The Kristian Harloff Show - The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 1 SPOILER Discussion

Episode Date: March 1, 2023

The Mandalorian Season 3 epsiode 1 is in the books! Din and Grogu are back. The mission continues and the search for Madalore is on. How did it work out? Kristian Harloff and Steph Sabraw give thier full breakdown of episode 2 of hte popular Star Wars show. Kristian attended the premiere launch event and has some special footage from the event. #TheMandalorian #mandalorian #BoKatan #StarWars ATHLETIC GREENS: http://www.athleticgreens.com/BIGTHING This episode is sponsored by Better Health: http://www.betterhelp.com/bigthing Become a Patron!: https://www.patreon.com/TheBigThingShow OUR MERCH STORE IS LIVE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-big-thing-kh-channel?ref_id=27393 FOLLOW KRISTIAN + FIND HIM ON CAMEO https://cameo.com/kristianharloff https://twitter.com/kristianharloff https://facebook.com/harloff https://instagram.com/kristianharloff AMAZON WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1KPH42T0TP0PG?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_djbxgIW5ZQMMg SCHMOEDOWN ARCHIVE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMovieTriviaSchmoedownArchives Ask Kristian questions for next time! https://facebook.com/harloff Become a Patreon of the Schmoedown: http://patreon.com/schmoedown OTHER GREAT CONTENT: REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT368qY7sfE0nKE4c04CqGvu TV REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT1LU-t2Z9AD5UJDiWW4pS_E STAR WARS SHOW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT0XmfpbblkF9PY7uO2qhbN6 THE BIG THING PODCAST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT3KAwbzDsv6mdR-gwUiydQg

What's going on, everybody. Welcome back. Sith Council, big thing. And you know what we're talking about today. It's going to be a full-on spoiler discussion of the Mandalorian season three, episode one. If we, there's other news. I think there's some acolyte director talk and other things. If we get to it, we get to it. But we're really just going to dive deep into this episode because I got Steph here.

Steph and myself, Mike couldn't make it today. He's got to work, so he's not going to be able to be here with us. But we will. We'll talk about it in depth. I'll talk a little bit about the event that we went to last night, myself and Brett. I got some footage from that show or that event last night where they actually both Favre and Faloni introduced the episode. And then right after the episode, they brought out Katie and Pedro Pascall. And I have that footage. I'll play all that for you guys today also.

But it's really going to get into a deep dive into episode one. Full disclosure, I have seen two episodes. I am not going to spoil, I won't spoil the second episode at all, I promise you. But I will say that it is awesome and that the first episode is going to definitely leads into the second one, which is spectacular. But before we get into any of that, if you brand new to the channel, you've never been here before, and you need to show just a little bit of class, just an ounce. That's what we'll ask them for it. And hit that button, subscribe.

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Let's do it. Sith Council, big thing. Let's do it. Welcome back, everybody. Sith Council. Me. Steph. Hello.

Steph. You look like a classy news reporter. Hello. And on tonight's episode, we are only going to be talking about the perjills. The improv class is working. Nice to see you. We haven't seen each other a little bit on the. the, on the show, it's been, it's been a couple weeks.

I know. You're back. Back for the freaking Mandalorian. What a way to be back. Because we had a, this has bothered me. That because you, because of me. It's, it's a me thing. That of you think.

Okay, good. A Mandalorian is back. And before we even get into it, and we're, I talk, I'm going to talk about this a lot on Big Thing tomorrow also. But we went to this event, myself and Brett. And it was the first kind of event that Brett went to. And, and we get there, and it was, it was pretty great. So, you know, Brendan Wayne, who is John Wayne's grandson, or great grandson?

Great grandson? I don't know. He's related to John Wayne. But anyway, so he's like the swagger of the man, Lorraine, and that's him. So my buddy, Steve Byrne, who I've been friends with for a very long time, had texted me and goes, hey, would you want Brandon on the show? And I'm like, are you kidding me? Of course I'd like Brandon on the show. Yeah.

And so Brendan and I were texting, and he texted me two days ago. And I was like, yeah, I'm going to that thing. I'd love to meet you. He was fine, me, dude. Let's talk. So he was literally the first person I saw when I got there. And I walked up to him and Brett and I started talking to a little bit. Super, can't wait to have him on.

We're going to bring him on Sith. He's going to come on. Hell yeah. Is he really tall? He's like my head, a little, a little taller than me. But yeah, we have a lot of mutual friends, which was awesome also. We were talking about that for a little bit. And then obviously he was doing his thing.

And then, yeah, there people were just taking pictures. And as we got there, we sat down. him in the seat and and and and brett was like he's like oh they they sat us upstairs they don't want us to be around anybody i'm like that's not how it works i'm like we're probably gonna you're probably gonna see some of the cast and he's like really so i'm like yeah look at the look at the view that we got right and so we look over bill burr sitting there right and then we look around we go like that's awesome and then within seconds we look over and then he's then then talking to um um um mingna who shows up who then starts talking to deborra chow who then starts talking to

Rosadario Dawson were like oh wow we're right in the thick of it and then as I mentioned to you I was like who is that person that just walked in because that is an attractive person and it was it was Mercedes Monet aka Sasha Banks and I was like well everybody is here right now and it's it's awesome it's a lot of fun and then they collected such a cool cast they really did and like people involved because a lot of these people least in the first two episodes I can say that are not in the series yeah we're just there to support which was surprising to me because I don't know if Burr shows up at all, whatever, too. But him and Favre are buddies, but I still,

they must be really close friends, because Burr's not a big Star Wars guy, but maybe because he's working with his family and everything, too, he's, he wanted to show up and he wanted to get out and go see it. But, like, it was cool to see the cast doing their thing. But as I mentioned, up top, I got some video of both Favro and Fuloni introducing the first episode. There you go.

So, thank you. Hello. So let's send her some love. In season one from the, all day from the second episode, has been with us all the way through and is now an executive producer along our side, Mr. Rick Fummer Yua. Rick Fashtonable and a Star Wars fan. Always, always.

So a few things to get out of the way first. One is you're seeing this before anybody else has seen it. We take a lot of pride in not having spoilers. Our crew has been very cool and all the surprises all of you have been able to enjoy because the people who get to see it early respect that for others. So please, no recording devices. You all have your phones, so when the show starts, no recording. And also anything that you see tonight,

please don't share online and tell other people so they can enjoy it for the first time. Okay, deal? Let's say a few words, Rick? I'm so proud of the work we've done this season, and there's so much hard work and so many incredibly talented people that work so hard on this, that love Star Wars. and bring it every day. And so I'm really proud of the work with this season.

