Obsession, Procrastination, and the Mandalorian

Procrastination

I’ve been editing the second book in my upcoming duology for the past few weeks, and just realized the ending hasn’t been touched since I wrote a first draft of it four years ago. Eeek!

Somehow, I’ve revised the rest of the book a couple of times, and I’m super happy with how it's shaping up, but the ending is terrible. A legit disaster.

I need to delete a few chapters and write them from scratch.

It’s been a long day, and I don’t have the motivation for that right now, so I’m procrastinating.

I figured writing a blog post is at least productive procrastination.

What shall we talk about? Hmmm…

How about obsession?

When is obsession a good thing? (Yes, this is about the Mandalorian.)

Clearly, being obsessed about something can go a few different ways. It can be all consuming if you let it. Some obsessions are less than optimal. Unhealthy, even.

However…

When an obsession is a strong interest or an insatiable curiosity about a topic that isn’t doing anyone harm, maybe it’s not so bad.

Good, even.

This is me justifying the fact that I just watched Chapter 15 of the Mandalorian for the… third or fourth time. I’ve lost track.

And officially jumped into geek territory, but I’m okay with that.

I studied film in school. I’m fascinated by the process of taking a story and turning it into visuals, especially with this much action!
I’m a storyteller. IMHO, the Mandalorian is some of the best storytelling to come out of the Star Wars franchise.
I’ve loved Star Wars since I was two, but I’m not a fan of the prequel movies (Episodes I, II, & III). The Mandalorian and Rogue One renewed the fire of my fandom.
It makes me happy.

See? Reasons.

It doesn’t hurt that Din is 100% my type with the volume cranked to 11.

But let’s talk about Bill Burr, who did an incredible job playing Migs Mayfeld in two episodes of the Mandalorian.

I liked his performance in Chapter 6: The Prisoner, which was the first time his character showed up. That was one of my favorite episodes in the first season.

In Chapter 15: The Believer, the screen chemistry between Bill Burr and Pedro Pascal, who plays Din Djarin (the Mandalorian), was the stuff of legend. Before, I had a lukewarm liking for Mayfeld, but now he's on my list of awesomeness.

The banter, camaraderie, and tension between Mayfeld and Din in Chapter 15 is freaking phenomenal.

I especially liked this episode for the sense of victory it left me with, which I needed badly after Chapter 14 ripped out my heart and blew it up with a photon cannon.

Let’s hear it for kickass female leads!

Spoiler alert: The video below contains 30 seconds of footage from The Mandalorian, Chapter 15, where characters Fennec and Cara Dune kick some serious Empire ass.

I might do another post on the badass female characters in the Mandalorian, but right now, how about a shout out for Cara Dune and Fennec Shand!

I loved this scene!

When I grew up, Princess Leia was pretty much it for female Star Wars characters. The more recent movies, and especially the Mandalorian, have been bringing the girl power in bigtime.

And I am here for it!

^{Gifs from Giphy.com – All footage belongs to Disney.}