The Reel Rejects - THE MANDALORIAN 3x4 Review & Breakdown | Chapter 20 "The Foundling”

Episode Date: March 22, 2023

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I thought it was, I'm pretty sure that's Charger Binks. Oh, my God! I didn't write Disney for a minute. I was like, is it? And then I was like, no, they wouldn't, they can't be that crazy. They must. That's incredible. Yes.

And his Jedi character is from the Disney Plus game show, the Jedi Temple Training Academy show. damn way to piece that together thank you some sleuthing what a return to the franchise I know that was epic should have recognized that earlier my bad and I'll have to throw it into the reaction weirdly I can throw it in the reaction I'm throwing I got at this you son of a bitch because

Greg if if I called it and it wasn't him that would have made me a horrifically racist person I could have ended I could have edited it back I have zero I could censor your racism I have zero faith that you would edit out

any racism I would totally opening I would censor your racism at all cost now if this part

is going to end up in the video this part's going to end up in the video but not the actual part let the record I want the record to show I was the one

I cut out when he said when John said is that Mace Windu and I'm like no that's a different actor I completely cut that out and when I corrected myself and said, no, it's Lawrence Fishburn, duh.

Yeah. Yeah. That was Charger Biggs. And then we dropped in a super cut of every time you've ever named a Black Egg. All right. Let's talk about it. All right. That was a whirlwind of an episode, people.

That was a wild ride. That was a nonstop. Let's just slam our foot on the gas pedal. Yep, yep, yep. Because the episode that Carl Weather was directed last season had much more of a deliberate build. And then it had this great chase sequence. It was an awesome chase sequence. And I kind of flashed to it when they are going through Corrassant here.

So I was like, some of these visual ones are used, but who knows? Star Wars, it could be any of the director, maybe. Should have called it. Should have said it out loud. I take pride when I guess directors properly. But anyway, regardless, I still thought this was a really fun ride. Like, to me, pacing-wise, it's similar along the lines of the first episode of this season. But there was, while I wished in the beginning parts that it, you know what, I want to

say i wish it breath better because in the immediate moment i was like i could i could use this episode kind of slowing down a little bit but when i really think about it i'm glad we got to the good shit faster i was actually quite satisfied that we got there much faster because yeah it was a little bit weird at first but as we kept going i thought it was a very entertaining episode with continuing this flashback that we saw for people who don't know that is in book of boba fed season too when you saw the beginning parts of that flashback and I like how they started off from where you left off and then they're just sort of like panning and you're like oh shit we're going further into this flashback now and then to get everyone's favorite character kelleran back back in action his name's pulled up there that's how I remembered it from the top of my head from the Jedi Training Academy competition show on Disney Plus I'm obsessed with that show which is what an extraordinary repurposing of George Arbings Yeah, that is canon

to Jar Jar Binks, right? Yeah, that's Jar Jarl Binks. That's, I mean, he turns into Jar JARBinks is what you're getting. Well, we always knew that's what Dr. Pershing was working on was being able to turn Jar Jard Bays to a regular Jedi.

That's what you're trying to say, right? This is the dark side is Jar Jar, who we know is the real Sith Lord behind the Clone Wars. Yes, yeah. And then Keller, in fact, is the chosen one. No, it was so...

I love these flashback sequences, and I feel like they've been doing so... I mean, like, it just captured the magic of the pre-cels. Yeah, it was like the attack of the clones' chase sequence, but more purposeful and much more intensity due to the situation of Order 66 going down at the time. Yeah, and there's just nothing quite like watching Clones Slaughter Jedi. I don't know what it just does something for me. but no i i mean little nerdy observation so that was i mean definitively looked like a nabu uh star cruiser um that grogues put on that that he's put on and those i mean

they were literally wearing they're literally wearing the clothes yeah so um i mean i'm i'm curious what that implies and where where that means grogou goes they'll organa pretend Protected Grogu. Probably. And then the question is, is he'll get it in on it? And also, why didn't they just leave them

with Yoda if that was the case? But anyway, these are questions. Because Grogu wasn't created until the Mandalorian came out. No, this was, George Lucas had all this figured out, guys.

