This season ended pretty strong, and dark.

The beginning of the season was kind of all over the place with no real story arc.  Lots of the episodes were very fluffy and kid oriented. 

By the end of the season stuff was coherent with most of the shows being roughly tied together in to a common plot with some side adventures mixed in that generally added to the overall character development.  Some of the episodes were pretty dark too.

I'm hopeful we get more of the later - coherent, story arcs, and character development in next year's season.  They can skip all the random kid oriented filler as far as I'm concerned.

Overall though I wouldn't recommend this series to anyone other than hardcore Star Wars fans.

Was there any mention at EU Celebration when we would be getting this?  Its been a year since they started taking orders.

I’m still not impressed with much this season.  The end of this one was good to have gotten done I suppose, that detail needed taking care of. 

Also I might be the only one, I don’t need all these cameos.  It takes me out of the story in all the wrong ways.

I'm with you on both counts Rob. 

The Mandalorian show has never been a masterful set of storytelling like Andor, so my expectations are a little different, but I'm still hopeful that they can have a larger story arc with the plot progressing reasonably from show to show in a sensible manner.

I feel like they've got a bunch of different writers coming up with pulpy ideas that consume 85% of the episode and then they just tack on a bit of random plot here and there.  This week's episode felt like that where most of it didn't make any sense in the larger picture, and then the last five minutes was the bit where they moved the plot along.

And I agree that having well known actors/celebrities in cameos can be fun, but it can also be really distracting at times. 

One thing that I'm still confused about is why does Bo Katan need an army and super powerful starships?  Who is controlling Mandalore that she needs to take it back from?  Isn't it just a post-apocalyptic world where some of those native critters live?  There doesn't appear to be an Imperial Remnant or pirates controlling it.

I think we can all enjoy (or not enjoy) parts of this show for different reasons.  Nick and Nick can love the pulpy fun, and Rob and myself can be frustrated by clumsy storytelling while still mostly liking the show.  Its more about missed opportunities to have something really good like Andor.  I do wish they could find a stronger narrative and writing that would hold the story together better even when they've got a side adventure.

I am honestly worried about the just announced Dave Filoni movie that pulls together Mando, BoBF, and Ahsoka.  BoBF was a hot mess with no larger story.  Mando currently has a small story arc around reclaiming Mandalore.  Not sure what Ahsoka is going to be about but it appears its the usual Favreau/Filoni writing/directing/producing crew that did Mando and BoBF, so while my hopes are high based on the trailer and Rebels vibe I'm also tempering my expectations based on their recent track record.

Tony Gilroy absolutely crushed it with Andor.  Maybe that is considered "too serious" for the kids.  I just wish we could get a little more of that cohesive storytelling from Andor and mix in some pulpy fun for the kids to create a better Mandalorian series.

The teaser was awful, but the new trailer is really solid. 

Based on the new trailer I'm actually hopeful this might be decent.  I better not get my hopes up after the last one, and time travel always seems like a weak gimmick.

I agree there is a lot of eye candy.  I hope they've got a great story to go with it.

I wonder if this reuses a lot of the Heir to the Empire story line.  Ahsoka even uses that line "heir to the empire" in the trailer.

Who are those Sith / Dark Jedi?  Is that Jorus C'baoth and Mara Jade?

There also appear to be three new big identical starships - long lost dreadnaughts?

I wonder if they swap Ahsoka for Luke in the original story line and reuse a lot of the plot points?  I didn't see any Ysalamir...

That was a solid episode. Pulpy fun but it also moved the plot forward. And that cameo in the rebel pilot cantina!!

I’ll give it another day before posting any spoilers but that was pretty sweet.

Sweet.  I like the variety.