The Mandalorian: Season 1 reviewed.

When it comes to the new 'Star Wars' movies, it's not exactly a secret that audiences around the world haven't been that happy about these films. Especially when it comes to the new trilogy (VII to IX), the quality of these movies have left a bit too much to be desired.

At the same time, even though most of the new films in the series haven't necessarily been that good, the latest television series in the franchise has actually delivered. 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian' has been a surprise hit and has been rather well received. 

Having now seen the first season of 'The Mandalorian' (that consists of eight one hour episodes), I have to say that the show didn't disappoint. It managed to keep me entertained during its first season, even though the series could have been even better too.

So when it comes the things that I liked about the series, one of the best things about 'Mandalorian' is that it keeps things simple. As a series it manages to pay attention to the basics and doesn't try to be too fancy or anything else like that.

In practice, what this means is that unlike in the official Star Wars films, in this one our main character is not someone who has super powers. Instead, our character is a 'simple' bounty hunter called 'Mandalorian', who is a gun for hire for different tasks.

Indeed, in the first chapter of the series, after being introduced to him as a no nonsense character that takes no crap from anyone, he gets his mission that sets him on a journey. We see him being hired - by some imperial forces - to find some special mysterious person. 

Not surprisingly, over the course of the first episode our protagonist runs into all kinds of situations. There's the usual back and forth banter, there's some interplanetary traveling and after our character reaches his destination, some fights and battles too.

What makes this 'mission' so interesting is that at the end of the first episode, we're shown what the whole thing is about. Once our hero reaches his target and finishes his opponents, it turns out that the person that he was searching is none other than 'Baby Yoda'.

Indeed, this reveal on the show is why people have been so happy about 'The Mandalorian'.  The audience - including me - really liked that our grumpy helmet-wearing hero becomes a guardian to that cute little thing with big eyes and ears (and some actual 'Force').

After all, the reason that we care about what happens later during the season is that the hero has to protect 'Yoda' from the imperial forces. He does his best to keep the cute creature safe - which isn't always easy and requires some 'magic' from the baby too.

So based on these things, when I look back at the first season as a whole, I think it's pretty clear that the show managed to get this 'Yoda' + 'Mandalorian' thing right. It managed to create characters that we would actually relate to and care about.

After all, even though there's really nothing wrong with the grumpy main character, Yoda's presence gives the show its much needed contrast that makes things click. It gives us a reason to care and reminds us what the whole thing really is about.

In that sense, now that we're looking forward to the show's second season, hopefully the writers won't screw things up next season. I hope that they manage to come up with storylines and episodes that will keep us entertained and invested in the show.

After all, even though 'The Mandalorian' during its first season was pretty solid, there were a couple of stand-alone episodes that just weren't up to the standard. These episodes seemed to lack purpose and weren't that well thought out to be honest.

Still, when it comes to the show as a whole, if you haven't managed to give it a chance yet, you should give the series a go and check it out. You should give the series a chance and not be discouraged by the trilogy movies that have been released lately.

After all, even though episodes VII-IX were a bit disappointing, this television series works and gets things right. 'The Mandalorian' gets things right and shows that 'Star Wars', despite all its problems still is alive as a franchise and is able to deliver the goods.