The Mandalorian s3: You need only compare these two episodes to figure out what went wrong

Bill burr was actually pretty amazing in that episode. That scene with him facing that imperial officer was tense & emotional. It was pretty impressive.

Bill Burr never felt like a "cameo" character. He was playing a real guy who had a mysterious and compelling back story. He had useful skills and fit in the "world" of the Mandalorian. Lizzo and Jack Black were literally just themselves shoehorned into the show in a bizarre Princess tea party set. It was cringe all the way around. They weren't even acting.

The difference is that Bill plays a character, Miggs Mayfield, while Lizzo and Jack just acted as themselves in space

You can clearly see how - after the Luke return - the studio execs interferred and took over.

I honestly felt like I gained nothing throughout the entire season.

Season 1 and Season 2 felt like I was being told a story Season 3 felt like a toy commercial and mediocre filler.

When he gives the Darksaber to Bo he says it doesn't mean anything to him or his people, but that was definitely not the case when he presented it to the Armorer and Paz Vizsla in BOBF. The inconsistency in this show is very frustrating.

The biggest problem of S3 is that the show is no longer a western. The western codes are not present anymore. Of course, there are several other reasons and problems (as you explained in this video), but the "soul" of the show has gone.

I didn’t even think about Miggs Mayfield, but realistically, he would’ve been one of the first people Din Djarin would call to help him and the rest of the Mandalorians retake their planet, along with Cara Dune

Bill Burr wasn't a cameo, he was a stand up comedian playing a character for a not unsubstatial period of time. Billy Red Face was just there as a normal actor, and he did a damn good job! The story didn't stop and go "Hey look, it's Bill Burr!" like the Jack Black and Lizza cameos did.

Mandalorian season 3 is the definition of pure content. Not a show or visual art, just content for content sake

When Din said he had adopted Grogu I just went "Huh?" I thought it already went without saying when a) season 1 ended with the Armor saying he was as his father, b) Bo referred to Din as Grogu's dad, and c) the entire show has treated them like father and son. For what possible reason did they need to say it?

Season 2 had a plot. Season 3 forgot it had one.

The acting comparison between Jack Black and Lizzo, and Bill Burr was night and day. Bill gave an extremely believable performance, while there could be no way one could take Jack and Lizzo's acting seriously. It was pure fluff. Bill Burr is a surprisingly good actor.

John Favreau leaving and not caring about season 3 was probably a big reason. Or the fact that the Mandalorian went from a space western about an father and his adopted son into a show about a spoiled princess getting her throne back.

Remember the episode in S1 where Mando had to bust the twi'lek guy out of the prison ship? That episode was fun and tense and showed how smart Mando was in a tough situation. That episodes tone was completely different than the entirety of season 3.

The Miggs episode will always be one of the best Imperial stories in the new canon that’s not in the books.

"They were actually a clone" is the absolute worst kind of plot twist and I really hope it doesn't play out that way.

This show has a lot of potential but also has a bad habit of introducing things and then forgetting them. Mando struggled to use the Dark Saber but no one else did. It seemed like something he was meant to overcome and then he just stopped using it.

I think one major issue with this season is that it suffered from two narrative 180s from the Book of Boba Fett. Those two were Grogu’s choice to come back to Din, and Din wanting to go back to the creed. The whole season two was about Grogu leaving to become a Jedi, and BOBF undid that mostly offscreen. A little more subtle was the fact that season 2 seemed to be saying that the children of the watch were a radical cult and that Din was moderating to remove his helmet and go with Bo and the normal mandalorians. S2E7 seemed to be a major turning point in this way. Then BOBF undid all that, which S3 then doubled down on, although the creed was kinda shown in a whole new light. There are definitely plenty of other issues with the season, but I think these two issues really started it off badly.