Also that episode was so incredibly Space Western. I kind of got distracted noting all the Western tropes.
Casting Olyphant as a marshal in anything ups the western quotient by at least 5.
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Calli - Oct 31, 2020 6:17:28 am PDT #948 of 2212
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Oct 31, 2020 11:20:26 am PDT #949 of 2212
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So it isn't that weird that Din Djarin doesn't know about the Jedi.
Especially since there had been a genocide of the Mandalorians, so although they generally knew about the Jedi, the weird splinter-sect that Djarin is a member of may not be passing on all the old knowledge. There is some fannish interpretation that his "Tribe" is part of what was known as Death Watch, who were hard-core extremists even back in the day.
I want to know more about the Great Purge, myself, because the window for that is fairly narrow: Somewhere between -2 BBY and ROTJ, basically, since Sabine Wren went home during S3 (or 4?) of Rebels. What happened there, did the Empire kill everyone on all the Mandalorian planets, or just some of them, or what?
Also, rumor has it that Katee Sackoff will be playing Bo-Katan Kryze in either this season or next, and if that's true, then there may be rather more Mandalorians around than Djarin thinks.
-t - Oct 31, 2020 11:52:53 am PDT #950 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Man, Star Wars has way more canon than I can keep track of. That was actually true 20 years ago but it is even more true now. But I thought the Great Purge was way earlier than that, although now I don't know why. Very likely I am conflating it with some other event.
I haven't watched Rebels at all, is it good?
Tom Scola - Oct 31, 2020 12:12:49 pm PDT #951 of 2212
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Rebels, is it good?
Very good. Way less convoluted than Clone Wars.
-t - Oct 31, 2020 12:26:59 pm PDT #952 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good to know!
Cashmere - Nov 01, 2020 8:12:10 pm PST #953 of 2212
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Also that episode was so incredibly Space Western. I kind of got distracted noting all the Western tropes.
The only thing missing was, “You look like you came outta the South end of a Northbound sarlaac.”
Consuela - Nov 01, 2020 10:40:38 pm PST #954 of 2212
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Rebels, is it good?
I really enjoyed it, and I found none of the characters as annoying as Anakin. Plus, bonus Ahsoka, and Loth-wolves!
aurelia - Nov 03, 2020 4:30:29 pm PST #955 of 2212
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Also that episode was so incredibly Space Western.
The town felt so very Firefly I was completely unsurprised to see that Shawna Trpcic was the costume designer.
-t - Nov 03, 2020 4:33:33 pm PST #956 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It’s funny that I did not make that connection. Maybe because Star Wars is so firmly connected to westerns by way of samurai movies in my head.
Tom Scola - Nov 06, 2020 4:49:51 am PST #957 of 2212
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Atropa:
🕷Do not watch anything of The Mandalorian S202 after the crash-landing. In fact, the whole episode can easily be skipped, as nothing plot-related happens.