Chapter 20: The Foundling

As I am watching, it is becoming more clear to me that this sentence is going to be as important for Mandalorian's as Jedi's "May the force be with you".

The Lore of the Mandalorians is becoming more interesting and I am looking forward to seeing what myths will be revealed next. The character development is good. The layers are also getting revealed.

The story told us that this is preparation for something bigger yet to come. The arch of the story is still being built. Even new "Foundlings" characters are interesting.

If the show can keep its momentum like this, I will not be surprised if "This is the way" will be more well-known.

Seasons 1 and 2 of The Mandalorian brought my love for Star Wars back. Season 2 felt like a fireworks show, with each chapter getting better and better with a grand finale. I don't know what happened after, but from the start of The Book of Boba Fett to Kenobi to Season 3 of The Mandalorian, the quality, the writing, and the greatness of the first 2 Seasons of The Mandalorian have gone away. I was so hyped for the Mandalorian lore in this season, but it's been portrayed terribly. These cosplay Mandalorian extras with spray painted Boba Fett helmets and armor make the Mandalorians look like imbeciles. I was hoping that the Mandalorians would be similar to Jango Fett, Jaster Mereel, the True Mandalorians from the Open Seasons comic books, Gar Saxon, Pre Vizsla, etc. Real Mandalorian warriors who were smart, intimidating, leaders, and actually knew how to use their gear and surroundings. These Mandalorians are like a bunch of inept and incompetent Power Rangers. They remind me of that terrible biker gang from The Book of Boba Fett. So far, Season 3 has felt like something off of the Disney Channel. Grogu does something cute, the Mandalorians fight another creature, Din Djarin plays sidekick to Bo Katan, rinse and repeat. Halfway through, and there's no direction at all. It's just making the decision to bring Grogu back right away look worse and worse. It's getting to the point where they should've finished the series with the Season 2 finale. It was perfection, and now it's being stained. I'm really hoping that it gets better with these last 4 episodes.

At times, it felt like a bad episode of Power Rangers. All of the depth we've come to know from some of the characters present in this episode went out the window. There isn't too much good I have to say about this one.

This very much felt like the episode earlier in the series with the Krayt dragon but not executed anywhere near as well, and with an exposition from Grogu's past which was almost completely disjointed from the rest of the episode.

Acting was sub-par, clear voice dubs for all of the Mandalorian characters and a script which felt like it came from a high school student made me wonder if I want to continue watching weekly or just wait and see what the consensus is at the end of Season 3.

Overall, this is not what I came to expect from the previous two seasons and really hope that it picks up again with more character development that I actually care about. Or even stakes which actually seem high.

After a brilliant 2 seasons , this show is stumbling. The last 2 episodes in particular were just filler and we're almost halfway through the season with no idea of what the main story arc is, who the villian is, this is just poor.

The writing is just average and there's nothing memorable of this season so far.

Of course it looks great but that's it.

I remember that Boba Fett was heavily panned when it released, however the last few episodes of that show were awesome and saved that show. After episodes 3 and 4 here, we actually need something similar to save Season 3 of the Mandalorian.

There's a danger here that if this continues it will turn people away from the franchise.

After last weeks shift in focus we are back with an episode where our main trio takes center stage! While still feeling like set-up it was an enjoyable episode nonetheless!

I liked Grogus development in the episode, as well as the flashback! It was great too learn more of how he escaped order 66, plus it doesn't hurt too se Jedi's fighting clones! Especially when one of them is played by the guy who portrayed Jar Jar Binks!

I love how we can tell what Grogu is feeling just by looking at his facial expressions, rather than having other characters tell you how he feels! He is becoming more and more his own character!

The main plot, while feeling like a side-quest, was still exciting and worked as a developmemt for Bo Khatan! The episode also ends with a tease that Bo Khatan will play a major role later on!

In some ways it is still a little unclear excactly where this is going, but since these last few episodes where mostly set-up, i hope the next episodes will bring more clarity and pay-off!