At night time the interior of military vehicles are light using red lights as it stops your pupils from fully constricting giving you better vision in the dark. If they were to use white light your pupils would constrict and you wouldn't see anything in the dark outside the vehicle

Taking off the helmet for some single mom you just met and barely know,"is not the way".

“They weren’t in kill mode... he didn’t draw his weapon” Literally 1 minute ago he activated his flame thrower to scorch her

AJ: "Perhaps we see new light side powers (force healing) setting up something for Rise of Skywalker" Alex: "No, not at all" Well... That comment aged well.

The first episodes felt much different , grittier and more like a small slice of a movie . This felt like I was back in the 90's watching an episode of Xena Warrior Princess

Now that he has taken if off, Other Joe can't ever put Baby Yoda hat back again.

3:12: AngryJoe correctly calls that the Rise of Skywalker might feature new force healing powers teased in the show and Alex vehemently disagrees

“OMG IS THAT ALEX COMING TO THE DEFENSE” 😂😂😂

Like how the red eyes really gave the AT-ST a more terrifying presence.

Reminded me of that Clone Wars episode when Anakin, Obi wan and some bounty hunters, trained some farmers to fight Hondos pirates gang.

This episode really reminded me of the Clone Wars episode when Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka had to train farmers to protect themselves against Hando and his pirates

Villager: "Theres like 20 of us!." AT-ST: "I like those odds."

Everyone: “Hey, this episode was a homage to an old episode of Clone Wars” Seven Samurai: “Am I a joke to you??”

MANDALORIAN Episode 1- “I have Spoken” Episode 2- “Weapons are part of my religion” Episode 3- “This is the way” Episode 4- “Until our paths cross”

Joe, if they kill the farmers, who do they steal from? Those pirates wanted the farmers alive for their food

This was the most Disney episode yet

Farmers training scene: Let's get down to business

The reason the Mandalorian didn’t think of bounty hunters hunting baby yoda on the planet was because he thought it was far out of reach from any bounty hunter, at the beginning he literally says they were going to hide out on the planet for a couple of months, but the bounty hunter being killed on the planet showed the Mandalorian that baby yoda will always be hunted no matter where he is

The Mandalorian: A show that lasts shorter than youtube reviews

Alex has proven to be such a dope addition to this show. Love his critical input lol. He keeps it real

Baby yoda sipping tea while they fight is my favorite thing besides the mandalorian showdown at the end of episode 3

I just want the official merchandise for the mandolorian helmet.

Im suprised noone pointed out the fact that he took off his helmet in a big open window. If anyone just looked to their right he would have been seen without his helmet...

That cat was a Loth-cat from Lothal.

Fun fact, Legends Jango Fett had a similar back story. His parents were killed and then was adopted by the mandalorians who raised him in their culture. I like the similarities.

Red light is commonly used in no light situations in the military to preserve night vision. I actually thought that a very nice attention to detail while also providing great optics.

They are using the villagers they weren't trying to kill them.

Obiwan was actually in love with the queen of Mandalore, so that could be where this could all come together. But I seriously doubt it...

An episode straight out of Stargate, "Oh hi traveller we need your help, we live in a pristine village where the sun always shines, the birds are always chirping and a pleasant harp is played in the background. but oh NO! there just so happens to be a band of murderous orc's that live right next door what ever will we do....

I would imagine that the raiders weren’t trying to kill all the farmers because they need them for supplies.

I think "Mando" gets saved by a Jedi during that droid battle on his home planet. That would give a reason to why he abandons his contract so easily once he sees the baby yoda use force powers. He would know at this point, the Jedi are basically wiped out and he'd be saving one of the few left.

The training scene reminded me of the training montage in "Army of Darkness." Also, that Mandalorian armor doesn't do well with punches. Seems like a design flaw.

The first time he went to the enclave they said he was a foundling. The mandalorian was confirmed to be adopted in to the culture early.

You have taken the helmet off Joe, you can now never put it back on. This is the way.

