First of all, I'd very much like to know why Disney+ has been rolled out the way it has. As many of you know, I live in the Netherlands. We have had Disney+ for free for the past month and a half or so. We were the only country to have had pre-access to it. Of course, that's a great gesture, but the fact itself remains strange to me. Even more strange is the fact that Disney+ as of November 12 is limited to a few countries (USA, Canada, Netherlands and later on Australia?). Really weird that large SW based countries like the UK, Germany, heck, the whole world, still won't have access to it. I haven't checked pirate sites yet, but I think this will lead to The Mandalorian be the single most pirated series of all time, even surpassing Game of Thrones. Not sure if that's a record Disney should be proud of...
Back on topic: I woke up last Tuesday morning at 5:45 to do my daily half hour workout, but first checked Disney+ I saw The Mandalorian was already available (expected a release of 12 pm Pacific Time, which is 21pm my time), but of course I had to wait the entire day, because I also have a job at the office
Anyway, after work we settled down on the couch, with our dinner plate and a cold one and fired up the Mandalorian!
Holy Bantha, what an impressive first episode! Loved every second of it. I've read some comments that the show is geared a bit too much to Star Wars fans and not enough to a more general audience. Well, guess what, it is intentionally geared to Star Wars fans, and rightfully so. It is clearly made FOR the fans and even better, by fans. Filoni came out on top big time with his first live action debut.
The whole look and feel of it just oozes Star Wars. During the entire episode I was like "yeah, nice, cool, great" when another nod or reference to 42 years of Star Wars came along.
I personally like how we kinda get thrown in the world of the Mandalorian, instead of getting a lengthy introduction to who he is and why he does what he does. Telling his history over the course of the series by means of short flashbacks is perfectly fine by me.
That scene in the cantina is just sheer brilliance. Immediately I thought of that scene in Tarantino's Hateful Eight and half expected one of the partons to shout "close the door!"
Loved the scenes in the Razor's Crest too. Pretty funny to have that blue fella trying to talk his way out of the mess he's in, and the Mandalorian just sitting there, not saying a word. And what about that portable carbon freeze tub! That incident on Cloud City really kicked the whole carbon freeze chamber market in a higher gear
Really cool to see those Bllurgs, do you guys think those latest events took place on Ryloth?
And what about IG-11? Very cool to see an IG droid in action. Wow! Makes the T-800 look like a toddler!
That last scene was just mind blowing. No other words for it.
I'm also very anxious to find out what really happened to the people of Mandalore. Apparently they really ended up on the wrong end of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War? Who knows.
Yup, I'm hooked and can't wait till tomorrow, when episode 2 launches.
Bravo Disney. Bravo Mr. Favreau. Bravo Mr. Filoni. Star Wars is back.
