The Easter eggs (the ones I caught so far) are handled much better than, say, Dr. Evazan or the droids in Rogue One.

REMINDER, SPOILER THREAD!! MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW!!!

I just watched episode one and gotta say, I’m hooked! The opening scene in the bar was pretty great, but then it felt a little rough and a bit too “marvel-y” for the next few minutes (when the Mandalorian is traveling with his bounty to his ship and then in space). But then it hits its stride again quickly thereafter and just gets better as it goes.

I LOVED IG-11! His personality is perfect and the way they made him move is flipping spectacular! He moves with this jerky, “1980’s theme park animatronic” style motion; but is still quick, precise, and deadly. It’s amazingly cool to watch and puts IG-88 from ESB into a whole new perspective! Kinda sad he got his head blown apart… but I suspect he’ll be back again. There’s no way they invested that much money in his animation to have him offed in the first episode.

Also, I was pretty shocked by the revelation of the bounty. As they approached the container I asked aloud, “is it a baby?” And my wife responded, “they said it was 50 years old…”. Then we see the back of his head. I was stunned! A baby Yoda!? Cannot wait to see where this goes!