So, I’ve watched the first 6 episodes of Season 3. I just finished the Lizzo episode. And I have to say…I kind of enjoyed it.

Yes, it was very dumb. Yes, it felt like a parody. And yes, my standards for Star Wars have fallen very, very low. And I’m absolutely not trying to claim that it was a good episode of television. But, I had fun with it. It embraced its corniness. And I had wanted to see a season of Mando where Din and Grogu just toured the galaxy together solving mysteries on fun planets, and this episode felt like the closest thing to that.

After this episode, I strongly suspect that they’re setting up Bo-Katan to be a protagonist on equal footing with Din, just in case Pedro Pascal decides to leave the show. And if that does happen, I don’t think it will work. And on that note, I think it would have been a much more interesting story to see Din become Mandalore, since unlike Bo, he doesn’t crave that power. A reluctant, unlikely leader rising up from obscurity to unite his people sounds like a great story.