Oedipus, Antigone, Medea, were all played by people in masks. Or is this a throwback to something very old indeed? Who was that masked man?Īncient Greek actors - the first actors we know anything about - never showed their faces, either. So what's going on here? Is a new generation of savvy young viewers able to embrace a character who is an enigma, a walking question mark - a black hole of a hero, whose features are absolutely unreadable? Tony Gilroy: Hollywood screenwriter Tony Gilroy talks about 'Star Wars,' and rejection at MSU event Streaming services: Disney+ attacks Netflix, Amazon, others as a new streaming service to debut late 2019 But they don't have that here, and it almost doesn't matter, because you still watch it, and it's just as intriguing." "With Iron Man, you see what he looks like with his mask off. "In movies, these characters always take their mask off immediately, or it gets ripped off," Brown said. Even more than the recent "Star Wars" movies - certainly the so-called "prequels" - he's a fan of this show, and its masked mercenary. "I find it very intriguing," said Corry Brown, co-owner of Zapp! Comics in Wayne. Almost as excited as they are by the last - last, if you believe that - big-screen "Star Wars" movie, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," which opened Thursday.
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Of course, all this might be setting us up for a big reveal, at some point in the series (a second season has already been ordered). But so far, Mando's lack of facial features hasn't stopped "Star Wars" fans from being super-excited about the character. "Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?" asks a character in Chapter 1.Īnd why would he - considering that he is from the same clan of armored bounty hunters that produced Boba Fett, the minor "Star Wars" character who became a major cult figure after his first appearance in 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back." 12) does he seem likely to unmask any time soon. Nor, seven episodes into the online show, which is due to wrap its season on Dec. The Mandalorian, otherwise known as "Mando," or Dyn Jarren to his friends - of which he appears to have none - is never seen without the helmet that entirely conceals his features. The hero of "The Mandalorian," the "Star Wars" spinoff series on Disney+, might be a pop culture first - the first star of a major franchise with no eyes, nose or mouth. The most intriguing new face of 2019 may be no face at all. As we prepare for next week’s finale of season two, we can look back at what IG-11 did in last season’s finale for what it was: a little bit of foreshadowing.Watch Video: 'The Mandalorian' trailer brings a whole new 'Star Wars' universe When Mando removes his helmet in “The Believer,” he is echoing that act of selflessness. The fact that IG-11 also later self-detonated in order to assist Mando’s rescue of Grogu was an example of putting the Child’s welfare ahead of one’s own. But given his mistrust of droids in general, his acceptance of IG-11’s aid spoke to Mando’s ability to trust others. When IG-11 took off his helmet, Mando was physically hurt and also too physically spent to object. Both of the circumstances in which that helmet has come off so far have marked moments of vulnerability for this character. ( The Mandalorian: Come for the Baby Yoda cuteness, stay for the Mando hotness.)īut for narrative purposes, Mando should remove his helmet very sparingly since it’s something he would only do if he felt he had no other option. On the one hand, the promise of more Pedro Pascal sightings might add another level of enticement to this series, which, let’s face it, is going to need to find ways to distinguish itself once the 8,887 forthcoming Star Wars shows drop on Disney+. The question now is whether we’ll see the face of Mr. (“He means more to me,” says hologram Mando of Grogu, “than you will ever know.”) The moment when he removes that helmet to get the facial-recognition scan declares that the welfare of our beloved Baby Yoda is more valuable to Mando than his own lifelong moral code, something echoed in his message to Moff Gideon at the end of the episode. But this is the first time that Mando has voluntarily removed his helmet himself, and that says something about his commitment to getting Grogu back. In the season-one finale, a reprogrammed IG-11 removed his helmet in order to treat his wounds. For the record, this is not the first time we’ve seen Mando in the flesh.
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