November 12th Disney Plus went live and since I could get that and the streaming service HULU for the same price I pay for HULU I went ahead and signed up giving me access to the Star Wars  inspired series The Mandalorian.

Set during the chaos after the fall of the Galactic Empire in Return of the Jedi, the series follows the adventures of the titular and unnamed Mandalorian bounty hunter. Returning to the original Star Wars  aesthetic of a dirty, grimy and lived in universe the show is not about Jedi and the quarrels of feuding noble house but, at least at first, about the scramble for survival by less legendary characters.

The pilot episode sets up several aspect of the central character’s situation: money is tight, his people are dispossessed, and he suffered a traumatic childhood.  Given a missions that appears to be ‘off book’ by a mysterious employer, played by veteran eclectic filmmaker Werner Herzog, the Mandalorian is soon swept up into what appears to a deep conspiracy that may test his off practiced detachment from he fellow beings.

While short on characterization The Mandalorian  shows promises that we hope the grand arc will live up to.