Thread by @varadmehta

I'm a mite disappointed they didn't get Elizabeth Taylor to do the voice for Baby Yoda's first word.

"Everyone hated how Luke Skywalker was treated in the sequels, so let's give him his own equally ridiculous fan wank lightsaber rampage like Darth Vader had in 'Rogue One,' with a terrible CGI Mark Hamill, and all will be forgiven."

Disney/Lucasfilm production meeting. Probably.

DAFUQ WAS THAT BULLSHIT

Am I the only one who thinks "The Mandalorian" got stupider as this season went on? Everything after the Ahsoka episode was downhill. Just one mindless stormtrooper slaughterfest after another. Give me Mando transporting Frog Mom and her eggs any day.

Sorry, but none of that worked. Whatever the hell that was, cohesive, coherent storytelling it wasn't. The two best episodes of the season were the first one and the Ahsoka one, and precisely because they strayed from the season formula of mindlessly killing stormtroopers.

You could tell they were limited in what they could do with the CGI de-aged Luke because Mark Hamill's stand-in just stood there. He didn't even say anything like, "I know he looks like Yoda" to R2. Probably because they couldn't do that. Which just makes it more glaring.

Don't me wrong, I still like "The Mandalorian." But the season finale was a misfire. And I do think in general people are grading it on a curve because of the bad taste the sequels (and the prequels) have left in a lot of people's mouths. It's good. But not that good.

Also watched the four-part "Clone Wars" arc where a tiny Republic colonel leads a squad of droids (including R2) behind enemy lines to steal a Separatist encryption chip. A bit of a silly storyline, but it had a lot of good dialogue.

I remember this arc fairly well, though I recollect the middle two episodes better than the first and last parts. The second one, where all of them are wandering around in a featureless desert and the commander, Col. Gascon, has an existential crisis, is very funny.

Oh, I forgot to mention the post-credits scene at the end of "The Mandalorian" season finale. Is that a new show that wasn't announced last week? Is it replacing "Mandalorian"? What's the deal?