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Omfg. I came out of hiding for a MOMENT. Just a MOMENT! And I see this….he’s so tall. 😩

NEW 12/19/23 Instagram studiolenca @pascalispunk with his painting 'Angelito'

#i miss peepaw

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Okay I swear this will be my last rant post before the next episode airs but I have to get it off my chest cause I keep seeing the argument made that people disappointed Din gave the darksaber away are forgetting the lack of plot in the previous seasons, which I very heavily disagree.

I can’t speak for everyone, but at least for me when I’m saying I’m disappointed Din did not become Manda’lor I am not saying I hated the adventure of the week side quest format they had. That’s what I liked best about the show! It was great in season 1 feeling like Din was just the random guy off on his own adventure with this baby he found, I would have loved for it to have kept that small space western feel. Season 3 becoming this big interconnected universe with a corrupted New Republic plot connecting to the sequels is what I was most worried about just because I personally don’t like that direction. The more they’ve tried to go the Andor route and make this show about the Galatic politics, the worst it’s become imo (we literally have two white dudes writing a plot point about droids liking being underclass and serving the soft democratic people that is ruled with the help of a former Nazi, but ohh it’s okay it’s Jack Black and he’s funny and the Space Nazi and the Space Nazi doctor are really sorry for what they did, look the New Republic is just as bad as the fascist imperials 🥺🥺)

What some people are not getting is that the darksaber is ALL. DIN. HAD. LEFT. There was no driving force or goal for him after episode 2, they reunited him with his child in a spin-off show, they have him redeem himself fairly easily without any emotional impact, and now they took away the opportunity to do one last interesting thing with him. Din does not have his own actions or thoughts throughout most of the season, and when he does it’s just retracing the character development they already gave him in previous seasons (i.e. the whole droid fiasco). He’s a plot device, meant to further Bo-Katan’s character and help her with her goals or have him in danger so she can save him. It was okay if Din did not become Manda’lor, but they can’t just make him having the darksaber out to be a huge deal, show him trying to learn how to train with it, and give it up so stupidly through a loophole just so Bo-Katan can lead again when she has done nothing to actually earn it or apologize for the way she disrespected Din’s entire culture again and again. She was a terrorist who has done a 180 into suddenly being an honorable character just because of a few action scenes, no introspection or interesting conflict between her and the covert about their differences, nothing about her actually thinking about her past mistakes, just the covert being there to look like dumbasses who settled on a dangerous planet where their children get eaten so Bo can lead missions, look a million times more competent in comparison, and suddenly be the one who deserves to lead.

There doesn’t have to be a big plot each episode, but it’s not being executed well like it was in the first two seasons. The goal was getting Grogu to a Jedi, and we were given the interesting side adventures on that journey. Din needs to find somewhere he can lay low, he goes to Sorgan and becomes tempted by a domestic life. Din needs credits, he takes a job with some old acquaintances and sees what kind of slimy person he could have been. Din needs to find other mandos to help him find a Jedi, he runs into a small town desperate for help with a Krayt Dragon and showcases his pride in being a Mandalorian but his respect for other cultures and his willingness to do the right thing. He travels to a planet ruled by an former Imperialist because the Jedi he was searching for was there and helps her to save a town both for their sake and his need to give his son the best life he can have. See the pattern? They were side adventures, but they weren’t a random hodgepodge of ideas, they fit the story and the tone, giving us interesting side characters and helping to develop our main characters. Din showed his leadership, his growing kindness, his frustrations, his annoyances, his fears, Grogu becomes more adventurous, vocal, and attached to who he’s starting to see as a father figure. They both aren’t talkative characters, but they had feelings and personalities we saw. They had moments between them that wasn’t just exposition for the plot or a push towards an action scene, it showed their lives and values, their relationships. Little moments like Din being happy to hear Grogu’s name, Cobb sharing his story and why he valued the armor, Omera talking with Din about his life and wondering if he could stay, Frog Lady wanting to get her eggs safely to her husband and Din comedically trying to make that happen. The story was driven by these characters decisions and their personalities.

