The Mandalorian - Series 1 - Review

Hello Star Wars fans!

This week I have been watching The Mandalorian first series.

Name - The Mandalorian
Released - 2019
Director - Rick Famuyiwa

It is a fairly recent series furthering the Star Wars genre. The Mandarlorian is a bounty hunter completing missions throughout the galaxy in order to get paid precious metal credits called Beskar to improve his armor. (Think Dog the Bounty Hunter but the sci-fi version).

The timeline is set after the original Star Wars films when the Empire has collapsed. You see throughout the series remnents of the Empire and a new world, less ordered taking place.

The series starts off slow and builds up some of the background history of the main characters and reveals some of the inter-twining story lines that will run throughout the series and possibly beyond.

The series has a similar feel to it as the other series in this genre, but mostly for me, Firefly which was made in 2002. Some of the missions and landing on remote planets on the edge of the galaxy are some of the similarities that struck me the most. They both have run-ins with the current administrations, so are more character focused than having a complete world view that is presented.

The main difference though is that The Mandalorian is Star Wars themed and has lots of great LucasArts historical background and characters to draw from. There are fun droid encounters and scenes involving all the characters you would remember from the films. The whole 50 year old baby Yoda thing is a bit strange, but I guess it holds everything together and ties the series more firmly to the films.

There are many great battle scenes with lasers and cool weapons. The great array of characters from the empire also make for some great sequences and keep the imagination flowing.

My favorite scenes are probably the climatic end to the series and surprises that are presented to you. I can't say too much without giving the storyline away, but the laser battles and confrontations with many different Star Wars characters really bring the show to life.

If I did have a criticism, it would be that The Mandalorian himself though is often at times not really believable as a character and with all the armor and never removing his helmet comes across as very clumbsy and quite far fetched at times. He sounds like The Witcher but less cool.

When he enters some of the bars with other bounty hunters, the entrance scenes are often somewhat comical to behold and you need to use your imagination to believe in it. This doesn't however, detract from the fun of the show.

Overall, I have found it to be a great series to watch and I could recommend it to all sci-fi and particularly Star Wars fans. I am eagerly waiting to start watching the second series now and see how this show further develops.

Thanks for reading & thanks @bozz for the viewing suggestion.

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