The one thing is this part of the plot moved way too quickly.  They just defeated the pirates and Karga gifted them some land in Nevarro to settle but they are already set to go back Mandalore.  And they kept talking about taking Mandalore back.  From who?  It seemed like pretty much a "dead" world without much activity from their visits (yes, there were many species they saw, but it didn't look like the planet was occupied by any means).  Has Moff Gideon been using Mandalore as a base all this time?  Apparently so.

I griped about this frustration before.  Its an example of crappy/lazy writing that I think could be easily fixed with some better execution. 

Maybe there was always a garrison of remnant troops on Mandalore that Bo Katan and crew were building a coalition to take down and reclaim the planet, but it was never mentioned.  Then the story could play out and they get surprised by a much larger garrison and beskar troops and Moff Gideon. 

You would think that Bo Katan would be pretty aware of what is going on on Mandalore when she has been living on its moon Concordia for some time.

I still get the sense that Favreau/Filoni are only very roughly sketching out the overall season plot and then leave it up to individual writers/directors to craft their own stories, and then never try to reconcile them and get them to really gel.

Quote from: Jeff on April 13, 2023, 10:20 AM

Deluxe IG-12 with Anzellan droidsmith(s) just jumped to the top of my most wanted list.

Yes, but you'll get IG-12 with Grogu instead.

I'm sure we'll get both versions, probably not removeable driver though.

Back in stock.  I managed to grab one!

I'm so ******* excited for Squidhead I could flip over my desk. I bought 2 of those packs...pricey, but I need that guy. And the other guys. But not Ree Yees, because I have a few of him, and I've seen Shabby Blue's site and I know what's going on there.

You really can't have enough of these types of guys.   

Not that Hasbro needs any more of my money, but they could come out with different head sculpts and maybe different hands depending on the race and have piles of Mando pirates, Jabba's Goons, TBoBF speeder bike gang members for years.  Lots of easy different kitbashing for background characters would be sweet.

Whatever the project is Has lab is trending towards having an early backer bonus tier that seems to be limited to the first week.

I personally like that, but if they've got a good offering there shouldn't be a problem getting it funded quickly.  I think the Razor Crest hit its target in a day.

Looks like they're stepping on the gas for more 6" Indy figures.  Too many for me to collect them all at full retail, but I'll pick and choose a few.  Not sure if and when preorders will be available.

Yakface has a good breakdown of the latest announcements:

Wave 2:
Indiana Jones (Temple of Doom)
Short Round (Temple of Doom)
Indiana Jones (Hypnotized Temple of Doom)
Helena Shaw (Dial of Destiny)
Indiana Jones (Dial of Destiny)

Exclusives:
Indiana Jones (RotLA Cairo) - Amazon/Fan Channel
Indiana Jones (RotLA Temple Escape) - Hasbro Pulse / ShopDisney
Marcus Brody & Rene Belloq 2pk (RotLA) - Amazon/Fan Channel

Pipeline reveals:
Indiana Jones (The Last Crusade)
Grail Knight (The Last Crusade)
Dr. Henry Jones Sr. (The Last Crusade)
Elsa Schnieder (The Last Crusade)
Jurgen Voller (Dial of Destiny)
Renaldo (Dial of Destiny)

They should have just included an R5 dome with the N-1.  It seems weird to buy an R5-D4 just to pull its dome off and shove it in the N-1.

Does anyone know if this is accurate?  That the Dave Filoni movie will be the end of Mando and Grogu’s story?  If so, did they announce when that movie would happen?  Despite my complaints about this year, I’d like the show to carry on and thought I saw an interview with Favreau that wasn’t too long ago where he was saying they didn’t have any plans to end Mandalorian on some kind of schedule.

https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-movie-universe-dave-filoni/

Based on their recent track record with movies I fully expect this movie to never happen.

If they do want to tie things up eventually across all these characters they should just do it on Disney+ with a final season.