One of the moments that really breaked my suspension of disbelieve was when the attacked the raider camp, they're inside a building, hear bad guys coming, prepare to attack them and do it with punching...Seriously ? We've seen the mandalorian use blades before, and of course blasters would have attracted too much attention, but you're telling me that those two veterants went on a covert action without bringing a knife ?? I know in reality its probably because the fight would have been too short and god forbid we see someone bleed (You wouldn't what that PG 13 rating), but that really seemed like an out of character blunder to me and brought me out of it Although...do series on internet platforms get rated the same way as tv shows and movies ?

i enjoyed the eps until 4. thought 4 was rather copy paste from a million other stories. They didnt add anything to it either. Everything felt so obvious you could see the way the episode was going a mile away. Those farmers might as well of been ewoks taking out the AT-ST with 2 trees...

The way Joe says names, it's like he's never heard anyone else say the names, and he's only read them. It's pretty funny.

the enemies in this episode reminded me of the lord of the rings

Well remember guys. Mandalorians aren’t a race anymore. It is a ideology and a way of life.

If the AT-ST is such a big threat to soldiers, why not use the Mandalorian's ship the weapons mounted on the ship should be able to destroy it quite easily.

This Episode made me realize that Mandalorian is basically Firefly with less cursing.

I did laugh when they discussed In the episode how they got no chance of 2 of them taking out the ATST, when we know the ewoks litterally dropped half a dozen using weapons fashioned out of tree trunks 😂

This episode was good, but, the waitress in the bar when Mando first landed could not act along with the rebel trooper. The AT-ST disappointed me the most, the control head had a red glow, that is fine, but in close ups, you could not see the pilots of the AT-ST, it was just an empty box.

- how does he eat? - he uses the emergency induction port, duh!

This show is what Star Wars so desperately needed.

The Clone Wars Animated series, Season 2 Episode 17. Shot for shot remake training scene

I’m still pretty Positive Yoda was trying to heal the Mandalorian

The setting of the episode was just so artificial.. Of course he runs into some old partner instantly in the absolute middle of nowhere. Then, of course there is a raider camp like 10 minutes' walk away from the farmers, while neither group really makes too much sense. How small is the harvest when it gets carried off by like 10 ugly dudes? And how shit are the raiders that they actually lose to some stick wearing peasants while they own blasters and other weapons? They didn't even seem to kill a single farmer, even though apparently the atst can take out "entire companies of soldiers". And how do the trackers even work? Before in the movies, the tracker was a gadget that you attached to things, now the bounty hunters just know where someone is across the galaxy. Throw in the horribly forced love interest and the cheesy family life scenes as well for good measure.

Mandalorian: There is nothing on this planet that can take out an AT-ST. Ewoks with a couple of logs: Are we a joke to you?

As to the AT-ST with red lights, the military often uses Red lights at night to better protect night vision

Didnt enjoy this episode that much. Mostly the battle... it felt like a clunky video game. The newer video games do a better job than this episode. Every other episode was a 10/10.. this one felt like a 7 to me.

Some points: Leaving him there DID make essential sense. The planet is a backwater that doesn't even have an actual starport, and no real cities. There's basically nothing there to track the Yodaling in a conventional manner, since you need to be within range of it to be able to use the fob tracker. The Mandalorian is also now hunted directly by the Guild, and potentially the remnants of the Empire's forces, so looking for a safe place to stash the kid is a solid tactical decision, if ill-fated. To the red eyes on the Imperial Walker: Actually, we use those red lights in the military. Not kidding, you will see that kind of lighting in tanks, subs, and on field tactical flashlights, and there's a specific reason: Due to the way human eyes work, the red light allows for brightening, without destroying night vision. This a legit thing that the military does, so the walker having red lighting for night time engagements makes perfect tactical sense. That leads to what was brilliant about Cara's strategy against it. By getting up to that embankment, and taking the shots from cover, she created a serious problem for the Walker. While red light preserves night vision, it hits an issue with details, with some things sort of bleeding together (You saw this when they were trying to look for her). So basically, you've got a nigh-invisible enemies that you know the general location of, but you can't target specifically. That's why they switched to the spotlight, to pick her out for the kill, especially after they realized she was going for the cockpit as target. This way they could find her directly, and end the threat despite her cover. Once she took out the starboard side porthole eye, they had to move forward before she finished blinding them with another shot, stepping right in to the trap and dooming themselves. "Hard" evidence Mandalorian isn't a born member of the clan: Um, guys, they did that in Ep 2, when he's getting his pauldron. He straight out states that he was a foundling, when the Smith is talking about donating the extra Beskar Steel to the foundlings. That's pretty hard confirmation right there.

