Stupidity: Why would anyone put the controls for the reactor of the power station on a tiny circular ledge with no railings over a precipice overlooking a sea of lava? What sort of possible practical purpose would such a device have? It's not about the evil Empire cutting some corners and not caring for safety measures; here they had to consciously build a platform outside the rest of the structure, in a really impractical and dangerous position, that could get their own technicians killed anytime when they perform their routine duties on a curved surface barely wide as their feet.
Sammo
14th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
14th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Chapter 7: The Reckoning - S1-E7
Stupidity: In this episode, Mando tells Kuil to go to the ship and enable "ground security protocol", saying that nothing on the planet will breach the doors. That begs the question; if the ship has such a function, why on Earth Mando did not enable it in the first episode, leaving the ship entirely vulnerable? He's been on the run ever since so it's pretty unlikely to say the least that he'd have such a function enabled just lately, in particular since he has always worked on worlds with Jawas and other kinds of raiders. In the rest of the show, Mando leaves his ship wide open all the time, causing all sorts of problems.
14th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Stupidity: The one and only threat for the good guys in this episode is the walker; when the bounty hunter and the shock trooper do their surprise attack to the encampment, they do not try to locate it and destroy it while it's not operational and vulnerable (which they can do easily since they are following its tracks), but they enter a tent the baddies keep their beer in, plant a thermal detonator in it, whistle to call the attention of the guys that are drinking by the campfire, and brawl with them until it's almost about to blow, escaping in the nick of time. If that's not convoluted and nonsensical, I don't know what is; by that logic they could have simply tossed the bomb into the campfire and killed them all just as well. And of course, then they have to outrun the AT-ST, as if that was feasible.
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Chapter 14: The Tragedy - S2-E6
Stupidity: Boba Fett sees an imperial cruiser and says "The Empire...they're back", and Fennec does not believe him. That's after they spent the previous half of the episode killing a few dozens of Stormtroopers in pristine gear and full military asset.
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Suggested correction: They've encountered a lot of Imperial Remnant troopers before. That is very different from a fully operational Assault Cruiser.
Two dropships with dozens of stormtroopers in military asset, with mortars and cannons, who have a drop on their position and destroy a ship from orbit. You are saying it is implied (or canonical) that they had any kind of encounter like that before? Fennec's reply that it's impossible since "the Outer Rim is under the jurisdiction of the New Republic" is quite weird coming from someone who just sustained a prolonged fight with imperial forces with support from a powerful starship.
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Chapter 9: The Marshal - S2-E1
Stupidity: Mando needs to find the settlement. Asks for information and goes there by...speeder bike that he borrows from Amy Sedaris. Why, it is unexplained. He could more easily spot the settlement from the sky, cover greater distance, and be safe from threats.
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Stupidity: To "nurse and protect", the droid throws himself in the middle of dozens of soldiers with a baby strapped to his chest, going gung-oh. Later on in the same episode there are less stormtroopers to fight, but he does not engage them, and his allies say he does not have that kind of firepower.
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Stupidity: If Mando's parents had not wasted all that time kissing and hugging him goodbye, they could have easily (at least one of them) climbed down the same hatch they stashed him in. The doors are not even sealed/locked, so it's not like they needed to stay outside to bolt them. (00:12:00)
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
Stupidity: There is no possible reason why Moff Gideon gives any time to Mando and the others, till nightfall even, since he knows they do not have the baby. They have nothing to offer him.
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Suggested correction: He didn't know that the Child wasn't in there. The Scout Troopers hadn't radioed anyone about it at that point (if they had, they wouldn't be told to wait at the perimeter of the town in the final episode) and The Client had specifically told Moff Gideon that the Child was in fact in there.
And Gideon knows it's not true, since he specifically replied "You may wanna check again" and mows him down with his guns (and then threatens to use the even bigger gun, who would lay enough devastation to kill everyone including the Child). They are told to wait at the perimeter because the Empire is bureaucratic to the point of silliness (and so Taika Waititi can put his trademark humorous scene in it).
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
13th Jan 2021
The Mandalorian (2019)
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