It starts at the top with John Fabro and the day all the way we are in front of the past. I can't wait for you to see the beginning of season three. Enjoy it. You know, as always, guys, it's such a thrill to see all of you, to see, you know, have you come out to have such energy and enthusiasm, the costumes you wear, the work you go through.

I mean, the fact that you love it so much, I think that's big for all of us. It just energizes us, our entire crew. We go back and talk about it. Your enthusiasm feels our enthusiasm. And I think, you know, the force is going to be strong for so long because we've got such great fans. So thank you so much. We have a lot of people in the audience that have worked on it and the cast members.

And if you stick around after, stay till the end, and we'll introduce you some of those people. And we'll see you after the show. So it was cool to see them kind of. doing their thing, you know, and like introducing it. And that allows us now to kind of go into the spoiler of it all. What did you think of the first episode? I was so happy that it was back. Yeah.

It just, it reminded me, it kicks you in the face of, because we just finished and or, and it's like, that was my favorite show of last year. And I was like, it might be my favorite show of Star Wars. And then you watch the Mandalorian, you're like, they just understand the assignment beyond measure. and they have this element of fun that Andor just can't afford because of the timeline and the story that they're telling. Yeah, well, the way I described it.

Not to compare it. No, yeah, but people are going to compare because it's the last live action show. But I think that what I said in my out-of-the-the-the-the-eater reaction was that, you know how much I love Andor. Right. Andorne handles their lane really well, perfectly. Yeah, really well. The thing is, though, Mandalorian is a Star Wars soup.

Yeah, I mean, it's like what, I feel like a kid. I have the Dark Sabre, got it from Star Wars, from the Galaxy's Edge, had it with me during the episode. And it just makes me feel like a kid. Like, I'm like, what the heck? Like from the beginning, and I just feel like the way they paced this episode, there was so much in one episode. Every time I thought that they might be doing, like from the beginning when they were doing this kind of ritual with the young foundling who was going to become a Mandalorian. Did you know right away that was him or did you think it was a flashback with Din?

I thought it could be a flashback, which I thought was really. smart because I think that that was probably on purpose to let us know. But it was such a great comparison to just show you how like these kids are so young. And that could have, that was din at a time. It was. Promising these rules that they can't really understand at this age. And then having to live a lifetime with that pressure of being the Mandalorian. You know what I hope happens though with this kid.

Huh. Is that it feels like, because we'll talk about what goes down in the second. But it feels like we're probably never going to see that kid. again. He's probably just going to be I want him to be a character in 10 or 15 years. I almost like, it doesn't have to be the same actor. It could be something, but just like that was the kid. It doesn't have to

be, it could be, that kid was someone remember that whole scene with the armor when it came out and the big freaking alligator came out. That was the kid that made his ritual and now he's now he's a badass 10. And like showing where the Mandalarians are now. Yeah. What if, what if, what is, how religious they are?

How great would be if the Lindelof movie doesn't have to be necessarily about that kid, but what happens if there's a Mandalorian that shows up? They don't even explain it. They don't have to be like, I was the kid that was doing the ritual. You find out his name and then through someone in the internet going, no, no, no, look at the name. That's the same kid. Right. So he's 40 or 50 years old now.

That'd be sick. That's what I mean, like something like that. It doesn't, it's not necessary. But I just think things like that would be interesting. But that kid is the same actor who played the young Tuscan Raider. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, interesting.

Yeah. I read that. And I was like, well, that's cool. That is cool. Yeah. I mean, you can do it for sure. Yeah, why not? Yeah, and they, but they did this whole thing, you know, where they had this, this ritual,

and you weren't really sure yet, even then if it was dinner or not, but then I guess you kind of realized once you saw Visla that maybe it wasn't him, because Visla seemed to be the same age. Well, but it's hard because of the mass, right? So even with the armor, I was like, what, is this a flashback for the armor? Right, because even the helmet itself, it's like, well, maybe he lost that helmet down the line. Yeah, yeah. But then right as she's, but it's Visel.

who realizes like something something's going on. Now this scene is very classic Mandalorian now. After three seasons, it's like you have like these big creatures. Right. And the CGI inside of this scene, by the way, is pretty phenomenal. This poor guy was a snack. I know.

It's so, okay, so there was a moment where I was like, if this is the episode, I don't know if I love it. If it was the full episode. Right. Right. Like this entire thing. And if this was, which is why the writing so great,

because as soon as Dinn came with the razor, I was like, oh, hell, yeah. Like, okay, I see what this is. But I thought the CGI was so great, but I was like, the Mandalorians are the sickest. Like, you know, they're the most fearsome opponents. But this guy just got eaten up during like a baptism. That's all that what I said in the spoiler review is it's like,

hey, hey, Jerry, what are you doing today? Well, I was going to watch The Last of Us. The kid's getting his due. You want to go? I was like, I don't think so. It's like, come on. It'll be fun. Right.

And he gets eaten by an alligator. Yeah, he's like, I told you, I didn't want to go. But the only thing that I don't want to say bugged me, but I was like, come on, you could have done a little bit. These guys are badass, right? Yes. And they're flipping up. They're flying around. They don't even damage this thing at all.

Because they keep hitting the shell. Like nothing they're doing is help is, and then here he comes, zipping through. Now, did he crash into it? No, he put like a bomb. Bomb into it and then took off. I feel like Galaxy 101 is you don't go for the shell. You go for under the shell. Right.

And that's what he blows it up. Right. And then he shows. But I'm telling you, the freaking wildlife association's coming after Dinn. He kills an animal every season. Fully. So he shows up and this got a major, major pop inside of the theater. He lands, they look, here's the slop and then Grogu pops up.

Amazing. As soon as Grogu, I paused it. I said, I can't. Well, so let me ask you a question because I don't feel like it happened yet. And even I've seen two episodes and I still don't think it's happened yet. My concern is that they're going to overuse grogo and that they're going to over like, look how cutie is. Right. Look how cutie is.

