While many Star Wars fans are loving Season 3 of The Mandalorian, others are not convinced that the third time is the charm for the Disney Plus series.
Previously, the space western programme had an average rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, but its audience score on the review-aggregation website has since dropped to roughly 50%.
Even cameos by Lizzo, Jack Black, and Christopher Lloyd in the most recent episode couldn’t soften the drama’s toughest critiques.
One person wrote: ‘I feel bad saying it’, before proceeding to say: ‘The Mandalorian used to be my favorite show but season three is not hitting like seasons one & two did.
‘I want to be able to enjoy it so bad but everything feels so directionless.’
The tweet encouraged another ‘former fan’ to reply, as they wrote: ‘Feeling the same way I’m keeping my hopes up for the end of the season, but man it hasn’t been giving me much of a reason to be excited for the rest.’
An IMDb user wrote: ‘We are almost at the end of the season and I still feel like we are wasting time! This episode was one of the slowest and most pointless this season.
‘At this point I almost wish it ended with season two! I don’t think they will top that based on what they have given us this season.’
Other fans, though, defended the program, with one tweeting that people should stop watching if they are’moaning’ about it.
Some believe that episode seven of the third season was a big return to form for the program, keeping fans engaged and eager to find out what happens in the finale.
The first season of the Disney Plus series takes place in the Star Wars world five years after the 1983 film Return of the Jedi.
Din Djarin, played by Pedro Pascal, begins his quest as a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter in the galaxy’s furthest reaches before adopting Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) as his ward-turned-surrogate-son.
Din was reunited with a past rival in the current season three episode, the terrifying Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), who was previously captured by the New Republic before escaping.
The season’s last episode featured a horrible end for one of the characters, leaving many fans saddened.
With one more episode to go until season four hopefully arrives, let’s hope the sceptics’ confidence is restored by next week.
The Mandalorian is available to watch on Disney Plus, with new episodes released on Wednesdays.