THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU MOVIE REVIEW

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Oh, here comes Mandalorian in Grou with a feature motion picture.

[00:00:08]Be like, who the hell asked for that?

[00:00:14]Hey everyone, less than a month left before my night of sitdown comedy back in Chicago at the Lincoln Lodge. We sold out before, let's do it again. Get your tickets by going to doubletoastic chicago.com or scan the QR code right there and I'll see you soon. I saw I just saw them on TV. I wasn't asking for no Mandalorian. Is Disney Plus gonna give me a free ticket? Because why should I pay for some a product that I give? Well, that I already pay for at home. I'm already paying for this Mandalorian and this old Baby Yoda right here. And y'all want more money from me?

[00:00:48]Now you're getting greedy, Disney. Now you're getting greedy.

[00:00:51]>> And I I'm right there with y'all. Nobody asked for this. No, >> this is something that I guess Disney that mouse thought Mando Fever was going to last forever.

[00:01:06]>> Oh boy. You like the show? Just wait till you see me cook it up now.

[00:01:10]>> Yeah. It's too bad it takes, you know, years to make a movie.

[00:01:14]>> Yeah.

[00:01:14]>> And there's no way to calculate, you know. So, yeah. Something is hot, you're like, let's get this movie started. Two years later, >> h maybe it's not so hot anymore.

[00:01:22]>> Yeah. And that's kind of where we are right now. People like, "Hey, look, man.

[00:01:25]You know, it was hot when it came out and then, you know, y'all had a all right season and y'all had a season that wasn't so good. Now you not what? You want me to come back and see a movie? Do y'all know how much movies cost today?

[00:01:39]>> You better give me a bag of Jiffy Pop and put this on Disney Plus R."

[00:01:43]>> But here we are. We got the movie whether you asked for it or not. And I guess they said this is an adventure too big for Mando's small screen, you know.

[00:01:54]We got to put him on the big screen.

[00:01:55]Then them huts still out there.

[00:01:57]>> Yeah. Jabba's dead, but he got a he got what? A brother and a sister or something.

[00:02:02]>> Yeah.

[00:02:02]>> Yeah. Twin brother and sister.

[00:02:04]>> The twins.

[00:02:05]>> Yeah. And >> the power vacuum and you know it gets all Game of Thrones up in them in in Hutland >> in Hutville.

[00:02:14]But the rebellion, they said, "Listen, uh, so the huts, they've been cooperating and they've been helping us with some information. If we help them out with a special mission to to to get their nephew, then you know what they say? They're going to help us out even more. But they are huts. They are [ __ ] and they are never meant to be trusted." Mhm.

[00:02:34]>> So, Mando, after you get through with this mission for us, uh we need you to go rescue their their nephew and uh bring it back to them and get what information you can, but watch it back because as we said, the huts are not to be trusted because after all, they are criminals. They are gangsters.

[00:02:52]How does this work out? Mainly, is it worth going to the movie to see? A lot of people said, "Still sounds like a couple of episodes we could have seen on TV." Let's go ahead and watch this trailer for The Mandalorian and Grou, the motion picture, and we'll be back with our review.

[00:03:16]>> And then the young protect the old >> is the way, Martin.

[00:03:27]And some people are saying, "Not only could I do I see some of this in the TV show, but they got hints of Clone Wars in there." Another TV show.

[00:03:36]>> Oh, really?

[00:03:36]>> Yeah. Yeah. So, some of this is is an extension of Clone Wars.

[00:03:40]>> Oh, okay. That went over my head.

[00:03:42]>> Yeah. Well, it it would cuz you you know, unless you watch the show and I I don't watch the show either. I I follow like a couple of story lines, but I don't know a lot of things.

[00:03:51]>> Okay. Well, if it's in there, it it didn't stop to to to do it. It didn't interrupt my understanding what was going on.

[00:03:58]>> No, no. You know what? And see, that's what I want to get to right here, man.

[00:04:02]Because the big question with this, as I just said, was this needed? And the answer is going to vary with different people, but for me, the answer is yes.

[00:04:14]Yes, for me. Yes. Hell yes, it was needed. Yes. Yes. Very much. And I was the one talking [ __ ] about the trailer.

