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Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2022) (Single Issues)
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2022-2023) #3
The battered Mandalorian returns to his client to collect his reward and tend to his wounds; complications arise and what should have been a simple task becomes far more dangerous than anyone could have expected.
33 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 21, 2022
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January 2, 2024
"I liked it." - 3 out of 5 star rating.
So... yeah, this is another 'adaptation' series, aka a 1:1 copy of the original content (film/show) just translated into comic book form. I feel like that should be part of the title to be fair and set expectations to readers. "Star Wars: The Mandalorian Comic Book Adaptation (2022-2023)"... there, fixed.
The biggest issue with these adaptions is pacing. Unless you are going to do a 30+ issue comic book series, these are naturally forced to go at a drastically faster rate than their big screen counterparts. This is no different, feeling like its flying by at 3x speed.
As a huge Mandalorian fan who has watched the show 3 times now at the time of this review, so much key dialog and crucial content is missing from this issue... hard for me to give this above a 3. I get it though - this is how comic adaptations go.
One of the most critical episodes/chapters of The Mandalorian. Din Djarin drops the kid off to the imps, then shortly after changes his mind, throwing down some Whistling Birds, and upgrading his armor with The Armorer along the way. This is where the bonds of attachment begin to form for both the Child and the Mandalorian.
So... yeah, this is another 'adaptation' series, aka a 1:1 copy of the original content (film/show) just translated into comic book form. I feel like that should be part of the title to be fair and set expectations to readers. "Star Wars: The Mandalorian Comic Book Adaptation (2022-2023)"... there, fixed.
The biggest issue with these adaptions is pacing. Unless you are going to do a 30+ issue comic book series, these are naturally forced to go at a drastically faster rate than their big screen counterparts. This is no different, feeling like its flying by at 3x speed.
As a huge Mandalorian fan who has watched the show 3 times now at the time of this review, so much key dialog and crucial content is missing from this issue... hard for me to give this above a 3. I get it though - this is how comic adaptations go.
One of the most critical episodes/chapters of The Mandalorian. Din Djarin drops the kid off to the imps, then shortly after changes his mind, throwing down some Whistling Birds, and upgrading his armor with The Armorer along the way. This is where the bonds of attachment begin to form for both the Child and the Mandalorian.
October 30, 2022
Okay, this was way better than the first couple issues. More jam-packed than the previous ones.
March 2, 2023
Much better storytelling in this issue. I had forgotten much of what happened in this issue as it's been so long since I've seen the corresponding episode. This was a good and enjoyable refresher.
January 18, 2023
Issue three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian does what we've had with the first two issues, a pretty faithful retelling of the events of the television series with nothing new or extra added to it.
We join Din as he returns to Nevarro in order to collect his bounty on the child. After handing it off to the client, he gets a nice cantono full of stolen beskar that he then takes to the secret Mandalorian covert beneath the settlement, where the Armourer forges him some new armour with it.
After picking up a new job from Kriff, he heads back to the Razor Crest to head off, but thinks back to the tiny baby and what the Imperial remnant might do with the kid. Heading back into the town, he breaks into the compound and steals the child back, killing stormtroopers on his way out. The bounty hunters are made aware of his actions, and Din gets confronted on the way back to his ship; but is rescued by the other Mandos. The issue ends with Din and Grogu flying off together.
This was a great action packed story, when it first aired on TV. As it is in comic form, it's fine. And this is my big issue with this book, is that it's just fine. There's nothing here that makes me go 'wow', or gets me excited, because I know what's coming. I've seen these scenes before. I know the action beats; and whilst it looks cool in comic form it doesn't capture the imagination of entertain nearly as much as seeing it in live action.
I think perhaps the best thing about this comic is that if you need to find out where a specific scene came in the series, or what episode a certain thing happened it's easier to flick through the comics and find it than watching through the show again. It's a handy aid to refresh your memory; but if you really want to experience the show again it's just not able to compete with the actual thing.
I'm not really sure who this comic is for. Maybe folks who don't have Disney+ and can't/won't pirate it and really want to experience the story? But for those who've seen it already it's nothing that special.
We join Din as he returns to Nevarro in order to collect his bounty on the child. After handing it off to the client, he gets a nice cantono full of stolen beskar that he then takes to the secret Mandalorian covert beneath the settlement, where the Armourer forges him some new armour with it.
After picking up a new job from Kriff, he heads back to the Razor Crest to head off, but thinks back to the tiny baby and what the Imperial remnant might do with the kid. Heading back into the town, he breaks into the compound and steals the child back, killing stormtroopers on his way out. The bounty hunters are made aware of his actions, and Din gets confronted on the way back to his ship; but is rescued by the other Mandos. The issue ends with Din and Grogu flying off together.
This was a great action packed story, when it first aired on TV. As it is in comic form, it's fine. And this is my big issue with this book, is that it's just fine. There's nothing here that makes me go 'wow', or gets me excited, because I know what's coming. I've seen these scenes before. I know the action beats; and whilst it looks cool in comic form it doesn't capture the imagination of entertain nearly as much as seeing it in live action.
I think perhaps the best thing about this comic is that if you need to find out where a specific scene came in the series, or what episode a certain thing happened it's easier to flick through the comics and find it than watching through the show again. It's a handy aid to refresh your memory; but if you really want to experience the show again it's just not able to compete with the actual thing.
I'm not really sure who this comic is for. Maybe folks who don't have Disney+ and can't/won't pirate it and really want to experience the story? But for those who've seen it already it's nothing that special.
November 13, 2023
❥ 4 stars ☆
This is basically ❝The Mandalorian❞ TV series made into a comic, and a summary of each episode from ❝The Mandalorian❞ is made into a comic issue, and there are no new stories in it.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2022-2023) #3 = ❝The Mandalorian – S1.E3 ∙ Chapter 3: The Sin❞.
Don’t read it if you haven’t watched the TV series first, if you don’t want to see all of the spoilers.
Grogu is the cutest character and one of the best if not the best character in the TV series, and the TV series is definitely worth watching only for his cuteness. The comic version of Grogu could definitely be cuter and it sadly doesn’t live up to the cuteness of Grogu in the TV series.
This is basically ❝The Mandalorian❞ TV series made into a comic, and a summary of each episode from ❝The Mandalorian❞ is made into a comic issue, and there are no new stories in it.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2022-2023) #3 = ❝The Mandalorian – S1.E3 ∙ Chapter 3: The Sin❞.
Don’t read it if you haven’t watched the TV series first, if you don’t want to see all of the spoilers.
Grogu is the cutest character and one of the best if not the best character in the TV series, and the TV series is definitely worth watching only for his cuteness. The comic version of Grogu could definitely be cuter and it sadly doesn’t live up to the cuteness of Grogu in the TV series.
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