WARNING: The following post contains spoilers for The Mandalorian.
I am so grateful the future of Star Wars has arrived, and it is the Mandalorian. This show is perfect. I have finished watching the first season, and I can offer no complaints or negative critiques. This show is a master class in awesomeness and we get to watch it.
The Mandalorian touches on everything a TV or Star Wars fan could want. There are storm troopers being horrible. There is a cute baby. There is a knight in armor. There are jetpacks. There are spaceships. There is a killer robot. There is a nanny robot. There is force choking! There are great catchphrases. The show gives you so many things you would want from a Star Wars show, and it does it right.
Maybe the greatest thing about the Mandalorian is the pace and restraint the show has. There is one lightsaber for 5 seconds in the show. Many writers might overdo the lightsabers. Jon Favreau is brilliant as The Maker. He has written a show that allows itself to develop. He isn’t rushing the cool stuff. I predict that there will be a Jedi lightsaber battle, but that obviously will come in later seasons. There are so many cool things you can do with a Star Wars TV show and he does a lot of them, but he also paces himself and doesn’t do them all. Disney has also shown some restraint in this process. The big reveal of the show was Baby Yoda, and they didn’t hint at the child once in any of their media and toys. I saw that they lost 3 million dollars in toy sales because Baby Yoda wasn’t on shelves for Christmas. The last bit of restraint that impressed me is that we see Pedro Pascal’s(the lead actor) face for 10 seconds in the whole show. He is in a helmet the entire time, because Mandalorians wear helmets and don’t remove them. Some actors would have ego and want that helmet off, but he has gone with the helmet and that’s awesome. It’s just wonderful that everyone is trying to make the show cool and right.
Doing things right is hard for a lot of those big companies to do. With the Mandalorian Disney does it all right. It is so awesome to watch something be done right in media. The goal was obviously to make an awesome show and that is what they did. It seems like setting up sequels, and setting up toy sales were not the first priority, this is awesome. If more shows were made with the care and passion of the Mandalorian then TV would be in a Golden Age. I 100% believe The Mandalorian shall bring balance to The Force. This show shows everyone how TV and Star Wars should be made. It is a study in craftsmanship.
The craftsmanship in this show is almost inspiring to me. I think I could take the same care and thought they took with the show and put it into my projects. I can go deep where deep is warranted. I can have fun with the aspects of projects that are fun. I can restrain myself when restraint is wise. Ultimately I can care about what I am doing. It is evident that Jon Favreau and crew care very much about Star Wars and that is something we can all grateful for.
I think all of this because…. THIS IS THE WAY.
I HAVE SPOKEN!