Truly the Star Wars ever

@@ToweringPepsiMan ???

Star Wars.

It was absolutely the third season of the Mandalorian.

Emilia Clarke was wrong, this was the "best season ever" :P trolllolol

This was never the way

Not the first time under the Filoni and Favraeu, nor the last time.

The whole show sucks tbh

Got me fearing what Ashoka has left to take.

@@Annmjpg his soul

And flash came for his grandmother

@@Spacewizard54321 if Ahsoka is bad too then my soul is gone also. We’re all left begging for scraps by now

Fucking clever m8

"Old man yells at clouds"

Rumor has it he recorded the line "I'll get you next time, Mando!" but they thought it was too well written and canned it

Gideon be like *Ding* *ding* *ding* "HAAWW!"

You think he's dead?

He's not dead, no one ever dies anymore

Absolutely terrible writing.

You're forgetting that the weapons that killed him did nothing to Din....it's the same fkin set of weapons, but all the sudden they can't cut through gaps in Dins armor.

They just needed some death fodder to show how "dire" the situation was.

@@chasehedges6775 I liked until they brought Lizzo and jack black in then it kamakized in terms of writing

i find it annoying that anyone cared that he died. I don't think he can even be considered a character

anything Din did.*

Wait Din did something this season

Tom cruise smile

you know why that is???cuz these live action shows have 2 emotions....fake mad, and fake badass lol emotionless plastic garbage

​He kicked a droid one time. That's about it.

Where can I watch seasons 1 and 2 of Mango? Sounds great

​@@roelofm2904 Fruit+

Unfortunately grogu is there cash cow. I’m sure we all know somebody who watches or has watched the show because of “baby yoda”. Disney knows this and knew they couldn’t lose him even if writing wise it made the most sense to ditch him for a little bit. We were always gonna be stuck with him as long as Disney is still trying to make their money back.

when I heard Grogu was back I legit thought a co-worker was trolling me because I wasn't interested in the Boba show and had said I'd skip S3 is Grogu came back. They couldn't wait till the next season to turn the S2 ending into a melodramatic cringe-fest. "Good bye Grogu...see you after you're done at Jedi summer camp in 2 months."

Blame Kathleen Kennedy. Solely her decision.

I’ve seen people say that it’s thematic representation of favreau being gutted by the Disney suits it’s bit of a reach but it’s funny

@@maniac7302Dave Filoni also cameoed in the bar at the very end of the last episode. I take it that means he’s going to get vivisected next season. XD

OMG, I just said something similar, but in a way meaner way. I'll copy and paste it "He didn't die for nothing, he died because the tub of lard that plays the character got butt hurt and doesn't want to do another season. Someone else could've worn the helmet, he killed him off out of spite, I don't blame him."

🤣😂

Somehow he still has an executive producer credit in future shows.

Seriously the Sequels should have been about protecting the New Republic one that is still stabilizing with good people in charge against a new threat.

Anything produced by Disney is non canon. It is literally fan fiction. With no involvement with George Lucas, all this shit is, by DEFINITION, fan fiction. It’s all fake. You can just point and laugh at all this dumpster fire while saving all the cherished memories of episodes 1-6 and legends material

@@Triceratronz George Lucas didn’t even consider most of legends canon lol

There shouldn't have been an immediate change of government in the first place. The death of the emperor doesn't mean the empire is suddenly gone. The process of ridding the galaxy of the empire should at least have taken like 10 years and tons of battles. Even George screwed this up by adding Jar Jar and all the planets galaxy-wide celebrating at the end of Jedi.

I haven't finished Jedi Survivor yet, but it seems to very strongly start into a mindset of "Are we really changing anything?" with what I presume is a decently positive attempt at an answer for this. But like you said, Palpatine just rises after 30 years and every legacy main character has become a deadbeat alcoholic old person basically. It's going to be something to potentially see all the post order 66 survivors return to recreate the council with Rey. With Luke & Leia maybe only being there as bits of fanservice as they pretty much don't amount to anything else now that they're dead.

