![]() For a show about a badass bounty hunter taking down all the roughest, meanest foes the galaxy can throw at him, this show sure is cute. ![]() You’ve probably already been spoiled with regards to the series’ break-out star-a certain Child-and suffice to say that this character is perhaps the cutest, most adorable character on TV-period. You can read my recap/reviews below for spoilers if you like. And because this isn’t tied to the Skywalker Saga, we were able to see the universe from a wholly new perspective, and introduce cool new-and incredibly important-characters and revelations to the story of Star Wars more broadly. It allowed us to visit cool new planets and revisit old ones, like Tatooine. It’s a novel format and I’m glad the showrunners went that direction. What made it work so well was the fact that both formats were intertwined-unlike say, Law & Order, which is a procedural crime drama with no Big Story to tie it all together, or Game of Thrones which was strictly serial, with no Monster Of The Week episodes to give you a break from all that drama. In that show you’d have your Big Plot episodes all about the Cigarette Smoking Man and the conspiracy and the coverups and Mulder’s missing sister, but you’d also have your Monster Of The Week episodes, which were often my favorite. I actually really like the format, maybe because it reminds me so much of X-Files. Indeed, the shifting format led to the season’s biggest backlash, as critics and fans found themselves wondering if the story would ever go anywhere, or if Mando would simply hop from one planet to the next, facing a new threat each week. (Interestingly, The Witcher on Netflix does a similar thing since its first season is based on a book of short stories). It reminds me a bit of X-Files, actually. I like big, elaborate stories that grow from episode to episode, season to season. Most tent-pole dramas and even many comedies are serials these days which I’m largely okay with. ![]() You don’t see this kind of thing very often these days. It starts off as a serial, becomes a procedural, and then returns to the serial format for the final two episodes. While there’s an overarching story that ties all the episodes together, about half of the first season unfolds more like a procedural drama, with self-contained adventures (or misadventures) playing out in each episode. It’s also an interesting blend of serial and procedural storytelling. It’s a Sergio Leone homage, from the music to the motifs. The Mandalorian is a Space Western for the most part. In the meantime Favreau points out that Crumb’s fellow Kowakian Monkey-Lizard’s - one of which can be seen hanging out in a tree in The Mandalorian Season 3 trailer - are now flourishing on the planet Nevarro.The Mandalorian Credit: Disney / LucasFilm Speaking specifically of Crumb’s prospects of surviving the barge explosion, Favreau commented “never say never,” thus technically leaving the door ajar for a future cameo from the tiny jester. “Max Rebo, many people thought that he met the end of his days in the sail barge right? But we never really saw, and then Bib Fortuna too, wasn’t Bib Fortuna on the sail barge? I think he was, and then he showed up at the end of Season 2 ”. “ I mean we had Max Rebo, right?” explained Favreau. However, in an interview with Fade to Black Podcast’s Clarisse Loughrey, Favreau noted that other characters from the Star Wars pantheon who had seemingly perished in the explosion have since cameoed in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and that Crumb could similarly have survived. Full interview dropping on Sunday! /6p0IWsEXXO- Fade to Black Podcast March 1, 2023 #TheMandalorian is BACK! And had a chat with Jon Favreau about what we can look forward to this season, and beyond. Sadly, Crumb’s luck seemed to run out later in the movie, when the botched execution of Luke Skywalker resulted in the dramatic explosion of Jabba’s barge, and Salacious along with it. His cruel cackle, and assumedly razor sharp wit, secured him a comfortable life perched on the Hutt crime lord's throne, and made him an unlikely, if somewhat niche favourite for many fans of the franchise. Crumb first appeared in George Lucas’ 1983 sci-fi movie as Jabba the Hutt’s personal pet and unofficial court jester.
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