I wouldn't mind, if it belonged in the show. Like it seems like a starwars short story just shoved in there, because they used Mango series 3 episodes in Book of Blobba Fat and didn't have enough material for a full episode. Like there was, what 10 min of Mango stuff in a 50 min episode (which is longer than the 30 min of Ep 1). Oh, and like Andor's first 3 episodes, it was boring as shit.
Knowing Furloni, he probably doesn't even remember or even knows that photon fizzle originates from Droids and only included the reference because Disney promotes the drink at the bar in their crappy Star Wars park or because someone on the writing team actually did like Droids, although I'm leaning towards the former since starborn says the show even uses the fucking music from the constantly buggy park ride.
And let's not forget that Dave himself was involved with TLJ, the most hated of the godawful disquels.
Judging from what people are saying about her, it seems like Jon and Furloni want to turn her into Gina Carano's replacement. Filoni probably loves that prospect considering she's another one of his pet OCs.
It doesn't fit in the show. The Mandalorian is supposed to be an action show, this episode was mostly about politics. The only thing notable about it outside of the opening is that the New Republic is once again about as useful as a screen door on a submarine, and Bo-Katan joined a cult that she spent a good amount of time belittling. Although she probably joined because she finally has friends now, as opposed to sitting in her castle with her thumb up her butt.
Paz is definitely seething right now, but I don't know if he'll end up as an antagonist since we've already seen him with other mando's in trailers. It might be a flashback though.
Paz was conceived of as an antagonist to Din Djarin, so Paz might decide to do something down the line. Although from that shot, it does look like they'll be helping Nevarro get rid of a little pirate infestation, so who knows?
Man it's really funny that Andor's enduring legacy is going to be the suits believing that watching humans do mundane shit is what people liked about it.
Sadly, Andor won enough accolades from the fanbase that Disney does see that as the way forward. And it does feel kinda stupid. Not only does it not use the strengths of the Star Wars IP, but there's countless games and books showing how your average X lived his daily life, and they did it better than Andor.
Those cover looked like something an overworked intern threw together at the last minute just to say he got it done.
Remember, these people pursued the woke train because that's what all the talking heads and loudmouth fans wanted. They honestly thought TLJ would score well with fans because of all the wokesters on Twitter. And with many Star Wars reviewers and Youtubers, even those who hated the Sequels, hailing Andor as a success, they'll keep going down that train.
I don't mind a short runtime if it flows well; take TNG for example, short episodes where a lot happened and the story wrapped up, but Mango S3 is shaping up to be a complete mess and it seemed to have started with the Book of Blobba Fatt
There's certainly something going on behind the scenes right now. If it's not shortened run-times, it's outright delays like with the MCU.
Well that's kind of... odd. But those Essential Guides are still great. That old Essential Guide to Characters actually has characters from the Ewoks cartoon and Jedi Prince to fill out the pages.
It's starting to look like Disney's preemptively getting ready to pull the plug and head into survival mode. This level of quality drop for your flagship shows is not the mark of a healthy company.
