The Mandalorian, Disney+

@12 Parsnips wrote:

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:

@12 Parsnips wrote:@SW_Heroine_Journey

*puts on tinfoil hat, thinks a very long time about @SW_Heroine_Journey's The-Mandalorian-Carries-on-the-George-Lucas-Legacy theory*

@12 Parsnips

It's not mine! lol It's What the Force?'s -  I promise, I credited them! haha

She did tweet (with that photo)

"Remember how I said the child represents the the Myth:"

https://twitter.com/Wtforceshow/status/1217997306277949440

@SW_Heroine_Journey

Yeah, but you made me believe it!

I hope with all my heart that it's true and the myth lives somewhere... I love Mando's protectiveness even more now!

@12 Parsnips

Me too!

I forever will be one project at a time with SW, yet I do feel hope - A LOT of hope with The Mandalorian!

At least the Mando train is still rolling, it's getting an Empire cover story.

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-s-the-mandalorian-covers-revealed/

@californiagirl

Nice! Thanks for posting! I'll keep my eyes peeled for this one.

For a more niche audience, but it's getting people excited.

@californiagirl wrote:

For a more niche audience, but it's getting people excited.

@californiagirl

I'll be tuning in to anything with more Mando.

I think Disney will promote this series as much as possible now they've s***** up so badly with TROS.

I feel like it got at least as much attention as TROS when it came out too. They were confident people were going to like it, and there's way more merch for it too, even back at Christmas.

Katee Sackhoff had a fascinating tweet "You think that don't you [shrug][wink]"

https://twitter.com/kateesackhoff/status/1251612487306244096

So I retweeted comment that tweet (which What The Force retweeted)

"Hmmm...maybe Gideon was a significant other (heartbroken), and he took the darksaber because of pettiness?

I'm not that creative, so I welcome any other out of the box thinking with this. lol "

https://twitter.com/AliaaAloha/status/1251637944756039680

I also tweeted "Gideon tried to find the light from the Empire (i.e. Captain Doza), yet...failed. (or maybe he will succeed?? Gideondemption ??? "

What the Force replied with "I’m on Gideondemption train"



Anyway, I find Katee's tweet in response to the presumption that Bo-Katan was defeated and the darksaber taken from her to be very fascinating. Hmm!

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:Katee Sackhoff had a fascinating tweet "You think that don't you [shrug][wink]"

https://twitter.com/kateesackhoff/status/1251612487306244096

So I retweeted comment that tweet (which What The Force retweeted)

"Hmmm...maybe Gideon was a significant other (heartbroken), and he took the darksaber because of pettiness?

I'm not that creative, so I welcome any other out of the box thinking with this. lol "

https://twitter.com/AliaaAloha/status/1251637944756039680

I also tweeted "Gideon tried to find the light from the Empire (i.e. Captain Doza), yet...failed.  (or maybe he will succeed?? Gideondemption ??? "

What the Force replied with "I’m on Gideondemption train"



Anyway, I find Katee's tweet in response to the presumption that Bo-Katan was defeated and the darksaber taken from her to be very fascinating. Hmm!

@SW_Heroine_Journey

I have to admit that Moff Gideon having a SO crossed my mind, but I was thinking more in terms of him being the mystery figure in chapter 5 who finds the body of his bae, Fennec, and gets kind of mifty over it. But Bo-Katan...now that is interesting. I would kind of love to see something like that. Sounds angsty.   And something Din would really just not be into coping with.  

If there is a redemption train anywhere, you can guarantee I'm on it! I was contemplating a fanfic that features Gideon's redemption, but I feel like I need to know what makes him tick a bit more first.

@12 Parsnips wrote:

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:Katee Sackhoff had a fascinating tweet "You think that don't you [shrug][wink]"

https://twitter.com/kateesackhoff/status/1251612487306244096

So I retweeted comment that tweet (which What The Force retweeted)

"Hmmm...maybe Gideon was a significant other (heartbroken), and he took the darksaber because of pettiness?

I'm not that creative, so I welcome any other out of the box thinking with this. lol "

https://twitter.com/AliaaAloha/status/1251637944756039680

I also tweeted "Gideon tried to find the light from the Empire (i.e. Captain Doza), yet...failed.  (or maybe he will succeed?? Gideondemption ??? "

What the Force replied with "I’m on Gideondemption train"



Anyway, I find Katee's tweet in response to the presumption that Bo-Katan was defeated and the darksaber taken from her to be very fascinating. Hmm!

@SW_Heroine_Journey

I have to admit that Moff Gideon having a SO crossed my mind, but I was thinking more in terms of him being the mystery figure in chapter 5 who finds the body of his bae, Fennec, and gets kind of mifty over it. But Bo-Katan...now that is interesting. I would kind of love to see something like that. Sounds angsty.   And something Din would really just not be into coping with.  

If there is a redemption train anywhere, you can guarantee I'm on it! I was contemplating a fanfic that features Gideon's redemption, but I feel like I need to know what makes him tick a bit more first.

@12 Parsnips

What if Fennec and Bo-Katan are both exes? lol He loves tough bad*** women, maybe? haha

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:@12 Parsnips

What if Fennec and Bo-Katan are both exes? lol  He loves tough bad*** women, maybe? haha

@SW_Heroine_Journey

Well, he's a good-looking man with beautiful eyes and a poetic way of speaking so maybe bad*** women can't resist him either... (Cara Dune better watch herself. )

Anyway, I don't see how Bo-Katan would be interested in an Imperial ISB officer involved in taking over her beloved planet, but then again...I've believed in stranger enemies-to-lovers plots.