Season 3, on the other hand, has taken away all the life of these side adventures in its goal to tie in a larger Star Wars narrative that connects to other shows. They are not character driven anymore, and instead the characters are being twisted and molded to do and say stuff that’ll get us from point A to point B instead of the other way around. The point of Din breaking his creed is not to see what that would mean for his identity or how he wants to live with Grogu by his side, the point is to take him to Mandalore so that he can ultimately get trapped and fall down a hole so Bo-Katan can see the Mythosaur. The point of Bo-Katan’s crew leaving her and her staying in a random castle for no reason doing nothing all day isn’t for her to recognize her past failings or show us what their relationship was like and what it meant to her, it’s to have an easy offscreen explanation so that she can come to the covert without anything challenging in the way. The point of Din’s coverts staying on a monster-infested planet where Paz’s son is kidnapped isn’t because it makes sense they’d be there or that Paz suddenly even has a son we’ve never seen before, it’s so they can put in CGI monsters they thought were cool and have Bo save the day so they can have a flimsy reason she does need to be leader again. The point of spending time with the covert and having random pirates attacking Nevarro wasn’t to develop the other mandalorians as actual characters, it was to have them accept Bo easily so that she can “walk both worlds” and give Carl Weather’s character more screentime. And so much more.

Things are happening, but it doesn’t matter whether they make sense or fit the characters anymore, because all the side quest are focused on is bending over backwards trying to make you believe this Bo deserves the darksaber narrative. Before that it wasn’t like the Covert was planning to take back Mandalore, Din wasn’t planning to take back Mandalore, Bo didn’t tell anybody what she saw so there was no real stakes for anybody. Nobody in the main plot has had any purpose as more than side characters besides her. Din may have been the main character, but the people he met on his journey didn’t just do stuff to contribute to his own character or finding a Jedi. Omera had her own goals, Cobb had his own goals, Fennec had her own goals, Boba had his own goals, and they all still worked well with the narrative without diminishing each other, Din developed on the way by learning from the other characters and them him. What the fuck does Din want this season? Paz? The Armorer? The answer is whatever will make it easiest for the plot to retake Mandalore and have Bo be the Manda’lor for these writers, despite it being shown previously they have no reason to care or like Bo-Katan.

Like, some character moments are there. Bo is changing. I’m not saying that’s not happening at all. But it’s being done in a way that is sabotaging every other aspect of the show to force this plot that they wanted, the sidequest are feeling duller because they aren’t for these characters to have fun adventures we get emotionally invested in that simultaneously furthers the actual main characters goal, it’s let’s just have a CGI dragon, let’s have Lizzo and Jack Black guest star, let’s have Zeb from Rebels be in there for no reason. Unless again you count Bo as the main character, but like honestly she’s not even having natural character development. She went from being an antagonistic ex-terrorist to suddenly being kind and charitable with hardly any buildup or insight into her feelings. It doesn’t feel organic. I know she lost everything, but they still made it seem like she blamed Din for it only to have her rescue him once and completely abandon that hostility. The best we really have gotten is Grogu remembering his past while with the armorer and setting up his future as a Mandalorian, but even that feels cheapened when the armor he was given isn’t even talked about with the person who he shares the symbol with him that signifies their relationship, making me think it’s just another merchandise decision.

We wanted Din to learn to rule because, even if we did have to say goodbye to the adventure of the week type format, it would have been in service of his character evolving into something he doesn’t think he deserves or is good at. It would have been the next step in his journey, accumulating everything he has learned, the growth he went through using both diplomacy and his skills as a fighter time and time again. Instead, they chose to really quickly ditch any of the conflicts he had so they could have him free to do this instead. If they had waited one more season, this could have possibly been done well imo. Din’s arcs could have been brought to a meaningful and satisfying conclusion, and then you could have made him and Bo-Katan become co-leads. It wouldn’t have mattered as much then if they decided to focus a little more on her. But instead they essentially abandoned Din’s story they’ve spent two seasons creating to go ahead and tell her own.

The side quest aren’t what people are complaining about. It’s that they have no meaning for our characters other than having everybody circling around Bo most of the time or creating some big connection to the sequel triology and setting up the Star Wats MCU, which wasn’t the style of writing this show did. I don’t care how many ways people want to argue against it, Din is not the main character in this season, which is not what they have been selling us all year, and he doesn’t even have any engaging story or arc as a side character either. That is the problem, and that is why these side quest and the lack of an actual plot do not work.

