re: The Mandalorian Season 2 Finale Chapter 16 (NOW WITH SPOILERS)

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He wants to watch all the movies now (he is too young for that for now).

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6 is too young for Star Wars?

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R2D2 was even excited to get the kid.

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Remember that Ahsoka and Grogu could kind of communicate using the Force. She told us Grogu's name, that he was raised at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and had been trained by many Jedi Masters by the time Anakin destroyed the temple and Palpatine issued Order 66. Almost all of Grogu's friends and teachers were killed, but someone saved him from the temple and hid him and then his memories get "dark", as Ahsoka says.

What happened at the Temple was the root of the fear and anger Ahsoka saw in Grogu and why she refused to train him. It's also why she told Din to take Grogu to the place the Jedi were founded so Grogu might be able to call a Jedi that would be strong enough to train him.

Looking back, needing someone strong enough to train through anger and fear should have been a GIANT clue that Luke was that Jedi. After all, Ahsoka was Anakin's padawan and managed to survive both the Clone War and the Civil War when Obi Wan and Yoda both failed to do so. Even going through all that, she knew she wasn't strong enough to train Grogu. That doesn't leave a whole lot of options.

Anyway, back to Artoo, he was excited because he RECOGNIZED Grogu. Grogu and Anakin were born pretty much the same time, so they would have been at the Temple together. Artoo was there with Anakin for all those years and certainly would have known everyone at the temple. So, since the destruction of the temple, Order 66, and Luke's birth all pretty much happened at the same time, Artoo would have thought Grogu was dead for Luke's entire life and naturally would have been really happy to see Grogu again after all that time. Grogu also seems to recognize Artoo. When Artoo rolls out from the hallway, Grogu IMMEDIATELY lets go of Din's leg and walks up to Artoo. Only after Grogu and Artoo chitter back and forth does Grogu look up to Luke and reach to be picked up.

I just remember seeing this picture pre Force Awakens after the sequel trilogy was announced and being over joyed about what was to come. You just knew something amazing was in the works...

...and then 3 films later you realize they didn’t even have a story arc for the sequels and made up as they went. What could’ve been.

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If I were Bob Iger, I'd call Favreau and offer him complete control of the entire Star Wars properties. As soon as he accepted, I'd call Kennedy in for a meeting, and make that bitch sit through a fifteen minute YouTube video of fans crying tears of joy when they realize it's Luke ripping through the Dark Troopers. When it ended, you just look at her, say "You're fired", and have security escort her arse straight out the front door.

Do it on a busy day, too, so all the rank and file get to see her get walked out.

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That's great. I'm gonna massage that script a little if you don't mind.

Favreau: Thanks, Bob, but I don't wanna hurt Kennedy. I like Kennedy.

Bob Iger: You can’t do that, man. I mean you don’t abuse ’em once in a while they’ll shite all over you. Like sometimes, when they embarrass you in front of your friends, you make 'em watch some YouTube in front of the whole crew. After you show 'em what should have been, you're like, “What am I? Some kind of fricking a-hole? Get your coat on fast and you don’t say goodnight to nobody! You understand me?” That’s to keep them humble. When you don’t let them say goodnight to nobody, they walk out looking at the fricking floor.

Favreau: You're right, Bob. You're always right.

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fifteen minute YouTube video of fans crying tears of joy when they realize it's Luke ripping through the Dark Troopers.

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I'm not at that level of Star Wars Fandom, but I do love the franchise. I definitely felt like Luke was redeemed with that simple scene and it just made me that much more pissed at how they shite on his character. She should be fired.

this show definitely makes me hate the sequels even more...just like clone wars made me hate the prequels more (for doing way more each episode to develop Anakin and Obi Wan than any scene in the movies)

The movies are just too long. I wasn’t comfortable really letting him watch the show but his best friend is 7 and watched it with his parents. Plus my four year old wanted in on the action towards the end so the movies can wait until next year at least.

Well, heck... I though R2 was simply excited because he looked like a little Yoda.

The blue accountant guy

How into the show was he? Glued to the TV or losing attention and not staying still halfway into it? If he was really into it, a 2 hour movie isn't too long for a 7 year old. And the movies are more PG than the show, except maybe Rogue One (though you should let him watch it anyway just for the Vader ending scene)