Urrrr the leaks are fake, your leaks are fake. It's true, all of it.
Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I'm your host Paul aka Aswolka and this video we're
breaking down everything you need to know about the latest episode of The Mandalorian.
The entry titled The Jedi has a lot to unpack from it and it's actually directed by Dave
Filoni who you may know as the creator of The Clone Wars. Filoni appeared as an X-Wing
Pilot earlier in the series but it's nice that they gave him his own fully fledged entry
which he could go tie into his own show. He doesn't waste any time getting to what
fans want to see and the episode opens on Corvus with the arrival of a character that
will make everyone's lightsaber light up. That is Ahsoka Tah-no played by none other
than Rosario Dawson. Now the last time we saw the character she was actually with Sabine
Wren and the pair were searching for Ezra Bridger.
Neither are mentioned in this episode but that could hint towards what has happened
with the group. Now there are two ways that you can look at
it, either Ahsoka and Wren found Ezra and the latter pair went off together or something
has happened to Sabine to split them up. Personally I'm leaning more towards the latter
and it could tie in with Ahsoka's quest which we learn is to track down Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Thrawn is a massive villain the the Star Wars expanded Universe and who knows, he may have
Wren and Bridger or he could be completely unrelated.
Now I did leak the entire plot of this entry earlier in the week and bar the run time of
the entry I think we got everything right. I'll keep my ear to the ground to let you
know if I hear anything in addition to what I got sent but for the mean time it does seem
like things could be going into a spin off show following Ahsoka as she attempts to get
to the bad guy. I did feel a bit like that guy sticking his
leg in the shot last week as I ruined everything but unfortunately the dark side got the better
of me. Disney actually reached out to me directly
which is why I stopped replying to comments on that video and I have promised to lay off
leaking things as you know it ruins the efforts of the people behind the show and a lot of
people don't want things spoiled for them. Now as Bo-Katan said, Ahsoka is located near
the City of Calodan but there's actually a big bad who has devastated the townsfolk and
surrounding area. When you hear the word forest planet you immediately think of lush, green
areas however Corvus is a far cry from that and it's a complete wasteland of rotten trees
and dirt. Ahsoka has been to try and find out where
Thrawn is from a character known as The Magistrate who becomes pivotal to this entry.
The Magistrate is actually called Morgan and during the Clone Wars her people were massacred.
She survived and then used her anger to fuel an industry that built the imperial star fleet.
Morgan has plundered worlds in order to carry this out and it's clear that she's doing the
same thing on Corvus. Her henchman is also Michael Beihn who you
may remember as Kyle Reese in The Terminator Franchise. Beihn was a massive star in the
80s and alongside the Machine masterpiece he also starred in Aliens. I love that the
series keeps getting actors like this and it makes for some awesome TV.
Now I don't think I'm exaggerating here when I say this opener is one of the best scenes
in Mandalorian History. We watch as Ahsoka cuts up the forces of The Magistrate with
her dual white lightsabers. Now this style of fighting is actually called Jar-Kai and
Ahsoka is also a master at the reverse hilt style which we also see her weild during the
entry. I've done a full breakdown on the character
which you should definitely check out but just to give you the 411, Ahsoka was a prominent
character during the Clone Wars who survived Order 66 and watched the Jedi fall from power.
Ahsoka was the padawan of Anakin Skywalker and she even references the character in the
episode when saying that she's seen what can even happen to the best of us.
Ahsoka actually stepped away from the Jedi due to her being framed for an attack that
she did not participate in. The Jedi hunted her and she became a fugitive for some time
and even referenced the movie starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones...I'm not kidding.
Though she proved her innocence she saw another side to the order and decided to step away
from them which led to her becoming someone that neither identified as a Sith nor Jedi.
Though she gets called it throughout the episode I think this actually highlights why she doesn't
really want to train The Child but we'll discuss that more as we get into the video.
Ahsoka also wears a cloak for this return and the last time we saw her she was donning
something similar though it was a different colour. I love the way that it kinda comes
full circle slightly with the white of that turning darker as she launches her attack
here. The Magistrates forces also have similar voice
changers to what Leia had in Return Of The Jedi when she was disguised as a bounty hunter.
