It's hard to imagine a television show with more pressure on it to be brilliant than Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars television show and one of the first original shows to air on Disney's new streaming service. Wisely, they decided to stay away from established characters.
Set in the time after Return of the Jedi and before The Force Awakens, this show follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter as he gets caught up in Imperial intrigue as remnants of the fallen Empire eye a mysterious prize. The show benefits from having a tight plot that runs throughout, rather than simply using a frame tale to showcase a bunch of loosely related stories. It also benefits from the fact that the main character is pretty badass.
I admit that it was a few episodes before I really got caught up in this show, but I certainly did. I liked how they dealt with stories that departed from the central Star Wars tale. Definitely a great start to what I hope becomes the next best saga.
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