Yeah, that's why. It's all in a cocktail napkin. Yeah. John, John, what did you think, man? I really enjoyed it. I think I'm going to be, I think I'll pick up the football from you.

I'm going to make this very disjointed. Let's go. Sure, sure, sure. I had a blast with this episode as an experience. I will say, mostly in a good way, like, throughout this episode, there were things where I was like,

wow, I want to keep spending time in this thing, and this thing, and this thing. And so, like, yeah, I really like, this felt like a slice of life action scene to me this episode. Because, yeah, you have that sort of major beat with Grogu having this sort of PTSD moment. And I

really like the flavors of that scene. and the weird emotional aspect where it seems like, yeah, this is, you're watching somebody pound an innocuous piece of steel, but at the same time, you know, it does have this sort of dark, harsh, you're in a cave, and there's fire, and I can see how you would sort of find yourself going back to a traumatic place like that. Really interesting stuff, and then the other side of the episode is this,

yeah, finding the halfling. That's a motif that they use in, like, this whole show. Is it finding the halfling? Finding the found. the hobbitz to ice it. If I'd take one more step. The masquer took the foundling.

Yes. There are everyone off their game today. Let's keep it going. But yeah, this was an episode where like them climbing the side of the rock face was beautiful. I would watch an episode where like that's most of it.

No, seriously, if you did one of those like survival, like we're just in the elements and we're just trapped on the side of this mountain, the only thing we could do is get to the top of fall off. Bear Grills, Mandalorian. Yeah. I watched that. I'm with you.

Yeah, like, the journey was really fun. I did kind of genuinely get caught up to the point where when we got back to finding the kid, I was like, oh, that's right. That's where this episode started. I think the thing for me is that this was the only one. I liked a lot of the visual language of this episode, but this was the one so far that felt the most, like, the effects were effects a lot of the time. So it was like, I thought the ending battle, I think they put it all. all into that ending fight with the Raptors. Yeah, there were moments where I would get pulled out being like,

oh, this looks like what people criticized the Robert Rodriguez directed episodes of Boba Fett for being. It's kind of what started to look like. Like, oh, it's a bunch of dudes on a beach in like Mandalorian cosplay, which still looks good, which is still kind of always what's happening. But yeah, there was like a missing, like, layer of that, you know, movie magic sheen. But other than that, I thought it was really fun.

Do you feel like it kind of reminds me of, like an 11-year-old like in their basement playing like yeah totally I mean it's so sporadic the pacing is so weird and I'm I'm loving it

in like a like the cinephile in me like if there was if this was anything else I'm not sure I could go along for that ride do you feel like coming from from your film perspective oh yeah like

John has a doctrine I have a doctorate in film do you it's right An honorary doctorate. It's been six years at state school for that film doctorate. Six years. Yeah. Wow.

Yeah. That's incredible. Well, tell me then, Sean, with your film doctorate, did you? I'm so excited to hear this question. The answer is yes, by the way. I did. Very much so, in fact. As George Lucas would say, did it rhyme?

It felt like one of those poems where it's just kind of compiled of a film. different ideas and they kind of slapped them together in a way that like kind of sounds associative and neat didn't necessarily seem like it was really bound thematically as much as it was like by the elements which i think is cool which i think is neat yeah i think what we needed was to kind give a shit about the foundling being taken that was a part of it that was like this is going way too quick and then we're like okay i guess we're doing this whole grogoo story right now and then the middle of this kid being kidnapped by a dragon there's a raptor tracking and it didn't feel And the way it was going

to the flashbacks, like, what the hell is going off of Kroku right now? And they're like, oh, he's going through a traumatic flashback. So we're about to descend into a nightmare. Because he just kept going between happy, oh, happy, oh. Yeah. The direction for the puppeteering

on that was a little like, what's going on? But we don't get to choose when we have mental breakdowns. And I feel like they really capture the spirit of that. They did. That's what they were going for. That's what Carl Weather said to them on. others is like when he's at the editing room someone was like playing a little strange he's like we don't get a choose we'll break this child i do think that the kid too like there was almost it didn't

