No one hates Star Wars like Star Wars fans

People in front are seated first because a plane is essentially a teeter totter. Look at how tiny those nose wheels are compared to the main landing gear. That’s because almost all the weight is balanced over the main gear, which makes it easy for the plane to rotate (lift the nose first) on take-off. Experience is…

Star Wars is built on a foundation of tropes. Archetypes. Every single character in SW is one you’ve seen before.

It sounds like the issue is less about what the show is (Lone Wolf and Cub/a spaghetti western) and more about what you inaccurately assumed it would be (Guardians of the Galaxy/an A-Team episode). Try letting go of your expectations and watching the show on its own terms.

Have you noticed that a very large amount of people seem to disagree with you?  Maybe the problem isn’t the show.

He’s not really “casually” murdering the people in the process of stripping his only escape from an inhospitable desert planet for parts.

Well, this might help: he’s a protagonist, not a hero.

It’s a story involving a bounty hunter. Bounty hunters capture or kill people, no questions asked, for money. What did you expect?

The Jawas didn’t seem overly upset about it when the Mandolorian catches up to them with Kuiil. Maybe Jawas value their lives far less than other sentient species.

Yeah, it’s weird to see someone saying, “wouldn’t it be more interesting if the protagonist was identical to EVERY OTHER classic hero?”
I mean, he’s a Mandalorian Bounty Hunter. There was no way he should’ve been anything but a ruthless badass. Giving him a gooey moral center while also doing a job that is EXPLICITLY…

This was preceded by one of the most iconic, dramatically compelling openings in cinema history, so it’s not like that was all that happened in the first twenty minutes. Especially at the time it was released, the opening scene was such a jolt of action and incident, the audience needed twenty minutes just to catch…

I just read the first half of chapter 1 of Lord of the Rings, and it’s just people getting ready for a party.

So you generally don’t like redemption arcs? The Mandalorian isn’t a hero right now. He’s a very bad guy. He’s not Han Solo with a heart of gold. He’s not the Man with No Name who decides to play bad guys off each other while sparing the good. He’s a bad guy. And he’s going to bring a very powerful innocent into the…

Have you already written your review of the third episode?

Uh, why are you assuming he’s a hero? “Main character”and “hero” aren’t synonyms. Furthermore, why are you assuming he’s not going to evolve in any way? After all, this is a franchise where the dude who killed a bunch of tykes became a saint by tossing an old guy down a reactor shaft.

I’m a big fan of older westerns (and the recent modern ones too), so to see a classic western story told in Star Wars form, hard to argue. And even better, it’s done in a smart and stylish way. And the music! The visuals!

I’m thoroughly enjoying it, the same poster that hated last weeks episode is here again, and hates this episode too, so it may just be something to skip for certain people, as it seems the show simply won’t please everyone. Nothing wrong with that, it’s not like people have to love or even like this series, it’s…

We’re basically fourth class citizens in the world of Star Wars stories, behind men, male aliens, and male robots.

I would argue that he does have personality.

His very professional just get it done attitude towards his bounties in the opening. The hint of desperation in taking just half the bounty, but in a more useful currency. His respect that shows through for the Mando culture in the forge scene. His impatience with the…

Agree with the original trilogy and the prequels, but I think Disney has done a good job with female characters so far in the new trilogy. I mean, Rey is obviously the main character, and you have Rose, Holdo (RIP), and Leia as strong characters. I also think we will see much more of Maz Kanata (not sure of spelling)…