that love story was less forced than rose and finn

About the character development: When Mando leaned on the house and Gina was sitting next to him, they go about how they already been there "for weeks" now. It's ridiculous to squash something that important into a single sentence.

As a friend pointed out, who's a dad, the kid discovering this show. It can be full of tropes for us but for a kid. This show is solid as hell

Ehh am I the only one who didn't forgot that force healing was already shown in A New Hope when Obi-Wan healed Luke after getting ambushed by the Tusken Raider.

The mandalorian: hyped for every friday Episode 9: *cricket noises*

the fact is: he actually is a Mando, being Mandalorian has nothing to do with your race or that you got adopted by them. You must win the respect of a tribe and get integrated, and than basically everyone who is good enough (which in their case is quite a high standard) can become mandalorian.

@19:00 the bulldogs don't know how to turn off the cabin light lol

I think it made sense, that the mech wasn't shooting the villagers but instead the village itself. The attackers were bandits and from dead villagers you can't repeatedly loot, while from scared ones you can.

Not sure IG11 gonna be glad to rejoin him..."Oh, hey, IG11, gpod to see ya...too bad that...uh...SNIPER, yeah, that's it, took ya out!"

he stated that he was a "Foundling" a bunch of times Joe, I swear they even set up the Mandalorian lore in a Witcher style, where they are dependant on these "foundlings".

Baby Yoda stays with the children. Me: NOO ! If I can't hug him, NOBODY WILL !

Every person that watched Star Wars Rebels immediately knew the creature that hissed at Yodel was a Loth Cat from Planet Lothal, another amazing example at how they are bringing in creatures and species originating from animated star wars shows to Live Action, like the Blurg from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Astst was my favorite thing about this episode. They made it sound more like a monster with Glowing red eyes and yodel is best confirmed male. My favorite line had to be Female. “When was the last time you taken off your helmet”. Mando. “yesterday”.

Episode 4 seemed like a live action version of the clone wars cartoon.

Did anyone else notice the sound effect for the at-st (when it turns on its searchlight) is using the same sound effect for the leviathan from Atlantis the lost empire?

24:41 No, he said he was a "foundling" in episode 1 (before the flashback sequence)

Seeing a woman beat up a dude didn't make me a dude feel awkward. Why? She's huge! She looks like someone who could choke slam a fool. This is how you do it Hollywood!

They did an episode like this in The clone wars with bounty hunters training the farmers to fight

12:46 The reason for the bad Baby Yoda merchandise was because they had no plans to do merchandise until 2020 to prevent it from being spoiled before the premiere as the toys tend to get leaked so they rushed out some stuff due to the high demand. The proper merchandise will start next year

If I recall correctly it was common practise for the Mandalorians to raise orphans they recovered after a battle. Jango Fett himself was raised as a foundling by the leader of a Mandalorian mercenary army.

didn't like the writing as much, didn't like all the tropes, felt different from the first 3 episodes (quality wise)...

I’m surprised that they didn’t mention how the training shot in the new episode was a reference to the clone wars episode where Anakin is teaching the felucian farmers to fight.

I thought the AT-ST wasn't shooting at the farmers because in the end they provide the pirates with their food. So if this thing just ends up killing everybody they would lose their ressource.

I want to point out that being a Mandalorian is a religion, culture, an idea. To be a true one doesn’t mean you have to be from a certain planet. You just need to be raised in and follow “The Way”

Best way to review this series is: "It is a RPG campaing in the star wars universe."

