"True Star Wars fans" are annoying - the ones who obsess about the canon and then freak out if an actor gets a Huttese dialect wrong or whatever.
So oh god, horror of horrors, this episode deviates from the canon and they are AGHAST.
Meanwhile, I had a heckuva good time with this episode. It's fun! It's a visual feast. It's packed with a variety of action and detectivey things. Editing is solid, varied cast, brilliant guest actors. There's humour. It's... FUN.
And the Lizzo & Jack Black guest roles are terrific. Don't believe the haters, who are somehow anti-Lizzo and think she "can't act". She cracked me up. Like many viewers, I think this is just an introduction to those two stars, and there will be more than meets the eye later.
This episode, like the rest of this season, feels like it's building up to an epic battle. This sets out several of the pieces to be in play later.
Maybe it's off-canon, but if you watch it for what it is - just another sidetracked adventure that made season 1 feel so "western" in its "wandering protagonist" vibe that many of us enjoyed so much - then I think you'll have a fun ride too.
The "fans" need to get over it and accept that the Mandalorian is inspired by the canon but not sticking to it, like all good art does.
So oh god, horror of horrors, this episode deviates from the canon and they are AGHAST.
Meanwhile, I had a heckuva good time with this episode. It's fun! It's a visual feast. It's packed with a variety of action and detectivey things. Editing is solid, varied cast, brilliant guest actors. There's humour. It's... FUN.
And the Lizzo & Jack Black guest roles are terrific. Don't believe the haters, who are somehow anti-Lizzo and think she "can't act". She cracked me up. Like many viewers, I think this is just an introduction to those two stars, and there will be more than meets the eye later.
This episode, like the rest of this season, feels like it's building up to an epic battle. This sets out several of the pieces to be in play later.
Maybe it's off-canon, but if you watch it for what it is - just another sidetracked adventure that made season 1 feel so "western" in its "wandering protagonist" vibe that many of us enjoyed so much - then I think you'll have a fun ride too.
The "fans" need to get over it and accept that the Mandalorian is inspired by the canon but not sticking to it, like all good art does.