Warning, there will be spoilers for the Mandalorian Season 3 Chapter 22.
If you haven’t watched it, proceed with caution.
That’s my impression of Peter Griffin doing the theme to the Mandalorian.
Yeah…it’s pretty bad!
Before I really get into it, let’s a have a moment of praise that the war between the
Mon Calamari and the Quarren is over!
Yay!
Okay, that’s enough.
In a past video I asked the question, “who is THE Mandalorian”.
Is it Din Djarin, as the story has focused on him for the previous two seasons, or is
it someone else?
But we have to look at the title again to answer that question.
The show is called The Mandalorian.
Not a Mandalorian, not plainly Mandalorian, and not the Mand’alor, which is the leader
of all Mandalorians.
It’s The Mandalorian.
ambiguously stating that it’s about a specific Mandalorian.
And that Mandalorian is undoubtedly Din Djarin.
But what does that mean for his character?
Does it mean he should lead?
Because he IS the title character.
Or is it a story of the adventures of this Mandalorian as he helps secure the leadership
role for someone else?
Well, it looks like those questions may have just been answered in the latest episode of
the Mandalorian season 3.
I’ve made a couple different claims as to who the Mand’alor would be.
Or rather who it should be.
In my last video on the subject, I said it should be Boba Fett.
Why?
Well, that’s where legends put the OG Mandalorian armor wearing bounty hunter.
And with the imminent return of Grand Admiral Thrawn, it seems that could still be a possibility…eventually.
But I also made another claim.
I said that it would be Bo-Katan Kryze in the immediate timeline.
I based that idea on clues I have seen throughout the Mandalorian season 3 so far.
After two years Din Djarin still can’t wield the darksaber properly.
Bo-Katan uses it with ease.
Sure, she had it before and learned a thing or two, but they were showing us that Din
Djarin almost cut his leg off with it for a reason.
There is a lot to get through regarding the Mandalorian Chapter 22.
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With that said, let’s get back to the Mandalorian.
The title character of the Mandalorian doesn’t have to be the leader.
There, I said it.
I know a lot of people won’t like that.
It’s a hard fact to face.
I mean the Lion King is about the main character becoming the king of the pride lands.
But the Mandalorian isn’t titled the Mandalorian King.
That doesn’t mean he isn’t the main character.
And it also doesn’t mean he can’t be the Mand’alor in the future.
I just tend to think of it more as he is the Mandalorian who set everything into motion.
Din Djarin is responsible for helping bring honor back to the Mandalorian people.
He just didn’t have any interest in leading the entire nation.
Bo-Katan, on the other hand, was born and raised for the role.
But it isn’t going to end at her.
I’ll leave that train of thought alone for another video.
But there are some other things to get through in this latest episode of the Mandalorian
before I return to the subject of Bo-Katan and Din Djarin.
The first being that Jack Black is in the show.
He plays Captain someone or other.
Don’t worry, I’ll remember his name at some point.
Next up we have Lizzo as Jack Black’s wife.
Together they run an independent world recognized as sovereign by the New Republic.
But being that Jack Black is a former Imperial, the world isn’t permitted to have a state-run
military.
So, they hire the help of Bo-Katan Kryze’s former Nite Owls, led by Axe Woves.
In order to provide a utopian society for the inhabitants, former Imperial, Rebellion,
and Separatist droids have been reprogrammed to perform everyday functions, allowing the
citizens to relax and enjoy their lives without the stress of work.
Utopia?
Sounds more like seeing the light.
Where is this planet?
The first ship available, I’m packing up my family and headed to it.
I’m sure I can make YouTube videos from there.
Anyways, this brings us to the head of security, and the one responsible for the programming
of the droids…Christopher Lloyd.
It’s long been confirmed that good ole Doc Brown would be gracing the presence of the
Mandalorian.
But as soon as his casting was confirmed, there were many theories out there as to ho
he would be portraying.
