# The Mandalorian Season 3 \[Open Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [February 15, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857 "2023-02-15T23:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/361 "2023-04-13T19:54:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > > > What is with the mandalorians and really big beasts?!? > > My response: “How is this all ecologically sustainable?” I legit thought the original said “What is with the mandalorians and really big breasts” until I saw this non-sequiter response. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/362 "2023-04-13T20:55:18Z")
Another TMM episode. But Baby Yoda driving around in an assassin droid? All is forgiven…until next week. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/363 "2023-04-13T23:39:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I legit thought the original said “What is with the mandalorians and really big breasts” until I saw this non-sequiter response. It wasn’t just you. Lol ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/364 "2023-04-14T02:09:58Z")
We enjoyed the episode. My son said: this is just like a Greek myth. He’s not wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/365 "2023-04-14T02:25:41Z")
Music hath charms to soothe those savage breasts … ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/366 "2023-04-14T02:31:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I get the impression that a lot of this season doesn’t make sense if you’re not familiar with the Clone Wars animated series. Dave Filoni has basically made everything he’s done since Clone Wars a continuation of that story arc, and Mandalorian is no exception. That’s a pretty significant weakness, then. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/367 "2023-04-14T04:56:25Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > That’s a pretty significant weakness, then. Not really, if they are aiming for a Star Wars Cinematic Universe. Nobody says it is a weakness if to understand the latest Marvel movie you need to have watched 20 other movies and three television series. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/368 "2023-04-14T05:30:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > That’s a pretty significant weakness, then. I’m not sure Favreau and Disney see it that way. As has been mentioned, they didn’t do anything at all to explain to the audience why Grogu was still with Mando at the beginning of season 3 when last we saw he was going off with Luke at the end of season 2. Hell, they didn’t even bother to explain it in the “Previously” recap. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/369 "2023-04-14T14:08:58Z")
Good heavens, people. I have no idea if these beasts have mammary glands. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/370 "2023-04-14T14:49:43Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Not really, if they are aiming for a Star Wars Cinematic Universe. Nobody says it is a weakness if to understand the latest Marvel movie you need to have watched 20 other movies and three television series. I do. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/371 "2023-04-14T14:59:22Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Good heavens, people. I have no idea if these beasts have mammary glands. It’s _Star Wars_. Everything has mammary glands. > **[Thala-siren](https://www.starwars.com/databank/thala-siren)** > > Ahch-To’s thala-sirens are docile marine mammals that like to sun themselves on rocks fringing the coasts of the planet’s islands. Sea sows produce a nutritious green milk, which is harvested by the native Lanai and adventurous visitors. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/372 "2023-04-14T15:58:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Nobody says it is a weakness if to understand the latest Marvel movie you need to have watched 20 other movies and three television series. Mrs Snowman says this _all the time_. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/373 "2023-04-14T16:06:23Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > Mrs Snowman says this _all the time_. But that’s inherit to the design of the series. If that doesn’t fit your taste, it just means that the series isn’t for you, not that they are “doing it wrong”. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/374 "2023-04-14T16:12:46Z")
There was a point where she didn’t think that - it’s perfectly possible to be OK with a certain amount of interconnectness but feel that there is currently too much. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/375 "2023-04-14T17:25:07Z")
Although by definition they then create a product that places a barrier to entry to new viewers. If I need to commit to multiple dozens of hours in order to enjoy watching a new show then it is not a show for me, a new viewer to pick up. As a show runner maybe loyal extant viewers are all I want or need, but usually you want it be enjoyable, albeit in different ways, by both current fans, and fans to be, who may then double back to watch the older stuff and get what they missed on rewatch. I’ll count myself in the latter group. I doubled back to watch and enjoy the previous animated fare. But if the newer stuff was _only_ enjoyable if I already had I would not have watched either the new or the old. Only playing for the in the know crowd is honestly lazy. To be honest even having watched the old stuff I have forgotten lots by now. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/376 "2023-04-14T17:36:02Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Only playing for the in the know crowd is honestly lazy. Would you say the same for expecting a _Mandalorian_ watcher to have seen some of the _Star Wars_ movies? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/377 "2023-04-14T19:52:46Z")
Even more so! _The Mandalorian_ is package as a family show. The _presumption_ is that some of the viewers are children of all ages who have never seen any of the movies, and that this show is their possible _entry_ into the complete Star Wars line. There has to be a enjoyability at that completely naive level, even as it also benefits from having aspects that only the most extreme devotee of Star Wars arcana will squee about. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/378 "2023-04-15T02:31:03Z")
Dark thought – that big beast on the spit – that wasn’t one of the foundlings, was it? (did they take them to Navarro?) I wondered if the big beast was going to be a mandalore but it obviously wasn’t. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/379 "2023-04-15T02:55:17Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I wondered if the big beast was going to be a mandalore but it obviously wasn’t. You mean mythasaur? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857/380 "2023-04-15T03:42:27Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > it’s perfectly possible to be OK with a certain amount of interconnectness but feel that there is currently too much. Sure, but then you run into the problem that interconnectedness is pretty much bound to increase exponentially with every new production set in that universe. At some point, it’s just going to become impossible to tell a new story that advances the universe’s overall plot arc in ways that existing fans are interested in, without also requiring more backstory awareness than new viewers can reasonably be expected to have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-season-3-open-spoilers/979857.md?page=20)