Real

They legit spent half of season 3 *and* BOBF backpedaling on what season 2 had built up.

but then how would Grogu know how to do a flip? Your house of cards is crumbling!

Speaking of the blaster stun setting, I recently realized that lightsabers can't deflect them back at the shooter. Kinda weird nobody thought to use that as an anti-Jedi tactic.

@@RelativelyBest Ahsoka, Dave Filoni's OC donunsteel, showed Jedi can cut them in half when launched from distance.

They used one on Grogu in season 2. I think the main reason they don't use them, is that the effect looks cheap as shit. The other reason being that they would prevent the story from unfolding the way they want it to...

@@OKMBVideos donunsteel?

@@OKMBVideos I am aware. Ahsoka being Best Jedi aside, the point is that they can't turn stun bolts against you, and that alone is pretty significant.

And given what we learned from Mando season 3, it did not take even 30 years to fall into such corruption and inefficiency, but instead five. At this point, that security guy had a point. Someone just needs to make a revived Confederacy of Independent Systems since for all their problems, at least they got shit done.

Yeah it definitely feels like the new republic has to be written as incompetent and/or nearly as bad as the empire now in order to accommodate a mediocre sequel trilogy where they didn't bother to even half-explain the rise of the first order.

@@jtillman8251 Sooo sadly true.

Yeah, the new government would be a swift, fast acting one that got shit done, due to it being new, probably comprised of younger people with morals, and well before the system could build up a massive inertia due to getting too big internally and beaurocratically Obviously the New Republic makes no sense, because Disney is retarded beyond all belief

Nah the New Republic makes sense. Most of the territory they inhabited consists of a generation of people who were influenced by imperial propaganda and corruption. The writers took some mayor inspiration from real history here, the New Republic seems like an extrem representation of the great flaws of Konrad Adenaur’s time as Bundeskanzler of the BRD, after the fall of the Third Reich.

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@@haxmode6935 was Din not blocking the darksaber with his spear and armor in season 2 or am I misremembering things

@@haxmode6935 what’s you evidence? the part where din was using a beskar spear to block attacks from it or the literal line “can cut through anything…except beskar”? (All in s2 btw) And no it doesn’t carry so much narrative because it can “cut through beskar” (which it can’t) it Carrie’s so much because all the mandalorian history behind it

@@BG_MONKY He was.

"the convenience Strikes back"

If they were so hell bent on propping her up as a leader (for whatever reason) AGAIN they should've at least redeemed her. Make her assume and admit her wrong doings from the Clone Wars (ie not accepting Maul's rule, instigating terrorism, etc.) make her reflect on her choices from the past and learn and grow from her mistakes so that she can become (somewhat) of a fitting leader that people can trust. Instead everything gets handed to her through ridiculous technicalities with little to no effort and never reflects on her flaws etc so the whole "selfless leader" plot falls flat on its face.

@@xkmuffinzx3915 i agree but not accepting maul’s rule was correct until s3 fucked it and just said being bested by anyone in anyway means they have the right to claim the dark saber

@@xkmuffinzx3915nothing surprises me with Disney anymore. Remember the slave trader girl in Thor that he made King? Lol

I'm trying to remember what Bo-katan said in the show, when she was talking about when she surrendered to Moff Gideon to save Mandolore, she said he wanted the Darksaber, so she hands it over, that was how he originally got it. Wouldn't it have always been hers, or it has to be "won", like if she set it down to go take a piss, I pick it up, Mando kills me, picks up the Darksaber "winning it" from me in combat, so it's his now, he tries to give it back to Bo-katan, she says "No, it must be won in combat"?

I don't get why she still appears young 20+ years after TCW. Isn't she just a bit younger than Obi-Wan? She should have gray hair by now, maybe even be retired as a warrior.

Another thing Bad Batch season 2 did was actually be emotional, i mean those two final episodes were some real Empire Strikes Back shit.

Luke should be because Obi-wan beat visla (idk and don't care if I got his name right), Vader beat Obi-wan, Luke beat Vader

@@SuperDababy2 And then Rey beat Luke...