All in all it's the perfect way to kick start the entry and Ahsoka gives The Magistrate
an ultimatum. She must surrender the location of Thrawn or be destroyed. I got a lot of
vibes from Luke also in Return Of The Jedi going to Jabba and The Magistrate to me is
very much a gangster that has came into the area and taken over.
We see droids similar to what Jabba had in his palace and even the location that The
Magistrate resides at is very similar to the locale...though I could just be reading into
that. The Magistrate is willing to kill as many
people as she needs to to get Ahsoka to back off but Ahsoka won't do it.
It's an awesome set up for the entry and Ahsoka gives her one day to decide what to do.
Cut to The child and Mando arriving at the planet and we see a similar scene to what
we've had throughout the season however this one evolves this little guy in several ways.
Now he's still fascinated over that little ball on the handle however, whereas in the
past he would have unscrewed it, here he uses the force to do it showing that he's becoming
more confident with his powers. Doesn't even mind stealing biscuits and almost
wiping out endangered species this guy. Anyway cut to Corvus and we watch as Mando
approaches the city, there's a guard using a tracking gun to follow the ship and this
brought up a lot of imagery of A New Hope For Me, namely when a similar thing happens
on Yavin 4. We also get to see some of the local life
that lives in the area namely massive beasts that look slightly like bigger Dewbacks. They
feast on the trees in the area but as they've been stripped of their leaves it's unlikely
that they're gonna get too full off them. Mando enters the city and it doesn't seem
like they take too kindly to his kind around here as he gets given a lot of funny eyes
before being called to The Magistrate. Mando passes an old woman at a market stand
who looked a lot like the old woman at the end of Rise Of Skywalker but I could just
be reading completely into that. He also catches a man and his two kids and
I sense a great future for this guy. It's not long before he's called to the Magistrate
and on the way there we see similar standing torture devices to what were used on Hera
in Rebels. The magistrate offers Mando a beskar spear
in exchange for taking down Ahsoka and it's not too long before the pair meet.
Now as we've learned from Several characters throughout the season, Beskar is exetremly
rare at this point and many people have tried to kill Mando just for the fact that he has
a lot of it. It, of course, repels lasers and lighstabers
but prying it from the persons hand who bears it is very difficult so there's a high risk
and reward to trying to snatch it. Mando goes out into the woods in order to
get Ahsoka and you can also spot what looks to be an owl in a tree. I may be reading into
this but I think it could be Morai though that's just me guessing.
Anyway this location kicks off a short but sweet action scene that sees the pair going
head to head. Now you can never get enough lightsabers in this show and seeing them dual
it out using all they have at their disposal is an absolutely amazing moment.
Mando nearly gets his butt handed to him but he brings up Bo Katan to end the fight before
it escalates any further. Now it's here that we learn a lot of ins and
outs about The Child's past, namely his name. Now I'm gonna miss calling the little guy
Baby Yoda but we now have it confirmed that he is in fact called Grogu. When I announced
this on my leak video I had people saying he should be called Goku, that it should start
with a Y like Yoda and Yaddle but whatever the case, this is the characters name.
After Ahsoka mind melds with him we discover that the character was actually trained at
the Jedi temple on Coruscant. Many masters trained him over the years but
he was never assigned to just one and thus has had a bit of a difficult past. At the
end of the Clone Wars when the Empire rose to power, he was hidden away though we don't
know who was behind this. Someone took him from the temple and obviously I'd love to
hear your theories below on who you think this could be.
Now there are rumors that we are getting a Mace Windu spin off series but whether that's
the case or not I really don't know. What we do know though is that Grogu's memory
becomes dark not long after this and the character becomes lost and alone. Ahsoka also brings
up A wise Jedi Master named Yoda from the same species as him but as we know, during
the events of this series, the character is dead.
Grogu has kinda shut himself off from The Force but Ahsoka agrees to test him.