And like it's, I don't feel like it's happened yet, but I feel like it could. I do think it could. Not for me, but for I'm in the really small frame of people that I cannot grow goo fatigue. I have it. It's my problem. I'm obsessed. But I do think that that's why in that article that Mike sent us about Favro saying that it's two years. And he said two years of training, it's kind of, I do think that they're going to be smart about it and not be as cute,

but be able to give him more abilities because he's going to have to be useful. It's like classic writing where you can't, to have a baby involved in a show slows down the show. Yeah, it does. And I think he's definitely got to be a character kind of coming to his own way in that. I, even though, and I think even, again, not spoiling anything, I think that what you just said is pretty much the way they're approaching him. And I think that because he trained for a little bit and he has been with Luke and he knows how to use this thing. He's still, it's like, I look at him like kind of like as Grogu was getting older. Like he's not baby, not Grogu, Groot, Groot.

Yeah. As Groot was getting older, like he was, same thing. He's like he's a teenage Groot, same type of thing of how he's now being. But I just, like I said, like there's a lot of times even in both episode one and two. And it's like, hey, look at, like he's in the, this one, he's spinning around in a chair and it's adorable. It's like, let's not do that for the entire season. I agree. Yeah.

I do agree because they're so, I'm, as obsessed as I am with Grogu, I am truly so into the lore of the Mandalians and like the religious zealots first, like, the new age and like where they're going to end up. And I think that's so important to explore. And that's what sets this show apart. Yeah, and I'm glad that they, and the way that, and the balance and the tone of it, 99.9% of the humor in this episode landed. There was one joke that I said, come on, we don't need to do that. Do you know which one it was? Wait, no, what is it?

When they, when the Terminator IG-11, droid comes in, then they push the thing and ding goes, that's used in your head. Oh, yeah, yeah. It was such like a Stallone, like, action movie quote, like, Arnold would have done that. Yeah. It just didn't fit. I agree. Yeah.

The rest of the humor fit really well, but that one was out of place. Yeah, I don't think. And that wasn't very, like, didn't call it. No. No, it wasn't. It was so, it was, that was like a, that was like a marvel joke out of nowhere. Yeah. But the majority of the show did not have it.

Grog who's spinning the chair was hilarious. Yeah. The stuff that Carl Weathers annihilated the humor in this. He was so great in it. He's the perfect humor bound for the show. Because it fits the character. Yes. And it fit the character inside one.

when he was, when he's talking to Dinn and he says to him, he goes, oh, yeah, or your little buddy, whatever he says. And he goes, Grogu. He's like, what? He goes, Grogoo. He's like, that, whatever. It was perfect. It was a great one.

Yeah, because he's cocky. He's like in his robes. He can't tell him nothing. He's a pop as a politician now. But he still got it, but he still can throw down. But like, but going back to what you're talking about with the zealots and stuff. And the way that I equated it stuff is that when he's walking through here, didn't he feel like a little kid.

Like, hey, mom, I did a good thing, right? Right. Right. Yeah. He was like waiting to be like padded on the back. Yeah. And she didn't even mention it. No, because she's like, yeah, you did what you're supposed to do.

But guess what? You're not a man to learning because you broke the rules. He's like, yeah, but I'm, but how much I got paid for it. She's like, he's like, what do I go bathe in the in the water? She's like, you can't do that either. I can't wait until I can't wait to see what they do with his own journey, like spiritual journey at this and how he thinks about this and what are going to be the things that he sees.

Yeah. That changes his view on this. Because even if he goes harder into it, He has to change a little bit, you know? He's either going to go, like, more intuitive or less into it. And that's exactly right. But it shows you how important the beginning scene was. Like, as you said, like that whole thing with the initiation and showing how

this is serious and this is life, you know, and like showing Grogu, listening to all of it as Grogu is kind of trained in to be a Mandalorian now. But like the crystallization of the planet and saying that Mandalor is still able to, you know, breathable that he's going to go check it out and I loved he's like look I'm going to go there I'm going to go bathe in the water and then I'm going to and I'm going to cleanse myself and she goes all right this is the way yeah I know it's like that's all you need that's it you can do that if that's what you're going to do and you're going to if you think you can make it happen I'm going to stand your way then yeah that's the damn the rules yeah she's a cool character because of that

I also thought like the whole show did a really really great job of showing the juxtaposition between like newer age thinking and past age thinking because it's like the Mandalorians we're going to all get eaten up by this alligator crocodile and then here comes din in this like newer tech ship blows them up in one shot well I mean newer tech in a certain aspect that's still from the prequels oh yeah yeah yeah but I'm saying like

yeah it just it's like but you see it with even like Boca Tan's character which we'll talk about it's like she even thinks they're zealots but then they're all willing to be like oh the Dark Sabre right it's like that's zealit Right, right. It's still a religion, too. Yeah.

It's just why, it's absolutely right. It's like, why is your, your religion? Why is that more extreme than mine? Yeah. When I have the same amount of type of rules that are just different than yours, right? You dunked on me for wearing a mask, made fun of me in front of all your homies. And then, but you guys all of the- They won't follow you unless you have that saber.

Yeah, it's great. And it is absolutely. And they play into it. And it also is the reason why Favre and Philoomphillom. when you're making the show. These guys love the Mandalorian culture. I mean, they love it. From back in the day, from the Clone Wars series,

from the stuff they did in Rebels, it plays, and they're having a lot of fun with it. And we're going to talk about it in a second, there's like a major reference to Rebels. And not only to Rebels, though, I think the overall, this big event that we're talking about with Thrawn and everything else, too. I know that it's going to play into Asoka,

but I think there's more to it. So, you know, it gets the okay, And he's like, all right, go, go bathe in the water. And good luck to you. And we'll see you when we see you. And I love these little scenes when they're in the ship and they're flying through me. He's teaching himself about navigation. He's teaching Grogu about like what it's like to be.

Because he's all in now, din. This is his kid. And he's going to teach him about all the rules and how it's going to work. And Grogu is up in this little ship. And this is where I told Steph in the, this, I never do this. But I was in the theater last night watching it. And by the way, Mandelurian on a movie screen is incredible.

It really needs to be a movie. The series finale needs to be a movie. So Grogel looks out the window and he sees this. And I went, oh, my God, out loud. And I was like, and I caught myself going, oh, geek, right? And because it's the pearls, right? Yes. The pergels.

The space whales. Yeah. And for people, again, I, I, play this. This is from rebels. Yes. And yeah, so you see this and it's like this is just, and he's reaching out to him, Din doesn't see it.

