Why "Mandalorian" - something that is not enough, "Star Wars"

Some countries have already started service strimingovy Disney + (unfortunately, Russia is not among them). In order to attract an audience in addition to a huge library of classic films platform began producing the first game of the series "Star Wars."

So far released only one episode of "Mandalorian" And it lasts a little over an hour. It is too early to talk about how the story will unfold, and in general on the project level. But the pilot series was very attractive.

This western world's "Star Wars"

From the first scenes we can see that the creator and head writer of the series Jon Favreau (director of "Iron man ") returns in" distant-distant galaxy "the vigor of which the authors have forgotten past films.

It is no secret that the classic "Star Wars"Very much taken by the aesthetics of westerns - to recall familiar with Han Solo, and its image as a whole. The authors of "Mandalorian" once hinted that the series Unscrew this to maximum style. The action begins with the standard even a scene where a character walks into a bar and put up a fight with the bad guys.

The name of the main character is not called, as it was in the "dollar trilogy"Sergio Leone. Yes, and a helmet for the first series, he did not lift, although it is known that the character played by Pedro Pascal, remembered for his role as Oberyn Martell in the "Game of Thrones."

Mandalorian - a bounty hunter, with one of the best. In the story of the first series, he gets a new job from a mysterious villain (played by the famous film director Werner Herzog) and sent to the distant planet. In general, the seed is one hundred percent in the spirit of old westerns. Developments matches: there is a meeting with the sarcastic assistant and even an analogue of the taming of the Shrew horse. But in the finale the audience expects perfectly staged shootout.

Probably, more events will become more ambitious. At the very least, an unexpected twist at the end of the episode suggests that the Mandalorian was not an easy order. Yet while the earthiness of history can only be happy.

This lightness is just really miss the new "Star Wars" in which literally every move trying to make the most epic. In addition, the authors of the latest films only repeat scenes from classics and can not move away from the endless references, inviting new pictures of almost all the old actors.

"Mandalorian" also refers to the original trilogy - no wonder the main character belongs to the same race as the famous mercenaries Jango and Boba Fett. But in the series, these allusions are less intrusive. Fans will be glad to see the classic costumes, weapons and droids. But those who are not too well remembers the old tape will simply watch the storyline.

Easy, but expensive series

After the final "Game of Thrones" is literally all the major channels and services compete in expensive premieres. The pilot episode lasts at least an hour (and Apple TV + and did all series of such duration), and subjects should immediately capture the global, multiple lines and intrigue. So HBO did with "dark origins». And there is no doubt that "The Witcher" will repeat this pattern.

Disney + plays on the contrast. A half-hour episode of "Mandalorian" looks at one go: the story line, the characters a little bit, but things are moving very fast. The viewer is simply nowhere to get bored. A final immediately makes wait for the next series.

Declared a huge budget, probably spent to stage and schedule. Of course, miracles do not need to wait: backgrounds different planets sometimes do not look quite natural and can not be compared with the effects of full-length films. But a huge monster droid assassin and final shootout just great.

At the same time work on the show is really well-known authors. The first episode took Dave Filoni, are already working on animation projects, "The Clone Wars" and "rebels" from the same kinovselennoy. The following series put Deborah Chow ( "Jessica Jones"), actress Bryce Dallas Howard and other good directors. A final entrusted Taiko Vaytiti ( "Thor: Ragnarok"), which, by the way, at the same time announced the droid bounty hunter IG-88.

In "Mandalorians" has every chance to revive and diversify a bit ossified in recent years, the world of "Star Wars." It is very good that the authors are not afraid to experiment. No wonder the first time in the franchise sounded not only symphonic music but also more modern motifs from Ludwig Yoranssona who worked on "black panther».

In addition, the show will slightly open the mystery of what happened between the events of "Return of the Jedi" and "Awakening forces" that will be a boon for fans. But for now, the main advantage of "Mandalorian" in the vigorous development of the plot and atmosphere of space western. One can only hope that the authors will be able to maintain this approach to the very end.