Some Star Wars Fans Criticized The Mandalorian Season 3
Some Star Wars fans criticized The Mandalorian Season 3 for feeling bit like artistic regression after Disney+'s last live-action hit Andor. However, the subtle colonialism allegory in Moff Gideon's cloning plan is storytelling on the level of Andor. Since showing up in the first season finale, Moff Gideon has a fascination with both Mandalorians and baby Grogu. He knows quite a bit about Mandalorian culture, overseeing the Imperial purge of Mandalore and ruling over the ashes. Gideon's interest in Grogu is just about the Force, and his interest in Mandalore is primarily about the mighty beskar alloy. In Season 3, Moff Gideon fully appropriates the armor and weapons of the Mandalorian people. Yet, his plan to create an army of clones of himself could be a clever dig at colonization. Season 3's focus on the two divergent sides of Mandalorian culture was not as nuanced and complex of the slow radicalization of Ferrix. But taking a culture's resources, cultural knowle...