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The Mandalorian - Season 2 |OT| Wherever I go, he goes [SPOILERS ON EPISODE DROP]

Vote for your favourite moment of Season 2!

  • Din and Cobb Vanth take on the Krayt Dragon

    Votes: 61 5.5%

  • Din, Bo-Katan and her Mando allies storm the Imperial freighter

    Votes: 37 3.3%

  • Ahsoka reveals the child's name and the mystery of the Force to Din

    Votes: 119 10.7%

  • Boba Fett reacquires his armour

    Votes: 89 8.0%

  • Mayfeld snaps and kills his old commander, Valin Hess

    Votes: 234 21.0%

  • Slave 1 drops a seismic charge

    Votes: 52 4.7%

  • Luke Skywalker comes to the rescue

    Votes: 521 46.8%
  • Total voters
    1,113
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TheChungusAmongUs

TheChungusAmongUs

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Oct 25, 2017
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Saifu said:
There a lot of good stuff in this episode, but at the same time there's a lot of meh stuff in this episode too imo.
I think it has to do with Filoni's directing decisions.
A lot of slow moments felt kinda draggy and dull.
And the lack of music in those slow moments feel like it takes me out of the show for some reason.
It just felt off.
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There was definitely some "off" moments with the direction, mostly whenever there was an action scene in this episode. I know they can't exactly do movie like choreography for this show, but the "stealth" Ashoka did looked kinda off and very slow. The idea is she is supposed to be moving quickly, but the direction makes it look like she is slowly shuffling around.

But GROGU though
 
Gustaf

Gustaf

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Oct 28, 2017
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TheChungusAmongUs said:
There was definitely some "off" moments with the direction, mostly whenever there was an action scene in this episode. I know they can't exactly do movie like choreography for this show, but the "stealth" Ashoka did looked kinda off and very slow. The idea is she is supposed to be moving quickly, but the direction makes it look like she is slowly shuffling around.

But GROGU though
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she looked sometimes like the killer in scary movie running off the scene
 
Ariakon44

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Saifu said:
There a lot of good stuff in this episode, but at the same time there's a lot of meh stuff in this episode too imo.
I think it has to do with Filoni's directing decisions.
A lot of slow moments felt kinda draggy and dull.
And the lack of music in those slow moments feel like it takes me out of the show for some reason.
It just felt off.
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I'm with you. The story beats were interesting, but the action and the direction were a little...static? I suppose is the word I'm looking for. I didn't get as emotionally invested in the episode as I hoped, and I think it was because of the pacing and the relative lack of tension. I'm glad to see that other people are seeming to enjoy it more than I did, however.
 
WhiteRabbitEXE

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Oct 25, 2017
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Holy shit they wasted absolutely no time from bringing in Ahsoka to name dropping f'i Thrawn. I thought he would happen, but I thought it would be another couple seasons!

Better bring back Lars!

Live action Ahsoka and Thrawn. Nuts.
 
Fj0823

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Oct 25, 2017
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Filoni just took over Star Wars just like that.

All according to the plan. The only plan.

694
 
Antoo

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There was just a lot of scenes that felt like they dragged and the action scenes lacked any real energy or propulsion.
 
Osahi

Osahi

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Oct 27, 2017
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Going through this thread I must be the only one who seriously rolled his eyes at 'Where is Admiral Thrawn'

I loved the Japanese garden samurai fight and overall okay with this episode (it got some time to breathe at least)
 
MadLaughter

MadLaughter

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Oct 25, 2017
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This episode was 9.9/10

I only wish they had more time/budget for some of the action, but it got the job done.
 
Sayers

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Oct 28, 2017
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"Who do you think will win? Your side or mine?"

Probably the one who dueled Darth Vader and lived.

Excellent episode. I thought Rosario Dawson made a pretty good Ahsoka even if the voice wasn't quite right but not much you can do about that.
 
Watershed

Watershed

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Oct 26, 2017
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The action was definitely a little slow. It felt like her head piece made movement difficult or it was just not the best action choreography. The pace of the overall episode was kind of flat throughout.
 
bloodyroarx

bloodyroarx

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Oct 27, 2017
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TheChungusAmongUs said:
There was definitely some "off" moments with the direction, mostly whenever there was an action scene in this episode. I know they can't exactly do movie like choreography for this show, but the "stealth" Ashoka did looked kinda off and very slow. The idea is she is supposed to be moving quickly, but the direction makes it look like she is slowly shuffling around.

But GROGU though
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Agreed there was something off she moved very slowly like as if they ment to speed up the footage in post but didnt? I really don't know how to explain it other then that.
 
RatskyWatsky

RatskyWatsky

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Oct 25, 2017
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Some of the effects looked really bad though ngl...it was the first episode that I thought looked like a TV show.
 
FutureLarking

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Oct 28, 2017
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Solid 4/10 for me. I don't think the drab, lifeless environment helped it in my book. I'd rank it as the weakest of the season so far. It has Ashoka... but replace her with a new stealthy character instead and it probably would have been more fun.
 
Hella

Hella

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Oct 27, 2017
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Saifu said:
So I guess this confirms that Ahsoka found Ezra or at least Thrawn post-Rebels. And then Thrawn escapes from capture, and now Ahsoka is still on the hunt for him. I wonder if we will see all these events in the rumored Rebels sequel or in something else like the rumored Ahsoka series.
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One piece of speculation I've seen is that the Rebels ending is post-Mandalorian. Which makes a lot of sense to me.

She went searching for Ezra and could never find him, and is now searching for Thrawn. It won't be Luke or anyone that reaches out to Grogu, but Ezra--and that will lead directly to the Rebels finale.

In Filoni I trust.
 
Revali

Revali

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm surprised at how "TV" this series looks compared to something like Game of Thrones. Netflix had the same issue with The Witcher. Some of the effects are great while others are mediocre and it really clashes. That being said, I very much enjoyed this episode. Incredible to finally see Ahsoka in live action, not to mention the name drop of Thrawn.
 
DetectiveKenobi

DetectiveKenobi

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Oct 27, 2017
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For those complaining about the direction chalk that up to Filoni. Remember he's still new to directing live action stuff. So of course it's not gonna be as good as a Favreu or Taika directed episode.
 
Comrade Grogu

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Revali said:
I'm surprised at how "TV" this series looks compared to something like Game of Thrones. Netflix had the same issue with The Witcher. Some of the effects are great while others are mediocre and it really clashes. That being said, I very much enjoyed this episode. Incredible to finally see Ahsoka in live action, not to mention the name drop of Thrawn.
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Game of Thrones was over-produced garbage from season 5 onward, in my honest opinion.
 
Watershed

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Oct 26, 2017
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I wonder when we will see Ezra turn up. I like the connecting of all the various SW narrative threads but none of the currently announced SW live action shows excite me.
 
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