He sees it. And you also, that's the shot. Right. You see how big those things are. Right, right. Because that's the ship in the middle and those are the perjals. Yeah. And they're flying through.

And this is going to start to play together all this stuff, like the Thron stuff, the Asoka stuff. the skeleton crew stuff, I think that leads us to our big major event. It was a nice little tease. Yeah, I didn't think about the big major event. I definitely thought about Osoka and Ezra. And I thought it was really good for people who hadn't watched rebels to be like, okay, they're going through hyperspace.

There's these creatures that are also going through hyperspace. And it's like they're, so you can kind of put it together that like, oh, they can go through hyperspace. Kind of, but I think that if you're maybe, I'm so curious. Or maybe because I know. I think it's definitely because you know And I also saw somebody who said like I didn't Someone wrote this on the spoiler review

When I looked at it I never watched rebels but I remember You talking about it And saying oh those must be the space whales Because yeah oh yeah But if it's someone like a casual viewer Who just watches the Mandalorian I would assume they're watching and going

Oh what are those things? Yeah that just looks freaking awesome Yeah yeah And the fact that they were able to turn that into Like the way that they did that was smart because it's not a major plot point yet. Yeah. Because it's just, it's just kind of Grogu noticing it in hyperspace.

It's a perfect Easter egg. It really, really was. And I was like, that was my, that was kind of like my geek out. I felt like that's what happens when, like, Koi watches Marvel and DC movies. Yeah, yeah. You're like, oh, I actually know this. Like, I knew, like, I was like, oh, that's amazing. Yeah.

Watching these little things kind of happen. I'm always looking for these little Easter eggs for things that tie together. And that's why, that's why I get so, like, you know, bummed. when it comes to like the novels and the comics that they don't do that kind of stuff for it it's it's but it's the tv shows like we've invested all this time in rebels we've invested all this time in clone and if you're a rebels fan you got rewarded last night it's not like you didn't if you if you're not a rebel's fan but you just have to figure it out later on and i thought they did it very smart and how they did that yeah i did too i thought that the show just did a good job of integrating all different

types of fans because if you didn't watch book uh book of boba yeah you got that recap with the armor right in a way that we already seen right she kind of told us a little bit of about it too and even the beginning they're going to give us a little bit of a breakdown i still think they could have probably given you a little bit more of the how it all went down but i think because you know in the trailer you see the sabers and stuff and they're going to show you're going to show you how he was rescued i bet you in the in the previously on for that episode they show a little bit more of luke in the previously on like showing like how the training and and they probably show a soka talking about like remember when if soka touched him and

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Al-Tai, Paul Sanyan Lee. The O'Brien is here. And Henni Pandelorian has Vista Tate Fletcher. And it's a lot of it. There's also a few other Mandalorians here, Lateef Crowder and Brendan Wayne. People who are here also who, uh, uh, uh, uh, you want to go on. Let's just go, let's just go, let you. Let's just go through the United.

John Bette, John Hapty, Colin Wilson, Peter Ramsey, Ludwig Gorenson, Doug Chenning, Andrew Jones, Sarah Finan, Sean Chitton and Joe Shirley. Hey, but let's hear it, let's give a round of applause to our director of this episode, Rick Mountain will you up. Mark, Mark, Frank Brown. So thank you so much for coming out. Do you want to say a few words?

You too, you have microphones. You may as well say something. I know they handed me one and I got scared. I'm just so excited for everyone to finally see this. So many people in this room gave love and sweat and tears and everything because we love stars and we love the fans and I'm just so happy that it's finally here so everyone can watch it. Thank you. We're finally here.

Brandon, Lateef. I see you. I miss you. And I don't know, congratulations everybody. All the heart and all the dedication is finally gets to be shared with everyone. And I can't wait until you see what happens and what she does to me. No, no, no, no, no, no. This episode doesn't drop for another few days.

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For those of you who need to catch up, it's been a while. And then we'll launch into the episode here, Mandeloreen season 3. All right, season three, episode. Two. All right, thank you once again to our friends over at both Better Help and Athletic Greens. Very excited to have both them on board. They're phenomenal, and you guys should check it out. And that's how you help out the show, and you help out yourself.

Go check it out. The link is not only in the description, I pin it to the first comment of the show. All right, let's get back into it, stuff. So we have space whales. I mean, I love that shot. I love that shot so much because it gives you the scale of how, big those things are. For sure. It's so well done. And it's like it's cool to see like even though some people get annoyed of Grogu and this child. But it's like there is something amazing about viewing

things from the eyes of a child. A hundred percent. And I think, you know, look, he's definitely pretty beloved. And I think that he's going to do more stuff that make people like him more so because I agree. He can't just be the baby the whole time. He's got to do more and I think he's going to. But this was another thing that they did very well. Although I do have one, I wonder if we have the same gripe. They go to Navarro, and they head to Navarro, and it's so great to see what Navarro has been, because remember, we spent a lot of time in Navarro in season one. Yeah, and they shite. Yeah, and it was, it was.

And you look at this build out of what they've done and what grief essentially has done. And you look, I mean, we've seen this shot so many times, but never like this. It's like flourishing. And he walks through, and this was, you talk about Star Wars Soup. Like, look at just the back with the droid in there and, like, all the different, like, you get the, the Mon Calamari, you got the monkeys in the trees, you got the freaking protocol droids. This to me, it looked like Star Wars Celebration. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, definitely did. So that's what your gripe was? No, no, no, no, no, no. I love it. Yeah, I thought it was

really good because the monkeys in the tree, I forget what they're called, but they were being skewered. Because Atkins, whatever it was, yeah. They were being skewered in season one, and then now they're like thriving, like, woo. Yeah, it's true. I don't know why they got spared, but still, but he I guess they like monkey meat. Somebody else got, but the previous shot right before it, something else was getting eaten. But either way,

they set that whole thing up and he's walking, and as he's walking through with Grogu, and he's moved, and he's, you know, you see it through his eyes and you're seeing like now what this has become. And, and, you know,

I absolutely, I mean, I loved it. I love the setup for it because it does show it. I tell you, one of my, one of my bigger gripes that I've always had since season one is, these 34 minute.

episodes. Oh, yeah. Come on. Come on. It's like this you could, you, why we could spend at least like 45 minutes on, on in general. Like I think that some of the, it takes away from a little bit more of the character development by making them so short. I don't get it why they make them so short, but that's not my that's not my, that's not my particular gripe with this. Um, it's kids in the street and this, this is my gripe. Okay. My gripe is that I, I love IG-11, right? Yeah. And what he did and the idea they go, and there's this big statue, and they honored him as they should,

stepping on a stormtrooper's head. Why do we need to bring him back? Why do we need to bring him back? He died. It's like, it takes it away. It's like, because I liked that they tried to bring him back. He's like, hey, listen, I got to try to bring him back. And grief's like, well, give you another droid.

