So The day we have all been waiting for is finally here!
The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 1 has finally been released on Disney+, and with it we finally
got to see a character that so many of us have been waiting for for such a long time.
So I’m going to break down everything that went down in the episode and how it connects
to the other Star Wars TV series and films.
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To start off the episode, we get a massive recap of all the major events from the first
season of the show, just to bring us back up to speed with everything that went down.
Following this however, we are thrown straight onto the dry, sandy world which saw in the
trailer, with Din Djarin strolling the dark streets with the child by his side.
As he is strolling, you can also see creepy red eyes glowing in the dark corners of the
street, a very awesome touch for halloween.
Following this, Din Djarin enters a very dodgy back alley building, passing a Twi’Lek bouncer,
to meet the man we already saw in the trailer, Gore Keresh.
Inside, the two sit down to watch two Gamorrean Fights ferociously battling to the death,
while Mando attempts to extract information about a Mandalorian contract of his.
Of course, the Gamorrean species was first introduced in Return of the Jedi, where they
were used as guards in Jabba's Palace, before Luke Skywalker viciously choked them out with
the force.
Unfortunately, Gore Keresh isn’t too keen to hand the Mando any information about his
contact, instead turning all of his henchmen on him, in hopes of stealing the shiny beskar
armor right off of his back.
Mando is of course having none of this, swiftly kicking Baby Yoda’s capsule away from danger,
as he activates his Mandalorian whistling birds to brutally kill each of the henchmen.
Following that, Gore Karesh rushes out of the building in fear, before Mando quickly
catches up to him and hangs him from a light pole demanding to know the information.
Keresh of course quickly cracks under the pressure, and reveals that his Mandalorian
contact is in fact in the city of Mos Pelgo, or Freetown.
By the way, I predicted this exact city in my prediction video yesterday, so you guys
should definitely check that out!
After the Mando leaves Gore Keresh to be viciously devoured by the red eyed creatures while hanging
from the light pole, he sets off for the desert world of Tatooine, where we get a nice re
appearance from the lady who repaired the Razorcrest Last season, Pelli Motto.
We also of course again see the pit droids from the Phantom Menace, which did appear
last season.
Immediately after this, Mando asks for the map to Mos Pelgo, to which the lovely lady
calls over R5-D4, who you might remember was the droid that had a bad motivator in A New
Hope.
R-5 quickly pulls up the map, before Din Djarin locates Mos Pelgo, and quickly hops on his
speeder bike, rushing through the sandy dunes of Tatooine.
Eventually, the Mando reaches the Cantina, and demands the Weequay bartender give him
information about the local Mandalorian.
The man who then walks into the Cantina is named Cobb Vanth, from the Aftermath series
of Novels.
Cobb Vanth is of course wearing the infamous armor of the prestigious bounty Hunter, Boba
Fett, which is now acid scorched and damaged from his fall in to the Sarlacc pit during
Return of the Jedi.
This is consistent with the Aftermath novels, where Cobb Vanth was heavily implied to have
the Armor of Boba Fett.
For those of you don’t know, Cobb Vanth was a former slave on the planet Tatooine
who had a deep, star-shaped scar carved into the skin of his back as a symbol of ownership
from his slave-owners.
He was introduced in the Star Wars: Aftermath Novels as a self-proclaimed lawman of Mos
Pelgo, which is kept very consistent with this episode.
Din Djarin is of course furious that Cobb Vanth is wearing Mandalorian armour without
being an actual Mandalorian, sparking a western standoff.
Unfortunately however, a Krayt Dragon ravages the town of Mos Pelgo before they can fight,
leading the two to team up to fight in back and protect the town.
A huge Krayt Dragon skeleton is of course seen in a new hope, and the Scream Obi-Wan
does when he appears to Luke is actually supposed to be an imitation of a Krayt dragon roar.
As the two rush through the dunes of Tatooine on their bikes bikes, you may have noticed
that the engine from Anakin’s podracer from the phantom Menace is powering Cobb Vanth’s
bike, how cool is that!
While this is happening, we can an incredible flashback scene from the time just after the
destruction of the Second Death Star, where the Red Key Raiders crime syndicate, who pretended
to be miners, raided the town of Mos Pelgo immediately after the Empire was forced to
leave the planet.