​@@user-xx6vy9ri8p Yeah but that non-sense hasn't happened yet at that point in time so we're still safe in that regard

@Dyl yeah idk why they're acting like it is. Wasn't it only meant to provide a CLAIM to be the ruler of Mandalore, not automatically make the wielder the ruler?

He has the right to claim it doesn’t mean he is the ruler

only to fail because real star wars fans have given up on star wars... now we are in the dark times.... during the empire. and general audiences and fake star wars fans didnt watch it because it was slower, didnt have a ton of nostalgia/prequel memes to get the clapping seals to enjoy it. plus it was about a dead character no one cares about..... that would be like if disney decided their next star wars trilogy would be about yadel from the prequels.... most people would go who the fuck is that?!?! or worse they make a trilogy about fucking tom bombadil from lord of the rings and no one notices they got their franchises mixed up

​@@ninvusoogoar6098even if saying "fake fans" is cliché, there's not really any other way to call them, and if they love all the lightsabers instead of a a good story why don't they shove one up their ass

@@ninvusoogoar6098people just too afraid to give stuff a chance its annoying cuz yeah i thought it was boring as hell a couple episodes but gave it a chance and it was amazing but most starwars fans that didnt give up are cartoon fans and the cartoons are so goofy childish and always full of action so something like andor just doesnt translate as starwars to them

@@jilliebean6312 well those morons think ahsoka is the greatest thing ever and will save star wars, which its not. its way slower than andor but while andor is a slow burn ahsoka has nothing to burn. andor has a lot of world building issues and the writing is not good in most of the show. i think disney creates scenes (a good handful are good/cool) before anything else, and then tries desperately to web it all together. which is why you see sooo many characters break character for the plot to happen. i couldnt really stand watching andor, didnt feel like star wars. felt like a spy thriller done poorly while larping as star wars. i chop it up to the fact i do not like slow/slow burn movies/tv, i walked out of the bladerunner sequels due to it being so boring and slow. only to rewatch it again and skip past the boring atmosphere stuff. with andor they could of sped it up a bit or scrap the entire show and make a new one about a character we actually give a fuck about.

it's funny cuz when it was first announced people were bitching and were like "who asked for this guy to get his show"

Someone they returned, idk

Remember the pile of helmets of all the killed mandos? I member

@@mememachine6022 The just said ^^vvBA start.

@@emperorlokire7648nes Contra's 30 lifes code

The woman that plays the Armorer is really beautiful, I don't see why they didn't take her helmet off... and slip Mando the tongue.

NO!!! we must have them eventually replace by a female character so we can have her slay queen slay girl boss it. we need to make a shitier version of true detective where we play hot potato with main characters, but with the twist of intersectional feminism #forceisfemale #ally #killmelolol

While I agree that it was not as good as the previous seasons I think this is a stupid comment. In EVERY single Star Wars film it moves away from the main character for a bit to see what other characters are doing.

@@Very-old-man Changing perspectives and changing the protagonist aren't actually the same thing, so the comment is fairly on point.

@@bigchungus6827 The OTS had 3 main characters, that they jumped between. I don’t feel that Bo Katans story was changing the main character per say. The main goal of the third season was reforming Mandalore, Din was a big part of that. While it did explore more Mandalorian characters I don’t think he was never the main character.

@@Very-old-man No, he fairly explicitly was, at least originally; it wasn't until S3 that they decided they'd rather have Bo Katan steering the ship. Nor does he really have any role in reforming Mandalore that couldn't have been done by other people. His main contributions are scanning to see if a planet is still gassed up and hovering vaguely around Bo.

Just to know, what were the cancled show?

⁠​⁠@@funninoriginal6054 there was gonna be a show with Cara Dune and some of her New Republic pals, but Disney scrapped that after the actress said or did something that Disney didn’t like.

See that requires good writing. And a care for the show.

