Season 3 of The Mandalorian was a bizarre mess, with too many stories that ended up going nowhere.
But more annoying than the inconsistent quality has been its aggressively incoherent overall plot.
Season 3 of The Mandalorian is all parts and no sum.
They all left Nevarro and flew to Mandalore together.
But something curious happened this week when it came time for our big climactic space battle.
It wasn’t even really a battle, but why?
Where did the many other Mandalorian ships go?
Why did those TIE Interceptors and Bombers stop existing?
But there’s no evidence for that–it’s just a guess.
This case of the missing Mandalorian fleet is emblematic of how sloppy Season 3 was overall.
Remember “Chapter 19: The Convert”?
It was an excellent episode.
But now that the season is over I don’t understand why it exists.
But that reveal itself was frankly bizarre.
What he finds there is a room full of cloning cylinders containing clone Gideons.
They destroy the pods and move on within seconds of discovering them.
But this reveal lacks weight because the clones are already dead and buried by this point.
The entire purpose of Chapter 19, the Pershing episode, was to set up this reveal.
It’s hard to tell, because Gideon gets blown up a few minutes later.
Season 3 was full of stuff like this.
It’s a cool sequence, but it has no meaning in the story being told.
But what did any of that contribute to our understanding of the story of The Mandalorian?
It was only flavor, without any actual food.
But after the Season 3 finale, it’s clear that The Mandalorian still hasa lotof work to do.
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