Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Page 25

*Andrew NDB* · 09-22-2025, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

I want to watch that Thrawn TV show crossover movie

Until story specifics started coming out about this, I thought for sure the Mandalorian movie WAS going to be the big Thrawn crossover thing. The pace of this whole thing is pretty glacial and is NOT doing it any favors.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-25-2026, 05:15 PM

Lots of these Youtube talking heads are calling this movie a bomb but it's really not. It may have done SLIGHTLY less than Solo but it has half of the budget and should be in the green after weekend 2, even if it drops 50%.

*Xav* · 05-26-2026, 12:06 AM

The break even point is said to be between 500 and 600 million so opening lower than a film that made less than 400 million isn't a good sign.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-26-2026, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Xav

The break even point is said to be between 500 and 600 million so opening lower than a film that made less than 400 million isn't a good sign.

Yeah, if it's mostly just international dollars coming in (for which they don't get very much % of) and less so the domestic that'd be about right. But even if we were to assume the marketing budget was the same as the production budget, that'd only be a total of 300 million which even THEN is cheaper than just Solo's production budget.

*CyberCubed* · 05-26-2026, 04:13 PM

Yeah, no way am I seeing this in theaters, and I imagine most people don't want to pay for something they know is just 2 episodes of the show duct-tape together with a slightly higher budget. It'll be on Disney+ soon enough, then I can watch it on the illegal streaming sites for free when they get the HD rip.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-26-2026, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I imagine most people don't want to pay for something they know is just 2 episodes of the show duct-tape together with a slightly higher budget.

More like 4 episodes. Mandalorian episodes are like half an hour each and this is 2 hours and 12 minutes long.

*sdp* · 05-26-2026, 11:58 PM

Well I watched it tonight. Theater was almost empty, it's Tuesday but still there was barely anyone in there.

I haven't watched any of the mandalorian shows or even anything star wars after épisode IX. SonI went in like a general audience member not knowing who he was, sure I'd seem the clips of Luke Skywalker appearing but that's about it. No spoilers.

I guess you don't need to know anything but it just feels like a random adventure. Mando is cool and baby Yoda is cute I guess but that gets tiring after all the action séquences the movie has. The story is decent but it's not something I want to watch again either.
The movie feels like an EU movie, I say that as both a good thing and a bad thing. It feels in the same canon as the comics and video games used to have. Fun side stories but no original ideas or just messing with the canon too much with "original characters do not copy". In fact it felt very much like a video game (cutscenes, action game play, cutscene explaininf the plot, more game pay, ending cutscene). The lack of star wars crawl or music was missed, in general the music is very forgettable.
I don't see why the movie has such great ratings, it's fine but nothing mind blowing. Waiting is likely for the best unless you're a huge fan of mandalorian I guess.
The ending felt a bit unnecessary, things had basically already been resolved and then you get a deus ex machina ending anyway. It wasn't necessary.

While I found that the movie is still dealing with rebels vs empire stuff only it's ex empire vs new republic.. it's just a bit tiring. I did love how they blended prequel trilogy stuff and make it look in the style of the original trilogy. They did a fantastic job mixing the two styles in a way that worked.

So yeah, not a bad movie but I don't see why normies would go see it. Nothing outstanding. I'm sure it'll be profitable but not a huge hit either. I don't think these type of movies will be a good idea to keep making. They'll just do worse and worse at the B.O over time. I guess hardcore fans are the only ones who would love them.

*Mayhem* · 05-27-2026, 04:12 AM

I enjoyed it, but yeah it felt like a feature length version of a TV episode. Liked the call backs and use of aspects from other IP (the ickle baby image of Rotta, and Embo from Clone Wars, the little robots that Cal has in the Jedi Survivor series etc) plus cameos from a couple of peeps (R5, Carson Teva) and properly seeing a couple of creatures we barely got a look at in the OT (Amanin, dragonsnake).

*Andrew NDB* · 06-22-2026, 05:16 PM

Oopsie...

*IMJ* · 06-22-2026, 06:37 PM

Looks a picture of Pedro with himself?