Shit, they could have had Bo Katan actually address her past! When she was introduced in season 2, she insulted the children of the watch, despite being a former member of its parent group death watch, and took a seemingly 'holier than though' stance in regards to it. Unlike the children of the watch, which is a pretty harmless cult, deathwatch was an actual terrorist organization, with her actions having been far worse than Din Djarin's ever were. It just felt stupid for the writers to neglect this crucial aspect of her past, especially with the many opportunities for her to address it, leaving her seeming incredibly hypocritical and narcissistic.

How about cut the terrible fucking clone wars characters (who nobody cares about) out of the equation and make a story about new characters? Why can SW just not move forward? Why does everybody have to know everybody?

@@nearlydead7510 because Dave filoni can’t let go

@@maniac7302 Dave Filoni is fr like Anakin in one regard, can't let go of the ones he fears to lose.

First 2 seasons were just beautiful. This, Boba Fett, Kenobi are just absolute failures

Stop being a mindless consoomer

Season 1 and 2 were peak Star Wars stuff, this season was just kinda sad

@Villager on PS5 Peak Star Wars. Are you fucking with me? Dude, this show has always sucked. The problems that plague season 3 are all over the first 2. Aimless storytelling, barebones characters, ridiculous plot armor, bad action. All this show ever had going for it was great production value. As for the storytelling, you could take 3 episodes from each season, and I wouldn't be able to tell you which one's which.

@@jcore0981 Fair enough but the first 2 seasons were well done tho

Yep. Book of Boba Fett is where it all went wrong and they just gave up on the writing.

Giving grogu to luke was just the biggest waste of time since he decided to just f off back to mando anyway. The whole build up in season 2 that grogu was finally going to be trained properly is ruined because 'we need to sell more grogu merchandise he can't leave the show!!!'

i hate the fact that they butchered my absolute favorite part of SW Lore namely Mandalorians. there is no part of their actual culture or way of life represented here in this show as it's all just replaced with some insane unlikeable cultist pricks who don't know the first thing about being a Mandalorian, and yet people think they are soooo sooo freaking cool, when they are just incompetent and unintelligent pricks running around in fancy armour that is nothing like what they would actually wear when unified or with their clans.

I know how you feel. The Disney adults who just consume everything without thinking about what they watch frustrate me so much.

Amen

Oh no, how dare people have opinions. How?

a lot of it is speculation even the stuff they release we cannot take as fact so i think its best we stop ourselves from putting blame on anybody, i mean clearly most public figures at disney have this public persona they gotta play so its kind of worthless judging them as people from that

@@creationfied While I don't consider Filoni and Favreau to be overly competent writers and directors, the shortcuts they've taken in the previous 2 seasons were at the very least bearable. There were contrivances, conveniences and a few plot holes glaring like a 60 year old porn star anus. But nothing was even remotely close what we were served in season 3. The show takes 4 episodes to find plot, 2 episodes to find characters and 2 episodes to fart a finale. I'm with Jansenbaker. Jon was dealt a really bad hand for Season 3 and he gave up on pretending he can write Star Wars.

Don't worry, they'll do something about it in Season 19

Bo Katan was also a war criminal that was helping her space-nazi boyfriend in several attempts to kill her sister. But, since the last arc of TCW according to Ahsoka she's a mentor and a good friend. Wtf? The cognitive dissonace Disney SW deals with certain characters is mesmerizing.

@@rebel_diamonds The only possible justification I can see is that they absolved her of those crimes because she tried to stop Maul. But... Attempted murder is still attempted murder. Just because you go to bat against the super evil guy doesn't mean you're suddenly absolved of all prior crimes.

Easily my biggest issue with Bo Katan. I didn't hate her as a minor antagonist in The Clone Wars, but since they've gone "SHES TEH RULAH OF MANDALOHHH!" all she's done is fuck up after fuck up after fuck up. She is literally failing upwards, she has pretty much zero wins under her belt, yet we're expected to believe SHE'S the best candidate for the title of Mandalore? Give me a break.

she is also a horrible monster of a villain... rewatch clone wars, she is 100% a villain and disney is desperately trying to make sure we dont remember it because they want another girl boss....

