The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale: A Disappointing Conclusion To A Lackluster Season – Looper

There’s a lot happening in the Season 3 finale of “The Mandalorian” — so much so that it often becomes muddled. What should be a thrilling battle between Mandalorians and stormtroopers ends up as a bunch of white and gray blurs flying around like bees. There’s little visual interest to be found, because the entire show is infected with such a debilitating sense of same-y-ness. The stormtroopers and the Mandalorians look the same, and our key battles are between two fighters who just so happen to be wearing Beskar armor in slightly different shades. As an individual, Mando’s face mask adds to his sense of mystery. But when almost every single person on the show is masked, spewing stilted dialogue, all it creates is monotony.

It’s also disappointing that we’ve spent an entire season with the extremist Mandalorian cult and there has seemingly been little attempt to move the plot forward. At one point, it feels as though the show is building toward a rift between the group and Mando, with him becoming disillusioned and needing to forge a path for himself. But now, it seems like they’ve just reverted to the status quo, even deepening ties with the group by having Grogu officially become a Mandalorian apprentice. If the show’s makers are planning on this break being where “The Mandalorian” ultimately goes — which they’ve arguably laid quite a bit of groundwork for — they may need to get started on that.