*Andrew NDB* · 06-22-2026, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by IMJ

Looks a picture of Pedro with himself?

Kind of looks like Henry Cavill smooching on him but it's not.

*CyberCubed* · 09-04-2026, 05:26 PM

It's out on streaming so I watched it for free on the illegal streaming websites. It really did feel like about 4 episodes of the show just combined into a movie. It was like 4 different stories where you could tell where the episode would "end" but it just continued because it was combined together. Like if you were marathoning 4 episodes of the show in a row without stopping, that's exactly what the movie was.

Jabba's son all grown up is the same "stinky" from the first CG Clone wars movie from 2008 that Anakin and Ahsoka saved, so it was a nice touch to see him all grown up. Him speaking perfectly like a regular human took me out of it though. The rest of the movie is just the usual action scenes or Grogu on his own doing hijinks while Pedro Pascal is either posioned or knocked out.

As a whole it was kinda forgettable, but mainly because there's no place for the story to go anymore. It's just the Mandalorian and Grogu traveling together...getting into trouble, saving each other...over and over again. Grogu has no development and just does cute baby Yoda stuff over and over.

*IMJ* · 09-04-2026, 05:29 PM

The thing is that it's such a bland-plot flick with great eyecandy that if the 4k transfer is sound it becomes one of those movies that you "just put in" to have something playing in the background or whatnot.

On a long enough timeline it could become one of the Star Wars flicks that people watch the most just because of it's "nothing burger nature". Like there isn't really anything bad about it at all. It's just not "special".

*Andrew NDB* · 09-04-2026, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's out on streaming so I watched it for free on the illegal streaming websites. It really did feel like about 4 episodes of the show just combined into a movie. It was like 4 different stories where you could tell where the episode would "end" but it just continued because it was combined together. Like if you were marathoning 4 episodes of the show in a row without stopping, that's exactly what the movie was.

Jabba's son all grown up is the same "stinky" from the first CG Clone wars movie from 2008 that Anakin and Ahsoka saved, so it was a nice touch to see him all grown up. Him speaking perfectly like a regular human took me out of it though. The rest of the movie is just the usual action scenes or Grogu on his own doing hijinks while Pedro Pascal is either posioned or knocked out.

As a whole it was kinda forgettable, but mainly because there's no place for the story to go anymore. It's just the Mandalorian and Grogu traveling together...getting into trouble, saving each other...over and over again. Grogu has no development and just does cute baby Yoda stuff over and over.

Well, it was SUPPOSED to all lead into the Filoni/Disney+ version of the Avengers by way of Heir to the Empire. With everyone teaming up to thwart Thrawn's plans with probably a lot of OG guest stars. No idea if that's even still happening but we'll have some idea depending how Ahsoka season 2 wraps up.

And no way they teased all those Force-sensitive clones of Gideon in the last season of Mandalorian if there wasn't going to be a payoff.

*Coola Yagami* · 09-05-2026, 12:21 AM

Wife got me to watch the series. Watches the two seasons, the Mando episodes of the Boba Fett series (which you kinda need to do to get how Mando got Grogu back for season 3) and we're slowly watching season 3 as we get to those last episodes.

Bo-Katan (or rather, her actress) got a nice ass.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-05-2026, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Wife got me to watch the series. Watches the two seasons, the Mando episodes of the Boba Fett series (which you kinda need to do to get how Mando got Grogu back for season 3) and we're slowly watching season 3 as we get to those last episodes.

Well? Did you like them, or what? No thoughts?

*Coola Yagami* · 09-05-2026, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Well? Did you like them, or what? No thoughts?

LOL yeah sorry, it was late.

Yeah I enjoyed the series. Luckily I didn't have to know all the lore and whatnot. I mean, I know who Luke is, obviously, I remember Ahsoka from Clone Wars and I know the Empire fell from the old movies.

I also liked the side characters. That one lady at the fix-it shop was always fun. We got a kick of just how often the Carl Weathers character would put his hands on his hips. One of the eps he was sending out a distress call and we actually see prepare himself to get his hands on his hips in time for the recording to start.