[00:04:21]Oh, I already know what I'm going to say about this. I'm looking at this damn trailer. I can do my review right now.

[00:04:25]Yeah.

[00:04:25]>> And you know what? I can change anything. But y'all know me. I'm the cremagin.

[00:04:32]>> I'm the I am the anti-nostal guy.

[00:04:36]>> I don't want no legacy stuff.

[00:04:38]>> Nope.

[00:04:38]>> Look, I hung out with Vader and Luke back in the day. [ __ ] Me and Harrison Ford are Han Solo, as his friends called. You know, >> we were boys back in the day.

[00:04:49]>> Right. Right. Right. Right.

[00:04:50]>> Yeah. I mean, I've done all this before.

[00:04:51]I don't want to see all this stuff coming in, man. I don't I don't look I don't I don't want no legacy stuff that is shoved in for fan service for cheap nostalgia uh and a and a corporate cheap buck. I don't want that man, you know, cuz it's ruining good story material and good story potential because there is no story in the first place. It's all Hey, remember this.

[00:05:12]>> Yeah.

[00:05:13]>> I'm sick of it.

[00:05:14]>> I'm tired.

[00:05:15]>> Yep.

[00:05:16]>> Been tired.

[00:05:16]>> Yep.

[00:05:17]>> Y'all tired of hearing me talk about it.

[00:05:19]>> Sick and tired of being sick and tired.

[00:05:23]I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL LOOKING AT THIS review like, "Oh, hell. Here we go again." All they want to look at this review cuz all they going to do is sit up there and complain. I remember back in the day >> where them clowns where the clouds at, >> man.

[00:05:38]I just want something fun. And if you got to simplify it to do that, then so be it. Please do.

[00:05:47]>> And that's what this is, man. You know, this is this is just a for me, this was just a fun space adventure. It was just something where simplifying the story, it's it's it's not original. Some of it is too generic. But for for myself, when it when it's good, it even transcends Star Wars. And again, everybody's going to have a different reaction to this because I think that's the kind of movie that it is. You know, some people going to be with it or not. Um, I think it's given us some enjoyable elements from other genres out there, westerns, other space cals like Flash Gordon, which is what Star Wars was supposed to be in the first place.

[00:06:26]>> Exactly. Exactly, man. Uh, comic book superheroes, especially the cosmic and space ones like Rom, >> SPACE PULLING OUT ROM.

[00:06:36]>> YEAH, MAN. You know how I know Rom?

[00:06:38]>> How you know?

[00:06:38]>> You had the toy.

[00:06:39]>> Yeah.

[00:06:40]>> And when I had the toy, I had to get the comic. So, I read some ROM books back in the day, man.

[00:06:45]>> Uh, of course, the obvious one also is Japanese manga and cinema, Lone Wolf and Cub, which was that from the very beginning, man. They even have a an 80s synth score >> with this that you don't hear very often. True.

[00:06:59]>> Which, you know, again, uh, >> it's it's it's like a 80s sci-fi movie in that way or, you know, even some 80s sci-fi shows. Um, this might, you know, this this movie might even be derivative in a way. Uh, but I think for Star Wars, it's refreshing for me. You know, it's it's refreshing to not be shackled down by having nostalgia. And also, I think it's an easy I think it's for this. It's easy to get into other stories outside of all the legacy stuff that we've that we've been doing. And and and like I said, man, I can see you probably gonna disagree with me on this and I I don't mind because I know people Well, I never mind, but I but but I I think it's going to be that divisive for people, you know? I don't think it's going to work for a lot of people.

[00:07:49]>> Well, [ __ ] Um what's wrong?

[00:07:54]>> Oh, man. You know what?

[00:07:57]>> Already, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CHANGED MY MIND. I'M MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? I SEE WHAT YOU GOING TO SAY ALREADY. I'm sick of you, man. I No, I'm closing the door.

[00:08:05]Okay. I was like, "What? I haven't said anything yet.

[00:08:09]>> I know what you GOING TO SAY. I'M OUT OF HERE, MAN." NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. I I I I respect your opinion and and you having fun with this. I hate to disagree with you, so I won't.

[00:08:22]>> I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT. MARTIN, I KNOW YOU NOW.

