Thank you Jon Favreau. Not only did you bring Ironman into the world, starting the best cinematic universe of the last 15 years, you have brought back my love and undoubtedly every Star Wars fans love for what George Lucas originally began. I have waited for the second season and you have not disappointed. Great vision and excursion and I can't wait for the next episode.
212 Reviews
So epic!!!
evgenycaruana30 October 2020
Incredible Premiere for S2; Great Things to Come
williambenbury30 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
First, this episode managed to look even more cinematic than S1. Its seriously pushing into high-budget movie level stuff at this point. The entire episode was action-packed and full of fun references. Perhaps most importantly, the 54 minute runtime gave the story enough time to breathe. I hope this runtime remains consistent/increases throughout the season.
The opening scene--which was also shown in the trailer--was a great way to begin the season. Immediately, it's clear that they have increased the violence a bit, which is nice. From there the episode slows down a bit, but it ends with a great action scene. The inclusion of Cobb Vanth from the Aftermath trilogy was cool, as was a live-action appearance of the Krayt Dragon.
Finally, in easily the best moment of the episode, it is revealed that Boba Fett--played by none other than Temeura Morrison--is alive. He was confirmed to have survived the Sarlacc in the old Expanded Universe, but I think this is the first confirmation of the new Canon. I believe this epic moment is a sign of things to come, and I eagerly await the rest of the season.
The opening scene--which was also shown in the trailer--was a great way to begin the season. Immediately, it's clear that they have increased the violence a bit, which is nice. From there the episode slows down a bit, but it ends with a great action scene. The inclusion of Cobb Vanth from the Aftermath trilogy was cool, as was a live-action appearance of the Krayt Dragon.
Finally, in easily the best moment of the episode, it is revealed that Boba Fett--played by none other than Temeura Morrison--is alive. He was confirmed to have survived the Sarlacc in the old Expanded Universe, but I think this is the first confirmation of the new Canon. I believe this epic moment is a sign of things to come, and I eagerly await the rest of the season.
It feels like a movie
billsalichos30 October 2020
Brilliant! A throwback to one of the best Star Wars games KOTOR!
joshalbert30 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau are absolute geniuses!
The entire episode just gave me major flash backs to KOTOR (Knight Of The Old Republic) when you have to enter the Krayt Dragons tomb to get the star map. this episode included some little bit of Star Wars history that as a child (and adult) was so much fun to play! I cant explain how much excitement I had watching this episode and seeing how they incorporated old Star Wars history into this new Tv show and the expansion on screen of the exciting Star Wars world!!
the little Easter egg of seeing Boba Fetts armour and then seeing Boba Fett at the end of the episode, I cannot wait for the rest of the season! brilliant start and well worth the wait! Bravo Dave, Jon and team! bravo!
The entire episode just gave me major flash backs to KOTOR (Knight Of The Old Republic) when you have to enter the Krayt Dragons tomb to get the star map. this episode included some little bit of Star Wars history that as a child (and adult) was so much fun to play! I cant explain how much excitement I had watching this episode and seeing how they incorporated old Star Wars history into this new Tv show and the expansion on screen of the exciting Star Wars world!!
the little Easter egg of seeing Boba Fetts armour and then seeing Boba Fett at the end of the episode, I cannot wait for the rest of the season! brilliant start and well worth the wait! Bravo Dave, Jon and team! bravo!
Kicking off what hopes to be an even better season
Wookie_Wookie30 October 2020
First off, WOW, the scale of this episode is absolutely epic and quiet the redemption from "The Gunslinger" and giving Tatooine a great episode. I was worried going in this was going to be a bit more childish because season one became the show of the year but it seems to have kept the same tone as the first season which is always a plus. Overall this episode feels like the beginning of a better season without unnecessary episodes (episode 4 5 and 6 even though I like 4 and 6) that seem to just drag out the episode count. Once again Jon Favreau for CEO of Lucasfilm and Dave Filoni for Creative Officer at Lucasfilm, This is the way, I have spoken.
Excellent start, looking forward to the rest!
ptjoshua30 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Chapter 9 or episode 1 of season 2 was probably the best way to open this new season. We get plenty of Baby Yoda without being overwhelmed and over using the little guy, I LOVED the deeper look into the Tuskan Raiders, the respect between Mando and the Tuskans is obvious and surprising, but then if anyone can get to know a Tuskan, it would be a Mandalorian. And the Krayt Dragon made the Tremors look like a fishing worm. Excellent start to the new season and can't wait for more!