Too bad about Gina Carano. I liked her role and the times she teamed up with Mando. I liked that one big mission where he teamed up with Cara, Bo-Katan, Sasha's character, Boba Fett and Ming-Wa's character to rescue Grogu.

As for the main characters, Mando is bad-ass. Grogu does all the Grogu things. I like how they learn to trust each other, and Mando knew him long enough to actually miss him when he handed him over to Luke. The little dude is always munching on something. I felt some sort of way when they had to keep him away from eating that endangered frog woman's eggs.

Good fight scenes, good character moments. I guess it doesn't matter now since it seems the show is over, but it does suck that Gina got canned and Weathers passed. At least the said Cara got promoted elsewhere rather than killing her off between seasons. Apparently she was gonna get her own show, but social media happened.

*sdp* · 09-05-2026, 01:18 PM

the movie didn't make me want to check out the show at all and likely won't for a long while. i think i've mentioned it before, only a hype crossover movie with the big bad Thawn would get me to watch all the live action series, finish off Rebels and any other Filoni slop he has done over the years.
I don't hate him but I feel he's way overrated, not a huge fan of his take on star wars even if i don't particularly dislike it either.

Hard to see them making a big budget crossover movie counting this movie underperformed, the tv shows i think are no longer doing great and the hype in general for the tv show revival of star wars kind of died after season 2 of mandalorian. I mean how would they market an end game type of movie where general audiences would've needed to watch the shows before it. It's suicide. Hell that's the reason this movie didn't do well, it didn't serve well fans of the show since it didn't give them enough stuff to move the story forward and for general audiences they just didn't know who these characters were or why they should care about them. I feel anime movies and even stuff like Power Rangers movie were able to provide something to fans that feels epic, while new viewers won't be lost since they get a general feel of who the characters are.

*CyberCubed* · 09-05-2026, 01:44 PM

Besides Ahsoka Season 2 which was in production for a while, there aren't any other Star Wars live action series announced. I think after Ahsoka ends that's it.

There's still the animation CG shows, like Darth Maul Season 2 coming and all the other cartoons based on the Clone Wars/Rebels era, but that's really it.

05-27-2026, 04:12 AM	#488
Mayhem Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London, England Posts: 4,082	I enjoyed it, but yeah it felt like a feature length version of a TV episode. Liked the call backs and use of aspects from other IP (the ickle baby image of Rotta, and Embo from Clone Wars, the little robots that Cal has in the Jedi Survivor series etc) plus cameos from a couple of peeps (R5, Carson Teva) and properly seeing a couple of creatures we barely got a look at in the OT (Amanin, dragonsnake). __________________ Lie with passion and be forever damned...

06-22-2026, 06:37 PM	#490
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09-04-2026, 05:29 PM	#493
IMJ Emperor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest, U.S.A. Posts: 8,895	The thing is that it's such a bland-plot flick with great eyecandy that if the 4k transfer is sound it becomes one of those movies that you "just put in" to have something playing in the background or whatnot. On a long enough timeline it could become one of the Star Wars flicks that people watch the most just because of it's "nothing burger nature". Like there isn't really anything bad about it at all. It's just not "special". __________________ Wave 1 Collectibles Online Market Watch Blog Collection Photography

09-05-2026, 12:21 AM	#495
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09-05-2026, 01:18 PM	#498
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	the movie didn't make me want to check out the show at all and likely won't for a long while. i think i've mentioned it before, only a hype crossover movie with the big bad Thawn would get me to watch all the live action series, finish off Rebels and any other Filoni slop he has done over the years. I don't hate him but I feel he's way overrated, not a huge fan of his take on star wars even if i don't particularly dislike it either. Hard to see them making a big budget crossover movie counting this movie underperformed, the tv shows i think are no longer doing great and the hype in general for the tv show revival of star wars kind of died after season 2 of mandalorian. I mean how would they market an end game type of movie where general audiences would've needed to watch the shows before it. It's suicide. Hell that's the reason this movie didn't do well, it didn't serve well fans of the show since it didn't give them enough stuff to move the story forward and for general audiences they just didn't know who these characters were or why they should care about them. I feel anime movies and even stuff like Power Rangers movie were able to provide something to fans that feels epic, while new viewers won't be lost since they get a general feel of who the characters are. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

05-25-2026, 05:15 PM	#482
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,565	Lots of these Youtube talking heads are calling this movie a bomb but it's really not. It may have done SLIGHTLY less than Solo but it has half of the budget and should be in the green after weekend 2, even if it drops 50%.

