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Post #1389226

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ZkinandBonez
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The Mandalorian - a general discussion thread - * SPOILERS *
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Date created
28-Nov-2020, 9:48 AM

A lot of people have mentioned the Kurosawa (specifically Yojimbo) vibe of the latest episode, but having rewatched it several times now it occurred to me that there’s a lot of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke in it as well, especially in the final confrontation. The village reminds me a lot of Irontown, Ahsoka jumping around the rooftops was very similar to San attack on the town, and the magistrate is very similarly dressed as Lady Eboshi and they both have a military enforcer. (As a side note, the Lothwolves from Rebels are also were similar to the Mononoke wolves.)

I’ve also heard people say its very similar to Avatar: The Last Airbender which Filoni worked on pre-TCW, but I haven’t seen any of that series so I can’t really comment on that.

And this might be a bit of a stretch, but the gas-mask soldiers reminded me a lot of the soldiers from Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards.

Overall though this episode had a strong 70’s / 80’s type of sci-fi vibe to it that I really liked, especially the music which gave me Blade Runner vibes more than once. I completely agree with timdiggerm that this episode was a pretty great combination of elements from all SW eras, but also adding new-ish sci-fi/fantasy elements that fit the SW mold. The latter has already been discussed a lot regarding this series, but I think this episode this it especially well.