Groovy nostalgia trip episode. Loved seeing the Pit Droids and other familiar Mos Eisley sites.

How freakin' great was that! That scene with the Tuskens was pure gold. But that ending! Holy fuck! Was that Bane!?

How wretched!!

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I've never seen a science fiction TV show with more unevenness than this one.

It drives me nuts.

It waffles from state of the art cinema-quality special effects to those of the early 1990s.

If the shots were CONSISTENT the lapses wouldn't be so apparent and immersion breaking. It'd be far better to have ALL lower-quality effects shots than this ultra-high and low thing that they're doing now.

They couldn't even afford to show any starfighter debris when The Mandalorian blew it up. All we see is a fiery burst... and that's it. Star Trek The Next Generation era stuff.

Those two Tuskens were the cleanest Tuskens ever seen. And the bounty hunter nub: his suit came straight from a cosplayer's sewing machine.

And the "acting"... The mechanic, the cosplayer and the assassin - all need to strictly stick to the Civic Theaters.

And again, the melee... Walker, Texas Ranger had better. Maybe because Granpa Chuck Norris didn't need to block most of his vision with helmets when trying to pull off the stunts?

How do those FOBs work, anyway? They must be tied to baby Yoda's DNA. Pretty remarkable technology that can track one's DNA from light years away. Maybe Palpatine is helping to track?

I'm about ready to ditch the series, and dearly hope that Obi-Wan avoids the kinds of inconsistencies that I've been detailing on this forum. I hope that this series figures it out real quick.

Compare the multitudes of this series' ups and downs to a series with a MUCH smaller budget, The Expanse. The Expanse very rarely even bruises the sense of immersion. In comparison, I just can't excuse away the quality lapses that run throughout The Mandalorian.

I’ve got to say that I’m not feeling the love for this... 5 episodes in and it increasingly feels like I’m watching a fan made show on YouTube. I certainly wouldn’t say I dislike it, but it all just seems so small and irrelevant, especially when I’m viewing it alongside Watchmen... which is (IMO) far more intellectually/creatively engaging and feels like it has narrative momentum.

Episodes 4 and 5 have been low points, and in an 8-episode season with 30 minute episodes, it feels like a waste of time. I expected far more from the show at this point of the season based on the highs of episode 3. There's still three episodes left to recapture the momentum of the story, so I'm hoping it finishes strong.

I love it, love the Child, love the Mando and love how he navigates his way through the episodes. There's definitely been deliberate moments of him being lucky rather than good and I love them too. That guy at the end of 5 with the jangling spurs? I think we know who that is and that's also ok wth me. They've shown enough character, heart and love for what's gone before (FUCKING PIT DROIdS DUDE!!!) that I'm now totally commited to the rest.

It's not perfect but by fuck it's really good star wars to me.

My favorite episode of the series so far.

I missed that video. Thanks for posting.

Did Filoni state that Bane died during that scene?

Or maybe that was the clue that the original Boba died and someone else assumed his identity...

So much subtle and overt fan service, it was ridiculous. A strong showing in my humble estimation.

And that dogfight death at the beginning of the episode?