The Mandalorian: Ranking Every Episode From Worst To Best

8. Chapter 1: The Mandalorian

Things got off to a pretty rocky start.

Everything about this first episode just doesn't *quite* work. From the opening scene, its tone feels kind of all over the place, essentially just being a sequence of unconnected scenes held together solely by a steady stream of references to all things Star Wars.

It also doesn't help matters that the timing and editing of the episode just feel consistently offbeat. With Filoni making the transition from animated to live-action in his directing, you can feel some of the finer nuances slipping through the cracks. As a result, set pieces such as the final shootout of the episode don't really land. It's a Frankenstein's monster of an episode, stitched together in a wholly unnatural way.

The reveal of Baby Yoda and the subsequent final shot are truly incredible, but you have to slog through an episode of filler to get there.