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#181 QuickTidal

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Posted 11 May 2020 - 11:45 AM

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Posted 19 May 2020 - 08:04 PM

So I've finally got around to finishing this. I loved it - the action, the music, the cinematography, the baby Yoda, all just incredible but I have a couple of questions...

Was Boba Fett a Mandalorian?
Everyone seems to have heard of Mandalorians but they've never been mentioned ever before - I get that this because they have kind of retconned it or something but how come they're so well known? Looking forward to finding out more of the history/lore of them etc.
When does this take place? Obviously it's after ROTJ because the empire is "over" but they've never heard of the Jedi? Or the force?

Also, hey Taika Waititi directed the final episode haha no wonder there was some top notch bants between the two stormtroopers at the beginning of the episode.

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Posted 19 May 2020 - 08:49 PM

Yeah Boba was a Mandalorian. I don't know when they first mentioned as a faction but in the old EU they appeared in a ton of comics and novels. They also appear a lot in the Clone Wars and Rebels TV shows. The Prequals might mention them as well, not sure, it's been years since I've seen then last.

We don't know how long after ROTJ this takes place. However the Empire did go to extreme lengths to either wipe out all mention of Jedi or distort knowledge about them. And even during the height of the Republic and the Jedi Order, people still didn't really know much about the Force and the Jedi tended to be criptic enough that they seemed like weird space wizards that are the Republic's enforcers.

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Posted 19 May 2020 - 09:14 PM

I mean I got the impression that it takes place around the same time as TFA because it's a time of upheaval with the end of the Empire and all the old generals are grabbing power while they still have loyal troops etc.

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Posted 20 May 2020 - 01:33 AM

Garak, on 19 May 2020 - 08:49 PM, said:

No, he’s not a Mandalorian. His father Jango was born on Concord Dawn (not Mandalore)...but is technically considered one...but Boba is clone, born on Kamino and never indoctrinated into a tribe. As such, Fett Is not a Mando. He just wears Mando armour. This is how he’s described on the Star Wars databank to avoid calling him an actual Mandalorian. I actually expect this to be a plot point in s2 though, so we should get an answer.

And we do know how long after ROTJ it takes place. 7 years according to the writers,

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Posted 15 September 2020 - 09:16 PM

Season 2 trailer!

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Posted 17 September 2020 - 01:14 PM

This is Sasha Banks from The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer. WWE wrestler who normally has brightly coloured hair. The shot of her appears right after Mando asks "You want me to deliver the child to a race of enemy sorcerers" referring to the Jedi.

This has led to speculation that Sasha is playing Sabine Wren. The last time we saw Sabine, she had joined Ahsoka (who we know is in this season played by Rosario Dawson) on a quest to find Ezra and Thrawn in the Unknown Regions...in the post-ROTJ epilogue for REBELS.

She was also the last person we saw truly wield the fabled Darksaber before handing it off to Bo-Katan to lead the Mandalorians....prior to seeing it in the hands of Moff Giancarlo Esposito on the finale of MANDO S1.

So it makes sense for her to be in the show.

And the character Sasha is playing is rumoured to be called Phantom...which....I mean...

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Posted 17 September 2020 - 02:17 PM

Oh and let's be clear, Sasha is not Asian, and Sabine clearly is according to Filoni, so that is the biggest indicator to me that Sasha is NOT playing Sabine Wren, but someone else.

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Posted 17 September 2020 - 09:31 PM

She really doesn't look like a good casting for Sabine. I think its more likely that whoever she is, she's posing as a jedi, in order to get the child back to Moff Gideon.

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

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Posted 18 September 2020 - 11:30 AM

Traveller, on 17 September 2020 - 09:31 PM, said:

She really doesn't look like a good casting for Sabine.

I agree.

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Posted 18 September 2020 - 12:04 PM

QuickTidal, on 17 September 2020 - 02:17 PM, said:

Oh and let's be clear, Sasha is not Asian, and Sabine clearly is according to Filoni, so that is the biggest indicator to me that Sasha is NOT playing Sabine Wren, but someone else.

So why did Clone Wars Sabine have blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin? Not that I doubt what Dave Filoni said, but it's a very odd way to depict an Asian.
I would have said Cate Blanchett would have been a good fit, physically and from my recollection of the Clone Wars series, but now I'm wondering if my memory is worse than I had thought.

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Posted 18 September 2020 - 12:21 PM

Tsundoku, on 18 September 2020 - 12:04 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 17 September 2020 - 02:17 PM, said:

Oh and let's be clear, Sasha is not Asian, and Sabine clearly is according to Filoni, so that is the biggest indicator to me that Sasha is NOT playing Sabine Wren, but someone else.

Uh, she didn't because she wasn't alive during the Clone Wars....?

This is Sabine Wren (from REBELS).

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EDIT: Oh....you're thinking of Satine Kryze..Obi-Wan's Mandalorian paramour from the Clone Wars (and grandmother of Rey in my head canon about the sequels)...well she's dead so she's not going to be in a show post ROTJ...and yeah she's white....her sister is probably going to be in the season though, Bo Katan, rumoured to be the character that Kate Sackoff is playing.

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Posted 18 September 2020 - 12:28 PM

Gah - Sabine, Satine ... that'd be it then. Apologies. :doh:

It's almost as bad as Robert Jordan's cast of thousands of unremarkable magic chicks with similar names.

I always thought it was rather droll that a character played by Ewan McGregor in the films was involved with a woman named Satine though. :rolleyes:

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Posted 18 September 2020 - 12:34 PM

Tsundoku, on 18 September 2020 - 12:28 PM, said:

I always thought it was rather droll that a character played by Ewan McGregor in the films was involved with a woman named Satine though. :rolleyes

It was an intentional in-joke with Filoni and crew that they named her Satine because of Moulin Rouge....because she ALSO dies and is his one and only true love...macabre.

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Posted 12 October 2020 - 06:01 PM

Today starts Me crash coursing my wife through the highlights of Ahsoka Tano and Rex from TCW and REBELS to give hr an idea of who they are when they appear on MANDO. Wish me luck!

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