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I absolutely love The Mandalorian there not a single episode in season 2 I did not enjoy and only episode 5 in season 1 did I take any real issue with.  It was actually a hard choice between return of Jedi and The Mandalorian for me.  The final 4 episodes of Clone wars tv probably had the most emotional impact on me since the original series but the series as a whole would not put it any where close to Mandalorian level.  To this day I don't understand why so many people think Revenge of the Sith is a good movie.  I actually rewatch it for the first time in many many years last year before I watch the final 4 episodes of clone wars and it was actually even worse then I remember it being.  My memory was it not being good but the only watchable one of the prequel movies.  After rewatching it, I rather be force to watch all 3 sequel movies again then have to rewatch that crap, it was soo painful making it to the end.

The truth is the original trilogy, Clone wars tv, Rebels(season 2 onward, season 1 was a bit rough and probably would not of made it to end of if it was not for friends I trust having similar taste of me promising it get better by season 2) and Mandalorian is the only canon star wars that I actually enjoyed enough I would bother watching again.

1 Empire Strikes Back
2 A New Hope
3 Return of the Jedi
4 The Mandalorian
5 Clone wars Tv
6 Rebels
7 The force awakens
8 Rogue one
9 Rise of skywalker
10 The last Jedi
11 Solo
12 Clone Wars movie
13 Revenge of the sith
14 Attack of the clones
15 The phantom Menace



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1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Mandalorian
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. The Phantom Menace
8, The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. Rogue One

I have yet to see The Rise of Skywalker. I plan to, but I was mistakenly spoiled before watching it. It is the first Star Wars main series film I didn't watch in the theaters; I watched the remastered OT in theaters but am too young for the real OT release. After the backlash and basically undoing of certain aspects of The Last Jedi (which I liked a lot aside from the casino rubbish), I haven't been to keen on seeing it, although I know I will. Also have yet to watch the Han Solo spin off. Rogue One was alright but I guess I didn't enjoy it as many here and on the internets claim, because I barely remember it. It was serviceable and entertaining, but pretty unmemorable to the point that I have to google it to remember the main characters and scenes. And out of all of them, I probably liked the droid the most. I also haven't watched the Clone Wars show. I've heard good stuff about it, but the animation style is a turnoff.

As for the Mandalorian, I loved it. It was everything I wanted the prequel and sequel trilogies to be. It had fanservice but it still made it work for the story. It had CGI, but it still had a lot of practical effects, costumes and makeup. It had great action, but the over-the-top choreography of the PT was replaced with something more in the middle of it and the OT. All the fighting moves seemed like they were intended to accomplish something instead of just be flashy. There were good aircraft flight scenes, too. The characters were memorable. Mando was dope. Although he was very capable, he also had good help in plenty of guest characters (don't want to spoil so I won't go into too much depth). Although the villain played by Giancarlo Esposito was somewhat underutilized, but he seems more like a Tarkin character than Vader or Sidious, so it's understandable (not really a spoiler, just my opinion). Baby Yoda is probably the most memorable character this side of the OT (aside from maybe the notorious Jar Jar Binks, but he isn't exactly a meme for good reasons). Probably because he was adorable. I'm hoping his story develops into something special since his species can grow old so he'll be able to play some role after the ST.

I will say that if you're looking for lots of melodrama and exposition, you won't find it in The Mandalorian. That can be a good or bad thing depending on the type of Star Wars fan you are. I personally like all the different styles employed in the OT, PT, and ST, but I prefer the OT's simplicity and charm, and The Mandalorian follows that over the emo stuff in PT and ST and overkill in explaining things like midichlorians.



Nothing can replace the childhood wonder the Star Wars trilogy induced. The Mandalorian does a great job capturing the grit and feel of the Star Wars universe that makes any acting or writing flaw just as acceptable as those from the original trilogy.

PS Solo was a fun adventure with bad cinematography and it blows my mind that so many hated it.



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danasider said:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Mandalorian
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. The Phantom Menace
8, The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. Rogue One

I have yet to see The Rise of Skywalker. I plan to, but I was mistakenly spoiled before watching it. It is the first Star Wars main series film I didn't watch in the theaters; I watched the remastered OT in theaters but am too young for the real OT release. After the backlash and basically undoing of certain aspects of The Last Jedi (which I liked a lot aside from the casino rubbish), I haven't been to keen on seeing it, although I know I will. Also have yet to watch the Han Solo spin off. Rogue One was alright but I guess I didn't enjoy it as many here and on the internets claim, because I barely remember it. It was serviceable and entertaining, but pretty unmemorable to the point that I have to google it to remember the main characters and scenes. And out of all of them, I probably liked the droid the most. I also haven't watched the Clone Wars show. I've heard good stuff about it, but the animation style is a turnoff.

