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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 24: The Return”

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 20, 2023 | Television

After a season spent meandering, last week’s episode of The Mandalorian somewhat refocused the season’s story and seemed to point to a big clash in this week’s finale. It almost did. Let’s get into it. 1. Safety squeeze If you scour the internet looking for Star Wars rumors and discussion, last week was a goldmine […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 23: The Spies”

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 13, 2023 | Television

Well, where has this show been? After six episodes of middling nonsense, The Mandalorian is back, just in time for the end of season three. Let’s not waste any more time and get to it. 1. The Shadow Council We’ve known that Moff Gideon is still pulling some strings even before we see him speaking […]

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Three Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire”

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 7, 2023 | Television

In what has already been the most chaotic and bizarre season of Star Wars television thus far, “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire” is a nearly inscrutable episode of the series. Let’s get into it. 1. Stunt casting This episode is built around the casting of Christopher Lloyd, Jack Black, and Lizzo in supporting roles. I’ve […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 21: The Pirate”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 31, 2023 | Television

This has been such a weird season of The Mandalorian thus far. It is only now, 5/8 of the way through it, that there is some sort of structure to the episodes, and even now, there are still a ton of questions about what this season is all about. Let’s get to it! 1. Zeb! […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 20: The Foundling”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 23, 2023 | Television

After a strangely sequenced/paced episode that, nonetheless, pushed the overall plot forward and gave us an interesting look at the nascent days of the New Republic, The Mandalorian returns with an equally strange episode, but one with lots of interesting nuggets in it as well. Let’s get to it. 1. The freedom of blind faith […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 19: The Convert”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 16, 2023 | Television

In what is both the longest and, perhaps, strangest episode of The Mandalorian, we get a surprising realignment of characters, as well as a story about a nearly forgotten character. Let’s get into it. 1. Bo-Katan will lead them all After Bo-Katan had such a chilly reception to Din in the season premiere, in “The […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 10, 2023 | Television

After last week’s lackluster experience, will The Mandalorian redeem itself with an episode that wasn’t simple recap? Let’s dig in and find out. 1. The first scene belonged in last week’s episode While I think you have to be fully lacking joy to hate what Amy Sedaris brings to Star Wars, the first scene of […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 17: The Apostate”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 2, 2023 | Television

Welcome back to another season of The Mandalorian recaps! After a lengthy lay off – more than 2 years! – we are back with adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu. Let’s stop wasting time and get right to it. This is the way. 1. Nice fake out The episode begins by showing a ceremony of […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 16: The Rescue”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 18, 2020 | Television

I cannot stress enough how many spoilers follow. Please, please, for the love of the Force, stop reading this unless you’ve finished watching “Chapter 16: The Rescue,” including the post-credits sequence. To ensure no one accidentally sees a spoiler, you can find my review underneath the lyrics to the Life Day song, “A Time to […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 15: The Believer”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 11, 2020 | Television

As we move into the endgame of The Mandalorian season 2, “The Believer” pumps the brakes on the action a bit, but does a ton of character work along the way, paving the way for a big finale next week. 1. The return of Mayfeld One of the more interesting casting decisions of season 1 […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 14: The Tragedy”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 4, 2020 | Television

After last week’s return to The Clone Wars, we return to the Original Trilogy, as well as the first season of this show, for “The Tragedy.” Major, major spoilers follow. 1. Bounty Hunters, and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Boba Fett When I was a wee lad in the 1980s, Boba Fett was regarded as […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 13: The Jedi”

By Brian Salvatore | Nov 27, 2020 | Television

Holy smokes. No time for preamble. This should go without saying, but massive spoiler alert for this. 1. Ahoksa! This is not a surprise, but damn it was great to finally see Ahsoka, after the months of rumors. This Ahsoka is not terribly different from the one we see at the end of Rebels and, […]

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Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 24: The Return”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 23: The Spies”

Three Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 21: The Pirate”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 20: The Foundling”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 19: The Convert”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 17: The Apostate”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 16: The Rescue”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 15: The Believer”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 14: The Tragedy”

Five Thoughts on The Mandalorian‘s “Chapter 13: The Jedi”

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