[00:08:25]>> YEAH. You know me. Uh, no. Honestly, for all the all those those those pre-reviews, those early reviews that were calling it uh what uh generic and unnecessary, I'm like, well, okay, look, it's not breaking any new ground, but I didn't think it was generic. I mean, it like you said, it's a good space adventure and all that. You know, before we were like, oh man, they're going back to Hoth and all this. No, that's the opening scene >> and it's a pretty exciting opening scene. And this this has a lot of really great action set pieces in it.

[00:08:58]>> And while it doesn't dig that much deeper into the characters, that's not even really what it's about because it is about the adventure itself. And you're right, you're you're not getting bogged down in in Star Wars lore. I mean, I guess if you watch Clone Wars, you might recognize some of these characters, >> but you know, yeah, the huts are there, but not Jabba.

[00:09:16]>> Yeah.

[00:09:16]>> Uh the force is used minimally and never called that.

[00:09:20]>> Yes.

[00:09:21]>> Yes. There's no hint of Skywalkers anywhere in this. And they visit different environment. It's like all the things we were complaining that the Star Wars movies weren't doing, they do in this. They they they visit different environments. And we're not hearing about Jedi or Sith or none of that.

[00:09:38]>> Yeah.

[00:09:39]>> Yeah. You This is like the first fresh Star Wars movie in a long time.

[00:09:46]>> Yeah. Yeah, man. I mean, you're right.

[00:09:48]It opens it up to like, oh, we're expanding the galaxy where other stories can be told.

[00:09:54]>> Exactly, man. You get what I'm saying 100%. I understand if some people don't, but you would >> Yeah, you get what I'm saying.

[00:10:00]>> Yeah. You know, uh, even honestly, back when we were hearing, you know, reading about mixed reactions, it made me wonder. I was like, I wonder about this mixed reactions thing cuz that's a, you know, so much Star Wars is such a legacy that people come in with uh with expectations what they feel. We talk about gatekeeping earlier about well it should be this or it should have that.

[00:10:21]Well, I watched Clone Wars and it does this. Well, back in that day, I grew up with these movies and they did this and it's like >> let it be what it's going to be.

[00:10:30]>> Yeah. Yeah. and and this re you know I can like one like the the the question of did it need to be a a movie in the in the theater and yeah to like like you said it yes because it it does have that bigger budget it has it has bigger scope than the than the TV shows do >> you know even though they spend a lot of money on those shows there's still budgetary concerns and you can see them if you look close and here there's money to really expand on where they are and just just like the you know the areas where there the the vistas all all of it it it felt like a livedin world.

[00:11:07]>> Yes. It finally feels like we're going to the parts of this galaxy this world this universe that we're not retreading or forcing uh you because man beforehand they were trying to force Skywalker stuff into everything. I was like, is okay, is this a galaxy, our neighborhood? You know, >> and and and that's all studio stuff.

[00:11:26]Every time with something like that, it's always the studio going, well, this is what makes us money, so put this in.

[00:11:31]Yeah.

[00:11:31]>> Get that in there.

[00:11:32]>> Now, I will say >> again asking that question, did it need to go to the big screen? So, as I said before, I you know, you can tell that this was planned when The Mandalorian was a more popular TV show.

[00:11:46]>> Yeah. must have been playing like like end of season one, maybe season two.

[00:11:51]>> Yeah, the popularity is not as high right now. Nothing against the show.

[00:11:55]>> So, in that sense, no, it did not need to go to the big screen. But in addition to everything that you just said, you know, the set pieces, visiting different worlds, man, it's also a big creature feature, too.

[00:12:08]>> Oh, yeah. And you know, I I I can tell that a higher budget was used just solely just for making cool monsters, creatures. Uh, you know, and maybe that's my nostalgia kicking in because a lot of this reminded me of Ray Harry movies. Well, that's the thing. They they when it comes to all the creatures and the aliens, they're mixing it up with with CG puppets and stop motion.

[00:12:36]>> Yeah. Yeah. And and if you ever watched a Ray Harry housing movie, I don't know because y'all are young, but Ray Harryhen was a stopotion animator and he was the George Lucas for us back in the day. He was the top creature effects guy or the special effects guy. He he did stopotion creatures for so many movies.

