The Mandalorian Was Always Bad: A Season 1 Critique

An analysis explaining how the persistent scriptwriting issues across Disney Star Wars: The Mandalorian can ultimately be traced back to the critically acclaimed first season. [Warning: This video contains full content spoilers for seasons 1-3 of Disney Star Wars: The Mandalorian and minor content spoilers for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Andor, Better Call Saul, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms and The Last Of Us (HBO)] Timestamps: (00:23) - Introduction: (01:41) - A Long Time Ago: Franchise Context and Reputation in Retrospect (02:28) - Locating Problems: The Structural Problems With Tracking Fobs (07:42) - Meaningless Misadventures: The Convenient Patterns of Lazy Scriptwriting (13:47) - Under The Helmet: Mando’s Character Conflict and Contradictions (21:17) - Juvenile Mistakes: Wasting Relationship Dynamics For Profit (24:43) - Repeat Offenders: Consistent Issues With The Recurring Cast (32:24) - Finish The Job: Wrapping Up Loose Ends and Lost Potential Sources Referenced: 1. “Star Wars Team “The Mandalorian and Grogu Joureys to the Big Screen”, Starwars.com, 2019 https://www.starwars.com/news/the-man... 2. Kain, Erik. “The Mandlorian Season 1 Review: The Best New ‘Star Wars’ since Return Of The Jedi”. Forbes. 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain... 3. Seale, Jack. “The Mandalorian Season 1 Review - Baby Yoda Has Finally Come To The UK. Was It Worth The Wait?”. The Guardian. 2019. 5https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra... 4. Dominguez, Noah. “Pedro Pascal: The Mandalorian Season 3 Was ‘Mostly A Voice Over Gig’”. Yahoo Entertainment. 2023. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/p... 5. Ross, Dalton. “Jon Favreau Addresses How Many Seasons ‘The Mandalorian’ Will Run”. Entertainment. 2023. https://ew.com/tv/the-mandalorian-jon... Music Featured: Werd of Mouth - Show Da World (Instrumental) - 00:13 L. - Check The Flow (Instrumental) - 01:40 K.Mac - In Baltimore (Instrumental) - 02:28 Rezidue - Inner City Blues (Instrumental) - 07:42 Demastas - Feel No Guilt (Instrumental) - 13:47 Trends of Culture - Lavish Lifestyle (Instrumental) - 15:46 Brother Arthur - What You Gonna Do? (Instrumental) - 21:17 Gustavo Santaolalla - The Last Of Us (Main Theme) - 22:40 I-Power - Under Da Sun (Instrumental) - 23:13 Heather B. - All Glocks Down (Instrumental) - 24:43 Heather B. - Real Niggaz Up (Instrumental) - 26:51 Diemen X - Ninety Sixness (Instrumental) - 30:43 Werd of Mouph - Show Da World (Instrumental) - 32:24 L. Check The Flow (Instrumental) - 34:11 [The use of copyrighted material in this video is classified as fair use under copyright law - http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92ch...] #themandalorian #starwars