Don’t hate on Alex. His opinions are much appreciated as a viewer. It helps viewers see things from another perspective. Without his points of view, it wouldn’t be much of a “review”. Edit: removed profanity :)

The fight with the girl wasn't believable for me because the last 3 episodes spent so much time building up the power of this armor and she is able to punch his armor with his fist and damage him.

I think Obi Wan had some sort of a healing power in the prequels, he would put his hand on unconscious people's heads. Not really sure if it was a healing power or just a weird way of saying goodbye to fallen comrades, but I always assumed he was healing them.

Nobody: Joe: Jon Favavavavroughfavava

I have one thing to say to Disney: This is the way.

My take on him attempting to give up Baby Yoda is that he might be scared of putting him in the same boat that he was: dying in front of him and leaving him alone in the world. I have to imagine he hasn't had anyone except his clan during his life, and that is a different kind of loyalty, rather than genuine affection

Of note with the red eyes, modern warships actually use res lights at night, since it doesn't interfere with night vision. I kind of figured it was the same idea with cockpit lights for the AT-ST

5:25 in the second episode the first time we see it is when he kills the mudhorn

Joe, where’s the Star Wars fallen order review at?

If they added the line" Well, they shoot good enough to be storm troopers" during the shooting range scene it would have been one of the greatest world building lines of all time and finally acknowledged that, yes, storm trooper do in fact suck at shooting.

On Mando's Mandalorian legitimacy: In legends, which they SEEM to be carrying over to canon, Mandalorians would often adopt orphans from all species and raise them as Mandalorians because being a Mandalorian isn't/wasn't restricted to a single species. It was instead a religon or an idea, if you want to be Mandalorian, then you must follow these tenents: Protect your Family/Clan, learn the Language, wear the armor, and always heed Manda'alore's/Mandalore's (Leader of The Mandalorians) call.

anyone else feel that the mandalorian is like a video game?? like each episode has quests and people to talk to, reminds me of a RPG

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Joe: "Jon Favehraugh"

1. Special vision mode to see footprints on the ground. 2. Poor village attacked by bandits, all people are gathering money to rent a mercenary. 3. New location = new story = new quests. 4. One simple, lonely, thirsty woman and one black-haired bitch. Sounds somehow familiar.

I remember Clone Wars did a Seven Samarai tribute. They should have gotten Stallone to direct a Rambo 2009 remake, call the episode "Mando." If the AT-ST was carrying disruptors introduced in Episode 3, watch it slaughter the village in that same shocking fashion, women and children disentegrated. Then later, Mando hijacks the AT-ST to turn it on the pirates! Then he leaps down to gut the leader with his special blade. (Sorry, not up on all the new SW weapon names yet.) THAT is an homage worth remaking!

Alex is just sitting there thinking 'I told you so, joe. I told you so'.

Honestly Im so happy these vids manage to come out the moment after I watch the new episodes, Im like " oooo I wonder what AJS thought about this episode!"

It felt like an episode of Xena Warrior Princess in Star Wars

I’m pretty sure that Disney wanted to limit leaks hence why the only merch available is the stuff that can be printed quickly and only using the concept art (Disney didn’t have time for their merch team to design better things). Don’t worry Joe, baby yoda plushies are for sure coming!

She fell in love at first sight with a man in a helmet. I had to rewind i thought i missed something. He didnt say anything and she was ready to jump the broom.

err iG11? Mando blew his head off, why would he be part of his friend gang lol, honestly dude.

Imagine if this ended with them actually having a Firefly like crew for the next season? Nick the mechanic, he also brings a fixed IG-11, Cara brings the support, and they get a bigger ship cause his gets wrecked at the end. And the few extra things would be nice is if the Heavy Mando joins. If they did that, that would be freaking sweet. And hopefully we see more likeable characters that could get to join or also help out later.

Yeah I'm having a hard time with how short the series is, too. I have to agree that they're trying to pack in a lot in a short amount of time, like for instance this sudden romance (even if it is for one episode). Plus I agree, I wanted to know a little more about the widow & why she was so good with a gun. I am enjoying the show so far, I just want more time for things to be fleshed out.