And he's like, I got to try. And the thing pops and tries to kill him. He's like, all right, what's the other droid that you got? Show me what else you got. It sucks. you've got to put him back. Bomb they would have liked to, you know, you can't cheat it. We try it.

But it's like, hey, people like Tyca, we think he's funny. Can you bring, is a droid. You can bring him back, right? Yeah, we can find a way to bring him back. It's like, it just cheapens that season finale. You think it's about Tyca? I think it's partially because of it. I think it's the character also because the character, it's a great character.

Right. But they're just, because it seems a little off that Din was like, who couldn't stand droids. I know he's come around. Yeah, I get it. But it's like he's so adamant. He's so adamant now that he's got to have this droid back. And it's like, but I have another droid for you.

It seems like Dan would have been like, okay, fine, it makes sense. Give me the other droid. That was the only little minor gripe. It's like, only bringing him back because people like them. Yeah, I definitely hear that. And I was like, oh, that's interesting. Because even when they showed previously on, I was like, why are they showing IG-11? Like, that's odd.

He died two seasons ago. Right. But then I was like, I don't know. Are they going to use him for her? something that has to do with Grogu? Well, yeah, they're going to bring him back. They're going to get that chip and he's probably going to have him back and we're going to have, we're going to have that dynamic back that we liked and then the same thing that they did. They brought Grogu back and it's like, well, let's bring him back.

I would almost like that it was like almost like a vision type thing. Like, no, we can't recoup him all the way. But we can take like his memory chip and put him in another droid and you can have that and we'll create a new droid, but it'll have a lot of those memories. We were able to salvage some of that stuff. And that's, And then you want to use Tyca's voice for it? Sure. Fine. The same way you did for vision.

But it's like, I don't know. It's just a bit, it might, minor, minor gripe. Right. But it's just like, I just, you don't, Manderorian strong, that show is strong enough. You don't need to keep rehash and old characters in season three. Yeah. Yeah.

So, yeah. I hear you. Yeah. But I loved, but I'll tell you, I absolutely love this dynamic that these two have because they've been through it. Yes. Definitely. I thought that the whole being back in Navarro was great.

thought such a good way to show how time has passed and how Mando has made an actual difference in the galaxy especially even just with this one city alone. And then it was a cool introduction to bring in the pirates. The pirates alone, the way that they did this, but inside of this scene right before we get to the pirates, as we see this thing with Grogan, you mentioned before his skills, right? Like we know his skills, and he's using it as a kid.

He's not like trying to, oh, I think I know how to use the forest. He knows how to use the forest, and he's hungry and gets himself a soul. snack good for him um but he but grief is trying to convince mando to to join the crew to settle down with grogoo to be here he's like there's still a mission to be had he's like come on settle down do the thing and and as they're walking through this is when staff just mentioned they bring these pirates come in and to me this is such a good blend this is about as philone as you get totally like the great makeup great makeup they all look awesome I think they look fantastic I think that

it it plucks them right out of the clone wars it plucks them right out of the rebels it looks it looks good it doesn't look like people in costumes i believe that they're aliens and they had this whole thing of showing you the difference between what navarro was like back then and what it's like now where it's like this is a bar this is a pub it's not anymore it's a school so come have a drink in my office no we want to drink here yeah but have a drink in my office let the kids watch yeah and it's just like right but it's like but he's like come have a drink in my He's trying to be the politician, but he also shows, don't mess with me. Right.

And I love that Mando. I love that Mando is just kind of, this is about, we haven't seen the old school Mando in a little bit. He's been like this new kind of, you know, conform. More reserved. Yeah, but that Mando. Yeah. Where he's just watching. Yeah, he's ready.

He's ready. It's like he's, he's. The safety is off. Yes. It's like he might have a kid now, but he can still throw down. Right. And so can grief. Yes.

Yeah. Fully. He's so. I liked his that like you said like that politician but he's still ready to fight yeah and I love that he's got the little droids holding his cape. Me too. That was awesome. It's amazing.

I thought that was such a fun way to be like, oh, you're super into yourself now. Totally is. Absolutely. And it's consistent with the character. Yeah. Totally consistent with the character. And then they have, he shows his weapon. Mando's like, okay, cool.

You got a weapon. Great. And then grief shows his weapon. I still, I can still throw it out. Yeah. And then he blasted the dude, shoots him in a hand. And then you knew it. You knew that Mando had to get involved in it.

And Mando just wax all these fools of these morons. Yeah, idiots. And then, but Mando was right, though. Mando says to him, should we let him got away? And he's like, yeah, because he's going to go now tell people that Navarro is not going to be messed with. That's not what's going to happen. No. No, he's going to tell Swamp thing.

Yeah. And it's not like you guys had a full Calgary, Calvary. You had you two. Right. It's not like, yeah. So, and that, but that also lends to this. what I mentioned in the spoiler review that I'm curious to see the hell's going on down there. I want to see what you thought about this.

Now, everybody was mentioning, you know, how are they going to handle Caradoon? How are they going to mention it, right? And they do. Yeah. And I actually thought they mentioned, I thought they, there's going to be a lot of arguments about this, I'm sure. I'm sure if there isn't already. I actually think they handled it pretty well because he says, I want you to come in here and be the sheriff. And he goes, well, what about Marshall Dune?