05-26-2026, 12:06 AM	#483
Xav Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,045	The break even point is said to be between 500 and 600 million so opening lower than a film that made less than 400 million isn't a good sign.

05-26-2026, 04:13 PM	#485
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,883	Yeah, no way am I seeing this in theaters, and I imagine most people don't want to pay for something they know is just 2 episodes of the show duct-tape together with a slightly higher budget. It'll be on Disney+ soon enough, then I can watch it on the illegal streaming sites for free when they get the HD rip.

05-26-2026, 11:58 PM	#487
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	Well I watched it tonight. Theater was almost empty, it's Tuesday but still there was barely anyone in there. I haven't watched any of the mandalorian shows or even anything star wars after épisode IX. SonI went in like a general audience member not knowing who he was, sure I'd seem the clips of Luke Skywalker appearing but that's about it. No spoilers. I guess you don't need to know anything but it just feels like a random adventure. Mando is cool and baby Yoda is cute I guess but that gets tiring after all the action séquences the movie has. The story is decent but it's not something I want to watch again either. The movie feels like an EU movie, I say that as both a good thing and a bad thing. It feels in the same canon as the comics and video games used to have. Fun side stories but no original ideas or just messing with the canon too much with "original characters do not copy". In fact it felt very much like a video game (cutscenes, action game play, cutscene explaininf the plot, more game pay, ending cutscene). The lack of star wars crawl or music was missed, in general the music is very forgettable. I don't see why the movie has such great ratings, it's fine but nothing mind blowing. Waiting is likely for the best unless you're a huge fan of mandalorian I guess. The ending felt a bit unnecessary, things had basically already been resolved and then you get a deus ex machina ending anyway. It wasn't necessary. While I found that the movie is still dealing with rebels vs empire stuff only it's ex empire vs new republic.. it's just a bit tiring. I did love how they blended prequel trilogy stuff and make it look in the style of the original trilogy. They did a fantastic job mixing the two styles in a way that worked. So yeah, not a bad movie but I don't see why normies would go see it. Nothing outstanding. I'm sure it'll be profitable but not a huge hit either. I don't think these type of movies will be a good idea to keep making. They'll just do worse and worse at the B.O over time. I guess hardcore fans are the only ones who would love them.

06-22-2026, 05:16 PM	#489
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,565	Oopsie...

09-04-2026, 05:26 PM	#492
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,883	It's out on streaming so I watched it for free on the illegal streaming websites. It really did feel like about 4 episodes of the show just combined into a movie. It was like 4 different stories where you could tell where the episode would "end" but it just continued because it was combined together. Like if you were marathoning 4 episodes of the show in a row without stopping, that's exactly what the movie was. Jabba's son all grown up is the same "stinky" from the first CG Clone wars movie from 2008 that Anakin and Ahsoka saved, so it was a nice touch to see him all grown up. Him speaking perfectly like a regular human took me out of it though. The rest of the movie is just the usual action scenes or Grogu on his own doing hijinks while Pedro Pascal is either posioned or knocked out. As a whole it was kinda forgettable, but mainly because there's no place for the story to go anymore. It's just the Mandalorian and Grogu traveling together...getting into trouble, saving each other...over and over again. Grogu has no development and just does cute baby Yoda stuff over and over.

09-05-2026, 01:44 PM	#499
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,883	Besides Ahsoka Season 2 which was in production for a while, there aren't any other Star Wars live action series announced. I think after Ahsoka ends that's it. There's still the animation CG shows, like Darth Maul Season 2 coming and all the other cartoons based on the Clone Wars/Rebels era, but that's really it.