The Mandalorian The Mandalorian: General Thread

[Pennywise]

'The Mandalorian' Most In-Demand Original Across New Streaming Services

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

'The Mandalorian' Most In-Demand Original Across New Streaming Services

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

 

[Zorro]

Really loving all this success for the show!

 

[C. Lee]

'The Mandalorian' Most In-Demand Original Across New Streaming Services

I love all things Star Wars, but could not bring myself to pay for streaming to see a series of so few episodes. Luckily my daughter really wanted to see Duck Tales....so we got Disney+.....I had to watch Mandalorian to help justify the cost.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

'The Mandalorian' Most In-Demand Original Across New Streaming Services

I am confused. I was told multiple times Star Wars was dead and Disney killed it.

 

[Pennywise]

I am confused. I was told multiple times Star Wars was dead and Disney killed it.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

We *should* have the trailer within 2 weeks. Let that sink in.

 

[Verbal21]

I am confused. I was told multiple times Star Wars was dead and Disney killed it.

I look at it as nothing is better when people actually know what to do with Star Wars

Hundreds of videos over the years trying to convince you why the Sequel Trilogy movies are good and just as many saying why they suck. Sometimes, videos longer than the actual movies. Isn't is funny that this show doesn't need any of that or fans of it not needing to call people toxic? Weird how that works, huh?

 

[Pennywise]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I can't say that I'm all that shocked about the success of this show either. This and The Boys felt like the biggest and most popular shows in a while last year since GOT was pretty much ending. Also, the first trailer for Season 2 dropping the same weekend as DC Fandome sounds like all kinds of craziness and I really hope its true, because what better way to please both Star Wars and DC fans and I know as a fan of bother properties I would very happy.

 

[Pennywise]

I can't say that I'm all that shocked about the success of this show either. This and The Boys felt like the biggest and most popular shows in a while last year since GOT was pretty much ending. Also, the first trailer for Season 2 dropping the same weekend as DC Fandome sounds like all kinds of craziness and I really hope its true, because what better way to please both Star Wars and DC fans and I know as a fan of bother properties I would very happy.

Would certainly be a good time to be a fan!

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I can't say that I'm all that shocked about the success of this show either. This and The Boys felt like the biggest and most popular shows in a while last year since GOT was pretty much ending. Also, the first trailer for Season 2 dropping the same weekend as DC Fandome sounds like all kinds of craziness and I really hope its true, because what better way to please both Star Wars and DC fans and I know as a fan of bother properties I would very happy.

I am literally counting down the days.

 

[flickchick85]

Speaking of DC Fandome, is there a thread for it?

There is now: DC FanDome Thread

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I can't say that I'm all that shocked about the success of this show either. This and The Boys felt like the biggest and most popular shows in a while last year since GOT was pretty much ending. Also, the first trailer for Season 2 dropping the same weekend as DC Fandome sounds like all kinds of craziness and I really hope its true, because what better way to please both Star Wars and DC fans and I know as a fan of bother properties I would very happy.

Mando maybe, but how does the popularity of the The Boys stands up to the Witcher and a little show known as Stranger Things?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I look at it as nothing is better when people actually know what to do with Star Wars

Hundreds of videos over the years trying to convince you why the Sequel Trilogy movies are good and just as many saying why they suck. Sometimes, videos longer than the actual movies. Isn't is funny that this show doesn't need any of that or fans of it not needing to call people toxic? Weird how that works, huh?

I am confused by what you are saying here. Especially the toxic bit. I love the show, but it is a show about a dude, and we all know how that compares when it comes to triggering crazy sexist *******s on the internet. Trolls and entitled idiots on the internet are not the standards by which I judge Star Wars. Some of the best movies, shows and games have the most toxic fanbases, including Star Wars. That isn't a judgement of the material.

Disney has been doing great with Star Wars. In terms of films, television, comics, video games and theme parks it's been going pretty great so far. As much as I love the Mando, and I do love it, it has a ways to go before it is the best Star Wars thing Disney has brought us imo.

 

[TheVileOne]

I say watch and enjoy what you like. I like The Boys and I like The Mandalorian. Who gives a **** about this proverbial *blank* measuring between TV shows and franchises?

Right now getting MORE shows like this is more important than ever as we are stuck in a global pandemic with no end in sight.

 

[Albright]

we really need a trailer...otherwise, we‘ll have more discussions like this...

 

[Verbal21]

we really need a trailer...otherwise, we‘ll have more discussions like this...

