by Tanner Kocher Episode 8 We’ve finally made it to the end of the season. The Mandalorian had its ups and downs (and I’ve been very vocal with my opinion about it), and this episode was no different. It did a lot of things right, but has some glaring issues. As that is my usual […]
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by Tanner Kocher Chapters 6 and 7 I want to try something a little different for this one. The release of episode 7 kind of snuck up on me, but I don’t feel like that’s a bad thing. Watching these two episodes back to back works because episode 6 is very much a filler episode, […]
by Tanner Kocher Chapter 5: the Gunslinger Well, here we go again. The Mandalorian has this way of taking great concepts and making them boring. The episode isn’t terrible; it hits all the hallmarks of a good western, and has some inventive scenes, but I get so bored sitting through these episodes. [Spoiler Warning Ahead] […]
by Tanner Kocher Chapter 4: Sanctuary If ever there was a doubt, this episode perfectly encapsulates the western dynamic of life outside the Core of the Star Wars galaxy. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, and I have very few bad things to say about it (the keywords here are ‘very few’). [Spoiler Warning Ahead] First, […]
by Tanner Kocher Chapter 3: The Sin While the show does get back on track pretty quickly into the episode, the Mandalorian feels more concerned with proving that it exists in the Star Wars universe than keeping the story interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the episode, but between heavy-handed references to the movies, […]
by Tanner Kocher Chapter 2: The Child “A show is only as good as its filler episodes.” That quote has shaped how I’ve watched TV over the last five or so years. After the explosive first episode of the Mandalorian, the new Star Wars shoe from Disney+, episode two falls prey to a common problem […]