IDK, grim and dreary "every faction sucks" stories can work in Star Wars; just look at KOTOR II. But I agree that they shouldn't make everything like that, just like they shouldn't make everything a "lighthearted swashbuckling adventure" that the OT purists kept clamoring for (which is what led to BOBF and Mando season 3). There needs to be a balance, I guess.

"OH! BUT IT'S OKAY. BECAUSE IN 1977, A STORMTROOPER HIT HIS HEAD ON A DOOR"

tldr Sheev prevents children from enjoying Star Wars.... I guess..?

we talking about the same show that had a guy get cut in half by a door in the first scene of the first episode in the first season?

For children?

@@daniaaal this show keeps acting like it

She hasn’t been a terrorist for literal decades plus she’s sorta a royal and is just a better then mando from a leadership standpoint still sucks he gave up the dark saber just like that though

@@maniac7302 but she WAS a terrorist and that isn't something that you can just ignore. Like why did she even become good? She was absolutely evil when she was part of death watch, she knew about everything the death watch did and was compleatly fine with it. But when maul took over(and her ONLY problem was that maul isn't mandalorian) she suddenly became a good guy? Wtf is this writing? The only good thing she did as a leader also was just getting the help of the republik to overthrow maul, other then that she has a pretty bad track record. I have no idea why anyone would accept her as the leader

​@@norberthiz9318 Bo Katan was a woman and Din Djarin wasn't. There was nothing we could do but to sit and take it.

@@norberthiz9318 Bo Katan along with the NiteOwls and some DeathWatch members left DeathWatch when Maul took over because they refused to accept him as leader do to Maul not being Mandalorian which essentially fractured the DeathWatch group

​@@norberthiz9318as if Satine would've done any better, If death watch never took over then mandolore would've been a Piece of paper in comparison to the empire.

yeah I remember Sabine finding it heavier at the start.

Which makes it sadly all the more worse that din could never not fight the blade and learn how to use it but the writers wiped their arse with that plot line

@@maniac7302 Literally. Half way into it they just throw Din’s arc away. They showed him training, explained why it was heavier, gave him challenges... Absolutely ridiculous wasted potential

@@AdamC_465 I wouldn’t have even cared if din did or didn’t end up the ruler if he could just show some skill with the saber like he did with the spear I would be happy

And she just, learns to use it on her own somehow ,actively disreguarding the training.

At least blame him for making mando… this show has been trash since episode 1

Nah. The show was always bad, but it does feel like he doesn't care anymore. I guess it could be that they made him make this because it was popular and he didn't give a fuck anymore

The wrist rockets and blasters were probably removed since they are no longer fighting clones or working security.

@@alexwest2573 yeah but if that were the case wouldn't they tell us that if they were good writers?

@@joshman35 I thought they say in the episode that the droids were repurposed/ converted into worker droids meaning the military hardware had been removed.

Check out DarthAngelus. He made an animated adaptation of the first half of Heir to the Empire. Despite budget limitations he did a fantastic job. Clocking in at almost 3 hours now.

@@jimberjamber8540 oh that’s so sick I’ll look into it for sure

@@jimberjamber8540 Been keeping up with him as well. Also, I highly recommend the audio comic dubs of the Republic comics by Auditect.

Legends is fucked up too (see the Revan book/SWTOR)

@@sirpepeofhousekek6741 I read Revan and thought it was alright. Definitely didn’t ruin Legends for me lol. I loved way more in legends compared to what I love in canon. But everyone has different ideas of Star Wars.

This disclaimer: I’m glad I’m not the only one who pictured it that way.

