# The Mandalorian series on Disney+ (spoilers as it airs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [October 29, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670 "2019-10-29T20:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/121 "2019-12-05T18:35:08Z")
What sort of bugs me about baby Yoda is just that I had always assumed that Yoda lived to be 900 because he was so strong and in tune with the Force that he lived an unnaturally long time. We don’t see many Jedi die of old age, after all. But I guess that’s just a natural characteristic of the race to age extremely slowly. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/122 "2019-12-05T19:01:59Z")
Last night’s _South Park_ revolved around _The Mandalorian_ (and had a brief shot of Baby Yoda sipping soup. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/123 "2019-12-05T22:18:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Last night’s _South Park_ revolved around _The Mandalorian_ (and had a brief shot of Baby Yoda sipping soup. I have not watched South Park in years. Guess I will have to check it out when it shows up on on demand. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/124 "2019-12-05T22:58:06Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > I have not watched South Park in years. Guess I will have to check it out when it shows up on on demand. I watched this season and it was actually pretty funny. Randy went to China and killed Winnie the Pooh for Xi Jinping. Cartman greased himself up and ran away like a piggie to avoid his vaccinations. It’s been surprisingly fun. ---
**Author:** ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/125 "2019-12-06T01:29:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > My wild-ass theory du jour is that Snoke was a botched attempt at creating a clone body for Palpatine out of the material that was extracted from Baby Yoda. It would certainly explain his affinity for the Force, how he came out of nowhere to become the leader of the First Order, and how easily he swayed Ben to the Dark Side. > > Favorite moment of this last episode: > > Baby Yoda: (flips the green switch) > Mando: (turns the switch off) > Baby Yoda: (flips the switch again) > Mando: “Stop touching things.” > Baby Yoda: (slowly reaches over and flips the red switch) Here is that scene, repeated numerous times, with…shall we say, various interpretations? Pick the one you like most. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5nAtnEfa0) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/126 "2019-12-06T09:27:35Z")
Another solid episode, which really felt like an homage to a western I’ve never seen. Bringing Star Wars back to Tattoine _again_ felt a little unimaginative, but the nostalgic cues were nice - I’m pretty sure Mando met Toro in the exact same booth where Han had his run-in with Greedo. I’m going to assume that Amy Sedaris’ character was the daughter of Bea Arthur’s character in the Holiday Special for no other reason than that it amuses me that the Holiday Special is now considered canon. 🙂 Who was examining Fennic Shand’s body in the final scene? Could it be Boba Fett? Shand’s connection to the Hutt Cartel might imply he’d have a reason to go looking for her. Best exchange of the episode: Toro: “Are you OK?” Mando: “Sniper bolt. It hit me in the beskar. At this range, the beskar’ll hold up.” Toro: “Wait! I’m not wearing beskar!” Mando: “Nope.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/127 "2019-12-06T16:31:48Z")
In an astonishing display of supporting artistic integrity over raw cash grabs, Disney [delayed production of Baby Yoda toys](https://www.space.com/baby-yoda-wont-be-coming-home-for-christmas.html) so that the reveal would be a surprise. No toys will be ready until several months after Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/128 "2019-12-06T17:04:40Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > In an astonishing display of supporting artistic integrity over raw cash grabs, Disney [delayed production of Baby Yoda toys](https://www.space.com/baby-yoda-wont-be-coming-home-for-christmas.html) so that the reveal would be a surprise. No toys will be ready until several months after Christmas. Maybe they will sell an empty box and a promise of future toys. It worked for Star Wars before. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/129 "2019-12-06T17:54:54Z")
Nice to see that the cantina has gotten over the anti-droid prejudice. And having formerly worked torturing droids for Jabba, I’m sure they won’t be disturbed by serving drinks [from IG droid heads](https://www.inafarawaygalaxy.com/2014/07/ig-88-was-built-from-beverage-dispenser.html?m=1). It is really impressive the degree they go to to get props to match the originals. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/130 "2019-12-07T18:15:54Z")
I saw another cute meme, where Baby Yoda calls Mando “Dadalorian.” I’ll go with that. So Toro started out as just an “oh, gosh” type of newbie, but stayed true to his “I don’t care about the money” to the bitter end. I was surprised he shot Fennec…I thought he’d be stupid enough to remove her cuffs. But if she was this bad-ass and told by Mando to cuff herself, wouldn’t she have fudge the tightness a bit so she could escape? I missed where Mando got the money to pay for his repairs. Is that what he took off Toro’s body? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/131 "2019-12-07T18:35:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > But if she was this bad-ass and told by Mando to cuff herself, wouldn’t she have fudge the tightness a bit so she could escape? If it were possible to do that with Mando’s cuffs, he wouldn’t have asked her to put them on in the first place. She wasn’t his first hardass. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/132 "2019-12-07T19:42:20Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I missed where Mando got the money to pay for his repairs. Is that what he took off Toro’s body? Yeah. He got enough money to pay for the repairs, and then some, all of which he gave to the woman who’d been repairing his ship and watching the kid. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/133 "2019-12-07T20:40:16Z")
From her reaction, it was a _lot_ of money. Rich kid doing it for the jollies. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/134 "2019-12-07T20:55:25Z")
Toro thought he was at Westworld maybe? 🙂 This ep a bit too telegraphed for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/135 "2019-12-07T21:22:34Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > In an astonishing display of supporting artistic integrity over raw cash grabs, Don’t discount that artistic integrity might be a cover for a different kind of cash grab. The Mandalorian is Disney’s flagship new content for their brand new streaming network. The show debuted on the opening day of Disney+. The big reveal dropped on the fourth day of the network. I would be surprised if keeping the secret isn’t making them buckets of money that they would have had to sacrifice if they went after one Christmas as the hot toy. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/136 "2019-12-07T23:07:00Z")
Every single person in the cast and crew of this show, including children, have managed to successfully keep Baby Yoda a secret. I am impressed. I wonder if they are still keeping another secret: his name. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/137 "2019-12-08T01:23:40Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > This ep a bit too telegraphed for my taste. They are doing deliberate homages. The _Seven Samurai episode was obviously going to be a Seven Samurai_ episode from the pre-credits scene. Take for granted that there will (if not this season, then next) be a _Yojimbo_ episode, too. (_A Fist Full of Bescar_?) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/138 "2019-12-08T08:13:03Z")
Jon Favreau just wanted another shot at making _Cowboys & Aliens._ ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/139 "2019-12-11T06:06:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > If it were possible to do that with Mando’s cuffs, he wouldn’t have asked her to put them on in the first place. She wasn’t his first hardass. The thing with the cuffs also showed how Mando’s experience in the end carried the day: Toro telling the engineer to cuff Mando, instead of having him cuff himself, was what enabled him to stage the distraction with the flare. But in the end, I’m afraid this show needs some direction sometime soon—it’s already been too much of ‘Mando and Baby Yoda arrives somewhere, Bad People try to do bad things to them, Bad People get shot, Mando and Baby Yoda fly off’. The last two episodes didn’t really have any effects that seem like they’re gonna last—although I’m holding out hope that all the people met (and left behind) along the way will have some role to play in the end. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/140 "2019-12-11T17:09:36Z")
Don’t know if everyone has seen this - when they were filming, they were prepping to reshoot a Baby Yoda scene without the puppet, so they could do him in CGI instead if they decided the puppet wasn’t working. Warner Herzog told Favreau and Filoni [“You are cowards. Leave it.”](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/the-mandalorian-star-wars-baby-yoda) It’s got to be both thrilling and terrifying for a director to have Herzog tell you you’re a coward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670.md?page=8)