This is of course covered in the Aftermath Novels also.
The Red Key Raiders brutally slaughtered the people of Mos Pelgo, but Cobb Vanth was lucky
enough to escape with a container full of Silicax Oxalate crystals, selling them to
the Jawas inside of the sandcrawler in return for the armor of Boba Fett, after it was recovered
from the Sarlacc.
In the aftermath novel, there was also another man from the Red Key raiders crime syndicate
in the sandcrawler with Cobb Vanth, who Vanth had to shoot in order to keep the armor, but
I guess that may have been changed around for this episode.
I’m also pretty sure you can see Zuvio from the Force awakens in this shot, but I may
be wrong.
He’s also the same species as Embo, a Kyuzo, so I really do believe that we’ll see him
make an appearance somewhere in the show.
Cobb Vanth and the Mandalorian then rally the citizens of Mos Pelgo together, helping
them to load up blast charges, ready to take the Krayt Dragon on at it’s cave.
Awesomely, the Tusken Raiders agree to no longer attack the village and become a peaceful
neighbour to the citizens of Mos Pelgo, in return for their help with the killing of
the Krayt dragon.
I think its awesome to see the nicer side of the Tusken Raiders, which we haven’t
really got a good look at before this.
Also during this team up, we get a huge reference to attack of the Clones and the Clone Wars
Tv series, with the Massif species, who are reptilians that were tamed and used by the
Tusken Raiders.
You could also see them while Anakin was slaughter not just the Men, but the women and children
too.
So cool to see that.
Immediately following that, the Tuskens lure the massive Krayt beast from it’s cave,
allowing the group to impale the dragon with their lines.
Cobb Vanth gets incredibly impatient and wants to blow the creature up, but Mando warns him
that it is still too far inside of it’s cave to make an impact.
Awesomely, we also get to see Boba’s rangefinderin action, targeting his missiling towards the
Krayt dragon with a rush of energy.
The Most Pelgo citizens then continue flinging a barrage of objects at the beast, furthing
luring it out of the cave, just in time for the Mando put a massive and unexpected plan
into action.
Mando hits Boba’s jetpack with a strong clank, sending Cobb Vanth angrily flying into
the air.
Of course Mando doesn’t have time to explain the plan, but this leaves him alone with the
Bantha, loaded with blast charges.
Din Djarin is forced to hold the Bantha down with the explosives, as the Krayt Dragon rushes
towards him, putting him in incredible danger.
The Krayt Dragon actually eats the Mando, leaving Baby Yoda and the rest of the group
incredibly worried and upset for a short moment, but he soon bursts out of it’s mouth again,
before denoting the blast charges.
This action of course shreds the creature to pieces, sending the meat of the Krayt dragon
tumbling to the floor, with the entire Mos Pelgo group and Cobb Vanth celebrating in
relief.
Keeping the agreement from earlier, Cobb Vanth agrees to hand back Boba Fett’s armor to
the Mando, and they actually both tell each other that they hope their paths cross very
soon.
This is so awesome, and probably means that Cobb Vanth will eventually become a true Mandalorian
near the end of the season, and maybe even join clan mudhoney.
Following that, we get an awesome Reference to the Krayt Dragon pearl, which for those
of you who don’t know, can actually be used in place of a Kyber crystal, to power a lightsaber.
These Krayt Dragon pears produce a lightsaber blade which is much, much stronger than a
standard Kyber blade, so It’s pretty incredible to see and a nice throwback.
If you’ve played Knights of the Old Republic, you’ll know all about these Krayt Dragon
pearls.
Now to end the episode, we get the shot that the whole fanbase was waiting for.
We see a dark robed fire facing the twin suns of Tatooine, with a scarred up bald head.
As he turns around, we get the reveal that everyone could see coming, but is absolutely
incredible.
Boba Fett himself has been camped on Tatooine for all these years and is not back with a
vengeance, probably attempting to reclaim his armor.
Personally, I think this is the beginning of a two part episode, where we will probably
see Boba Fett appear again in the next episode.
I definitely think Boba will be facing off with Din Djarin, to either reclaim the armor,
or maybe they even team up to face another outside threat.
Let me know what you think down below.
So that was a full recap + explainer on the Mandalorian Season 2 episode 1!
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video.
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Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!