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When it comes to the top IP in the film and television industry, "Star Wars" must be among them.
However, after the glory period of the last century, the sequel to the "Star Wars" movie in recent years has shown a trend of not being well received, especially the failure of "Star Wars 9".
But in 2019, the spin-off "The Mandalorian" produced by Disney+ swept away the decline of the "Star Wars New Trilogy", allowing this top IP to successfully return to blood, and the good reputation of 9 points+ in the first two seasons also set off a new round of carnival among fans around the world.
In the first week of March, "The Mandalorian Season 3" officially returned after three years, continuing its excellent word-of-mouth effect, and lived up to expectations after one episode and scored 9.4 points.
The cute baby Yoda and the tender Mandalorian daddy continue their space adventures, and Xiaowan also takes advantage of the freshness to chat with everyone about this critically acclaimed new work.
"The Mandalorian 3" began broadcasting on March 1, with a total of 8 episodes
Even if you're not a Star Wars fan, you can watch the Mandalorian series without stress, because although the protagonist is inextricably linked to the Star Wars universe, the story line is independent.
Simply put, "The Mandalorian" focuses on interstellar father and son files, and a new plot is launched around the setting of "cute new father with baby".
The first two seasons of "The Mandalorian" tell the history of the helmet-wearing bounty hunter Dinja Lin (Pedro Pascal), who comes from the brave and warlike Mandalorian clan, and the clan has a feud with the Jedi.
Mandalorian does not take off their helmets easily and will perfect their armor suits with Mandalorian iron.
The unpredictable and ruthless Ding Jialin is the most heroic hunter in the guild, always piloting the ship alone and traveling between different planets to complete missions.
One day, he receives a new mission to retrieve the target Gugu (i.e. Baby Yoda), who turns out to be a cute baby.
Ding Jialin knew about the cruel experiment that Gugu was about to face, and after giving birth to compassion, he began a long and dangerous interstellar escape with him.
Under the pursuit and killing of various forces, in the spaceship that fled in a hurry, the tender tough guy and the interstellar cute baby developed a subtle family affection.
Along the way, there are fierce enemies like Governor Gideon, guild leaders like Griff who are friends and enemies, and close allies like the female warrior Carla and the robot IG-11.
An exciting side appears at the end of The Mandalorian 2, when the young Jedi Knight Skywalker Luke appears, and he wants to take Gugu for Jedi training.
This is obviously a wise choice, a perfect end to an escape story, but it also means that the interstellar father and son file parted ways.
Ding Jarin who took off his helmet for Gugu
But Gugu did not go with him, but chose to return to Ding Jialin, so the "wild father and son" continued to move forward.
The story of "The Mandalorian 3" follows on here.
If the core of the last two seasons is "escape" and "choice", then the key word of this season is "finding roots".
The opening scene is a stunning recreation of the battle between the Mandalorian race and the giant crocodile with stunning visual effects.
Fighting appearances seem to have become the signature of the "The Mandalorian" series, after all, the bloody action scenes are the most eye-catching to the audience.
Dinjarin once took off his helmet, which was contrary to the principles of his people, so he decided to return to Mandalorian Star to be baptized by holy water. But in a deserted home, will there really be legendary holy water?
Before leaving, Dinja Lin visited Griff, who had been promoted to magistrate, Bocatan who was recuperating, and IG-11, who was waiting to be repaired and restarted. He also learned that his arch-nephew, Gideon, had been court-martialed.
Ding Jialin, who inquires about the current situation of Mandalorian Star, still holds on a glimmer of hope and embarks on a new journey with Gugu, this time, he intends to atone for his sins and win the recognition of his people.
Like the previous two seasons, The Mandalorian 3 is still a character-oriented series.
In other words, what we expect to see is the interaction between Ding Jialin and Gugu, and their specific adventure is to change the soup without changing the medicine.
A ruthless hunter with a helmet to kill everywhere, a cute baby who sits on a cradle and sells cute everywhere, Ding Jialin's full tenderness is given to Gugu, and Gugu can also use the Force to help his father at the right time, this pair of contrasting protagonists is full of highlights.
On the other hand, "The Mandalorian", like Star Wars in the past, also pays attention to "spending a lot of money on the whole pomp".
Each episode is crammed with dazzling action scenes and subtle alien monsters with a cinematic luxury.
Although the "Mandalorian" series is a small-screen series, the creators behind it are all movie coffee, and a key figure must be mentioned is Jon Favreau.
That's right, it's the director of "Iron Man" who saved Marvel from fire and water, and the episode director and co-writer of the "The Mandalorian" series.
He led Disney to work with game production team Epic-Games to introduce an expensive V-cam system, using real-time rendering technology and LED screen "sets" for The Mandalorian production for better visual effects.
The ending credits of The Mandalorian 3 acknowledge Epic-Games
The sophisticated visual effects are the skin of "The Mandalorian", and the "Ranger" values inherited from American-Italian Westerns and Japanese samurai films are its bone appearance. The former is "let the eyes eat ice cream", and the latter is "a sofa chair for the soul".
Dinja Lin was adopted by the Mandalorian from an early age, so he was full of compassion for Gugu, who was also a war outcast, and made the same choice as his adoptive parents.
Ding Jialin has a set of ranger values outside the mainstream rules, he carefully distinguishes between good and evil in the interstellar universe, and is willing to defend weak civilians against foreign enemies. Like the warrior in an American Western, and the ronin in a Japanese samurai film, he relies on force to resolve worldly battles.
In "The Mandalorian 1", he helps a village tribe solve foreign enemies while looking for a livable place, this bridge is similar to Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", "Heart Stick" or Leone's "Red Dead Redemption", for a while, the audience can see the shadows of Toshiro Mifune and Eastwood in Dingjarin.
For him, Gu Gu is more like the gift of cold life, and it is not chance but fate that binds them.
In "The Mandalorian 3", the plot of Dinjalin's return to Mandalorian Star is a variant of "Finding Roots", in which his mission is to find himself and redeem himself.
The plot of father and son ending and relying on each other can be traced back to the Japanese series "Wolf with Child" 50 years ago. The samurai who was framed became a bounty hunter, and took his son Daigoro to deal with the pursuers while struggling to make a living.
Similar "parent-child file" plots gradually evolved into classic drama formulas, which were used by later generations.
"The Mandalorian" is typical, and earlier there was "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin" starring Jet Li and Semyon, and the Wolverine and the girl who earned tears in the alternative superhero film "Wolverine 3".
Peeling back the gorgeous visual effects of "The Mandalorian", you can see that it is biased towards traditional values: discerning between right and evil, righteousness and courage, and responsibility.
No one had taught Dinja Lin anything, but he unconsciously followed this set of laws.
Putting "The Mandalorian" in the entire "Star Wars universe", it is also a relatively special existence.
It relies on the world view setting of the Star Wars series, but it also obliquely shows a different kind of fun, turning the space opera on the big screen into a space western on the small screen.
The next plot of "The Mandalorian 3" will slowly reveal the past secrets of Mandalorian Star, and will further show the father-son relationship between Ding Jialin and Gugu.
Tired of watching the story of the Jedi, you may wish to change your taste and start a new adventure with the cutest father and son of the stars - This is the way.