@12 Parsnips wrote:

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:@12 Parsnips

What if Fennec and Bo-Katan are both exes? lol  He loves tough bad*** women, maybe? haha

@SW_Heroine_Journey

Well, he's a good-looking man with beautiful eyes and a poetic way of speaking so maybe bad*** women can't resist him either... (Cara Dune better watch herself. )

Anyway, I don't see how Bo-Katan would be interested in an Imperial ISB officer involved in taking over her beloved planet, but then again...I've believed in stranger enemies-to-lovers plots.

@12 Parsnips

Haha!

I could be totally wrong. I need out of the box thinking for Katee's response to the presumption most have for how Gideon acquired the darksaber. She seems to be hinting that Bo-Katan was not defeated. So interesting! Help me with more theories!

@SW_Heroine_Journey wrote:
I could be totally wrong.  I need out of the box thinking for Katee's response to the presumption most have for how Gideon acquired the darksaber.  She seems to be hinting that Bo-Katan was not defeated. So interesting! Help me with more theories!  

@SW_Heroine_Journey

*Puts on tinfoil tiarra*
All of these assume that Bo-Katan is still alive and hasn't died of like, old age or a disease or something...


1. Bo-Katan could have had some kind of alliance with Gideon (romantic or otherwise) and was not killed but betrayed and somehow left powerless/imprisoned by him in order to get the darksaber.

2. Bo-Katan could have had some kind of alliance with Gideon (romantic or otherwise) and was not killed but betrayed and somehow left powerless/imprisoned by someone else in order to get the darksaber. Gideon has gotten it back from the betrayer but cannot return it to her without magic powers like he'd get from Babyoda's DNA (?? or something). (Redemption potential!)

3. Bo-Katan was not killed but betrayed and somehow left powerless/imprisoned by someone else to get the darksaber, but now has regained power or some other asset that Moff Gideon wants. Gideon needs the darksaber to hold over her head or negotiate with, but since that is too nicey nicey, he needs some kind of secret weapon he can use to take over this asset regardless, and that's why he needs Babyoda.

4. Bo-Katan willingly gives Moff Gideon the darksaber in order to save Korkie. (Thanks, Auntie!)


That's all I got for now... I have trouble wrapping my mind around Bo-Katan doing anything for sentimental reasons!

Trailer for the Mandalorian documentary series (because of course there's one):



Star Wars is about hope? It's about family?? You should come away uplifted because we need that???

*sigh*

Looks like Temeura Morrison is going to be in Mandolorian season 2. Yay!

He's playing Boba Fett....I mean, expected. But still Boba should stay dead in the sarlacc pit.

Can I hope against hope that he plays a somehow de aged Rex?

I was nervous - sorry! - about the Boba Fett news, until What the Force? had excellent points, which eased my concerns. This has the potential to be very mythic.

https://twitter.com/Wtforceshow

And if by chance the trades are incorrect, and he's playing Rex instead of Boba, perfect!

Anyone been watching the Disney Gallery episodes? The group of people making this show get SW so much. The new one had this entire monologue-essay from Filoni about TPM and RotJ. Makes me wonder if the ST, or at least TFA and TLJ, will get official, levelheaded dissections in 15-20 years.

@californiagirl wrote:Anyone been watching the Disney Gallery episodes? The group of people making this show get SW so much. The new one had this entire monologue-essay from Filoni about TPM and RotJ. Makes me wonder if the ST, or at least TFA and TLJ, will get official, levelheaded dissections in 15-20 years.

@californiagirl

Yes, I've been watching. That Filoni monologue made me cry. Someone who understands the myth and had even the other directors in thrall over the beauty of the story... Where were you, Dave, with your "Star Wars is about family and hope, and it should be uplifting because we need that" when we got TRoS?

Some rumors indicate Morrison will play Boba and Rex. Also rumor that Sabine Wren willappear with Ahsoka. They are all slated for just 1 episode that should serve as a launch for Ahsoka show.

I think that boy Ben Solo will appear in Mando and/or those other shows set post-ROTJ eventually. It makes sense and they will want to connect somehow to ST to keep it relevant.

I just hope it doesn't confuse the GA, since even most people who watch Mando don't know about TCW/Rebels and their characters. The nice thing about this show is that it stood on it's own and didn't hinge itself on saga/preexisting characters.

I don't like addition of these pre-existing characters because it reminds me of early Marvel phases where they were always setting future things up so no movie really stood alone. Each had some boring SHIELD scene that was meant to tie in with future movie X.

I assume they will be introduced knowing that the GA are not familiar with them. These were the same concerns that people had about Rebels and general consensus is that the returning characters were well utilized.

Mark is now hired to shill for Mando lol.

https://www.starwars.com/news/the-mandalorian-publishing-program-revealed-exclusive

Mando's got a new slate of books. Looks like there's an original novel. And this is probably just the first wave. There's already a built-in audience for this, plus they just finished the docuseries a couple weeks ago. That Mandalorian content train keeps rolling. Probably an easier sell than all-new (and delayed) HL stuff, so they don't put all their eggs in one basket. At least SW has one guaranteed moneymaker that isn't the OT.

I saw an ET article which started with the words:
"The Skywalker saga is over, the future is Disney+, "
This sums it up exactly, now they've gotten rid of Lucas's pesky little first family they obviously intend to focus on their own material.
Mando is good, but for all their crowing about the Skywalkers being over and done with.....what about Obi Wan? He might not be a Skywalker but he's Lucas's not Disney's.