As for the Mandalorian, I loved it. It was everything I wanted the prequel and sequel trilogies to be. It had fanservice but it still made it work for the story. It had CGI, but it still had a lot of practical effects, costumes and makeup. It had great action, but the over-the-top choreography of the PT was replaced with something more in the middle of it and the OT. All the fighting moves seemed like they were intended to accomplish something instead of just be flashy. There were good aircraft flight scenes, too. The characters were memorable. Mando was dope. Although he was very capable, he also had good help in plenty of guest characters (don't want to spoil so I won't go into too much depth). Although the villain played by Giancarlo Esposito was somewhat underutilized, but he seems more like a Tarkin character than Vader or Sidious, so it's understandable (not really a spoiler, just my opinion). Baby Yoda is probably the most memorable character this side of the OT (aside from maybe the notorious Jar Jar Binks, but he isn't exactly a meme for good reasons). Probably because he was adorable. I'm hoping his story develops into something special since his species can grow old so he'll be able to play some role after the ST.

I will say that if you're looking for lots of melodrama and exposition, you won't find it in The Mandalorian. That can be a good or bad thing depending on the type of Star Wars fan you are. I personally like all the different styles employed in the OT, PT, and ST, but I prefer the OT's simplicity and charm, and The Mandalorian follows that over the emo stuff in PT and ST and overkill in explaining things like midichlorians.

Okay, what are you talking about?? Characters keep explaining the plot (and SW lore) left and right.



Okay, what are you talking about?? Characters keep explaining the plot (and SW lore) left and right.

I guess I mean relatively speaking. And specifically relative to what George Lucas did in the Prequel Trilogy.

Sure there's exposition. The characters give each other information, because they may be on a mission and this information is need to know. So the viewer gets the information too. But it's not stuff that is randomly spoken about to explain the world or lore. It's related to whatever actions they are doing at that moment, so it doesn't feel lazy (at least not to me).



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The only Star Wars films I liked were Rogue One and Star Wars 77.

I watched a few episodes of The Mandalorian. It's not for me. I just remember the dialogue being really terrible, like one character yelling out "I'm pinned down!" when everyone could see that clearly. So where would I rank it? Definitely low based on what I've seen.

I could probably make up a ranking, but really the only two I care enough for putting on a list are Rogue One and Star Wars 77.



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Here's my order:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Rogue One
5. The Mandalorian
6. Clone Wars
7. Solo
8. Episode 7 thru 9 cuz they all were equally bad imo
9. Episode 1 thru 3 cuz of the same reason above



Jumpin said:

The only Star Wars films I liked were Rogue One and Star Wars 77.

I watched a few episodes of The Mandalorian. It's not for me. I just remember the dialogue being really terrible, like one character yelling out "I'm pinned down!" when everyone could see that clearly. So where would I rank it? Definitely low based on what I've seen.

I could probably make up a ranking, but really the only two I care enough for putting on a list are Rogue One and Star Wars 77.

I suppose I can go a little deeper on this as well.

Of the more recent films (and by recent, I mean Phantom Menace onward). Of the mainline Star Wars films post-The Return of the Jedi, I found The Last Jedi to be the only decent one. I also find it funny how youtube Star Wars fans melt down when I post this opinion. They go ballistic over the fact that Laura Dern has pink hair, and believe it's the result of a conspiracy orchestrated by Rian Johnson with some woman in Disney (probably targeting her because she's a woman), and backed by the SJW agenda, the gay agenda, and the soy industry - yes, homosexuals and a variety of East-Asian bean backed a conspiracy to ruin Star Wars, apparently =D

But any way. I'm no fan of Star Wars as a franchise, or blockbusters as an industry, but The Last Jedi is one of the better blockbusters since 2000.

Although, as I said, my preference goes for the original Star Wars and Rogue One. Those are the only two films I can say I like a lot in the whole franchise. I did like the 1990s PC games, though; I thought Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter were both great games (although, probably terrible now).

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Jumpin said:
Jumpin said:

The only Star Wars films I liked were Rogue One and Star Wars 77.

I watched a few episodes of The Mandalorian. It's not for me. I just remember the dialogue being really terrible, like one character yelling out "I'm pinned down!" when everyone could see that clearly. So where would I rank it? Definitely low based on what I've seen.

I could probably make up a ranking, but really the only two I care enough for putting on a list are Rogue One and Star Wars 77.