[00:12:59]>> Now to y'all that looks like clamation today given the technology we had, but back in the day that that was our Star Wars. A lot of this stuff is just modern Ray Harryhausen scenes like the the the the fight scenes with the creatures, you know, like that whole gladiator scene. And listen, it's it's it ain't nothing but a Star Wars Pokemon fight cuz it's just different creatures.

[00:13:21]>> But and it is it's kind of silly. It's probably more silly than it is a a good fight scene. But for the kid in me who loves seeing different creatures, >> you know, who again, you know, grew up watching stuff like that right there, I was like, "Okay, that that's that's appealing to me, man." And Martin, I I'm Look, I'm gonna be good to you this week, man. No ads.

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[00:13:49]>> That's your That's your definition. All right. Of being of being good to me.

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[00:16:12]>> True. Very true. You know, I there was also, as you as you said, Martin, man, the creatures, the aliens, money went to that. And there are a couple of set pieces, action set pieces that Yeah. If I was if I was watching this at home, I would probably be like, that would look cool on the big screen. That opening >> Oh, yeah.

[00:16:34]>> sequence. That opening sequence, I don't want to be hyperbolic about this, man, because I it is, you know, it's it it's it's still the Mandalorian TV show brought to the screen, but that opening sequence is really is is amazing, man.

[00:16:47]It's really well done.

[00:16:49]>> We missed him. He's under us.

[00:16:50]>> We have him.

[00:16:52]>> We [ __ ] I see him. I mean, just fast. If Indiana Jones was a space dude, >> this is the kind of action scene we would get. You know, that's that I I really thought that was pretty thrilling. The money showed right there for that.

[00:17:08]>> And that's the opening. They put the money right out there. The movie opens with money.

[00:17:13]>> Yeah.

[00:17:14]>> Uh I think also the movie gives both Mando and Grou their moment. And uh I think story-wise that's maybe not as justified for a movie. They could have been long episodes, but I do like that the movie did in one long form with no break show Mando getting a big chunk of the movie and then little Grou pulling up the rear. I I I I will say, you know, something I thought wasn't great was that so much of the movie is the Mandalorian >> like like the vast majority of it where I was just kind of like >> I I don't know if we need Grou here.

[00:17:52]It's not it's not till like the third act where he starts like and like like halfway through the third act that he starts to do something cuz I was like >> yeah you just kind of around huh >> but when they do well I'll get to that in a little bit when they do man you know I was like okay so you were right though Mando does take up he's the chunkiest part of this movie you know he's he takes up the majority of the film and I actually love the Mandalorian in this >> Yeah he's a badass >> yeah man Listen, cuz he's just coming in with no complicated uh long ass stories. He just gets to be a cool bounty hunter, man.

[00:18:30]This is the closest we going to get to to a to Boba Fett.

[00:18:34]>> That the Boba Fett you wanted.

[00:18:35]>> A cool Boba Fett.

[00:18:37]>> Not that old punk ass Boba Fett we saw on that TV show where man cuz I know what they did cuz cuz no one knew what to do with this man.

[00:18:45]>> Mhm. Not even George Lucas knew what to do with this because Boba Fett is a piece of [ __ ] and they didn't know what to do with a villain.

[00:18:51]>> So when they put him in the show and tried to make him good, he was boring as [ __ ] He's taking bass half the time and sitting at the table negotiating with gangsters. You supposed to be killing these gangsters, man, and everybody else.

[00:19:02]>> So the Mandalorian is uh you know, he's Boba Fett 2.0. You know, they can start fresh. you know, reccon him as a good guy, but you know, when he he has all the ruthlessness of Boba Fett, I bet, man, he was quick with that flamethrower.

[00:19:20]Hell yeah. I mean, you know, and sometimes during the show, it's like, man, you got all these things. Why you letting people get the drop on you? And this movie, he's like, I got these tools and I'm going to use them.

[00:19:30]>> Boy, he cooks so many. You better you better not put hands on him. He flame bro so many people. I almost called that FOOL BURGER KING.

[00:19:40]HE MADE WHOPPERS OUT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE, MAN. YEAH, he was quick to use that flamethrower, man. He was always setting people on fire.

