The Mandalorian
Shares rank 34 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Fans praise its strong first season, memorable characters and world-building. The most common caveat is that it feels shallow and aimed at a younger audience.
Fans praise its strong first season, memorable characters and world-building. The most common caveat is that it feels shallow and aimed at a younger audience.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enjoyable in parts
“I guess parts of the Mandalorian fit the bill, but I wouldn't rank it up there with Firefly.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “I liked parts of The Mandalorian, but it went downhill pretty fast in terms of”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “I did enjoy the Mandalorian, but it's a bit too shallow.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” - Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Director Gore Verbinski: Unreal Engine is the greatest slip backwards for movie”
Strong first season
“You're right that Mando Season 1 was an attempt to get back to the original concept and it got close.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” “The first season was great, a nice little star wars story with memorable characters”
Comment from 4 May 2026 in “Rumor: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy from Timeline” “Mando season 1 is what Star Wars should be”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” Memorable characters and world-building
“The first season was great, a nice little star wars story with memorable characters”
Comment from 4 May 2026 in “Rumor: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy from Timeline” “they are really stunning and gives you more time to appreciate the world building”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Personal thoughts/notes from working on Zootopia 2” “I really loved Kuiil and the blurrgs.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Rumor: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy from Timeline”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Feels shallow, aimed at children
“The Mandalorian was definitely aimed at a younger audience.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” “I did enjoy the Mandalorian, but it's a bit too shallow.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” “The Mandolorian feels like a childrens show by comparison.”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model” Cash-grab spin-off of minor character
“It's incomprehensible that Disney bet their relaunch on a spin-off streaming series based on a tertiary character”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut” “the problem with Moana and Mandalorian is that even lazy uninformed movie-goers recognized an empty cash-grab”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “'The Odyssey' Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way” Quality drops after first season
“I liked parts of The Mandalorian, but it went downhill pretty fast in terms of”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “ended up devolving into mediocrity too”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model” Silly script and cartoonish style
“Even by Star Wars standard that was absurd.”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart” “script was so dumb it made my brain hurt”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Have you seen Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu,nice CGI, no storyline” “too gamey/Marvel-ey/cartooney”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The MandalorianThis page | 12 | 7 | 63% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
19 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the problem with Moana and Mandalorian is that even lazy uninformed movie-goers recognized an empty cash-grab”
“The Mandalorian and Andor shows are the best of the SW universe”
“You're right that Mando Season 1 was an attempt to get back to the original concept and it got close.”
“I did enjoy the Mandalorian, but it's a bit too shallow.”
“Mando season 1 is what Star Wars should be”
“The Mandalorian was definitely aimed at a younger audience.”
“It's incomprehensible that Disney bet their relaunch on a spin-off streaming series based on a tertiary character”
“script was so dumb it made my brain hurt”
“Even by Star Wars standard that was absurd.”
“I really loved Kuiil and the blurrgs.”
“The first season was great, a nice little star wars story with memorable characters”
“I guess parts of the Mandalorian fit the bill, but I wouldn't rank it up there with Firefly.”
“I liked parts of The Mandalorian, but it went downhill pretty fast in terms of”
“The Mandolorian feels like a childrens show by comparison.”
“too gamey/Marvel-ey/cartooney”
“ended up devolving into mediocrity too”
“Look at how they gloat about how much they change the way they shoot to suit the technology.”
“seemed to work pretty well in The Mandolorian”
“they are really stunning and gives you more time to appreciate the world building”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.