Star Wars needs great story, intelligent writing and great imagination. These three things are what the original trilogy (IV, V, VI) were built on.
Episodes I, II, III also had these three factors, but they are delivered badly. Episode VII was so lacking in story, intelligence and imagination that I didn't even bother to watch the Last Jedi...Abrams had successfully managed to kill off any interest I had in the continuing of that story.
But I loved Rogue One and Solo. In fact, I was astonished. They had story, intelligence and imagination in abundance, plus they were delivered well, so I honestly don't understand why so many people were unhappy.
And so now we come to the Mandalorian. A TV series for Star Wars?! This already threatens the first of the three needed things: a great story. What weekly series has ever told as gripping a story as the original Star Wars trilogy? Having said that, if this proves to be only a mini series then there might still be some hope for it.
So far, the story presented in the first two episodes comes across like a typical western in some ways, and so it continues to worry me that this will become a pointless 'Days of Our Lives' look at the Star Wars universe.
I'm also sorry to say I really don't like the music, there's nothing special about it at all. And some reviewers here have commented on how interesting the main character is, which I find to be quite puzzling. We can't see his face, and he has hardly said anything riveting so far, so I don't really see anything interesting about him yet.
I'm also a bit worried about the intelligence of the script. Our hero is told he needs to learn to ride a particular beast in order to reach a certain place, but in the end we discover that he could just as easily have walked there. You then realise that the script writers were simply trying to fill out the show's run time and had nothing else to go with. This is what worries me.
So to sum up, the Mandelorian is nowhere near as good as Star Wars at its best but it's way better than Star Wars at its worst, so I'll give it a 7 and hope that they don't turn it into another 'Days of Our Lives' style series like Star Trek. If they keep it short, say...8 episodes maximum, it may deliver on one of the core requirements of any good Star Wars installment - a truly worthwhile story. But if it drags on and the overall story gets forgotten as we focus on the main character going from town to town shooting bad guys, then for me I think this will become another nail in the coffin of the franchise.
Episodes I, II, III also had these three factors, but they are delivered badly. Episode VII was so lacking in story, intelligence and imagination that I didn't even bother to watch the Last Jedi...Abrams had successfully managed to kill off any interest I had in the continuing of that story.
But I loved Rogue One and Solo. In fact, I was astonished. They had story, intelligence and imagination in abundance, plus they were delivered well, so I honestly don't understand why so many people were unhappy.
And so now we come to the Mandalorian. A TV series for Star Wars?! This already threatens the first of the three needed things: a great story. What weekly series has ever told as gripping a story as the original Star Wars trilogy? Having said that, if this proves to be only a mini series then there might still be some hope for it.
So far, the story presented in the first two episodes comes across like a typical western in some ways, and so it continues to worry me that this will become a pointless 'Days of Our Lives' look at the Star Wars universe.
I'm also sorry to say I really don't like the music, there's nothing special about it at all. And some reviewers here have commented on how interesting the main character is, which I find to be quite puzzling. We can't see his face, and he has hardly said anything riveting so far, so I don't really see anything interesting about him yet.
I'm also a bit worried about the intelligence of the script. Our hero is told he needs to learn to ride a particular beast in order to reach a certain place, but in the end we discover that he could just as easily have walked there. You then realise that the script writers were simply trying to fill out the show's run time and had nothing else to go with. This is what worries me.
So to sum up, the Mandelorian is nowhere near as good as Star Wars at its best but it's way better than Star Wars at its worst, so I'll give it a 7 and hope that they don't turn it into another 'Days of Our Lives' style series like Star Trek. If they keep it short, say...8 episodes maximum, it may deliver on one of the core requirements of any good Star Wars installment - a truly worthwhile story. But if it drags on and the overall story gets forgotten as we focus on the main character going from town to town shooting bad guys, then for me I think this will become another nail in the coffin of the franchise.
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