[00:19:47]>> Uh, you know, I I love that he was ruthless, man. He went in and was just blasting people. They were all bad guys, but he didn't hesitate to kill people.

[00:19:55]He killed a whole room.

[00:19:56]>> Yeah. Even the ones when they were like, "If you could bring him in alive," he's like, "Yeah." No. Yeah.

[00:20:02]>> I don't know about all that.

[00:20:05]I got tired of messing with his ass.

[00:20:07]>> Yeah.

[00:20:09]>> Uh I I I like that he wore the helmet through the whole movie. And of course, it's Pedro Pascal, so you know, they're going to take the the helmet off.

[00:20:19]>> Well, I thought the movie did a a a good thing of uh kind of closing a loophole, maybe. I mean, I don't know if it's if I wouldn't know if I consider it a reccon, but it's more like not not closing a loophole, but like >> redefining something. Mh.

[00:20:34]>> Cuz in the show it was always you can never take your helmet off.

[00:20:37]>> Yeah.

[00:20:38]>> But in the in the movie they were like you can't take your helmet off in front of your enemies. You can't you can't show your enemies. It's like that makes a lot more sense. And if you do they got to die.

[00:20:49]>> Thank you Martin. I thought okay okay that makes perfect sense now.

[00:20:52]>> I when I man when they did that in the movie I got up AND SAID WELL WHY DID YOU SAY THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

[00:20:58]>> YOU WILL BE outcast for letting an enemy. Not if you all die.

[00:21:06]>> It'd be like, "Well, well, here. Let's go ahead and keep it, man."

[00:21:09]>> Yeah. Yeah. You said, "I'm glad you took this [ __ ] off."

[00:21:12]>> Yeah. Right.

[00:21:13]>> You just made my decision much >> much more easy. Yeah. Thank you for explaining that cuz they were like, "You can't take the helmet." I was like, "What is this fool? He's shaving under the helmet."

[00:21:22]>> Take the helmet off looking like this.

[00:21:25]>> U Yeah. I I I thought that same like you Martin, that was that was a great way of bringing it into the story. training.

[00:21:32]That's a reasonable explanation. That's a logical explanation.

[00:21:36]>> So, you were talking about Grou, man. I love Grou's part, though. I really did.

[00:21:41]Uh, now it can't get cut. See, this is this is leaning more towards the family film. This is not Andor. And and I don't mind that. This is a fun family adventure. That's that's that's cool cuz it can >> I mean, you know, once you get past all the the murdering, >> it's a it's a it's a family adventure.

[00:21:56]Well, it's people getting murdered with helmets on so you don't see the pain in their face when they're dying. And it's also a lot of robots. Yeah.

[00:22:03]>> Or a creature or two might get killed.

[00:22:05]>> Yeah. Or or stormtroopers >> or sto Yeah, exactly. The people with the helmets on, you know, but and it and then it can get cutesy like the little mechanical guy or the little mechanic guys that you saw on the show, you know?

[00:22:15]They're they're like the little funny puppet comedy relief.

[00:22:20]>> Oh, a horrible baby. He's a bad baby, >> you know. So >> you know when when I went to see this right before they showed trailer for Minions matter fact they showed three Minions trailers >> man when I went to go see it the Minions were controlling the trailer.

[00:22:34]>> Did you see it?

[00:22:34]>> Yes.

[00:22:35]>> And I said man I hope Mark isn't the lady.

[00:22:38]>> I get I wish I got that when it started >> sat there 30 [ __ ] minutes waiting through commercials and trailers. I was like all right I know it used to be 10.

[00:22:48]It used to be 15 used to be 20. 30 a full 30 minutes. Yeah.

[00:22:52]>> I could have been doing stuff with my life.

[00:22:53]>> I planned my trips to the theater if I have to go see a movie that we pay for.

[00:22:58]>> Yeah.

[00:22:58]>> I planned I plan to get there 20 minutes after starting time.

[00:23:01]>> Right. Right. And I was prepared for the 20 minutes, but when it got to be 30 minutes, I was like, "You got to be kidding me."

[00:23:07]>> Yeah. Yeah. No, it's no joke today, man.