#I’ve come out of hiding for this. #THISSSSS POST IS PERFECT!! #Season 3 has been such a let down #(btw I’ll be back 🤭) #the mandalorian spoilers #the mandalorian

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MCU!Humans every three months when the sky starts glowing again and some costumed freaks take the streets

#LMAOAOAO #I’m screaming #marvel

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The internet: New Mando pics that actually show Pedro’s face!

Me just trying to function throughout the day:

#LMAO LEGIT

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debate:

sleep with bra on or off?

#bra off!!! it accumulates bacteria via sweat and oils #i know people do it tho for protection/personal reasons #a sports bra is more comfy than a bra ☝🏼

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keeping up with the mandalorians

#LMAOAKSKSMS IMSKSMS

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Don’t mind if I do bestie 😈

Hi. I made this. Feel free to use.

I just request you to check out my socials, @MiddiMidori on Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok. Enjoy 💫

#did I just save this in our discord? yes i did #BUT I HAVE TO REBLOG IT CAUSE ITS GORGEOUS #I LOVE THE BACKGROUND AND THE THREE DILFS #star wars

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ded

#HIS HAIR #DIN DJARIN HAIR #ISMKAMSMDKS #THE HELMET COMING OFF WITH THE STANCE #BDEEEEE

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Vanity Fair (June 2022)

#oh they’re hot #omfg wow #LISTEN I JUST GOT HOME #IM???

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The Star Wars cast for Vanity Fair (2022)

#HAYDEN MY LOVE #OMFG #OMGKDKSKSMS

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Pedro & Ewan? Together?

PEDRO PASCAL & EWAN MCGREGOR Star Wars Vanity Fair Cover Shoot (June 2022)

#this is what dreams are made of #this right here #I’m going feral #thank you jas for telling me about this #pedro pascal #ewan mcgregor

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I really love that Pedro never deflects whenever they ask about his immigrant upbringing and the aftermath that comes with fleeing one’s country.

As children of immigrants, we carry it—heavily. Every single day. We see it in our parents faces, in the texture of their hands, in the tiredness of their voices. We definitely do carry it, like he said. Doesn’t matter your age. It follows you like a pesky little bug, picking at you as you grow. That desperate need to do your best, be successful, so that finally you can be able to take care of them and know that their sacrifices weren’t wasted on you. And yet, it still feels like it isn’t enough…

That really got to me. It’s so important to remind yourself that every accomplishment, big or small, is worth it. If you can relate, I’m proud of you! ❤️🥹

#pedro is that one mf that I’m always shocked at how done to earth he is #he isn’t afraid to talk about it #my two personal cents on that #michelle rambles #pedro pascal #talk easy #and that’s on generational trauma #okay BYE im not here I just wanted to share that :(( #i meant down* but whatever you get it

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OBI-WAN KENOBI  Official Trailer

#I’m heading into a spiral #legit cried hearing those words #ugh 😩 #kenobi series

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Anakin, my dear hot-headed beloved, My heart breaksss dude. His scars 🥺😔

“Like you trained his father.”

#palpatine…how could you do this question mark #I BLAME HIM FOR EVERYTHING #AND THE JEDI CODE AS WELL #Anakin my meow meow

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DARTH VADER ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Official Trailer | premiering May 27, 2022

#sorry but that robotic arm made me #sooooo feral #ANAKIN BABEYYYYY #I can’t wait #kenobi series

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IM GOING FERAL YOU GUYS

“Like you trained his father.”

#i wish i could be whatever he is riding 🧍🏻‍♀️ #let me be your saddle Obi-Wan #pls bb #🧎🏻‍♀️🤲🏻

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“Like you trained his father.”

#HE DID NOT #THAT IS JUST SOOO HURTFUL #ITS LIKE THAT ONE COMIC PANEL FROM THE JOURNALS OF OBI WAN #no i can’t handle this #UNCLE OWEN STOP #😩😩😩🥺🥺 #michelle rambles #about losing her mind #daddy obi wan #obi wan kenobi