Chapter 22: Guns for Hire

In the first chapter of this episode I was totally distracted by the non-existent voice effects of the two aqatic lovers. No creature with mouthes like these would be able to sound like an ordinary human voice, even the movements of the mouth didn't fit the words. That is just bad production. Each and every stupid robot has a sound effect on its voice.... The rest of the episode was kinda ok, but I expected a little humour when Jack Black is in the episode. His part could have been flamboyantly funny, but was too lame. So the whole episode felt fragmentary.

And Grogu is getting sidelined again, which also was disappointing.

I loved S1 of Mando, it revived this franchise for me like many others here. S2 was good too, the cameos & easter eggs were fun.

But now the lack of a story line is starting to show. Its almost like the script of this episode was just a couple of lines, and they let the actors improvise the rest. The dialogue is actually that bad. The droid problem filler which was like 80% of this episode would have been acceptable if we were in the first third, not the final third of the season.

I know the storyline of Mando has to merge with that sequel trilogy at some point, but does the quality of the story also needs to match?

Horrible, lack of originality and completely tonally out of place, everything down to the aesthetics is just misplaced & does not feel like a mando episode at all. I appreciate the attempt to try & try something new the use of comedy has been common even in S1 of mando, we had bill burr, so I'm okay with comedy, it's just the execution... and this episode fails at the execution, why does the entire story feel cookie cutter, I feel like I'm watching a predictable scooby doom mystery. The episode has some sort of interesting plot points that could have worked had the characters worked, but it just didn't, they suck & so does the way the execution was for this episode, it wraps up nice I suppose with a good 4 minutes to spare but other than that this entire episode is skippable.

This show has transformed out of all recognition. No longer is it the man with no name in space but the man with no purpose in space.

Mando was undeniably the coolest SCIFI character STAR WARS had dished up in a long long time. The show has now been turned into the Rebels cartoon. Yes you could argue, that was it's natural progression but compared to what we got in season 1 this is really uninspired and predictable, childish storytelling.

Although chapter 22 was fun, there is nothing here worth talking about. It was grade C level writing at best, much like the rest of season 3.

I envisioned so much more for this show. When we have the likes of Andor which is such high quality with great characters with a true Star Wars aesthetic. I'm shocked Favreau and crew did not capitalise on taking Mando in this direction instead. What a wasted opportunity.

I'm pretty sure crowbarring in The Book Of Boba Fett, has not helped this shows maturity and has inadvertently sucked the life out of Favreau's creative flow. He is clearly spreading himself too thin and it really shows. Better luck on Mando Season 4. This one is a complete dud.

-Cheap attempts at humour.

-Unnecessary side jobs.

-Bad acting in areas.

-No plot.

-Power Ranger confrontations.

-In your face cameos.

-Scooby Doo villains.

Disney has made decent productions in the past but they seem to be falling into this pit of lazy writing. They won't stop as long as it rakes in the money, this goes for a lot of their recent shows and movies hiding weak plots under the skin of "entertainment" ruining good development and losing intelligent structure. Then there's the woke culture, but let's not get into that. It comes to my attention that all they care about is overdone morals and merchandise. I read a review where someone said it was like Disney are hiring 13 year old fans to write these episodes now, it certainly seems like it. Bo Katan Kryze and Din Djarin were wasted potential, they deserved much more.

I watched a video a while back on an essay viewing producers are taking over writers especially from Disney. So visions on how stories are structured are now becoming based on how a producer wants it to look, because Disney are right behind them. Fans want more Grogu cuteness so they throw it into the story even if it makes no sense or is just pathetic.

The Mandalorian was a good show to watch in it's prime, it showed the latest Star Wars trilogy how to bring the magic and thrill back into the Saga but keep that core narrative. Now it's just joining the rest down in the bin of forgetful plots. The opening sequence to this episode didn't feel like Star Wars at all, more of a low rated episode of Doctor Who. It drowns out core story for big budgeted production and eye candy visuals. Disney can afford it so why should they stop? I've seen shows with next to no budget master better at story than this.

Grogu does literally nothing now but "LoOk CuTe", what development was there one time is now him just flipping through the air like an inanimate object and using his force for games. "But it sells the toys", they would say for the same reason the latest trilogy was made. Disney can produce great quality stories, but when they get greedy, it's best to just walk away.

I really am hoping these next 2 episodes will be excellent but i feel like the show will be axed after this season. Maybe it's for the best.

Worst Episode of the series. Infact this entire Season has been 10% story and 90% comic filler. Where's the depth we had before?! Well, i think Dave Filoni left to write the upcoming Ashoka series so what writers were left had all the pressure before the deadlines, that's why this season seems empty. Disney wanted a season 3 despite it having limited writers, it's self explanatory really.

Please make the next 2 episodes justify this Season's downfall.

6/10.