feel like there was much jeopardy with the raptors because the kid was like absolutely fine he got like spit out of the mouth of the thing and he was like not wet no blood like there's one rip on his shirt and that's pretty much it boba fed survived the sarlac pit and i'm just at the point now or like anything can i mean this is like Clone Wars and Bad Bad Bad Bad This episode rang a lot like a Clone Wars and Bad Bad Bad Badch episode. That's true. A child would be swallowed and then spat

out by a dragon in Clone Wars. I mean the whole story with the Raptor Dragon is about as cliche as it gets with getting up there and then oh it's waiting to say it's a baby yeah. No you're I mean it was literally a bug's life a shot for a many movies yeah yeah I mean I think that's especially like I thought it was a blast, though.

It was a blast. No, no critiques. I mean, I think that that's the magic of... Plenty of critiques, but it's a blast. No, not a single one. I wouldn't change a thing. This does feel the most like a kid just throwing toys together wrote it.

Well, it's... In a way, I appreciate it. What happens when you, like, leave Dave Filoni a several million dollar budget? Like, it was bound to happen. First, John Favre was not exactly the adult in the room either, so... Yeah, he's always.

I want my character to have more of a character arc this time. Now that Filoni's a little busy with Asoka, Vizzla's going to have a kid. He's going to have a food truck. I'm going to have a lot more dialogue this time. This is the way, Dave. Oh, man. No, I mean, it's something that only Star Wars and a franchise like this can get away with. But it's, I mean, it's fun because we can be a little bit older and enjoy it.

feel like for people that like this is their new entry in the Star Wars this is the kind of stuff that made me fall in love with Star Wars when I was a kid so um no it's it's top tier really fun what's going on with Bo Coton Bo Cotan um Boca Tan Chris Bo Cotan Han Solo Han Solo Hans Solo Razz Algoole her my first bad man beat me to it Yeah, I, I feel like she's, they play, you know what the biggest giveaway is? They played this almost sinister. It's like an ominous music, but sometimes it borders on sinister whenever it's cutting to her in these kind of scenes.

And especially when it was, when it came to the Mithosaur, like she's got some devious plan of her sleep. Even though she was confiding and telling the armor. The worst person to tell that. Like, if you're conniving, that was the bad. But then again... But the armor was like... She's lost Mandele like three times now. Yeah.

So like maybe not the best political strategist in the bunch. Well, nobody can read in anybody's facial expression. That's true. So you just have the helmets and the lighting to go off of so anything could be sinister. Well, I think that she wants... I feel like her saying that and then the fact that the armorer herself themselves, I don't know the armorer's pronouns, but whatever

the armorer is, the way the armor is reacting is like, it's just a vision. She's like, bitch, please. Yeah. You know, so I think we all seen a Mithasaur, honey. But I know, but Bo Katan could tell that everyone answers to her. So I think Bo is going to try to get

the Mithas to Prue and then writing that thing out will make her leader. That's the thing. I mean, she doesn't even really need to, I don't think that she's necessarily stepping on the armorer's toes as much as we originally anticipated in that regard. Whereas one is the head of

state, one's the head of the church, you know, and it all kind of, it all works out. I think she's going to have a dark turn. I think she's going to try to take over. I think that she could have that and it can all be fine and they can all live happily ever after. Because Mandalorians really, they're

conflict-averse. I feel like they really don't like violence. and end fighting. No, I'm completely there with you. Something that... I think, too. Sorry, this is the review where I'm just interrupting

both of you nonstop. This is what I want to do. Just interrupt. That's a real thought and just call attention to the fact I'm interrupting. Yeah. That makes for a more interesting video.

Sure. Yeah. And the thesis behind it, why is Greg interrupt? What's the thing? It's time to play a new game. I really want to know. If you can guess why I'm interrupting,

you get to continue your original point. I think we would have, rather than, saving the fact that that was Bisla's kid for some who reveal. I think that would have immediately made the journey way more interesting. I know that from the gecko. Yeah, instead of trying to make a reveal out of it, if we just learn that like right away if he was like, that's my son.