[00:23:10]They they man at the theater that I went to, sorry Pam, this is a little aside, man. They were not only just showing trailers, they was showing uh commercials for side paneling your house, redoing your windows and your showers. I was like, "Get the [ __ ] out of here, man.

[00:23:24]>> I'm about to take this number down in time. You better cut this [ __ ] off.

[00:23:27]Start this movie.

[00:23:29]>> Nobody's going to buy this [ __ ] when we're waiting for a movie to start."

[00:23:32]>> Of course.

[00:23:33]>> Uh, you know, I I I I didn't mind that it got a little cutesy. I will say, and this is going to be probably me uh having an unpopular opinion. Surprise, surprise. But I know people love practical effects. There was some times when I I said, "All right, you know, this is cool for Baby Yoda or Grou, but sometimes you're starting to like the Muppet Show, man. I was thinking you can use just a little CG sometimes.

[00:23:58]>> Just a little bit."

[00:24:00]You're the guy who loves the Muppets.

[00:24:02]So, I came in here thinking I was gonna be the one to say all that and you were gonna jump on me.

[00:24:09]>> Yeah. I LOVE THE MUPPETS ON THE MUPPET SHOW on Sesame Street.

[00:24:12]>> Yeah. No, I was like, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of wish y'all used CG or some some CG enhancement cuz they are just too obviously puppets.

[00:24:22]Even Grou is too obviously a puppet and it's it's it's it's it's making me detach from what's going on. I'm supposed to feel something, but I just see a puppet walking around doing this [ __ ] >> Yes. It man, there are times where it looks like a a a doll on a stick and they doing this with it with his little walk.

[00:24:41]>> Yes.

[00:24:41]>> And like sometime want to articulate the walk and it's pl and other times from a distance he's just like >> it looks like a windup toy. Yeah.

[00:24:51]>> You could tell that head is on a stick under underneath that robe and they rotating it. It's like, man, I mean, I was just reading a thing before I came over here, uh, where it said that like when they first during the first season, >> they had the puppet just really as a placeholder, >> but Herz Yeah. Like, oh, stop. Don't be cowards. Don't be a coward. The puppet.

[00:25:13]>> Y'all, you'all know that man is crazy, too, right?

[00:25:16]>> Y'all listen to the advice of an insane person.

[00:25:19]>> Of course, he tell you to do that [ __ ] It's weird.

[00:25:21]>> Yeah, it's not his. Yeah, he's going to walk away from this >> [ __ ] He made y'all a puppet if you listen to his ass.

[00:25:30]>> Um, but I did I did love his part.

[00:25:36]>> Yeah.

[00:25:37]>> When it came to it in the movie and I and I tell you why. Because it was a lot of his stuff. It was uh >> it was a it was it was a silent movie >> for the most part. It wasn't a lot of dialogue. They had some dialogue.

[00:25:50]>> No, no, I know. I know. I it made me think of Miyazaki, >> right? Because of the environment and >> and and then you got a cute character that looks like a Miyazaki character >> and Japanese animated Miyazaki. And then it was uh very silent and he just it was him taking care of of of the Mandalorian who was injured. And man, you know, I I like the way he stepped up. I Martin, you're right. I like the way he was using the force, but it wasn't a big deal. And man, they had one part and it got to me like Mando just laid out. He he might be dead. And Grou just he did the best he could and he just got into his arms and snuggled in. And I was like, "Oh, that's my baby."

[00:26:31]>> Remind me of my little Grou right here.

[00:26:36]>> Poo.

[00:26:37]>> Yeah. And I thought that they I thought that section was done very well.

[00:26:41]>> Mhm. Now, I will say, as much as I like this part, and I'm always the one making fun of him, I love that part. Actually, I'll be honest with you. I'm getting tired of him trying to send me them cookies, though, man. Trying to sell us cookies, >> man. Cookies. Them those macarons macarons.

[00:27:00]>> Yeah, they straight up macarons. Still got the foil on it and everything. I'm like, man, y'all bought that at the store down the street.

[00:27:05]>> I love they come in a Girl Scout cookie sleeve.

[00:27:07]>> Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

[00:27:09]Yes.

[00:27:11]Like trying to sell them bro Gru cookies, man. Come on now.

