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The 2nd episode - is this for real?!

posted 5 years ago by lolkatz (481)
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I am at awe how simplistic the episode 2 plot is: The Jawas strip his ship, so he has to barter the parts back, and they want something from a bad monster in return, an egg. So he has to go to the cave to fight the bad monster and get the egg. Then he can buy back his parts. 2 year olds' picture books have more nuances than this. And that scene when the Jawas start smearing that yolk over their faces was basically an EF you to the audience in my opinion. And it's so much out of Jawa's character to trade the equipment they so meticulously collect and sell for an instant gratification of tossing around that yolk like a pack of animals.

[–] Lampedusean (498) 5 years ago

IKR?

[–] DracTarashV2 (4479) 5 years ago

Yo... https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/646/235/ee7

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 5 years ago

Do we know why the Jawas are such little kleptos? Are they shrewd merchant types? Is it really all about the money, or are they just a scavenger species by nature? Plus, I'm sure they sense that this crazy guy is going to keep coming after them if he doesn't get his ѕhit back. So they settle for a rare and hard to get delicacy, make him do the work they can't handle, rather than get picked off in one engagement after another. It's not like that big huge home on wheels is hard to track.

[–] Volley (3386) 5 years ago

It is a little bizarre, but for all we know, that yolk is the single greatest treasure a Jawa can acquire, we still know so very little about them since 1977. For instance, I didn't really realize they were on worlds other than Tatooine until this series.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 5 years ago

I'm going to say they're probably a scavenger race, creatures whose ancestors followed predators at a distance and took what was left of their kill afterward, or recovered the carcasses of animals that died on their own. Or of course, stole eggs. Probably have the ability to consume carrion as well as fresh meat. That would account for the disgust other species seem to have for them (on top of the fact that nobody likes a thief). I can't imagine they'd smell very good.

But their own primal instincts would explain their lifestyle, why they travel to other planets and live that way instead of building cities and so forth. And the fact that they often grab junk they have no use for and can't sell right along with the valuable stuff. They're natural pack rats.

[–] FilmBuff (6847) 5 years ago

I was equally in awe, and in a good way. It's so refreshing to see an understated Star Wars entry after so many large scale, epic films. The pace is reminiscent of the very first film, and harkens to classic Westerns in much the same way as did the 1977 original. I'm very keen on this show, and wonder where they're taking it.

[–] Lampedusean (498) 5 years ago

Hmm you seem a real fan. Alright, I'll stop spoiling.

[–] Keelai (32642) 5 years ago

The episode was really about Mando slowly bonding with this child. - and the audience too.

Jawas are supposed to be disgusting so the yolk scene is their MO. It reminds me of when a few were eating bugs off Luke's landspeeder.

One scene too nuanced for critics and commentators who misinterpreted it was when Baby Yoda crawled out of its crib twice to use the Force to heal Mando's arm. The critics think he just wanted a hug.
Baby Yoda made the exact pose that Yoda did in Empire when he used the Force to lift Luke's ship.

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

I am at awe how simplistic the episode 2 plot is

I thought exactly the same.

But to be honest, it doesn't surprise me. Hollywood has become a weapon of mass proselytism for the woke diversitarian religion. And people in general are quite sensitive about political/neo-religious undertones. Directors right now are walking on eggshells.

So, how to solve that problem? You create an argument so simplistic that can barely be reinterpreted. It's the same strategy Trump uses: the simpler the message, the most difficult to reinterpret or tweak it. Trump uses it to prevent media from tweaking his words on purpose (better said: to make it obvious they did once you compare). Favreau uses it to prevent people from interpreting the episode as another woke one. Different causes, same strategy.

Of course, that can become a problem. The series looks nice, but it feels empty, as it had no soul.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12876) 5 years ago

What's really important about this episode, is that the Mandalorian realizes just how valuable his bounty (the little Yoda baby) truly is. It's too bad he didn't get to take the Ugnaut guy along. He was a very handy buddy to have around.

[–] Pixanaut (68) 5 years ago

That could have been dealt with in a single line of dialogue. Or even a Google search by Mando would tell hims baby Yodas are rare and valuable. It didn't need an entire episode.

[–] Guitar King (4555) 5 years ago

A galaxy far far away doesn't have Google. This show isn't set on modern day earth.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12876) 5 years ago

I was gonna say the same thing as Guitar King. Did you forget he wasn't living in our galaxy? They don't even have an internet! A lot of information that existed about the Force, the Jedi Council, and Yoda himself was lost when the Empire took over (mostly due to them destroying libraries, centers of information, and suppressing information across the galaxy), so there's a lot of things people in the galaxy have forgotten. You really honestly think he could just whip up a tablet that doesn't exist, to search an internet that doesn't exist, to find out about a species he knows nothing about? Come on!

[–] Pixanaut (68) 5 years ago

Holy crap you guys are dumb. OBVIOUSLY there is no Google (I didn’t think I would have to spell it out), I’m referring to the in-universe, Star Wars version of an Internet.

You don’t think they have an Internet-type set-up in Star Wars? At the very least, Mando would have a database of known species on his ship. Hell, there are probably even species that have the intellectual power OF databases.

They don’t have tablets? Really? Come on dudes. They have personal, intergalactic space ships. They have databases, wifi, and tablets.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12876) 5 years ago

Remember, the Star Wars galaxy's technology didn't develop the same way as ours, and if you'd actually done your own homework on Star Wars lore, you'd know that a lot of technology and knowledge was lost during the imperial era. That, and they didn't develop computers the same way as we did. Starship computers during and after the Imperial era don't work like our computers. If you ever spent time in a plane cockpit, you'd get an idea how the computers in the Mandalorian's ship works, only his are slightly more advanced for traveling in space. Their sole purpose is to fly that craft, correct for altitude, sense if something's wrong with the craft, or if there are other ships nearby, and help to fire weapons. That's it. His ship's computer is not designed to store tons of information like our PC's are here on earth. He would have to go to an intergalactic library (many of which, have been destroyed), or ask around, and that's not something a bounty hunter usually does unless (s)he's looking for their quarry.

It makes you wonder just who is the idiot?

The people who actually read up on Star Wars stuff and know how the tech in that galaxy works, or some fool who grafts on today's modern-day society into a world that is nothing at all like our own?