Episode 935: It’s Blastin’ Time

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Matt, Pete, and Mark donned their discursive beskar armor and swore an oath to never take off their podcasting helmets before going to the theater to watch The Mandalorian and Grogu. This is the way, we were told. And yet despite Baby Yoda’s cuteness and the surprising depth of the incredibly swole Rotta the Hutt, we all found the movie to be unsatisfying for many different reasons. Mark argues that the movie was fundamentally set up to fail after Mando was denied the samurai/cowboy path by his corporate overlords and forced to take custody of a small child. Pete found the action sequences empty and pointless, noting that Mando acts like a Nazi hunter without any real internal conflict. In a surprise twist, Matt actually wished there were more Mandalore-lore, or at least any sort of depth to the plot and character development. Everyone agreed that Ludwig Göransson’s score was the high point of the movie. Maybe go listen to that on Spotify instead of watching this movie. Or just watch Season 2 of The Mandalorian again.

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Further Reading

• The Mandalorian and Grogu soundtrack on Spotify
• The Mandalorian Season 2 on Disney+