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This isn't bad but maybe not as good as the first two seasons, still quite enjoyed it though. For this episode to make any sense whatsoever from the end of season 2 you really need to watch The Book of Boba Fett, at least episodes 5,6 and 7 some of which should really have just been tacked onto the end of season 2 of The Mandalorian. I hadn't watched this initially and really didn't know what was going on in this episode as it begins poles apart from the last episode of season 2 and doesn't really seem to make a lot of sense. Still pretty good though and worth a watch I think. Hopefully season 3 will improve and get back up to the standards set in the first two seasons.

I really want to like the Mandalorian. S1 brought me back into StarWars after the sequel trilogy had ruined this franchise for me. S2 was good, tho a bit gimmicky. This first Episode is the worst bits of S2 and little of the charm of S1.

The issue is the story. Its just not moving. A lot of scenes are just there to showoff familiar characters, and add nothing to the story. Nothing happens in this episode that we already didn't know. Except the Mandalorian flying across the galaxy again & again to meet old friends & have meaningless conversations most of which we already knew.

If they think this is "fan service", I'm sorry but they are mistaken. Once or twice is fun. But they already overdid this "fan service" in S2 & Boba Fett. Now focus on the story please. Learn something for Andor, which is now my favourite StarWars content since Mandalorian S1.

I don't know what happend, but the pacing is so much worse than the season before, how was Mando so much cooler in one Episode of Book of Boba Fett than in his own show?

Despite the pacing, they tried to tell to much in one episode, it feels rushed, they try to revive a dead droid, they can easily get another IG and program him, the pirates couldn't count and everything feels off... I wished that the episode which we got in Book of Boba Fett would've been the first episode here... Overall I'm disappointed in the season start and hope it'll get better as soon as possible, they have so much potential and with no end in mind, as Favreau said himself, there is no reason for this rush.

I'm not sure, but maybe it was the Andor effect, as Andor was so adult and incredible and this felt more childish and rushed. Also, we are tracking multiple storylines now? I also kind of wish they did the robot workers as CG and not puppets as those things moved horribly. I guess Mandalorian is going with these basement looking alien pirates as the bad guys now, which could use so much more sinister variety. I thought Grogu would be a tad more grown up by now after living with Luke for a few years. But he's still cooing and not behaving. Still, it's Star Wars and I always smile when I get new Star Wars content. And history has shown that this show can bounce back because each episode gets a new Director.

It's scary how many poor projects Disney has put out in the last couple of years. I was scared that this new season would follow in the other projects' footsteps, but it doesn't. Once Mando's leitmotif starts playing I'm reminded why I love this show so much. Is it not insane how Göransson has created a score that rivals John Williams'?

30 minutes for an episode is way too short. The action scenes are spectacular and the humor is alright but the episode loses a few points due to it being too short. What can we really walk away with after this episode? A few things happen but I wish we got to see more. It's almost like there's not much story to tell so they have to keep making short filler episodes like these to have enough material for an eight-episode-long season.

I don't mind any time we get to spend in this world with these characters, but maybe I expect more from one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world. The usage of Grogu is clever and somewhat cute, but I perhaps wish the show was a tad more serious at times. Still great though.

I was so looking forward to beginning a new chapter of the Mandalorian. Especially after the spectacular end to Season 2.

This episode doesn't feel the same. It is more like Disney or Marvel fluff than the last two seasons. The actors say their lines woodenly and there are strange pauses as if they're being over-directed.

The action scenes are filler and serve no purpose. How does some random story about a group of pirates further the main story at all? This episode could have easily been replaced by a 5-minute recap from Boba Fett.

Mr. Favreau, are you ok? Blink once for yes and two for if you need a trip to the dispensary.

I didn't expect much better, considering the quality of some of the recent Disney Star Wars shows, but I'm still ultimately disappointed.

I feel like there was no heart behind this episode, like no one involved, aside from the cgi artists, actually cared about what they were working on here. The cinematography, costume work, pacing, writing, and editing, were all let downs.

Each shot was very unimpressive (especially compared to the concept art shown at the end). The quality of most of the alien costumes immediately distracted me from the story (I swear it's somehow significantly worse costume work than the original Star Wars, like Lucasfilm is pretending poor costume work is a stylistic choice, in order to cut costs). The grass pirate guy looked especially laughable. The pacing was erratic at best, making for an awkward experience. The writing, in terms of story, was questionable, as too many different side quests were thrust upon Mando too quickly (and that monster attack scene at the beginning felt poorly implemented, like Mando just needed a cool looking entrance, and this random scenario is what the writers came up with). The editing was really distracting throughout the episode, but especially in the monster attack scene.

The two Mando episodes embedded in The Book of Boba Fett were very good (the rest of The Book of Boba Fett was awful), so I was hoping that some of what made those so good would have carried over to the third season of The Mandalorian. Unfortunately, only the questionable alien costume work (the low point of those episodes) appears to be the only thing that made it to season 3 of Mando.

I am not convinced, yet, that this season will be a loser, but this was not a good start.

That was an epic first episode!

But as usual youngsters are crying because they expect like 10 12 characters to appear in the first episode, they expect 1 hour storytelling, blood gory action or bunch of weird stiff which is not even a theme of Star wars But this episode doesn't deserve this low as 7.9.

