Salacious Dumb

A shot from a revised trailer of The Mandalorian & Grogu in which Din Djarin immediately enters a room using his flamethrower and fights off snowtroopers. His aura is unmatched

How I enter a meeting at work when I’m already pissed off

Tajin Crosser stands in the rain with his green lightsaber lit during “The Elder”

Just watched “The Elder” and this is now a Tajin Crosser stan account

Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since “The Heiress.” I can still remember how I felt watching the episode for the first time very well, including being incredibly excited the rest of the day. It also features one of Bo Katan’s greatest and coldest lines.

For my kid it was always preferable to the onslaught of only Darth Vader, Stormtrooper and other generic OT merch which was all we saw before

The Mandalorian Din Djarin brings Grogu to the Living Waters and officially adopts him in Chapter 24: The Return

Now it’s time to look forward to what the future holds, with the movie in our sights and more experiences that we can enjoy together thanks to this story, these characters and this entire franchise, all of which have meant so much. Happy Birthday, Mando!

This is an impressive achievement by Favreau, Filoni and all who have worked on this show, something that I think has gone under-appreciated so far. Of course, the show launched live-action SW television and brought along some technical achievements similar to the trilogies.

There have been many hours of imaginative play, crafts, storytelling and other activities inspired by this show that have brought us much joy. We got my parents to watch with us, and all of a sudden three generations of family all watched The Mandalorian together with equal enjoyment.

This ushered in a common ground of entertainment and stories that the whole family enjoyed together, our own little Clan of Three digesting these modern myths with wonder and delight, in our own individual ways and also together. Since then, it has been a constant beacon for us.

Once we exhausted our many rewatches of Season 1, we looked to some of the other content to see if we could scratch the itch, and found a treasure trove of shows, movies, video games and books that would come to sustain us through the impending Covid years and beyond.

It helped solidify and encourage aspects of myself and my relationship to my kid in ways that I’m not sure would’ve happened (at least in quite the same way) if it hadn’t been for this show. It also got my whole household into the Star Wars fold full time.

With our young toddler, we could relate to both the characters and the deeper themes. Art can have a way of helping us learn more about ourselves, the world, and our interactions within it. The Mandalorian ended up helping me through my time as a new father and all that entails.

By the end of the first episode, everything had lined up. I was hooked, and I remember “rewinding” back to the part where Mando blasts IG-11 to save Grogu a couple times, just to savor it. By the end of “The Sin,” we were all in. The show appeared at the right time for us.

In fall 2019, my wife and I were parents of an almost-two-year-old. D+ had just launched and we figured there might be some stuff our daughter would be into, like Moana, Frozen, etc. We were up late one night and decided to give the brand new show The Mandalorian a try.

I fell away from the franchise for a decade or so, and some other sci-fi properties held my interest. I still had my SW stuff though, and thought about it sometimes, but hadn’t kept up much and I suppose I just hadn’t hit the time and place where everything lined up yet. Until…

I also remember seeing The Phantom Menace in theaters in ’99. After that, my memories of Star Wars drop off a bit. I wouldn’t categorize me or my family as huge fans at that time; we all enjoyed it but it was also just a huge part of the culture in those years and hard to miss.

Like most 90s kids, I was familiar with SW. I remember RotJ being watched often on TV, and we had the VHS SE set. My bedroom bookshelves had some SW books (incl. the Young Jedi Knights series), and my siblings and I would turn the lights off and play with our toy lightsabers.

The Mandalorian meets Grogu for the first time in Chapter 1: The Mandalorian

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

My Star Wars comfort character

Very cool edition! The book is great too.

Accurately stated.

Favorite SW hero / Favorite SW villain

I have been waiting eagerly for something like this. Seems ripe for storytelling

I loved that book. Nice epilogue to the High Republic and it’s my favorite version of Vernestra.

Mine are probably (in no particular order):

Superman 25
Batman 89
Batman Returns
Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy
Batman TAS
X-Men TAS
The Batman
X2: X-Men United
Peacemaker
Daredevil S1-3 (haven’t seen Born Again yet)

A card featuring Din Djarin training with the Darksaber, as he blocks a strike from The Armorer. Image is from Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5

Awesome Galactic Moments card in the SWCT app this week.

Exactly. I feel like that applies for 90% of the “criticisms” I see these days, especially about Mando for some reason.

even that has a different scope than when he had the crest.

At this point, Din was not primarily focused on bounty hunting. He was trying to procure a ship for two reasons: 1) to see Grogu (eventually leading to Grogu returning, of course) and 2) going to Mandalore to redeem himself. Din doesn’t think about bounty hunting again until the end of S3, and

What a great scene. I know the Crest will always be classic but I love the N-1 scenes and dogfights.

I’m a day late but can’t believe it’s been two years since “Fallen Jedi.” As much as I love the first three episodes, this one is where the show really started cooking for me. The fights, the scenery of Seatos, Sabine’s decision, Peter Ramsey’s direction, the ending… all make for great viewing.