Cut to the next day and they go to an area that has some plant life and vegetation in
it. I got a lot of Dagobah vibes here and along with the look to the area, Ahsoka also
uses rocks, similar to how Yoda trained Luke. Now unfortunately, Grogu doesn't seem that
interested in carrying out the test and it's clear that he possesses a lot of fear. Grogu
has hidden his abilities to survive over the years but he clearly has an affection for
Mando. He manages to get it out of him eventually when bringing out the metal ball from the
ship. Felt like watching a proud dad play catch
with his son. Now it all looks good however Ahsoka says
because of his attachment to Mando that it's a bad idea to train him. These feelings can
completely destroy someone and should anything happen to Grogu's parental figure, it could
lead him down a dark path. We seen something similar with Anakin when
his mother was killed and that was one of the many cogs that was instrumental in turning
the character to the dark side. Ahsoka says she's heading back to the village
which is when Mando brings up his deal with the Magistrate.
Mando agrees to help Ahsoka take down the villain in exchange for pointing him in the
right direction. I love how Mando mentions a Mandalorian and A Jedi teaming up as this
was a combo that Ahsoka did with several characters over the years.
Ahsoka was actually one of the leading forces behind Mandalores liberation and she's teamed
up with many of them to do what we basically see as the final action scene for the episode.
I love how Filoni kinda uses the limitations that Cartoons often have to display violence.
For example rather than cutting someone in half we see them stand infront of a horn which
then gets cut in half and subtly suggests to us that this also happened to the person
on the other side of it. It's inspired choices like this that really
elevate the episode and Ahsoka faces off against the Magistrate whilst Mando and Michael stand
on the outside waiting for the outcome of the fight.
It's very much like an old timely western and this slow draw has some awesome back and
forths. There's also a little Loth Cat cameo as the
soldiers are moving through the streets and overall it's an amazing way to close out the
episode. Now as we said, Ahsoka is after the location
of Thrawn and in case you don't know who he is, he's basically the big bad that rose up
after the fall of the Empire in the expanded lore.
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Anyway Thrawn was a Chiss male officer who rose through the ranks of the imperial navy
during the time of the Galactic Empire. Due to his appearance he's quite an unforgettable
character and along with his blue skin he has cheek bones to die for.
Thrawn believed that to defeat ones enemy that you must understand them and thus he's
spent many years studying the Jedi and Mandalorians. Thrawn was part of the unknown regions and
in order to discover what was going on in the main galaxy he travelled to it which is
where us stumbled across The Clone wars and met Anakin.
Thrawn was uninterested in the democracy of the senate as he thought that if everyone
had a voice that nothing would get done. Thus he initially rejected Chancellor Palpatines
offer to join them but when the Galactic Empire was formed he decided to become an imperial
as this was more in line with his way of thinking. Even though alien species are not normally
that welcome in the Imperial Ranks, Thrawns abilities far outweighed any prejudices and
thus he became one of the key members. Palpatine gave him the rank Grand Admiral personally
and from his ship the Chimera he led the Seventh Fleet.
In the expanded universe he's gone after Luke several times and he also appeared in Rebels.
Thrawn is a pivotal character and he actually ended up helping to form the first order which
I think this show or the spin offs could definitely set up.
He disappeared with Ezra at the end of Rebels so Ahsoka is likely looking for him purely
because she thinks that the two will still be together.
A new leader of Calodan is appointed but he'll probably be just as bad as all the rest, yes
it's politics and Mando takes the spear even though he didn't complete the mission. I guess
this is the way now? Maybe just take your helmet off.
Also I love the panpipe version of the theme, very final fantasy 9 which I dig.
- Mando heads out to Tython which contains the
ancient ruins of a Jedi temple. Mando is told that if he puts Grogu on a seeing stone at
the top of the mountain that he may be able to reach out to another Jedi but we don't
know what this entails. Now I do think that it could be Mace Windu
as I've said earlier but at this point it really could be anyone. I think we deserve
a big character in it and though many likely think he's dead, we never saw a body and then
Order 66 happened so if I was the character I would've bolted without saying Mother Effa.
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