I stayed away from that one.
I really learned my lesson with trying to speculate that Sophie Thatcher was going to
portray Boba Fett’s daughter, Aylin Vel.
But hey…that could still happen…no…no it won’t.
So, now I stay away from guessing who certain actors will play in Star Wars when no clues
have been presented.
The Christopher Lloyd rumors ranged from his coming on board to play a rivaling Mandalorian
Chieftain, to bringing Fen Rau to live action, and even that he could be Bo-Katan’s father,
Duke Adonai Kryze…who we know died before the Clone Wars animated series.
I’m not saying these were ridiculous claims.
I mean, we didn’t see his body.
And isn’t that what people say, no body no death?
Well, I’m sorry that none of those theories worked out.
But I still think he was a good addition to the Mandalorian by way of making him an antagonist.
It was good to see a lot of familiar Star Warsy things in this episode.
The Imperial Death Star droid…who I thought for a second would be AP-5 from Star Wars
Rebels was a nice touch.
Then there were the B1 and B2 battle droids.
Good Stuff!!
And even though this episode was reminiscent of the Mandalorian season 2, where Din Djarin
must rescue villagers, it tied to the overall story rather quickly and didn’t linger in
the side mission too long.
It was apparent from the beginning that this was going to tie into the story of Bo-Katan’s
Nite Owls…I mean they were in the opening scene.
Duh!
And how about Koska Reeves returning…even after Sasha Banks…Mercedes Kaestner-Vernado…or
whatever her real name is said that she wouldn’t be returning.
Uh huh!
I knew that was a lie.
Looks like we HAVE to bring Boba Fett back now.
If for nothing else other than to kick Koska Reeves’ ass in a rematch!
Yeah…I said it.
He needs to put a thumping on her that she wouldn’t soon forget.
Treat my man Boba like that…
But that brings me back to the final scene of the episode.
Bo-Katan challenges Axe Woves for the leadership of the nite owls.
She beats him like a pinata.
Then still isn’t recognized as any kind of leader by them.
Why?
Because it looks like the ones who called the Children of the Watch extremists are extremists
themselves.
Did anyone else catch that irony?
I mean the dude, Axe Woves said Din Djarin was “one of them” when they first met
in season 2.
Now he’s saying he isn’t one of THEM…a Mandalorian.
Look brother, the Mandalorian creed is all about accepting outsiders into the Mandalorian
society, as long as they take the creed.
Then there is the throw away line, “just as our ancestors did” spoken by Bo-Katan
when talking about how their ancestors took the Mandalorian creed.
Did anyone else pick up on the hint that the Taung may become canon?
At least, that’s what I read into it.
The end result of the match is as I said.
Bo-Katan didn’t challenge Din Djarin for the darksaber.
He didn’t have to lose his honor by throwing a fight.
He handed it over willingly because he knew it didn’t belong to him.
But that brings in a whole host of other problems.
Let me take a deep breath.
Okay, his rationale was that he was defeated by the skill crane robot in the Mines of Mandalore.
Bo-Katan then defeated said weird droid, and now the darksaber belongs to her.
Sounds plausible.
But that also means that anyone holding the darksaber, who gets defeated, the champion
of said fight gets the darksaber.
HELLO!!
Palpatine defeated Maul when Maul had the darksaber.
If you don’t want to count that…Ahsoka Tano defeated Maul.
Don’t want to count that?
Ezra stole the darksaber!
Don’t want to count that?
After Ezra stole it, Obi-Wan defeated Maul!
But here we are.
Bo-Katan Kryze once again gets a shot to lead the Mandalorian people.
But for those who say she is dishonorable, or that she doesn’t deserve it, Bo-Katan
has learned a lot of hard lessons since she lost the darksaber to Moff Gideon.
She was never really a dishonorable Mandalorian, neither.
She acted stupid as a teen but was reformed and only wanted the best for Mandalorians
after that.
What did you think of this episode?
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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