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I hope the mystery character is the blackened husk of Greedo so we can see him get shot and killed a second time. Hopefully double blackened.

 Galef wrote:
Lance845 & Sterling191. I think both of you are being woefully unreasonable.
In canon? Yeah Boba is dead....for now. I accept that. If this mystery character does not turn out to be Boba, cool, whatever. I don't even think it will be, if I'm honest. That's be too fan-servicey

But I don't agree that it 100% DEFINITIVELY CANNOT be Boba. It's still a VALID theory that can be supported by the movie's own IN CANON logic (just not so much real-world logic, even though I don't; personally see issues there either).
I'll admit Boba's probably dead. I just want either or both of you to be reasonable enough to admit (with the movies logic) that Boba COULS be alive, even if the slimmest chance exists

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Yes. They could always work some Star Wars Mcguffin-ism in there to explain how he escaped the Sarlacc. But until we actually are told that we shouldn't be assuming that its possible.

What is absolutely certain is that the Mando is NOT Boba. That is 100% ironclad. They are very clearly different. Especially since Lucas went out of his way to be clear that the Fetts are NOT Mandalorians. They're just thieves who stole some Mandalorian armor and weapons. Our main character is definitely a Mandalorian. He was raised from childhood by his Clan for crying out loud. No way could Boba surreptitiously insert himself into a clan that way.

 Lance845 wrote:
I hope the mystery character is the blackened husk of Greedo so we can see him get shot and killed a second time. Hopefully double blackened.

Does that mean the Mando would have shot first? :O

 insaniak wrote:
I suspect that in a few years people are going to look back at most of the post-TLJ releases and notice that they're all very safe and by-the-numbers, to avoid a repeat of all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that happened when they tried to step outside the box. Which is a shame, but it is what it is.

They were safe before TLJ. TFA couldn't've been more safe if you tried.

I also reject the notion that TLJ got crap for trying to step out of the box. It got gak on because it was just plain bad.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I also reject the notion that TLJ got crap for trying to step out of the box.

Which, again, wasn't actually what I said. I merely pointed out that the time they tried to step outside the box it didn't go the way they expected it to, not that the 'stepping outside the box' was the specific reason for that outcome.

It's like saying 'the one time I went to the cinema, a brick fell on my head, so I'm not going to the cinema again'... Going to the cinema wasn't actually what left a dent in my skull, but I still don't want to go back there.

Ok, new Mando has aired. Significant improvement over last week, and we get introduced to a wide range of characters. Lot of familiar faces (Clancy Brown, Bill Burr) and some people others might recognise (like Natalia Tena, and Richard Ayoade). The three cameos at the end (and the NR trooper) are a nice touch. Filoni's fingers are all over this one.

Baby Yoda remains the cutest thing in the universe.

Overall I was worried that this would just be a typical heist, but halfway through it changes into something very different.

Cool action. Droid's a'plenty. Knives being thrown anywhere. Beskar still impenetrable. Baby Yoda still awesome.

Yeah, it wasn't bad and definitely an improvement over last weeks. Was really hoping for T-85s though.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Overall I was worried that this would just be a typical heist, but halfway through it changes into something very different.

It went exactly as I expected it would.

 ingtaer wrote:
Yeah, it wasn't bad and definitely an improvement over last weeks. Was really hoping for T-85s though.

T-85s are still like a good 15-20 years away.

 AduroT wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Overall I was worried that this would just be a typical heist, but halfway through it changes into something very different.

It went exactly as I expected it would.

Spoiler:

Werent those X Wings a bit trigger happy? Like, they didn’t question How the tracking beacon got from the prison transport to that station, just shoot first?

Liked the new episode a lot, Mando looks like a very scary foe in this one. He certainly took a few pages out of the slasher genre.



To answer your question:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 ingtaer wrote:
Yeah, it wasn't bad and definitely an improvement over last weeks. Was really hoping for T-85s though.

T-85s are still like a good 15-20 years away.

So they are, getting all muddled up in the time lines between the various shows and films.

epronovost wrote:

Spoiler:

though I was surprised he didn't kill anybody, including the demon looking giant.

I have a question. How the feth to Twileks put on their hats?

Like physically.

Their leku head tentacles go off in 2 45degree angles. There is no zipper or buttons or stitching around the tentacle holes. How the hell do they put it on?

Leku are highly flexible, and soft. So it's likely not much different from putting on gloves.

 insaniak wrote:
Leku are highly flexible, and soft. So it's likely not much different from putting on gloves.

Yeah, Flexible and soft to a point. I am talking about the base of them. The hat itself has 2 holes that are perfectly set up to go around the leku fairly tight and each one points in a different direction. This isn;t like gloves where your finger can point in the same direction. This is more like holding your thumb straight out to the side and your pointer strait forward. Pretend if you want that your fingers are basically jelly and can bend in towards the middle. Cool. But you are STILL going to reach a point where somehow the holes are going to have to point in 2 entirely different directions to get snug at the base. Unless the Twileks skull/the base of the leku/top of thier scalp are ALSO made of jelly that allows someone to take the 2 leku and squish them together at the base so they touch there is just no way to get the damn hat on.