I want to be the Marshall? Well, Marshall Dune. Well, after, you know, you had your thing, they recruited her to go fight. And I think that's essentially what was going to happen with the Rangers of the New Republic. And I think that they just kept that storyline, but they're just not going to show it. They just said it. So what I, I don't, I think there is a 0,000, 0.00.1% that Gina Krono ever returns to the role of Caradune. But by doing it. But by doing, I don't, I think, it this way. But you never know, and I've, being a wrestling fan as long as I have, you never know, even though if you think relationships and fan stuff and all that, there's no chance. There's always a chance, even if this chance is slim. Yeah. So by doing, you know, by doing that and saying she's never,

you know, she's out fighting the thing, you're not saying she's dead. You're saying she's dead, then you're going to really. True. Yeah, yeah. I don't think there's a chance she comes back. But by saying that it goes like okay but there's still the character still out there in this big vast galaxy but i thought they i thought that was that's the way you have to do it i don't i don't think i think saying that she would have died or something to it would have been a major mistake yeah i feel like that's dramatic just to be dramatic and spiteful it would have seemed like though yeah which is just like no need you know like there i just think that that would have been petty yeah and it's a show your professionals it doesn't need to be petty yeah i think that it was good for the people like

Like us and the major fans out there, like people like you guys who watch the show, our show, it's, you remember Caradune. I think there's a lot of people like my family who watches the show that forgot about the character. And they'll be like, who's Marshall Dew? Yeah. Yeah, a little bit. Not forgot fully about the character, but like, oh, yeah. Like, they don't even know the, like, the drama. Right, right.

Well, that's what I mean. I really liked the character. I thought the character was really good. And I thought that they worked really well together. And I thought she worked really well with Carl Weathers. So I think that it should have been acknowledged that she wasn't there. Yeah, me too. Yeah.

I thought they did it in a good quick way. They did go quick because they moved directly away from it, it went right into, well, what happened to Gideon? That's the next one. Right. Which seems like Muff Gideon is now, he's in a jail cell. That one, when they push towards that, you're like, well, that's a bigger plot point. Yeah.

That's coming back. Definitely. That's coming back. Because we know John Carter is in the season. Yeah. So. He did all the press. Right.

So that's what sets up He's a great villain He really is And I think that this all sets up A lot of stuff that's going to happen I'm getting scared though stuff Why? I feel that grief might eat it this season

Although they'll probably bring him back in season 5 now But I don't know I feel like he's going to eat it I hope he doesn't I really hope he doesn't I really like grief Me too I don't want

And Carl Weather's just amazing But then they have this whole thing Where it's like The droid This is where the whole thing happens is the droid now. This is, I love that they use the parts. They actually have the full parts, and that shot is

amazing, and they went up to, that was a funny scene. They take the whole thing away from him, and they're building them out here, and this is where this whole, I liked, I like the attempt here. I like the attempt. He's trying, and he's not Nick Nolte, you know, Nick Nolty was able to put, Nick Nolty probably would be able to put him back together.

Absolutely. I have spoken. Right. And I think that Quill could have actually, probably put him back together, and revamped him, but he comes back and he has this kind of Terminator moment. And I love when, when Grogu gets tossed to, it was hilarious. That was funny. And then this, this, I like that the droid stepped in, just the whole, that was using your head,

whatever it might be. But then they go to the, what's the Babu Frick? I think they're azaleans. Okay. So this was hilarious. I loved this scene. I loved this scene. And I, and this was again, the humor.

In Zellons. The humor is. this scene was spectacular because it was the In Zealans, they're funny creatures. Right. They're funny creatures and the things they're saying is like,

and then they talk a little basic, which is hilarious. So like, the part's not there. And then Dinn's all, Dinn looks, is basically looked like Brett did last night all humped up in his,

in his seat. I got to show you this picture of Brett, which is absolutely hilarious. I wish my things would update. But, this is a picture. This is a picture. picture of Brett last night in the um so this so this is how din looked though in that in that scene

that the the zalians is what they're called yeah a zalien and zillions zelans all right so look here's this is brett from last night in the yeah and that's how din looked didn't look like as you yeah totally right he used to sit right worry so anyway um so let's get back to the actual show itself but this whole thing, and I love this whole scene, because Grogu... Talk about smart merch. I want one. Hey, hey. Hey, hey.

But Babu Frick wasn't there, though, and I liked that they didn't use Bobu Frick. Same voice actress, though. Okay, great. And such an old-school Jim Henson type of thing and remind me a labyrinth. And it was so great, right? It was like a labyrinth. And then there's this moment. He's telling him, look, if you can find the part, we could probably fix them, but good luck.

And that sets up another mission where they're going to, You know they're going to find him and he's going to come back and he's going to be, you know, he'll be with them. Although I think it's a bad choice. But this was hilarious. Like grief just keeps telling him. He's like, this is what he said. He's like, I can hear him. He's the same thing.

He says, you know, he's like, I got the first couple times you translated it. Thank you. I got it. And that was that worked that back and forth. But this, the funniest moment was Grogoode wanting him as a pet. And he kept going back. And it was almost like when he was eating the babies. Yeah.

Like it was the same type of thing. He's still a kid. Yes. It's moments like this that I think right now are working. Right. Let's not overplay it. Totally. Yeah, yeah.

But when he went to grab him, I was like, Oh, was adorable. Is he going to do it? Yeah. It was really good. It was great. Yeah, I agree with you, though. You can only have so many cutesy moments when you're dealing with Dindjaran and Manilorians.

Right. And it's working right now because of the circumstance that they're in. And then they take off. And they're back on their thing. you know, come on back. We'll get you that chip. You know, get me that chip. We'll get the droid working.

And off he goes. And this was about, this is why I said the Star Wars Soup. He's teaching him about the navigation system and all that. And then the pirates show up. And we have this amazing attack of the clones type space battle that's out there. It looked so great. The costuming on the aliens were amazing.

And I don't know how you felt at first about the Pirate King. But like, I was nervous at first because I was like that, I was like, I don't know about this costume. That shot, right? But then when they go zoom in, that's creepy. Totally. At first I was like, oh, the play on pirates, I don't know, it's a thin line to kind of walk on. It could be corny, but I thought it was campy in a dark way.

Space campy. Yeah, which I liked. It was very clone wars to me. Yeah. But in a complimentary way. Yeah. Like it had that. See, when they go for the old serialized.

feel sometimes, it can really play on the feel of Uber cheese and it doesn't land. And then there's times that they do it just right. I thought this was done just right. And not for that long. The space battle still came in a place to see what a pilot and how he's really vibing with this ship now. You know, he really, and he's able to maneuver it. And I love it.