Yeah, you and me both. I’ve been reading these same responses for years. I’d like to just get back to talking about actual show topics sooner rather than later. I guess I’ll be back when that trailer drops. Peace.

 

[Pennywise]

This guy revealed The Bad Batch animated series news before it was officially announced by Disney+.

Take it with a grain of salt, but this wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[Verbal21]

This guy revealed The Bad Batch animated series news before it was officially announced by Disney+.

Take it with a grain of salt, but this wouldn’t surprise me.

1) Boba
2) Sabine & Ahsoka looking for Ezra
3) The Child time travels to the past and it turns out he's actually Yoda? So Young Yoda Chronicles

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I do think we will eventually get a Boba series.

 

[Pennywise]

Ludwig Göransson On ‘The Mandalorian’ And ‘Tenet’ Challenges – Deadline

Earning his first Emmy nomination for The Mandalorian, after winning an Oscar last year for Black Panther, Göransson will always remember his first meeting with Favreau on the project, during pre-production. “I got a call that wanted to see me, and I went down to his office in Playa del Rey. As soon as I go in there, I see Jon in the middle of this big room, and he’s surrounded by all this incredible visual art for the show,” the composer recalls. “Jon comes up to me and starts telling me about the show, about his inspiration— about samurai movies and Westerns—and I was just kind of astounded, and really inspired. I think from the very start of our conversations, I got to understand that it was going to be a really fun experience.”

Pretty quickly, Göransson recognized what it was that Favreau was looking for in The Mandalorianscore—simply put, something that was exciting and new. Heading into a universe most closely associated with the work of a legendary composer—five-time Oscar winner John Williams—Göransson also knew that he had his work cut out for him. “What John Williams created for Star Wars was probably the best film music out there—at least, the most known film music. I remember watching the movies as a kid and the impact the visuals and the music had with me,” he says. “I can still remember that feeling, and it was that feeling that I wanted to try to recreate.”

Operating on instinct, the composer’s first move as he went about his work was to purchase a set of woodwind recorders—instruments that were as far away from Star Wars’ existing musical vocabulary as possible, which would lead to a sound no one would expect. “I guess because I played that as a kid, when I was about seven or eight years old, I knew I could play it,” Göransson says. “I wanted to take a step away from the computer, and just lock myself in the studio for a month with a bunch of different instruments, and start recording songs.”

For Göransson, a different kind of sound, and an energizing process resulted from turning first to instruments that he could actually play himself. “I was almost connecting with the way I used to write music as a kid, just having the space, and one instrument led me to another,” he says. “It’s almost like a puzzle, and it made me feel very creative. It made me feel like a child again.”

Ultimately, the score for Favreau’s series would be a fusion of different elements, including organic, solo instruments like the recorder, a full symphony orchestra and modern production—a mix that would complement the world the creator envisioned. “The world he created is so big, and there’s so many characters, so many planets and locations, so we always wanted to also put in an element of this tech and modern production, and also the big, sweeping, romantic orchestra,” Göransson says. “When we have all those three elements—the organic, the tech and the orchestra—we can really do anything we want.”

Naturally, one challenge for Göransson on the project came with the recognition that his music would be compared to that of Williams, one of the all-time greats in the craft of composing, who has left an indelible mark on Star Wars. “Obviously, no one’s going to write music that is as great as what John Williams did,” the composer notes. The goal, then, for Göransson, was to hit the mark he sets for himself with his own work, and follow his own sense of what worked best for the show at hand. “I set a very high bar, [in] that every piece of music needs to hold a certain class, and needs to be, in itself, interesting. And also, even if it at times sounds easy, there’s always something that I would say is clever about it,” he says. “I put a lot of thought in every piece of music, [so] that it has some musical value to it.”

For Göransson, the highlight of Season 1 was simply being able to see his music come to life on the scoring stage. “I was so lucky on the show, where every episode, we recorded with a 70-piece orchestra, with the LA Studio Symphony at Fox. That’s one of my favorite parts of the process, when you’ve written all this music and you get to the stage, and you’d be able to hear 70 people putting their human touch, playing their instruments and really making it come alive,” he says. “Especially for something like Star Wars, that was incredibly needed, and you can really tell the dynamic that comes with that. It really makes a difference.”

Currently, the composer is in the middle of his work on the highly anticipated second season of the Disney+ hit. “We started a couple of months ago, and I’m extremely excited,” he shares. “Jon’s taking the story into places that I didn’t know existed, and I think it’s so fun.”

 

[Albright]

so, trailer next week?

 

[Zorro]

I sure hope so!

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

so, trailer next week?

Seems to be the case.