[00:27:14]>> Now I know what y'all are saying. There is some legacy stuff in here. So what you talking about? Because uh Rod of the Hut is a legacy character. He's Jabba's He's Jabba's son. And I'll be honest with you, man. You know, you didn't necessarily need uh Jeremy Allen White to do the voice.

[00:27:30]>> Oh, okay. I I saw his name in the credits and I didn't know who he was in this.

[00:27:34]>> That's That was him. Okay. So, it's like that's Would you say that's stunt casting or would you say it's just kind of casting for the name?

[00:27:41]>> It does seem like casting for the name.

[00:27:42]It could have been anybody.

[00:27:43]>> Yeah, it could have been anyone. It's kind of casting for the name right there. But I think the character was >> it's a great good character.

[00:27:49]>> Yeah. I thought Okay. So, listen. I don't mind legacy stuff if you're actually using it for a story.

[00:27:55]>> Yes.

[00:27:55]>> And I thought that Rada's story, man, was I thought they the character was developed >> and they used him for telling the story.

[00:28:01]And I like what they did with him. And again, I'm not going to pretend I know much about Clone Wars, but I do know that the the I I love what they did with this character, especially being that he was introduced as a baby.

[00:28:12]>> Oh, was he?

[00:28:13]>> Yeah.

[00:28:14]>> Oh, okay.

[00:28:14]>> Yeah. He's a Yeah, he's a big legacy character. He was introduced as a baby as Jabba's son. Oh, >> okay.

[00:28:19]>> And so now he's swollen.

[00:28:20]>> Swollen.

[00:28:24]>> Yeah. Yeah. I I like what they did with him. Now, if I had some complaints here talking about casting for name, Sigourney Weaver, they put in there for the name. I don't know if they really need >> Well, I mean, seems like she's always in sci-fi and geek properties. That's especially sci-fi. That's her thing. Yeah. Uh I didn't so much mind casting her, but I did feel like she was sleepwalking through her delivery.

[00:28:46]>> That's what I'm Thank you. I I like >> just the desty.

[00:28:50]>> Okay. I didn't want to criticize her, but I was like maybe that's why I'm saying that because it's a wee. You expect her to bring some gravitas to this role right here. And she she was dry.

[00:28:59]>> Yeah.

[00:29:00]>> Yeah. Man, I didn't really like her in the in the movie.

[00:29:02]>> It's like she was walking by and they asked her to put on the jacket and just say the lines and she's like, I really got something to do, but all right, just for old time sakes, I guess.

[00:29:11]>> Yeah, they put in a jacket and put in a helmet, you know, and all just like Yeah, they they just they just put it there because of the name. She's she's not she don't seem like she's into it.

[00:29:20]>> Uh and then Martin Scorsesei, he's he's in the movie and I don't I don't know.

[00:29:25]>> I thought he's pretty good.

[00:29:27]>> I like his character. Uh, again, it was one of those things where did they need it? No, it's just something fun. I guess is he friends with John Favro or something?

[00:29:33]>> Probably. Probably. So, I mean, it seemed like one of those things like a favor. But he threw himself into it. He wasn't dry.

[00:29:39]>> No, he was not.

[00:29:40]>> I can use some information.

[00:29:42]>> Whoa.

[00:29:42]>> For this price, I'll tell you whatever you want.

[00:29:44]>> I'm looking for a hot >> clothes for the night. Thank you.

[00:29:47]>> Yeah, he No, he was good. He put himself into it again. I guess it's it's a fun thing to do. Oh, did you know that was Marcosi? So, yeah. But but listen, man.

[00:29:56]Uh, oh, also, uh, now you talk about something from the the the Clone Wars. So, the the the dude that's over Star Wars now is Dave Fona. And Dave Fona, you know, he was all over Clone Wars. So, he's the one that's bringing a lot of Clone Wars into the the features that we see. And I I think that's cool, but I think it also can be a problem. Like if you know the character like the bounty hunter that's looking for Mandalorian and Grou that's Embo and that's I believe that's a Clone War Clone Wars character y'all right you know forgive me if I'm wrong >> believe so >> but if that's the case you know that's good for fans that know him but when you watch the movie you don't know him he's just a bounty hunter with a cool hat who does cool things with the hat that's where Dave Fona fan Dave Fona's fandom comes in I think you know I think there's certain moments where he's doing things strictly for the fans stands for himself and doesn't really flesh out the characters for people who come in who don't know them, which for a movie like this, since it's not something that's such a deep dive, I thought it would have been good to give that character more personality.

