What's happened here? This was an almost unbearably pedestrian outing. The swagger has gone completely. It felt like nobody involved really wanted to do a third season. The whole thing was perfectly summed up by Bo Katan sitting on her throne, looking and sounding bored out of her brain. I imagine everybody behind the scenes looking much the same. It was all just so lazy. Grogu is back like nothing happened, completely undercutting the emotional investment built up in the previous two seasons. Mando wants IG-11 back because...he just does. Then IG-11 wakes up and we get some pointless and rather strange sequence of events. We get some lazy exposition about what's happened to previous characters. Mando also wants to go swimming on Mandalor so he can become proper again, even though the show was setup with him NOT being your average Mandalorian. And then it's over. It was a completely underwhelming season premier. Sadface.
Review of Chapter 17: The Apostate
