The Mandalorian 2.5 Review - 7 Ups And 0 Downs From Chapter 13
6. Corvus Looks Incredible
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The Mandalorian has spent a lot of time skirting familiar territory when it comes to its planets, but Corvus was something altogether more different than what we've come to expect.
A ravaged forest world that looks like Macbeth's Birnam Wood with a Star Wars twist, Corvus is everything I want from a Star Wars locale. It's Dagobah-esque in terms of atmosphere, but beneath its desolate woods and misty air lies a certain tranquility; you get a real sense this was a place of beauty, at least before The Magistrate arrived and tore it apart.
Also, that shot of Ahsoka with The Child in the moonlight? Simply marvellous.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