A fun time
Nagitokomeda30 October 2020
Unless I'm missing something major... I do not see how this is a 10/10 episode at all. There's some cool fan-service and entertaining action scenes, but overall this episode felt like it belongs in the stretch of 'filler' episodes in season 1. This was a decent episode and a fun start to the season, but it comes nowhere close to the proper 10/10 episodes in season 1. I hope the show can forge its own world-building rather than relying on existing Star Wars settings and characters, but unfortunately it appears that Season 2 is going all-in on fan-service.
Great!
menny-7386531 October 2020
For real
joshuamathew-034388 November 2020
I hate this type of episode. The episodes where Mando has to help a town of people I don't care about from a big cgi thing; it was there in season 1 and it's here too. All this episode led up to was an empty fight against a monster and nothing more. The visuals were good, the music department never fails, cinematography is great as always. But just it fell flat. Hope this season gets back on track.
Chapter 9: The Marshall
kaden_lewis6 January 2022
I watched this show a few months ago but l
didn't review it. With The Book of Boba Fett
coming out, I thought it would be a good time to re watch, and review The Mandalorian.
They started this season at a crazy pace. This episode was the longest, craziest, and biggest episode in the series. This episode was 100% based off a western. First of all, it was set in a desert, it also had the gunslinger aspect. When Mando, the Marshall, his village people, and the sand people teamed up to fight the dragon, I knew the end of the episode would be big, and it was. It was so big the aspect ratio changed to full screen to get a full affect when the dragon came out of its cave. There were also a few hints in this episode. The first one was in the hangar when R5 from A New Hope made an appearance. The second was at the very end of the episode, so I won't spoil it, but true Star Wars fans will know who it is when they see it. I just thought those two hints were cool to add.
They started this season at a crazy pace. This episode was the longest, craziest, and biggest episode in the series. This episode was 100% based off a western. First of all, it was set in a desert, it also had the gunslinger aspect. When Mando, the Marshall, his village people, and the sand people teamed up to fight the dragon, I knew the end of the episode would be big, and it was. It was so big the aspect ratio changed to full screen to get a full affect when the dragon came out of its cave. There were also a few hints in this episode. The first one was in the hangar when R5 from A New Hope made an appearance. The second was at the very end of the episode, so I won't spoil it, but true Star Wars fans will know who it is when they see it. I just thought those two hints were cool to add.
The Mandalorian is back.
TheFirst0130 October 2020
After nearly a year The Mandalorian is back and it didn't disappoint. The quality of the production is looking better, great cinematography, and the stunning score. Some of the moments were cheesy, but it's part of the fun. Bring on the next episode with that fantastic ending.
All I can say is this show keeps providing us with fantastic entertainment. The 50 minutes went by super fast, and the streak continues for good episodes. Inject the rest of the season into my veins, we are only in the first episode. I give this episode an 8.6/10 for being fun as hell.
All I can say is this show keeps providing us with fantastic entertainment. The 50 minutes went by super fast, and the streak continues for good episodes. Inject the rest of the season into my veins, we are only in the first episode. I give this episode an 8.6/10 for being fun as hell.
Hi Timothy
max-8709330 October 2020
High quality fan service
snoozejonc7 November 2020
The Mandalorian goes to Tatooine to find another rumoured to be like him.
This is a strong episode that taps into the nostalgia and familiarity that many fans seek and does it in a way that fits in well with the plot.
The plot has a fairly simple monster-of-the-week structure but we have some nice themes about cultural differences and cooperation for the greater good. All of this is driven by content that provides top quality service to the fans of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.
It's opening sequence is superb and is a great example of how to start a series by wowing an audience and hooking them at the same time. It slows down a bit in the middle for some exposition but ends pretty explosively and with a cool reveal.
All performances are good, particularly Timothy Olyphant who could play that type of role in his sleep. I hope we get to see him again in the show.
The visuals are once again fantastic but in this episode it feels even more epic with all these amazing landscapes used to spectacular effect. This series appears to have raised the potential of what a television show does technically.
This is a strong episode that taps into the nostalgia and familiarity that many fans seek and does it in a way that fits in well with the plot.
The plot has a fairly simple monster-of-the-week structure but we have some nice themes about cultural differences and cooperation for the greater good. All of this is driven by content that provides top quality service to the fans of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.
It's opening sequence is superb and is a great example of how to start a series by wowing an audience and hooking them at the same time. It slows down a bit in the middle for some exposition but ends pretty explosively and with a cool reveal.
All performances are good, particularly Timothy Olyphant who could play that type of role in his sleep. I hope we get to see him again in the show.
