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Way too much fan service in Season 2 (spoilers)

posted 3 years ago by JakeSWITCH (504)
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‘The Mandalorian’ is ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ all over again: pitched as a different kind of ‘Star Wars’ thing that would add more context to the films... but, by Season 2, it’s essentially just risk-adverse fan service. Perhaps that’s all this franchise will ever amount to.

They even re-heated that completely superfluous Darth Vader hallway fight scene from ‘Rogue One’...

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[–] Satan2016 (23270) 3 years ago

Well the fans do like it, Imdb rating 9.9 with 18K votes.

[–] Martoto (4078) 3 years ago

Fans like fan service. Clue is in the name.

They just claim to dislike it whenever the rest of the story doesn't match up with their projected head canon.

The Mandalorian has been an almost zero risk enterprise. I loved it but they never had to negotiate the same shitstorm that was inevitable with the ST. If those movies had been little but fan service I dread to think what position the franchise would be in now.

[–] Orcsquisher (11) 3 years ago

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[–] TheArgentinian (6423) 3 years ago

Good article about it: https://www.newsweek.com/mandalorian-season-2-finale-spin-offs-fan-service-star-wars-1555882

[–] Threadkiller (2948) 3 years ago

I'm in the relative minority in that I don't think the show is amazing but i do find it mostly okay/passable, despite some problems. I have zero investment in the the Baby Yoda plot device and Mando's "relationship" with it. I was never convinced for a second that this thing was alive so i had no investment in it as a "character". I have now idea how it managed to be popular with so many people. This series definitely coasts on nostalgia but it "mostly" does so it in a safe, non obtrusive way. Unlike the dumpster fire Di$ney sequel trilogy, the show is careful not to blatantly undermine the original Lucas trilogies.

[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

The show is so derivative I've called it a trop-fest before this, it takes all sorts of pop culture cliches and fits them into the Star Wars universe, So high levels of fan service fit in with the show's overall vibe, if they aren't borrowing the dragon kill from "Siegfried" or the wand thing from "Harry Potter", they might as well use Star Wars stuff as well.