It covered everything i had hope for !

Episode had a pretty serious opening, necessary for building up the lore . The scene emphasized on the ancient Mandalorian rule , it built up the tension perfectly before the protagonist arrived at the right time & saved the day .

Fanns who have obviously forgotten or missed book of boba fett were given an early note before the new episode began , showing important characters who are going to help Din this season.

The graphics as the prosthetic on the pirates & the eye candy aerial dogfight was stunning! Meeting old friends was an absolute delight & slowly giving hints on two magnificent characters whereabouts has been done with perfection.

Bo katan is hot as usual with her princess born ego What more do you expect from a season opening episode?

A jedi? Jedi/sith lightsaber action?

Come on people don't put dirt on quality content Keep patience cause now that purrgils are here,

I can not wait for everything to connect.

You absolute legend Jon faverau!

This episode had its redeeming moments, but the fact that I have to start with that already means I'm grasping at straws. Everything has taken a significant dive off the deep end. The acting and dialogue is laughable, especially in comparison to the recent series Andor, which featured some of Star Wars' best performances. Everything is told, not shown, and we should be far beyond that by this point. The action feels very clunky with some very awkward shots and choreography that just completely take you out of the moment. However, I will admit the starship scenes were quite good. The main thing that was redeemable was Grogu and Din, who are as fun to watch as ever. However, what made the dynamic so special is that their interactions were used as relief following intense sequences. If there's nothing going on, you don't get that relief. It's cute to see Din explain like things to Grogu, but when he's explaining every minute detail to him, it becomes a burden to the audience. As a writer/producer, you need to trust the viewer's intelligence to follow along and keep up with what you're doing. "This is a Mandalorian castle" might be up there with "I don't like sand" for worst dialogue in the franchise. I have no way to put it other than lazy. I'm hopeful for the coming episodes but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned. Especially when the premier falls short in so many regards.

All of you, who rated this opening season episode less than 7 out of 10 - did you really and actually watch it? It's very decent opening with many suggestions about further story development. I'm fully in.

I know that today's standards require you to be hooked right away, being drowned not into the story itself immediately but what about this smart, slow burning storytelling that gentlemen like Favreau try to bring back to 2020' cinema? Can we still appreciate the amount of creativity needed to write new episode, not to mention the whole story? Can't we just slow down for these few moments this story needs? BTW: I write this to you from Iceland where there is perfect time flow for such tempo. And as people live here about 100 years - I think they know what they are doing... 😉

The episode is short and sort of "MEH". I don't really have strong feelings either way about it, though it is nice to see the characters that I enjoy again, and the plot will pick up phase in later episodes. I'd like to discuss one thing though.

What angered me, is the structure that Disney+ pushes onto us. Why should anyone be expected to watch every other SW series in order to understand the continuity of this one? Now, I did see the Book of Boba Fett but I expected at the very least a short plot update for the people who haven't. If you finish Mandalorian Season 2 and go on to season 3, you will be lost. At the end of Season 2 Grogu goes off to be trained a Jedy and suddenly at season 3 they are together again and somehow, Din Jarin has a new fighter? Not even an attempt to sum up what has happened before. As stated, I personally have seen the Boba Fett series, but I am appalled by this precedence. What is the point of keeping track of seasons if they do not tie onto one another?

I was really looking forward to the new series of The Mandalorian but the first episode left me with mixed feelings. While there are entertaining action scenes, nice cinematography and adequate performances by the cast, it's the story itself which runs a little thin. Instead of continuing in a linear fashion where the memorable series 2 finale left off, with Grogu being carried away by Luke Skywalker, the story starts somewhere further along the time line at a point where Mando and Grogu have already reunited. There's no explanation or flashbacks showing how their reunion came about. No hint of another Luke Skywalker scene. They're just back together again, almost as if that series 2 finale never even happened!

Such a wasted opportunity. Their reunion would have been such an interesting story to explore as a fitting start to Season 3 but instead we end up with this somewhat underwhelming episode which feels like some kind of "refresher" program to remind us of familiar faces from the past.

There were a number of set pieces which involve Mando flying to several different locations where we're reintroduced to old characters. The scene with Bo-Katan is filmed in a ridiculous manner. Very slight spoiler here >> she is sitting on a throne with her legs awkwardly raised up to the side. It's as if the director was trying to mimic that feeling of an old fat king, or warlord, lounging lazily on a throne. But it just seemed odd to have the slender female Bo Katan character lounging on a throne as if she's a fat old king. And she's stuck in that pose for the entire scene, never even changing position, as if she's been super-glued to the chair against her will. To me, it felt like whoever wrote the scene had imagined how it might look with her sitting like that, but when it didn't really work during filming, they just ran with it anyway. So we end up with a moment between Mando and Bo-Katan where she's sitting rather strangely, unnaturally and uncomfortably just for the sake of satisfying the envisioned aesthetic, despite it's ineffectiveness on film.

So it's probably not the worst episode of Mandolorian I've seen. There were a few episodes in the previous 2 seasons which were probably around the same level. So even if Season 3 is off to a shaky start, there's still a good chance that it'll improve along the way. And while it wasn't great, it was still entertaining enough to keep me interested in watching the next episode. I'll give this one a 6 but mainly for the decent action scenes and one or two comedic moments.