Mos Eisley Happy Hour - The Mandalorian
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A long time ago on a Podcast in Essex... It’s November 2019, and what’s a pandemic? Still at least we’ve got 2020 to look forward to. Our Star Wars watch-through veers sideways to the small screen for series 1 & 2 of “The Mandalorian”. So prepare a suitable libation; pack some pickled eggs for the little ‘uns; thrill as Mr Krabs breathes fire; and... is that Apollo Creed..? • Watch (or more likely re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. FEATURES STRONG LANGUAGE. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES -CURRENT QUARANTINE MEASURES MEANT WE HAD TO RECORD THIS EPISODE REMOTELY.
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LeeGood evening, everyone, and welcome to the Mos Eisley Happy Hour.
LeeMy name is Adam and I am joined by Chris Lover Alan.
ChrisHello.
LeeAnd Wesley Sith.
AdamHow do you do?
LeeAnd, we, we're we don't we don't have Lee with us. He's We've lost him. Where did we lose him?
AdamHe's somewhere around somewhere around around the walls around.
ChrisHe was fanning around outside the spaceship and I accidentally put the brakes on.
LeeUtterly unrelated to anything, but I did read a really annoying quote from the lead singer of Coldplay on the event of them having their new single debuted on the International Space Station and I thought I'd be out that fucking airlock in no suit.
AdamThat is just like if you had the energy to get to the airlock.
LeeYeah, exactly, you know, get out before it draws you.
AdamBefore it draws you.
ChrisDraws you.
LeeDraws you, that's the new word that it is.
LeeThere's a lovely old term as well, there's a lovely old term for sort of a depressive moment or got the mobs, which I really like.
LeeYeah, I've just got the mobs this afternoon, you know.
LeeUm, but and yes, but we do not have the mobs here for we are continuing our journey through the Star Wars. I'm going to call it the live-action universe at the moment because if one thing has become clear from watching the Mandalorian.
LeeWhich indeed is what we're covering this evening, is that a lot of people have turned up who have previously been animated, who I have no idea of the level of their significance, so I should be looking forward to you gentlemen educating me on on certain aspects there.
LeeAs I say, Lee is Lee's schedule has changed so he's not joining us on the on the Mos Eisley Happy Hour for the moment.
LeeUm, but please be aware that his presence is felt very much like a force ghost, he is a Ben Kenobi figure, guiding us to turn off our navigators and have another drink.
LeeSo, yes, but here we are.
LeeUm, so, gentlemen, we're all good?
AdamYeah.
ChrisYeah.
LeeWell, there you go, that's the banter section out of the way.
AdamThis we need to get right into this.
AdamI mean, you know, there is there is way too much in here for us to cover in our our meager two-hour long.
LeeYeah, there is there is a lot there is a lot to get across, so let's kick straight in.
LeeSo, I didn't bother going down the whole route of because it's so recent and also I'm a bit lazy.
LeeI didn't go down the whole route of what else was released at the time, especially because pretty much fuck all, especially for the second series, which obviously came out at the the sort of second wave of the pandemic as we had it in the UK.
LeeUm a lot of other countries were as well.
LeeSo yes, series one came out between November and December 2019, I didn't watch it.
LeeAnd uh then uh oh no, I watched I think I watched the first two, first three.
LeeNow I got up to the village, it must have been the first four, and then didn't watch it, and then the second series.
AdamThat's what happened to me. I watched the first four episodes and then I was like, just never found the time.
LeeYeah. And I and this is something that we've come we've sort of I've mentioned it on the show before, um, is the and obviously we're getting to that soon.
LeeBut the the sort of general response around the Last Jedi, episode eight, um, did kind of put me off uh, well not put me off Star Wars but it was just like the there were sort of elements of fandom that were just really like, oh, for fuck sake.
LeeAnd it kind of put me off so, you know, and and as a result, I missed out on Solo, which I've subsequently watched and enjoyed because of the podcast, and now I found out that they have made me miss out on the Mandalorian, and frankly, I am prepared to hunt them to the ends of the galaxy.
LeeBecause it is yeah, it's brilliant and what's to the point I had every single spoiler spoiled.