I suppose I can go a little deeper on this as well.

Of the more recent films (and by recent, I mean Phantom Menace onward). Of the mainline Star Wars films post-The Return of the Jedi, I found The Last Jedi to be the only decent one. I also find it funny how youtube Star Wars fans melt down when I post this opinion. They go ballistic over the fact that Laura Dern has pink hair, and believe it's the result of a conspiracy orchestrated by Rian Johnson with some woman in Disney (probably targeting her because she's a woman), and backed by the SJW agenda, the gay agenda, and the soy industry - yes, homosexuals and a variety of East-Asian bean backed a conspiracy to ruin Star Wars, apparently =D

But any way. I'm no fan of Star Wars as a franchise, or blockbusters as an industry, but The Last Jedi is one of the better blockbusters since 2000.

Although, as I said, my preference goes for the original Star Wars and Rogue One. Those are the only two films I can say I like a lot in the whole franchise. I did like the 1990s PC games, though; I thought Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter were both great games (although, probably terrible now).

That's a...  really interesting opinion. I'm just going to say that you and I have WAY different tastes in movies.



Jumpin said:

I suppose I can go a little deeper on this as well.

Of the more recent films (and by recent, I mean Phantom Menace onward). Of the mainline Star Wars films post-The Return of the Jedi, I found The Last Jedi to be the only decent one. I also find it funny how youtube Star Wars fans melt down when I post this opinion. They go ballistic over the fact that Laura Dern has pink hair, and believe it's the result of a conspiracy orchestrated by Rian Johnson with some woman in Disney (probably targeting her because she's a woman), and backed by the SJW agenda, the gay agenda, and the soy industry - yes, homosexuals and a variety of East-Asian bean backed a conspiracy to ruin Star Wars, apparently =D

But any way. I'm no fan of Star Wars as a franchise, or blockbusters as an industry, but The Last Jedi is one of the better blockbusters since 2000.

Although, as I said, my preference goes for the original Star Wars and Rogue One. Those are the only two films I can say I like a lot in the whole franchise. I did like the 1990s PC games, though; I thought Tie Fighter and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter were both great games (although, probably terrible now).

I know I'm going to be stoned for this, but I agree with you on The Last Jedi being good or even great (better than The Force Awakens for sure, although I don't how it compares to The Rise of Skywalker, because I haven't had the chance to watch that one yet). To sum it up, the whole movie is a metaphor, and a very well constructed one, with all the elements reinforcing one another, and reinforcing the whole idea, which is that old things have to die so that new ones are born. They made an extremely conservative movie in The Force Awakens (almost a remake or a mix, if you ask me) and then they crafted The Last Jedi with this strong message of breaking with the past, and even going as far as to laugh at themselves (and at lots of other blockbusters while they were at it), thanks to the idea of...

Spoiler!

...making the whole quest of the hero useless. That was a brilliant move in my book, because on one hand, they gave people what (theoretically) people were looking for in a film of this kind, which is a heroic adventure filled with lots of moments of action and tension. But on the other hand, that same quest was nothing but a perfect parody of what these kinds of movies are, because in the end it wasn't the heroes who saved the day with their extremely risky, far-fetched and nonsensical adventure; the one who saved the day was that woman who actually knew what she was doing and sticked to it no matter what, because her plan was actually the most efficient way to be successful in the situation they were with the means they had. I understand how people can dislike that, but it's way much better than stuff like "Hey! We've created an impenetrable space bunker but, uh, well, there's a tiny spot in it that your brave hero can use to totally destroy it! =D".

Also, this whole situation (the hated lady silently carrying the weight of the situation, while the heroes were just fooling around) is one of the biggest contributors to the metaphor I mentioned before that this movie is, because the quests of the heroes were one of the most rooted traditions in this saga and this movie picked them up, threw them on the ground and stomped on them.

So for a blockbuster of this time and age (!), The Last Jedi was groundbreaking, and it's a shame that fans and people in general hated it so much, because it would've been quite interesting to see what could've followed. This is one of the most carefully thought (and risky) blockbusters that has been made in years, and all it got was hate. I think a "shaking my head" emoji fits very well here.

Anyway, this is just my opinion (one based on something I watched years ago), and of course I know that The Last Jedi has flaws too - it's not a perfect movie by any means, and Disney introducing its own identity in a saga where it doesn't fit much doesn't precisely help. But in any case, The Last Jedi is not as bad as people make it look - not even close.

[Edit] I actually want to (re)watch all the movies as soon as I have the chance to do it, so I'll probably have a better opinion on this when that happens.

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