And then they're like, okay, now it's a personal investment in getting this kid back. Yeah. It also would have made the little like Grogu kicking the kids butt a little bit more enjoyable for this like weird view that exists between, uh, Vizla and punish the kid. Can I ask you guys a very important question? Sure. Keller and Beck?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you feel about Yotas and Grogu's flipping and fighting? I mean, but they try to do that. I think an animated form, it's awesome. Sure. Yeah, I think there is a reason that attack of the clones decided it was time to retire puppet Yoda. Sure. I love it and listen

I mean I love it It's very fun It's very charming It's so cheesy but I love it So long as like Grogu doesn't have to like Like quickly walk away from like a really emotional scene Because that's the problem is I can't not laugh every time Oh it's hilarious

Like if they were like the funeral pyre Of like a character that we loved And Grogu needed to walk away from that That would become a problem But to my point that was rudely interesting interrupted earlier, but I respectfully interrupted earlier by Greg. So something that Dave Filoni and John Favre have talked about a lot in that I've really been trying to pay attention to this season is

in the spirit of George Lucas, they're trying to borrow a lot from like real history, real, like, lore and a lot of like spiritual. Right, like when the dragons abducted the Jews. So, well, it's funny you say that, Because Bocatan is a Hebrew name, okay? And then Boketan's father was named Adonai. And the story of people who were exiled from their homeland and had to like wander through the desert.

Like, all I'm saying is Ark of the Covenant discovered by Indiana Jones from the crash millennium falcon. It's all connected guys. One big universe, I understand. Yeah. Well, guys, what did you think about this episode? were you jazzed about Keller and Beck? Is this going to make you

watch that show? Jedi Temple Training Academy. I'm very excited for him. I'm happy, yeah. Me too. I mean, like if you hear a story, that was a badass fight. No, I mean, and a double lightsaber,

like, and to go from like the most loathed character in Star Wars. And like, he like really suffered from depression and mental thoughts and like to come back in this kind of way um i love that the star wars community is has given him this second chance did if anyone knows the star wars community is they are very nice people all around

heard it here first everyone is not listen we're just never suffer the wrath we we as fans are very passionate and and because the community is so nice i am intentionally throwing in the part where you notice keller and beck in the credits to, you know, because all those positive comments are going to come in, if we don't throw that in right at that moment. Yeah. Of being like, hey, we understand you didn't immediately recognize him at first, but that's actually the guy I played jar.

That's how people are going to say it. We saw a Jedi. It won't be people being like, how did you not recognize you call him a Star Wars nerd? That is not the voice of the Star Wars community. No. No, listen, call me out. Do it.

That makes me better. See, that's what I love about. It's what they say. It's not happening. I don't think it's what they always say. We're always learning. It's not like I. It's not like I read.

It's not like I read every single comment. We can't wrap this. We're talking so much about your stuff. And if you had stopped interrupting me during the video, you would have gotten your points out faster. Do you think that if Dave Filoni removes his cowboy hat, he has to bathe beneath the living waters of Lucasfilm in order to get home in the building? Yes.

They have a Yoda fountain there. I bet he has to bathe in the Yoda fountain. Guys, leave your thoughts down below. We're going to be at WonderCon. Hooray. Come say, hey. 11 a.m. Sunday. Hey, I think John really wants to do a Patreon.

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oh, man, there goes Brandon Benzzi, the Mandalorian friend to you and me. Is it like Han and Han? Brandon and Braddon. Broaden? That's a typo on the list. Bradon Benzzi is even more Star Wars name. I was going to say that's like a dup Star Wars name.

Braydon Benzzi, that is your new, you're reborn, we are bathing you in the living waters beneath the Patreon, and now you are Braydon Benzzi for the rest of the year. 2023 in the name of our Lord, Mandelord, in the name of the Dark Sabre and of my helmet and of this is the way and of Methasaurus. Brook it tired of me, we're going to know. Thanks for Don.