The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords, namely Lord Janu (Jonny Coyne), remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledging New Republic headed up by Colonel Ward (Sigoury Weaver), works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu to rid of these warlords once and for all. The Mandalorian's initial assignment is to rescue Jabba the Hut's nephew, Rotta the Hut (voice of Jeremy Allen White) from the clutches of Janu, and then things go amazingly awry.
Others to round out the cast are Steve Blum as Zeb Orrelios, Matthew Willig as Hogsberth, Hemky Madera as Commander Baro, Martin Scorsese as voice of Hugo Durant, Rick Famuyiwa as Jib Dodger and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Captain Carson Teva.
This was sequenced well with grit by director Jon Favreau ("Made" '01, "Elf" '03, "Zathura: A Space Adventure" '05, "Iron Man" '08, "Iron Man 2" '10, "Cowboys & Aliens" '11, "Chef" '14, "The Jungle Book" '16, "The Lion King" '19) plus TV movies, TV, video games and a music video. As with his other big-budget films, he certainly knows his way around working with multiple units to insure proper staging, pacing and continuity which was paramount with this film, He has become a recognizable filmmaker that we've come to trust and be rest assured of a tight, cohesive film. It was effectively written by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, based on characters created by George Lucas. Although this film does produce interest after a while, it simply is basically predictable and assuming as the film is introduced. After a point, I could seemingly predict how the next scene would be played out. Even though Filoni's experience is within the 'Star Wars' franchise, it was for the TV medium, otherwise Favreau, having the lion's share of the experience, simply kept this script together. Kloor, while certainly having viable input, just needs more work under his belt. Was it a wash? Of course not! It had adventure, drama, humor all with those amazing visual effects predominantly by ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic) who has been producing the visuals since the inception of Star Wars. The characters were well thought out and definitely captured the audience's attention.
If you're a 'Star Wars' fan, this will undoubtedly put you in that happy place. Being based on Lucas' characters will help and with effective directing, photography by David Klein asc, and visuals, this will please. If you like that up close and personal feel, this is also presented in an IMAX format as well.
Out of 4 Stars: 3 Rated: PG-13 132mins.
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