[00:30:59]>> Well, as we saying, like the the movie, it's, you know, it's simplified. Yeah.

[00:31:04]You know, almost to a fault >> and we got plenty of characters going on. Introducing another character that's developed, that's another thing to juggle to try to get right with everything else. But but I but this character, he's pretty much there to be a foil for the Mandalorian because because all time you watch this movie, Mandalorian is the baddest thing in here. And you come across this guy, you're like, "Oh shit." Uh and he and he was doing like some cool Captain America [ __ ] with that hat.

[00:31:31]>> Oh yeah, he was he was doing some Mortal Kombat [ __ ] with that hat. I'm not talking about development as much as I'm like personality or maybe some little backstory we get from uh from the Mandalorian himself. I just thought that that character was just >> there. It was kind of mysterious. Didn't have a personality.

[00:31:46]>> I see what you're saying.

[00:31:47]>> Yeah. Again, nothing that's hurting the movie for me, but you know, I just wish the character had more personality for myself. That's it.

[00:31:53]>> It's two and a two hours two hours and 12 minutes. And so, you know, could have been shaved off a little bit.

[00:31:59]>> Yeah.

[00:31:59]>> But overall, man, listen, I gave my rating based on that trailer. And that's not a bad thing. I did as a joke. And, you know, like I said at the time, I said it looks like a matinea. And it looks like a matinea in the best way.

[00:32:10]I'm not even saying that this is, you know, I'm not saying matte to put it down. Uh, you know, but I I man I had a a lot of fun with this and more fun than I expected.

[00:32:22]>> Yeah, for sure.

[00:32:24]>> And it really did appeal to the kid in me and, you know, for a lot of those genre films that I'm talking about or genres I'm talking about. And it appealed to me for what I like about Star Wars. I don't like Star Wars to see the the Skywalkers over again. I don't see it for Darth Vader over and over again. I see it for the adventure >> and that what this that's what this did.

[00:32:44]It took me back to a good Star Wars adventure and just a fun space adventure overall, man. Uh so yeah, it's a it's a matinea for me, man. I really enjoyed this.

[00:32:53]>> Yeah. Yeah. I I came out, you know, I paid a matinea price and I got more than I expected. You know, maybe not maybe not up to like say a full price because, you know, like the the dialogue isn't, you know, it doesn't really spark that much. it it stays pretty simple and and you know plot-wise, but it is easy to understand and it it gives you that that adventure that that you want least that you should have wanted. I think it's the best after the trilogy. It's the best after Rogue One.

[00:33:24]>> Like I I would put Solo after that and then all the other [ __ ] >> you know, you can fight it out. You can rank those if you however you want.

[00:33:34]>> Yeah.

[00:33:34]>> But uh Yeah. Yeah. This movie is so much better than than than you think it's going to be. At least at least for me, you know, I didn't have low expectations. I had mid expectations and uh I I got a little bit more out of that. It was it was a lot of fun. But yeah, a high matinea.

[00:33:48]>> Yeah. Yeah, I really enjoyed this, man.

[00:33:50]You know, depends on what you're looking for, like I always say, but I think if you go in, man, and you just want to have a good time, it it really is a a fun time. I mean, it's great for the adults and the kids to go see.

[00:34:00]>> Yeah. And I really I I was afraid it might get into the Mandalorian lore, which they explored in the TV show, and I found to be not that interesting.

[00:34:08]>> Yeah.

[00:34:09]>> So, I was really happy it didn't do any of that.

[00:34:12]>> Yeah. For anybody who says this is the worst Star Wars movie out there, you need your ass whooped.

[00:34:16]>> You do. I'm like, what are you comparing it to?

[00:34:19]>> Yeah. I need to put on a Darth Vader costume and beat your ass because Yeah.

[00:34:23]>> Did you see those last three Star Wars movies?

[00:34:26]>> That last one wasn't even a movie. It really was not. You want to talk about some slop? Yeah.

[00:34:33]Yeah. There you go. Give it a chance, y'all.