chaotic. Certainly we will get some things wrong. The Empire? They cared nothing for democracy. They valued order above everything else. They wanted to be right so badly that anybody who even hinted at getting it wrong or doing it differently was branded the enemy and thrown in a dark prison somewhere. They destroyed other voices so that only their own remained. That is not us. We will not always get it right. We will never have it perfect. But we will listen. To the countless voices crying out across the galaxy, we have opened our ears, and we will always listen. That is how democracy survives. That is how it thrives..." Olia Choko

"The truth of the matter is, we have lost this war. The Empire as we knew it is gone. Already we were letting it slip when the Rebel Alliance grew in unseen spaces like a cancer. For us, this represents an opportunity to reshape ourselves... It is on us to retake and control the narrative. What will our story be? What—or who—is the Empire?" Gallius Rax

Before and during the Battle of Jakku comic, I've pondered the overarching conflict between the New Republic and the Resistance against the various Imperial Remnants, the most infamous of these remnants being the First Order. There are three phases to this overarching conflict: the final year of the Galactic Civil War, the Thrawn Campaign, and the Second Galactic Civil War (Rise and Fall did use the FO-Resistance War, but it's pretty much another Galactic Civil War. Some funny coincidence is both conflicts happened over one year and involved a son of Leia and Han becoming the big bad. I can see the conflict being renamed). All three conflicts represent a cycle that persisted in the galaxy for three decades: the struggle to preserve and safeguard freedom and democracy and how Fascism continues to survive despite its evils being well-known.

The New Republic and the Imperial Remnants teaches us that building a new democracy in the ashes of Fascism is an arduous task, and evil doesn't simply fade away, but it evolves till it's ready to strike once again. However, even when all hope is lost, a new generation will always rise up to prevent the work of their parents from being undone by a generation lost to a new wave of Fascism.

However, as Beaumont Kin points out, another problem comes after the fight. How do we prevent Fascism from rising again? The Empire was beaten, yet the Empire simply evolved into the First Order. While the First Order collapsed within one year of their rule, it shows how easy it is for evil to return.

After the Battle of Jakku comic run concludes, I want to further explore the three conflicts of the New Republic and the Resistance against the Imperial Remnants and the First Order. Hopefully, by also revisiting the various stories of the conflicts, I can better understand the themes that each conflict showcases regarding the struggle for true freedom and democracy. I will also give my thoughts on each arc of the comic run. Until then, we shall wait and see how the Battle of Jakku comic concludes to properly analyze the final year of the GCW.