The visuals are once again fantastic but in this episode it feels even more epic with all these amazing landscapes used to spectacular effect. This series appears to have raised the potential of what a television show does technically.
Timothy Olyphant & John Leguizamo
yusufpiskin4 November 2020
Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...
Beneath this mask... Yess Timothy Olyphant yeaaaah...
Timothy Olyphant was probably the sweetest surprise of the year for the TV world. amazing person and incredible actress. In addition, 'Jon Favreau' didn't forget his buddy 'John Leguizamo' in the episode that he wrote and directed. The two great actors made a great season debut in "The Mandalorian".
Congrats Jon Favreau
Timothy Olyphant was probably the sweetest surprise of the year for the TV world. amazing person and incredible actress. In addition, 'Jon Favreau' didn't forget his buddy 'John Leguizamo' in the episode that he wrote and directed. The two great actors made a great season debut in "The Mandalorian".
Congrats Jon Favreau
Oh...my...word.
gwzct30 October 2020
What a fantastic premiere. Amped up the production in a huge way. The western aspect of the series is played up even more (which I love) and it's chock full of familiar character types well known by Star Wars fans. Also, whoever said, "Hey, let's cast Timothy Olyphant," deserves a massive pay raise. Even in full costume I recognized him immediately from his signature walk. Pumped for the rest of the season to say the least.
Mando is back at last
johnniegowers30 October 2020
Nice episode with good visuals but weak story and lacks characters.
meritcoba31 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I like the Mandalorian as concept and as a character, but this episode feels weak. Overall, the camera work is amazing and they went all out on the visuals. I really enjoyed that.
But the writing leaves me baffled.
So the Mandalorian wants to bring little Yoda back to his own people.
This seems like an okay drive to get the story going.
Next he wants to find another of his kind 'for guidance'. I don't quite understand why another Mandalorian might help, but fair enough, let's go with it.
Then he hears from an informant there is a Mandalorian on Tatooine.
Okay.. so he goes there.
Turns out it isn't one, but some dude who used the armor to make himself marshal of the town.
Okay, valid enough.
Then the Mandalorian orders him to hand over the armor.
At that precise moment a huge sandworm comes into town(for some reason it also bring with it a powerful wind) and gobbles up a bantha.
What a coincidence...
Next something happens that leaves me baffled.
The marshal offers the Mandalorian a 'deal'. Help kill the sandworm in exchange for the armor.
Wait, what?
Why?
Why would the Mandalorian make a deal? He can just gun the marshal down, take his armor and leave?
At this point the writers should have add another reason for the Mandalorian to agree to this deal. Perhaps the whole town is up in arms against him. So he has to kill a lot of innocent people. Or they have the whole place rigged with explosives to make a point(the explosives come back later in play when facing the sandworm). The marshal needs the armor for x, but once x is gone he wouldn't need it.
It feels like in the first writings of the script, the armor the marshal was wearing would fend of the sand people. It feels like that wasn't going anywhere so they introduced a sandworm. So now the sand people wouldn't be the enemy but savage natives that have a common cause with the inhabitants of the town. But that doesn't make sense either as the sand people are nomadic raiders. So why would they care about a sandworm that lives in a cave at a particular place?
It would make sense if the monster had some religious significance. And it actually seems they were going for that in the images. But somehow this got lost during the telling.
It would have made more sense is there was a kind of character that spoke for the sand people. Someone that would be able to link the fate of the sand people to the fate of the sand worm. It misses that kind of character.
Still I liked the episode, but as some other people say. It lacks good characters next to the mandalorian. The only other 'person' is the marshal and he just doesn't feel like a genuine character. It seems like most of the budget went to other things then good characters.
But the writing leaves me baffled.
So the Mandalorian wants to bring little Yoda back to his own people.
This seems like an okay drive to get the story going.
Next he wants to find another of his kind 'for guidance'. I don't quite understand why another Mandalorian might help, but fair enough, let's go with it.
Then he hears from an informant there is a Mandalorian on Tatooine.
Okay.. so he goes there.
Turns out it isn't one, but some dude who used the armor to make himself marshal of the town.
Okay, valid enough.
Then the Mandalorian orders him to hand over the armor.
At that precise moment a huge sandworm comes into town(for some reason it also bring with it a powerful wind) and gobbles up a bantha.
What a coincidence...
Next something happens that leaves me baffled.
The marshal offers the Mandalorian a 'deal'. Help kill the sandworm in exchange for the armor.
Wait, what?
Why?
