Well that is a way to go out with a bang! I'm very surprised the Mythosaur never got some action, when Grogu woke the one in the water, it looked small, I wonder how many are down there. So Giddeon cracked the code of cloning force wielders with Dr Perishing? I guess that explains why she mind flayed him so no one else could learn it. That makes more sense now.I'm glad Axe never ran out of fuel flying from the Great Forge into outer space, sure would have sucked. Sure am happy that wasn't a plot point in the show 👀I don't get Bo saying they couldn't beat them in the air, but they could on the ground. Didn't you try that last time and your planet got crystallized?The meteor shower of Mandos was a cool shot, but air to air combat was a little... goofy for me. Grogu holding his own against the guards was great to see. His time with Luke paid off well. I was almost wishing he would pull out the light dagger and start slicing! Him and Din were a great team, same with the Bo fight. I was interested to see if the darksaber crystal was going to be salvaged to be repaired. Guess it is done for good. Maybe we will get a new one in the coming seasons, would be a way to repair the riff between Jedi and Mando.Overall the last 2 episodes really bolstered the season, it gave us a lot of lore, world building and action. Really looking forward to the next season, but the one question I have is, how did Giddeon know about Maul? He put the horn spikes on his helmet, he used a double blades staff. That couldn't have been a coincidence right?

Nice popcorn episode, not more not less. We need a new story arc for season 4. Mando mentioning at the end that he'd like to work as NewRep subcontractor hunting empire remnants hopefully means we will see some cross-overs to Ashoka series.

It was a decent episode, but had tons of really weird elements. The more I think about it, the less I like it, and the less I like the whole season. It also seemed very rushed. The Pershing mind wipe makes even less sense now. They could have just thrown him off the train. It was a very convoluted story arc with no reason behind it. R5 being scared of the cliff when he literally just flew down off a cliff made no sense. Gideon saying he would take care of Din and Grogu, and then just waiting in his lair while they destroyed his clones with a single button push made no sense. And why would you have a button that blew the glass out of the clone tanks? The last name of Mandalorians is obviously the family name. See Clans Visla and Katan, so why would Grogu be Din Grogu instead of Grogu Djarin?Where the heck did all of Din’s weaponry go? In the first season he was launching whistling birds and knee rockets every 5 seconds. Neither made an appearance this entire season as he fist fought everyone. Rocket packs all ran out of fuel after a few minutes in one episode, but in this one they can fly all the way to space. Their necks are completely exposed to any rope thrown at them, but somehow the vacuum of space doesn’t affect them. Who are the spies? Why did the pretorian guards try to kill Grogu? Gideon had done everything in his power to try to capture him for 2 seasons, now he wants him dead? I could go on. I really feel like this show lost its way this season. There’s too many fingers in the pot. Too many directors. Star Wars needs to be limited to Filoni, Taika, and Howard directing. And that’s it.

Throwaway season. More prequel-like fan service with no depth.

Loved the previous episode but had some issues with this episode1. The aerial battle... Its like the stormtroopers don't have beskar armor anymore... all they did was job, not a single moment where they were shown to take anyone out2. Axe Wolve should've died / sacrificed himself in space (the whole crash landing was bad since it just implies the fighters and bombers can't take out an almost unmanned capital ship) also it just cheapens everything about him staying behind and the entire threat of the fighters and bombers since there was no casualties for the good guys; The show is too afraid to kill off any good characters and thats lame3. Grogu forcing in all the battles is very OP and takes away the tension from everything / every battle

The Mandalorian S3E8: The Return (Spoilers)

AntarioXP
2 years ago
Nice popcorn episode, not more not less. We need a new story arc for season 4. Mando mentioning at the end that he'd like to work as NewRep subcontractor hunting empire remnants hopefully means we will see some cross-overs to Ashoka series.
ltswb1
2 years ago
It was a decent episode, but had tons of really weird elements. The more I think about it, the less I like it, and the less I like the whole season. It also seemed very rushed.

The Pershing mind wipe makes even less sense now. They could have just thrown him off the train. It was a very convoluted story arc with no reason behind it.

R5 being scared of the cliff when he literally just flew down off a cliff made no sense.

Gideon saying he would take care of Din and Grogu, and then just waiting in his lair while they destroyed his clones with a single button push made no sense. And why would you have a button that blew the glass out of the clone tanks?

The last name of Mandalorians is obviously the family name. See Clans Visla and Katan, so why would Grogu be Din Grogu instead of Grogu Djarin?

Where the heck did all of Din’s weaponry go? In the first season he was launching whistling birds and knee rockets every 5 seconds. Neither made an appearance this entire season as he fist fought everyone.

Rocket packs all ran out of fuel after a few minutes in one episode, but in this one they can fly all the way to space.

Their necks are completely exposed to any rope thrown at them, but somehow the vacuum of space doesn’t affect them.

Who are the spies?

Why did the pretorian guards try to kill Grogu? Gideon had done everything in his power to try to capture him for 2 seasons, now he wants him dead?

I could go on. I really feel like this show lost its way this season. There’s too many fingers in the pot. Too many directors. Star Wars needs to be limited to Filoni, Taika, and Howard directing. And that’s it.
mikebpiz
2 years ago
Throwaway season. More prequel-like fan service with no depth.
Blubcop
Rising Newcomer
2 years ago
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago
Loved the previous episode but had some issues with this episode

1. The aerial battle... Its like the stormtroopers don't have beskar armor anymore... all they did was job, not a single moment where they were shown to take anyone out
2. Axe Wolve should've died / sacrificed himself in space (the whole crash landing was bad since it just implies the fighters and bombers can't take out an almost unmanned capital ship) also it just cheapens everything about him staying behind and the entire threat of the fighters and bombers since there was no casualties for the good guys; The show is too afraid to kill off any good characters and thats lame
3. Grogu forcing in all the battles is very OP and takes away the tension from everything / every battle
infidel2k
2 years ago
Agreed. It’s a season finale - no real cliff hangers. Just felt like typical movie troping.

“How many fighters do we need to destroy that cruiser?”
“30 sir.”
“Send 25. And leave those bombers I requested last episode in the hangars, the CGI budget ran over again.”
…
“How did we lose?”
Devian_Ers
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
I like the episode, but I feel it was too short. We had lots of long fillers, but short ending...
Promoting Bo as Mandalore was a bit underwhelmig. Felt like she didn't earn it and everything was given to her on spoon, I was even expecting fight for Mythosaur but.... guess that was luxury.
And a bit controversal about Gideon. He don't favor clones - he has them. He do not favor humans in Dark Troopers he puts himself in them. He lashes out about clones destroyed - he lets it happen and simply waits
I kinda hope that one is a clone and real Gideon simply wants to hide for the time being
LordDirt
New Traveler
2 years ago
Season was eh.
Blubcop
Rising Newcomer
2 years ago
I just hope that Gideon is now dead. He was a really nice villain, but another season were he is the endboss would be worse than him just dying like that.
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago
"Blubcop;c-2417231" wrote:
I just hope that Gideon is now dead. He was a really nice villain, but another season were he is the endboss would be worse than him just dying like that.

Yeah, they should focus on the rest of the Shadow Council now, with Mando being a contractor for the New Republic