And he hits the button and he just blasts off and he's out of there. Yeah, I thought it was great. One of my favorite scenes of Andor was when Luton just went completely like Agent 101,007 and like put on his like double blades and went into his own space battle. This was great because I thought it was kind of like that, but also like paying homage to the asteroids. Yeah. Empire. Empire, but it had empire, but it reminded me that like when when Django and Boba Fed are chasing Obi-1. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And totally, that's what I thought of because it looked like that. And it's amazing how in 2002 when that movie came out, Attack of the Clones, like those visuals were just mind-blowing, right? And for a television show to do that, albeit even 20 years later, a television show to do that and look just as good. It's pretty spectacular. Yeah, it was so awesome. I was impressed with how well that played. Yeah, it's like a big screen show.

It really looks. I watched it on a projector. Oh, you did. See, amazing. So, and then this is where, this to me is, like, again, without spoiling the second episode, this is really where our story is taking shape. You set it up with the armor of the mission in general to get to Mandelor. And then he shows up in the vicinity of Mandelor on this planet that Boatant's castle is on and he lands.

Yeah, Satine was there at the time. Yeah, and then we come in and Bo's just done, man. She's just over it. And she's just kind of chilling on this thing. There's nothing around. She ain't drinking. She's just sitting. Sad girl vibes.

Yeah. She's just doing. She's just, I'm good. I don't want anything to do with this. And what are you doing here? You know, go do your thing. You zeal it. And they have that conversation where she's like, I'm here to join you.

She's like, they're all gone, homie. Like we did our thing. Nice try. But that's it. Then they left me. Yeah, I think this opened up. I love this scene. I love that you were, even.

the end credits, we get that it's Pedro Pascal and Katie Sackoff. Yep. And which is what we've been, and you've been thinking the entire time, like this is a Mandalorian show, not just Dyn's Mandalorian. And I can't do it on his own. No, no, there's so much to it. And I think that this shows a cool opportunity for them to pair together, but also for potential Sabine to come back and give her like a pep talk.

Like, I gave you the Dark Sabre because I think you're a baddie. Like, where's that? I think Sabine should show. show up to introduce us to lend her into then Asoka. Yeah. Where we go. Because I don't know what, although I don't know the timeline how that all plays up into Asoka,

I don't know if they're already gone on their mission at this point. Because remember, so if you look at now, especially now after the comments of, two years. Favro says it's two years in between. Like, so that's essentially about,

because the first season of Mandalorian was five years after return of the job. So that essentially means like between anywhere between seven or eight years after Return of the Jedi is where we are now. Now, if you, I remember, I think that the, that prologue, that whatever happens right after Rebels ends, because Rebels ends right before, like the actual storyline itself ends right before New Hope and all that stuff goes down. And then they do that, the little prologue afterwards, or whatever the hell it's called, like where you see Jason Solo, Jason Sundala is born and all that stuff.

And then it gets into that scene where Asoka comes in and tells Sabine, hey, I found him. Let's go do this thing. That took place after that whole scene in Mandalorian. So it's like, but does that mean by where we are timeline that they're already off on their mission? So maybe we won't see Sabine? I don't know. Yeah, or maybe she can, like, call in.

Call in. Like, you know, how they do the, I forget what they're called. Oh, the holoca- Yeah, I know, but it's like, I think you're going to have her. They FaceTime. Yeah, they face time. Yeah, they don't know that. Yeah, like, well, like they do in Last Jedi. Yeah.

For Skype. For Skype. But, yeah, it's, I don't know. It's. Good times. Yeah, I don't have. Good times. But I don't know.

I don't know. I mean, it just depends on how they explain it. They could. But I think the, the showing. of space whales but i think yeah i think they'll explain it yeah i think that's just like the alt i think i think that's what they need because we already alluded to her in season two yeah yeah yeah she said that's just who gave me the dark saber originally right well the dark saber is definitely gonna play even a little bit more she asked me do you still have it yeah and he's like yeah i still got it and

she's like she knows i've been training and she's like i can't do anything with you know i can't look look swing that thing around she says you know and they'll follow you but like she's she's she's beaten down yeah you're done you all need to adjust your lens on what it means to be a mandolary right and then so you should go i ain't helping you and then and again katie crushed it in this scene totally um and again i i used she was she was on the show from monday so if you want to check it out you want to find a way to win that that helmet man autographed by katy herself go check out the interview check it out today all mess don't mess around heck yeah um and then i and and once again rick family had just annihilated this episode did

great job because it's always tough for the director of the first episode of the season, especially after a well-established show, to really, you got to establish that vibe. Yes. And you got to say, here's everything that is got a lot of a lot going on. And we've got to tell you where everybody's been, everything's doing. And this is where we're, because it's a good, it is a setup. The first episode is always a setup. Things have to happen.

But it's always a setup. And I wish they would have given him another 15 minutes. this 33 episode without the credits and everything else too and the art. It's so great to have the art back. Yeah. But without, it's like 32 minutes or something too. The second episode is a little longer.

Yeah. Oh, it is? Okay, good. Second episode. Yeah, it's interesting because while I wish that each episode was an hour because I just love our episodes, especially when I'm obsessed with the show as much as I am with the Mandalorian, I think that this episode did an excellent job

of doing what you just said, which is like establishing what we've seen before, how that's going to move forward, giving us some things to look forward to. We're going to get the pirates back. We're going to see more Mandalorians. The Dark Sabre is going to be involved. Bo Katan's going to be bigger in her scope of a character.

And so there's so much that you already see. And then we get to see, they establish that like, oh, we're really digging into the lore of Mandalorians. You're going to lose your mind when it comes to the next episode. I'm so excited. I am going to say, Because I thought about you when I was watching it a couple times,

and I said, oh, my God, Steph's going to lose her mind. I think this is going to be one of your favorite episodes ever. I was like this show, like, you guys know I'm obsessed with whales. So even them just having that, I was like, let's go. You read my diary. But I think that they set it up really well. It's nice to have the show back because. It's so nice.

And again, nothing against Bad Batch. I forgot. I did a solo episode last week. I forgot to even talk about it. it. Yeah. Do you remember what the, did you watch the episode last time? Which one was it?

It was, wasn't it the one where? Because I've seen, I've seen 14 of them. Okay, wait. I'm mixing up the one from the week before where, um, where Omega and tech were in the water and had to escape from the other side. I liked that episode. The episodes, the episodes, again, from the later part of the, from this on, it's good. It's just so forgettable now that you have this show.