Never heard of stretchy fabric?

 Lance845 wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Leku are highly flexible, and soft. So it's likely not much different from putting on gloves.

Yeah, Flexible and soft to a point. I am talking about the base of them. The hat itself has 2 holes that are perfectly set up to go around the leku fairly tight and each one points in a different direction. This isn;t like gloves where your finger can point in the same direction. This is more like holding your thumb straight out to the side and your pointer strait forward. Pretend if you want that your fingers are basically jelly and can bend in towards the middle. Cool. But you are STILL going to reach a point where somehow the holes are going to have to point in 2 entirely different directions to get snug at the base. Unless the Twileks skull/the base of the leku/top of thier scalp are ALSO made of jelly that allows someone to take the 2 leku and squish them together at the base so they touch there is just no way to get the damn hat on.

You seem to be assuming that the leku can't move, which is not the case. Also, as HBMC pointed out, stretchy fabric exists. As do concealed fasteners.

Look at that gak and explain it. Those things can move by sliding around the skull into different positions? bs.

Practically, it's an effects thing. It's easy to hide the prosthetic in special effects with a hat so there is no seam to cover up. In universe that gak was sewn onto her head.

Honestly, if it makes you sleep better at night to believe that it doesn't fit over the leku, then you do you.

This seems like the Suicide Squad episode.

When The Kid looked at his hand after trying to use the Force to save himself. Damn I love this show.

 nels1031 wrote:
When The Kid looked at his hand after trying to use the Force to save himself. Damn I love this show.

Yup, that was a wonderful moment.

Another fun episode, and Richard Ayoade was a nice surprise.

epronovost wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Overall I was worried that this would just be a typical heist, but halfway through it changes into something very different.

It went exactly as I expected it would.

Spoiler:

Werent those X Wings a bit trigger happy? Like, they didn’t question How the tracking beacon got from the prison transport to that station, just shoot first?

Liked the new episode a lot, Mando looks like a very scary foe in this one. He certainly took a few pages out of the slasher genre.

Spoiler:

though I was surprised he didn't kill anybody, including the demon looking giant.

To answer your question:

Spoiler:

I don't think they were trigger happy. They fired quickly because they basically launched a fighter as they arrived so they had a good justification to fire away. You don't want to engage in a dangerous dogfight if you don't need to.

I still think they jumped the gun a little. Like ya pop out of warp on their doorstep, pass a ship that’s leaving, and see them already in the process of launching a fighter. They have no idea who’s who or where. Their immediate response is just start shooting. They don’t just shoot the fighter before it launches, they also continue additional strafing runs. Apparently you can just drag the New Republic into whatever conflicts/get them to kill people for you by stealing/cloning that homing beacon and dropping it off places.

beast_gts wrote:

Spoiler:

I agree slightly about the X-wings being trigger-happy, but it depends on what intelligence they had - if the knew the station was a pirate / crime syndicate base it might be better to shoot first and ask questions later.
It would have been nice to see a U-wing or other troop carrier with them, implying an actual rescue mission.

Really didnt get that;

 ingtaer wrote:

beast_gts wrote:

Spoiler:

I agree slightly about the X-wings being trigger-happy, but it depends on what intelligence they had - if the knew the station was a pirate / crime syndicate base it might be better to shoot first and ask questions later.
It would have been nice to see a U-wing or other troop carrier with them, implying an actual rescue mission.

Really didnt get that;

Spoiler:

The tracking device thing is incase of takeover or attack presumably, X-wings track it to the base and just start shooting? Guess they really don't care about the possibility of rescuing captives etc. Doesn't seem a very New Republic thing to do but I guess it looked cool...

......





.... glad that's been cleared up then.


..... course Lucas will retcon this in a few years and

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a30220865/the-mandalorian-sex/

 reds8n wrote:
......

Spoiler:

.... glad that's been cleared up then.


..... course Lucas will retcon this in a few years and

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a30220865/the-mandalorian-sex/

At least we know he wears protection.

This is the way.

Helmets on both heads.

 Nevelon wrote:

 ingtaer wrote:

beast_gts wrote:

Spoiler:

I agree slightly about the X-wings being trigger-happy, but it depends on what intelligence they had - if the knew the station was a pirate / crime syndicate base it might be better to shoot first and ask questions later.
It would have been nice to see a U-wing or other troop carrier with them, implying an actual rescue mission.

Really didnt get that;

Spoiler:

The tracking device thing is incase of takeover or attack presumably, X-wings track it to the base and just start shooting? Guess they really don't care about the possibility of rescuing captives etc. Doesn't seem a very New Republic thing to do but I guess it looked cool...

Spoiler:

There might have been info coded into the beacon as well. The hot button on a high risk, high security prisoner transport might be screaming “We have been overrun by dangerous criminals who CANNOT be allowed to escape. Collateral damage is acceptable; the only crew are droids"

So when the x-wings see a fighter launching, they go hot.