“The Mandalorian” is a really good tv series set in the “Star Wars” galaxy. Although it never reaches the highs of the best films in the franchise, it does feel like a legitimate part of the greater universe. I was initially hesitant when I discovered that it was not going to feature Boba Fett but I heard a lot of positive things about the show so decided to finally check it out.

An unnamed Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal “The Equaliser 2”) works as a bounty hunter. He is sent on a mission to retrieve a lifeform (‘Baby Yoda’ as audiences have referred to it as). What starts off as a simple assignment becomes increasingly complicated as he decides to go rogue.

I like the Mandalorian character. His armour is sadly not as good as the armour suits worn by Boba Fett and Jango Fett in the movies. I really like the Baby Yoda character. He’s so cute and looks like Gizmo from “Gremlins”. You have some big names in here such as Nick Nolte (“Hulk”), Werner Herzog (“Jack Reacher”), Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”) and Richard Ayoade (“Paddington 2”) but my favourite simply has to be Carl Weathers (“Action Jackson”, “Predator”) as Greef Karga, who gives the Mandalorian his missions. Most of the costumes look very impressive and all the aliens and robots look better than the ones in the prequel movies.

“The Mandalorian” is a show that’s clearly got a whole Western vibe so if you like Western movies as well as sci-fi ones then you should definitely check it out. The production values are great for a tv show and this looks almost as good as the sequel trilogy films. I’ve thought that “Star Wars” should do more spin-off stuff and not focus too much on trying to get everything deeply connected to the storylines of the earlier films so this was great to finally see that done. It’s not perfect by any means but it is certainly a worthy addition to the “Star Wars” franchise and I hope to see more spin-off material.