I know. It's going to get. And it's tough because the show comes out at 12, you know. And so I don't finish watching it until one. And then I was so stoked on it. I went back and looked at some scenes. And I was up until two. I'm like, I'm not going to watch Bad Bad Patch right now.

Right. Yeah. And again, it's there to have. It's a nice little appetizer if you need to watch it. But I mean, and like I said, I'm going to be, I can't remember what the last one was. And I don't know. If you guys, if you guys still want us to really dive deep into Bad Batch, let us know.

We'll, like I said, I've seen 14 of them. I do like the episodes. I do like the remainder of them that I think actually plays pretty well. So if you guys want us to still kind of dive into it, we will. But I do want to get a couple other things to, I want to get your thoughts, everybody's thoughts out there on Mandalorian, what you thought about it. But I want to also get into this story about some of the directors that they announced for the acolyte.

Oh, heck yes. So they're doing, no, not yet. They're doing multiple directors again. Cool. smart. I think that's smart. Very smart. So with the accolite about,

and this is from our buddy Miguel Fernandez, the great Miguel Fernandez, with the accolite, although Miguel, and see you guys covering that at Katie Sackoff interview, but maybe I missed it.

With the accolite about to begin its fifth month of filming in the UK, we're learning a little bit more about the people that are working on the show behind the camera. While Lucas film has been

surprisingly upfront about the cast of the series, not much information has transpired about its writers or directors besides the fact that Leslie Headlin is captain of the ship. first mentioned by insider Daniel Rickman and later confirmed by discussing film.

It looks like the after Yang director, Coconata, will be helming at least an episode of the upcoming series. Discussing film also adds that The Witchers, this is a pretty good cast so far. Alex Garcia Lopez also in the mix. Up to this point, we only knew about Leslie Headland directing the pilot, although we assume she might step in to direct another one. She's show running it, though, right? She is. I think she'll direct two. I think that we, at least, we've got now, Alex.

Alex Garcia Lopez to do it and then and then coconutacola. The Witcher makes sense. Absolutely. vibe-wise. This is, again, getting me more excited. It's currently unknown how many episodes, either Coconuta or Garcia Lopez will direct, much we don't know the total episodes, besides directing a critically acclaimed film after Yang starring Colin Farrell and Jody Turner Smith, who was also in the Ikely.

Coconuta also held four episodes of Apple TVs plus Pacino, which received rather positive critiques last year, and Garcia Lopez is a prolific TV director who's worked on Netflix as Cowboy Bebop, The Witcher, Daredevil, The Punisher, and Luke Cage, among others. Fantastic. I think this is a, this is, I love hearing this. I think this is a great, great choices. I'm looking up, um, yeah, after Yang. I hadn't even heard about it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, after, it's Colin Farrow. I, that's one, I have it. I need, I need, it's one that I really want to watch. You need to check it out. It's so interesting.

Oh, it's 824, obviously. Yeah, yeah. How, you know, you just never know how people pull their directors, writers, or actors. And you have Jody Turner Smith in this, and she's one of the stars of this movie. So I wonder, like, which one came first, you know? Yeah. But he's the director and writer of After Yang. So someone watched After Yang.

Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Right. And then they were like, oh. Well, it's also because Joey Turner. Smith and the way that it's going to play, probably whether meetings through that and everything too. But it's, yeah, I'm excited for that one for sure.

But right now everybody's going to be caught up in Mandalorian. And then, oh, this is something I was going to ask you about because this, this broke on the other day. Did you hear that Rosario Dawson said that Asoka is not going to come out until like the fall, late fall? No. That's what she said in her report. Now, it's not confirmed and doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

True. Huh. But. So they would have a big gap, right? Not only would be a big gap. I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's, let's, let's say that that show comes out in September. And it's over by November, December. Where does a skeleton crew land?

Does it land right away in December? Or does it land in January? Because they said it's supposed to come out this year. So I. thought the timing would make sense. You put it in August. And then it hits, you know, August, September. It's over by September, October.

And then you start Aryan Skeleton Crew in like November, December, or maybe even December leading into January, like they've done in the past with Boba Fett and other things. That makes more sense to me unless they do early September, which they still could, I guess, kind of still is kind of fall. But not really. So maybe if it's early September, that still lands in the same time range. Yeah.

I don't know because she's known for giving the tea when she's not supposed to. Maybe this is like a reverse psychology thing where she gives the wrong tea. Well, she was on. But she doesn't seem like that tight. No, she was on it. It was like, Good Morning America or something. She was talking about she's got, I forget what the movie is, but she's got a movie coming out. And then she's like, well, that movie comes out.

And then right after that in the fall comes out, Asoka. And she's kind of like matter of fact said it. And it's like, well, yeah, yeah, when in the fall? I think we find out in celebration. Me too. Yeah, I think we find out in celebration. I think that we'll get, usually we'll get a longer trailer and then a release date for it because that's, this show is going to be over by Mandeloran. This show will be over by late April.

Yep. Yeah. So late April and the May, and that means that you're going to have, let's say if it doesn't happen until September or Soca, that's June, July, August, like four months in between. Yeah, it's not that. Yeah, no. Not too long, but I know because you get Star Wars Celebration in April, which will close it, you know, which would be big. And then I, it's weird that you just wouldn't have anything in summertime. Is Visions season two coming out?

Yeah. Vision's season two is coming out. It just doesn't hit the timeline. And like I said, I love visions. I thought Visions was great. But it's also animation as Bad Batch has proven. It's not, it's not the same kind of hype that like Mandalorian. No.

I mean, people want cohesive storylines. That's where we're at right now in viewership. But I still like something and I like it a lot. Yeah, I do. Me too. And I'm very excited to see it. But Mandalorian, Steph, it's back. We've got it back.

I can't wait to see your face next week. It makes me so happy. I'm like, oh, yeah, this is like Star Wars fans are living. This year, like we're back, baby. Yeah, this is, it's fun. It's fun to, I mean, like, the fact that we had, the appetizers with bad bats and other things kind of the lead up from and or into this it's like we'll have these shows to talk about we'll be we'll be leading up until star war celebration and everything else too and it's a it's a good time for us to chat it up and that's why we want you guys to chat it up with us so make sure that you respond in the comments section click like give us all your comments thoughts concerns about the first episode second episode what do you think's going to happen and then you know keep on commenting and let's discuss everybody's thoughts on Mandalorian Season 3.

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