The Mandalorian is a pop-cultural milestone: it's the first ever live-action Star Wars television show and it looks like a multi-million dollar film from Hollywood, and has the pacing of a well-done HBO show that refuses to rush things unnecessarily. It's also the flagship show of Disney+. Star Wars finally has everything Star Trek kept boasting about for years: stories covering EVERY discernible medium, including (at long last) serialised live-action tv dramas amongst miscellaneous adaptations throughout the years.
This show rocks: it's a fully-fledged Space Western that honours everything that made the Original Trilogy great by just having seamless world building shown through the title character traversing the galaxy one planet at a time. It doesn't worry about building a bajillion teases for a sequel or whatnot: it just tells a story that happens to be in the Star Wars Universe and its naturally-paced beats and action makes this show a worthy continuation of George Lucas' legacy. The main character never shows his face, but you never need to see it to know that The Mandalorian is a hardened man built by his code of honour, his culture and he's like 'Blondie' from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. He's a firmly-developed badass that he'd probably make Batman quiver (if the two would ever meet at all). The Mandalorian, or simply 'Mando', is a warrior who knows the balance between life and death, code of honour and self-righteousness, tact and recklessness; this guy is one you wouldn't dare double cross under any circumstances because he'll make you pay big time if you betray his trust.
This series is already building up to be something that's more firmly realised and thought-out than The Sequel Trilogy as a whole, and it's a nice expansion of the Star Wars canon overall. Here's hoping that Season Two will get even deeper into the galaxy far, far away: maybe have the Mando take on some outcast Jedi and show the difference between the cultures of the Jedi and Mandalore. There are so many possibilities with this show and its off-shoots in the future that it's fair to say Star Wars has a bright future in live-action television.
If you're trying to find a reason to subscribe to Disney+ or haven't found one yet, this is the reason why it'll get even bigger and better in the future: that's not even including the other non-Star Wars shows on the horizon for the service. It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan and it'll keep getting better on the tv side of things too.
This show rocks: it's a fully-fledged Space Western that honours everything that made the Original Trilogy great by just having seamless world building shown through the title character traversing the galaxy one planet at a time. It doesn't worry about building a bajillion teases for a sequel or whatnot: it just tells a story that happens to be in the Star Wars Universe and its naturally-paced beats and action makes this show a worthy continuation of George Lucas' legacy. The main character never shows his face, but you never need to see it to know that The Mandalorian is a hardened man built by his code of honour, his culture and he's like 'Blondie' from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. He's a firmly-developed badass that he'd probably make Batman quiver (if the two would ever meet at all). The Mandalorian, or simply 'Mando', is a warrior who knows the balance between life and death, code of honour and self-righteousness, tact and recklessness; this guy is one you wouldn't dare double cross under any circumstances because he'll make you pay big time if you betray his trust.
This series is already building up to be something that's more firmly realised and thought-out than The Sequel Trilogy as a whole, and it's a nice expansion of the Star Wars canon overall. Here's hoping that Season Two will get even deeper into the galaxy far, far away: maybe have the Mando take on some outcast Jedi and show the difference between the cultures of the Jedi and Mandalore. There are so many possibilities with this show and its off-shoots in the future that it's fair to say Star Wars has a bright future in live-action television.
If you're trying to find a reason to subscribe to Disney+ or haven't found one yet, this is the reason why it'll get even bigger and better in the future: that's not even including the other non-Star Wars shows on the horizon for the service. It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan and it'll keep getting better on the tv side of things too.