Salacious Dumb

Salacious Dumb

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he/him into all Star Wars

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Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since “The Heiress.” I can still remember how I felt watching the episode for the first time very well, including being incredibly excited the rest of the day. It also features one of Bo Katan’s greatest and coldest lines.

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

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This is an impressive achievement by Favreau, Filoni and all who have worked on this show, something that I think has gone under-appreciated so far. Of course, the show launched live-action SW television and brought along some technical achievements similar to the trilogies.

Now it’s time to look forward to what the future holds, with the movie in our sights and more experiences that we can enjoy together thanks to this story, these characters and this entire franchise, all of which have meant so much. Happy Birthday, Mando!

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

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This ushered in a common ground of entertainment and stories that the whole family enjoyed together, our own little Clan of Three digesting these modern myths with wonder and delight, in our own individual ways and also together. Since then, it has been a constant beacon for us.

There have been many hours of imaginative play, crafts, storytelling and other activities inspired by this show that have brought us much joy. We got my parents to watch with us, and all of a sudden three generations of family all watched The Mandalorian together with equal enjoyment.

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

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It helped solidify and encourage aspects of myself and my relationship to my kid in ways that I’m not sure would’ve happened (at least in quite the same way) if it hadn’t been for this show. It also got my whole household into the Star Wars fold full time.

Once we exhausted our many rewatches of Season 1, we looked to some of the other content to see if we could scratch the itch, and found a treasure trove of shows, movies, video games and books that would come to sustain us through the impending Covid years and beyond.

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

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By the end of the first episode, everything had lined up. I was hooked, and I remember “rewinding” back to the part where Mando blasts IG-11 to save Grogu a couple times, just to savor it. By the end of “The Sin,” we were all in. The show appeared at the right time for us.

With our young toddler, we could relate to both the characters and the deeper themes. Art can have a way of helping us learn more about ourselves, the world, and our interactions within it. The Mandalorian ended up helping me through my time as a new father and all that entails.

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

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I fell away from the franchise for a decade or so, and some other sci-fi properties held my interest. I still had my SW stuff though, and thought about it sometimes, but hadn’t kept up much and I suppose I just hadn’t hit the time and place where everything lined up yet. Until…

In fall 2019, my wife and I were parents of an almost-two-year-old. D+ had just launched and we figured there might be some stuff our daughter would be into, like Moana, Frozen, etc. We were up late one night and decided to give the brand new show The Mandalorian a try.

Happy 6th Anniversary to The Mandalorian, the show that helped to ignite a Star Wars fandom for me and my household. It’s been a focal point for my family over the last six years and we are counting down the days to the movie. Here’s what the show means to me (🧵)

Like most 90s kids, I was familiar with SW. I remember RotJ being watched often on TV, and we had the VHS SE set. My bedroom bookshelves had some SW books (incl. the Young Jedi Knights series), and my siblings and I would turn the lights off and play with our toy lightsabers.

I also remember seeing The Phantom Menace in theaters in ’99. After that, my memories of Star Wars drop off a bit. I wouldn’t categorize me or my family as huge fans at that time; we all enjoyed it but it was also just a huge part of the culture in those years and hard to miss.

I’m a day late but can’t believe it’s been two years since “Fallen Jedi.” As much as I love the first three episodes, this one is where the show really started cooking for me. The fights, the scenery of Seatos, Sabine’s decision, Peter Ramsey’s direction, the ending… all make for great viewing.

Recently rewatched the first and last (for now) episodes of The Mandalorian back-to-back. Viewing them this way really drove home the growth of the characters and the increased scope of the series. Really great stuff. Can’t wait for the movie next year.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Jedi Survivor, one of my favorite Star Wars properties of all time. It expands on Fallen Order in nearly every way, and the characters mean so much to me. Survivor also has possibly the greatest cast of Glup Shittos ever seen in SW.

Rewatched “The Foundling” the other night, and what a fantastic episode. Carl Weathers makes an efficient use of its runtime, with tons of Mandalorian action, great visuals and deep character moments. Kelleran Beq is an inspired choice to save Grogu as well. Classic Star Wars television all around.

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Happy anniversary to #TheMandalorian Season 3 which gave us Din joining Bo on her quest, a closer look behind the curtain into Grogu’s past, clarity on Gideon’s motivations, and the Mandalorian clans seeing past their differences to reunite and ultimately take back Mandalore. S3 rocked!

I’m only a few chapters in, but The Mask of Fear is so excellent, and cements Alexander Freed as one of my top SW authors. I loved his Alphabet Squadron trilogy and this book is so well written so far. Dare I say it’s also extremely timely; some quotes could directly associate with current news.

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Day 113 of daily Din Djarin photo until The Mandalorian and Grogu movie premiere #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #StarWars #TheMandalorian

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Day 112 of daily Din Djarin photo until The Mandalorian and Grogu movie premiere #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #StarWars #TheMandalorian