Season 1 and 2 were actually good, so it's really strange to see people say that season 3 showed them that the show wasn't good in the first place. Like, no, season 1 and 2 were coherent. If a storyline was started, it was taken to conclusion. They had character development (S1: from ruthless bounty hunter who sells a baby to the Empire to compassionate protector, S2: from helmet cult fanatic to someone who removes his helmet in order to connect with Grogu). They had well-written and likeable side characters. Characters' actions had consequences (Din winning the darksaber meant Bo-Katan couldn't have it, the helmet cult didn't make special exceptions for Mary Sues, giving up Grogu meant not having Grogu, capturing Moff Gideon meant he would actually be in New Republic custody, etc). In my mind, it's fairly obvious that corporate goons kept interfering to the point where Favreau understandably stopped giving a shit about the garbage they were forcing him to create. The executives think that reuniting Din and Grogu will help sell toys or that firing Gina Carano will protect their brand image, but they fail to understand that their meddling fucks up the art so badly that they will probably make less money in the long run. These people seem to literally do more harm than good, and the only reason they dig into wokism is that it makes them impossible for their harebrained masters to fire.

@Dyl Hell, in that kind of location, why wouldn't there be people forming a militia themselves? If there's no organization law enforcement/military/whatever to break them up, why would they not just do it for the sake of defending their families+homes from invaders?

​@@SoftisNelarisApparently in Star Wars, so many populations and even species are just entirely "peaceful" (read: "defenseless") just for bs reasons. Oh, why don't these people with obvious technology on a world ridden with bandits make basic weaponry? They're too "peaceful" for that. Why doesn't a burgeoning settlement with a growing target on its back have even a single person besides the guy in charge with a blaster? Oh, they're all just too "peaceful" for whatever reason.

I would have liked to see Mando slip back to being a ruthless bounty hunter after he returned Grogu in S2. They could have explored how without Grogu he falls back to the only thing he knew.

That’d be sick af

Remember they were saying the same thing about Filoni and Favreau being the ones who saved Star Wars? And now that applies to Gilroy? At the end of the day KK runs the show and/or (haha) these guys get power drunk and end up f*cking up everything

You missed Toby Haynes (thought he was the best director). But in all seriousness no one would touch such a show or concept with these characters because there isn’t enough meat on the bone. And even if there was and they did it differently, they would forgo trying to include stupid cameos thereby not making it as popular with the masses.

We just need good writers in general doing things.

Yeah, think Dune or Foundation... progressive content. It amazes me how certain show content (writing, directing) gets green lit for viewing, happens with a lot of shows with good brands, look what happened with the LOTR series...

Did it even appear in the show? I dont remember seeing it.

@GALVY88 the spear? It was in season 2. It is what Mando used to duel Moff Gideon who was weilding the darksaber.

@@simplegarak oh right, i completely forgot it existed in the first place, it got melted to make chain armor for grogu right?

@@galvy883 Something like that. It was a shame because I thought it made a pretty great prop.

Really disliked the whole "oh Beskar is meant for Armor, not weapons" shtick the Armorer pulled. Like... What? What about the whistling bird mini-missiles? Aren't those made of Beskar? And why this weird gatekeeping of how to use Beskar? It's such a cool concept to have Beskar weapons. That woulda totally made sense in terms of "Mandos are terrifying enough to fight Jedi & win" (if the new canon even has that, I don't bother with looking into that because I know the EU will enlighten me further with cooler-than-current knowledge). Yeah, their armor AND weapons are lightsaber-resistant, without even considering how many weapons a single Mandalorian can have on themself XD

Honestly don't watch it you'll save yourself the time.

I stopped watching it after the 5th episode

The first episode alone was terrible

This review had more substance than the entire season, trust me

I haven't watched any. Well, except for efap tearing it apart 😂

And the bookcase is filled with EU & Legends books 🥲

Oh man. Absolutely. I’m a OC Mando cosplayer myself and I cannot tell you how sick I am of either being called “Boba Fett” or being told “this is the way”. Anytime somebody says this to me now, I just give a thumbs up like “yeah, cool.” Although, at the last con I attended, someone did call me Axe Woves which was very refreshing, despite the fact my kit looks absolutely nothing like his 😂

Almost makes you feel like an actual Mandalorian. Like "Oh great, you know the Death Watch Youth Organization's cult motto! Good job, now how do you wish to die: Blaster, Blade, or OBLITERATION?

While this wasn't the case 9n every scene, the plates of beskar defended against shots, but the fabric between didn't. I agree that they went down too quickly at times, but wanted to point out the weakness they themselves tried to go for. That and kinetic kills of flying into rocks.