Why would the Mandalorian make a deal? He can just gun the marshal down, take his armor and leave?
At this point the writers should have add another reason for the Mandalorian to agree to this deal. Perhaps the whole town is up in arms against him. So he has to kill a lot of innocent people. Or they have the whole place rigged with explosives to make a point(the explosives come back later in play when facing the sandworm). The marshal needs the armor for x, but once x is gone he wouldn't need it.
It feels like in the first writings of the script, the armor the marshal was wearing would fend of the sand people. It feels like that wasn't going anywhere so they introduced a sandworm. So now the sand people wouldn't be the enemy but savage natives that have a common cause with the inhabitants of the town. But that doesn't make sense either as the sand people are nomadic raiders. So why would they care about a sandworm that lives in a cave at a particular place?
It would make sense if the monster had some religious significance. And it actually seems they were going for that in the images. But somehow this got lost during the telling.
It would have made more sense is there was a kind of character that spoke for the sand people. Someone that would be able to link the fate of the sand people to the fate of the sand worm. It misses that kind of character.
Still I liked the episode, but as some other people say. It lacks good characters next to the mandalorian. The only other 'person' is the marshal and he just doesn't feel like a genuine character. It seems like most of the budget went to other things then good characters.
Cheesy
virginiatilley7 November 2020
I'm baffled by all the positive reviews of this episode. It's one cliche after another, as though the writers just stirred a basket of stereotypes and then laid them out in a string. Poor direction, too. What a disappointment.
There's the thuggish mob boss at the fights scene; the obligatory punch-em-up scene; the motorbike scene; the decrepit Western town scene; the dusty bar with scruffy characters scene; something from Dune; the cool white guy drinking native hooch with the natives scene; something from a 1950s Tarzan movie with the natives stumbling around screaming and getting munched up by the monster; a flamboyant final blow by the hero scene that eclipses everyone else.
It's also strikingly unoriginal with the series itself, regurgitating last season's material with all the unique twists taken out. The enigmatic Child is reduced to cute sight gags, and Oliphant's character is cut and pasted from Deadwood with none of Bullock's originality and charm. The giant heaving CGI monster coming out of the dark cave gets everything wrong that the mudhorn scene got right.
The direction is, off, too, more rushed and mechanical, and making dumb mistakes, like having two men conduct a conversation in living-room tones while hurtling along 20 feet apart on two motorbikes at what looks like 60 mph.
Add to this a plot that makes no sense whatever (why would the Mandalorian strike any kind of deal for the armor?) and you have a silly episode that strips away all the mystique so carefully developed in the first seadon. Even the beautiful, haunting tenor-recorder theme music, so original that numerous articles were written about it, nearly disappears here, being larded up with orchestral bilge.
If the rest of the season is this bad, this series is toast, which would be a real shame.
There's the thuggish mob boss at the fights scene; the obligatory punch-em-up scene; the motorbike scene; the decrepit Western town scene; the dusty bar with scruffy characters scene; something from Dune; the cool white guy drinking native hooch with the natives scene; something from a 1950s Tarzan movie with the natives stumbling around screaming and getting munched up by the monster; a flamboyant final blow by the hero scene that eclipses everyone else.
It's also strikingly unoriginal with the series itself, regurgitating last season's material with all the unique twists taken out. The enigmatic Child is reduced to cute sight gags, and Oliphant's character is cut and pasted from Deadwood with none of Bullock's originality and charm. The giant heaving CGI monster coming out of the dark cave gets everything wrong that the mudhorn scene got right.
The direction is, off, too, more rushed and mechanical, and making dumb mistakes, like having two men conduct a conversation in living-room tones while hurtling along 20 feet apart on two motorbikes at what looks like 60 mph.
Add to this a plot that makes no sense whatever (why would the Mandalorian strike any kind of deal for the armor?) and you have a silly episode that strips away all the mystique so carefully developed in the first seadon. Even the beautiful, haunting tenor-recorder theme music, so original that numerous articles were written about it, nearly disappears here, being larded up with orchestral bilge.
If the rest of the season is this bad, this series is toast, which would be a real shame.
Timothy Olyphant: A Star Wars Story
brennancmb1230 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Great way to start off the second season! I loved almost everything about this episode especially the opening scene. Lots of badass moments in this one and can we talk about Olyphant clearly looking like he won a contest to be in Star Wars?! He was awesome and he seemed to be having a BLAST. Oh and that ending was epically GIGANTIC Star Wars news that people have been pondering for quite a while. Amazing stuff and super excited for the next 7 weeks!
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