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Heroes Garage is weekly podcast that reviews science fiction, fantasy, super hero and horror movies and TV shows. This week we review Mandalorian ep 6 and preview Star Wars Rise of Skywalker.

Heroes Garage is a weekly podcast that review science fiction, fantasy, super hero, and horror TV shows and movies. 

Story: As predicted, Mando and Baby Yoda are chased by a bounty hunter in a spaceship. They destroy their pursuer but their ship requires repairs. They land on Luke’s home planet and at Mos Eisley SpacePort - iconic. The interesting and strange hanger-bay lady (Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto)  appears providing comedic relief. Mando takes a job to make money to repair his ship. He meets a rookie Mandalorian (Jake Cannavale as Toro Calican) and helps them track down a dangerous bounty hunter (Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand) to obtain the reward. After obtaining her, the rookie betrays Mando. Mando, of course, easily defeats him. However, a shadowy figure is seen over the (dead? unconscious?) body of the dangerous bounty hunter at the end of the episode setting yet more intrigue.

New Characters: Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto - the hanger bey worker. Quirky and funny. Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand - the dangerous bounty hunter. Jake Cannavale as Toro Calican - the greasy, loser rookie Mandalorian.

Entertainment value/visual effects: The visual of entering the iconic spaceport on Tatooine is cool. Not many visual highlights, otherwise.

Predictions sure to be right (because the story is unoriginal):

Mandalorian is picked up for another series…

What does this mean?

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Streaming Wars Discussion: https://onezero.medium.com/everyones-wrong-about-the-streaming-wars-95f1eb717a90

Are we missing the boat in the streaming wars discussion?

Is this a zero-sum, winner takes all battle or something more complex?

With multiple platforms Disney Plus, HBO max, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV - what is the measurement of success, profitability?

How will most people decide between products assuming that the average American can only afford so many streaming services.

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(Spoilers) Story summary:

The Madalorian and Baby Yoda land on a wilderness planet. While mingling with the people meet a bounty hunter, Cara Dune, who’s laid claim to the planet. However, a group of people, native to the planet, solicit their assistance to fight against an invader group who is being supported by the imperials.  Mando meets their leader, Omera, who asks him to take off his helmet, which he promptly refuses. Cara and Mando train the natives and develop a plan to stop the AT-AT, which is terrorizing their village. Cara and Mando succeed but Mando has to leave the planet due to a tracking device drawing more bounty hunters toward Baby Yoda.

9:26 natives

Characters:

Mando and Baby Yoda are still prominently featured. Two new characters star: Gina Carano as Cara Dune (the bounty hunter warrior) and Julia Jones as Omera (the undeclared leader of the natives seeking assistance).

Entertainment Value:

The introduction of a new warrior

The continuation of the “bounty hunter on the run with a hot payload in the form of cute Baby Yoda”

Omera almost gets Mando’s helmet off

23:08 false start

Visuals:

Middling

This felt like a SciFi take on the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi.

Predictions

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The story

The Mandalorian turns Baby Yoda over to a group of Imperialists; He has a change of plans after getting his armor reconstructed with the bounty he obtained when he captured Baby Yoda. He obtains Baby Yoda and is confronted by the guild’s leader and his followers. The bounty hunters come to the rescue.

Notable actors discussion:

Werner Herzog

Nick Nolte

Carl Weathers

Visuals

The highlights in this episode include the bounty hunters descending from the skies to help Mandelorian.

Others”

Entertainment Value:

Action, visuals, building of the Star Wars lore through the story

Themes and plot points:

The code of the Mandalorian: “This is the way”: Don’t take off your helmet, protect the group

Setting up the deconstruction of the code: The group defends him, will he defy or defend the code? What would make him do that? You know that it’s going to happen.

And, the code of The Guild: Don’t ask questions, get the job done and move on

Why did Mando break the code: Baby Yoda appeals to Mandelorian’s compassionate side?

Why did the Mandalorian break the code, only one at a time?