Actually even worse, BECAUSE Pascal was off filming TLOU, Filoni and Favreau spited him and made Mando a background character even further!

@@terrified057t4 interesting eh?

Pascal isn't needed on set. Who wants to see Mando without the helmet? Not me. Aside from the voice, Brendan Wayne IS Mando. His physicality is perfect. He looks and moves better in the suit than Pascal & Crowder. Pretty sure he gets paid less than Pascal, too.

@@Splucked When the shareholders' earnings are reduced by Pedro's salary he should show up to the set. The entire story in season 2 culminated in Mando accepting that he can remove his helmet and rejecting religious dogma.

Ok but what are things the mandalorian considered evil? It’s not wanton violence we know this since in the forge where mando baptized himself, there were depictions of wars even amongst themselves. And his cult glorifies those people to the point their armor is their face. It’s not affection to other beings, we see this when Luke offer baby Yoda the light saber or the chain mail. Implying the Jedi shed away their attachment, but choosing the mail he’s choosing to return to his adoptive mandalorian father. And if you think this part is head canon, then the armorer just straight up let Din adopt baby Yoda and take him wherever, instead of training him in the cave like the other foundlings. A cult against attachment wouldn’t let you form a bond that easily. So is the sin just hedonism then? Cause the show characterizes both the mandalorian factions are not below selling their allegiance for money if there isn’t a uniting leader around. So their masters can varied in their own hedonism.

@@lynnusuk2092 It aligns with what George Lucas said that 'balance' means in the Force. The Force has a will, and it manipulates the inhabitants of the universe to do what it wants. When everything is going the way that the Force wants it to happen, that's balance and that's good. That's something that Rian Johnson misunderstood about the Force from the lore. It isn't equal parts Sith and Jedi that brings balance, because Jedi uphold the balance of the Force, while Sith work against it. That's why Palpatine specifically targeted Anakin, because he was created by the Force and given great power for the sole purpose of opposing Palpatine, so because he was the only person that could defeat Palpatine, if Palpatine went against the will of the Force by controlling Anakin he was guaranteed victory. However, his eventual defeat by Anakin was also the will of the Force, which was why there was balance when Palpatine was defeated even though (at the time) Luke was the only Jedi because that's the ideal state of balance in the Force, only Jedi, no Sith. So, yeah, the Mandalorians can kill whoever the Force tells them to, and accept money to do it, if that is the will of the Force. Sin is defined by going against the will of the Force. It's kind of like saying "Murder is bad, unless it is the will of the Force that someone gets murdered." The problem can be explained if you imagine a big company where everyone gets given $1 million, but they can only spend it on what the boss wants them to, and they will be punished if they go against the wishes of the boss. So, everyone's a millionaire, and it would be so easy to spend it all on drugs and hookers, which is why they need an extreme amount of discipline to not do that. The boss isn't heartless or completely morally upstanding, so he allows you to buy 3.5 grams of weed a week, allows you to spend money on lavish meals, but if you get a girlfriend and spend money on a date with her you've crossed a line into sin and vice.

George Lucas is weird. "Affection is bad." Okay George.

@@sirpepeofhousekek6741 It isn't that affection is bad, it's that affection is bad if you have power and you allow that affection to corrupt you.

@Qty That's... not much better. Honestly, this is one area where I think deviating from George is fine. When the message of your universe is that loving and getting attached to things is a pathway to destruction, and that immersing yourself in an anti-social cult is actually good, I think that might be a bit of an issue. I honestly think that Johnson's interpretation of the Force is so much more interesting, because it introduces an element of Grey to the "Good guys vs Bad guys," dynamic of Star Wars. That both philosophies are inherently flawed and elements from both must be embraced to achieve balance is so much more interesting than the binary conflict George insisted on.

I dont think it was much to do with Pedro Pascal being there or not they film plenty of times without him. They can still give Din development. It only matters if he's taking the helmet off and they made it clear he is still too dedicated to the creed for that.