So unnecesary. I'll be in the extreme minority here but I think it was uncalled for. The point of the series was to build something apart from the movies and it just started having guest appearance after guest appearance and well... I'm out of here. I just lost all interest in the series. Apart from that, I guess it was a well directed episode. I just don't agree with the decision to have that character in the series.
The second season of "The Mandalorian" was important to establish the path that the creators decided to follow. After laying the foundations in the first season, two paths were opened to the future of the series: 1. Having a personality of its own (which was defined by its references to western and samurai movies) and 2: Becoming a fanservice product, offering references, tributes, character cameos and a development directly connected to the saga. What this second season has shown, and especially the last episodes, is that "The Mandalorian" does not aspire to have a life of its own, but to be dependent.
As if it were the son who has to decide between staying home with his parents or being emancipated, the creators have decided to stay home (or, in other words, the easy way). Because "The Mandalorian" had all the elements to build its own universe. The end of the last episode is a tribute to the past, but it is also the destruction of a path to the future. Or, at least, of a path with some independence, which would have been interesting. But, after the investors meeting (and watching the post-credits scene), what Kathleen Kennedy wants is to connect all the series and movies, because that gives her the possibility to force the need to see them all.
The last episode of "The Mandalorian" thus becomes the closing of a season, but also the trailer for a new series. There are no more independent universes in the galaxy, it is not allowed to be a rebel, but only to become a henchman of the Disney Empire.
I wish I liked this episode more. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid episode from a directing perspective, probably one of the best, and it features several moments are tantalizingly good. Everything with Din himself is top tier stuff, some of the best stuff in the show so far, particularly his fight with the Dark Trooper, the confrontation with Moff Gideon, and his goodbye to Grogu. All fantastic.
Still, I can't help but feel underwhelmed by the reveals. The Dark Troopers are mostly wasted by Luke showing up and just destroying them, Grogu leaving the show this early feels like a mistake, and the tease at the end for a (admittedly cool sounding) Boba Fett show makes this season feel like a series of backdoor pilots. Still, the season overall was an improvement in spite of that - so I'm left it in the strange position of feeling let down while also entertained. I'll be there for Season 3, but unsure as to where this is going to go.
LOL, that DarkTroopers EMD activation music was a little too "on the nose", not really omnious as much as "let's get this dance party started".
I probably sit in the minority but that was 15 3/4 episodes of good entertainment spoiled by 10 minutes of unimaginative lazy writing. Did they not learn anything from Clone Wars & Rouge One? It is possible to create a very good Star Wars Universe story without having to drag the Skywalker family into it.
Where did Din pull the Beskar staff out of....? I dont think I want to know......
That has to be the most convenant airlock into space I have even seen in TV/Movie history. I'm in awe
That's a worse design flaw then the orignial death star........
The girls being completely (sorry to use the term) Mary Sue beyond anything I've seen made me cringe.
It was not entertaining to watch at all.
Din has to be the most gullible, over trusting bounty hunter in the galaxy.
Another first, The whole "To claim the darksaber you must defeat whomever in combat" has to be one of the worst excauses
for conflict in a show I've ever seen.
They REALLY could not do any better? Also bo-katan really does not seem to care about mandalore tradidtions, so why she's so keen about this one I'm confused. No one in the room would peep.
The Luke revial was some GOD TIER fan service I'm not going to lie. But his voice sounded so robotic. Kind of weird
I have no idea if I really want to watch this show anymore if the Grogo storyline is over.... It really kept me watching and made me feel fuzzy inside. I didn't want them to drag out the story line forever but I feel it was too short.
Also since Grogo went with Luke I guess we can assume he died with all the other Jedi Knights Luke trained?
It was a great episode, but still is looking like a cartoon because the stakes are never felt real, everything is handed on a silver plate to all characters. Liked that they included the master jedi from episode 6, but didn't liked the deep fake, looked uncanny. To me they could cast another actor as Luke to create a new saga and remove the sequel trilogy from star wars.
yep - I cried. Holy shit was that epic.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???
WHAT A PHENOMENAL EPISODE!!
What an amazing end of this season. Truly worthy and at the same time sad that there is no next episode next week...
This is the Star Wars !!!
Holy shiet what an episode was that..
I am so fucking emotional! what an amazing episode!!
Oh man....that was just FRICKIN BEAUTIFUL
BRAVO.
I f*king cried, Luke at the end & R2 ?! best episode ever. This even tops the sequel triolgy for me. You know, this even makes 2020 a good year. 10/10
Where is the 11th heart for this episode?
I was so tense when the x-wing appeared and I was holding my breath for the whole fight. When he pulls of the hood I couldn't help but crying.
Even if the show would stop right there I would be very happy. But I am also very eager to see what comes next.
It's going to be a long year.
bro, where are they going to take this in season 3. im so intrigued, i have no idea!
There was only one thing that was missing from the ending - Mando giving Grogu that metal ball he loves.
[7.4/10] I don’t know how to feel about this episode. There’s parts that had my blood pumping, parts that tugged at my heartstrings, and parts that had me scratching my head. But let’s start with the thing that sums up all of those things at once.
Luke Motherfucking Skywalker! When an X-Wing flew by I wondered. When Grogu put his little hand on the security screen I suspected. And when I saw that trademark green lightsaber I knew. The Jedi was back, and in a lot of ways, he was perfect.
He is an effortless badass, in the way you would expect Luke to be nine years after Return of the Jedi. The episode builds up the Dark Troopers so much, making them seem so formidable, that it speaks to his power when he’s able to march through them without hesitation. He deflects and slices and even crunches one up from the inside, with the fluidity and strength of a Jedi Master. For a split second, I was a kid again, watching my hero save the day with the type of power and precision ten-year-olds dreamed of on the playground.
There’s a lot of nice moments in the build there. The otherwise unflappable Moff Gideon is deathly afraid, indicating how powerful Luke is better than any force move or lightsaber swing ever could. The way Grogui’s ears perk up when he arrives and he’s transfixed by the security camera tells the audience that the Force connection is strong here, in a visceral way. And the removal of Luke’s hood is a “holy shit” moment, the man who fought the Emperor is back.
But then he starts speaking, and he doesn’t quite sound like Luke circa Episode VI, and he has a video game cutscene face, and tons of shots he’s in conspicuously stop at the neck, to the point that the whole thing feels kind of awkward. R2-D2 shows up, another cameo from elsewhere in the Star Wars Galaxy that makes you go “Cool!” until you realize it’s not really necessary for this story. And then you start wondering if, you know, Grogu was killed by Kylo Ren.
In short, it stops being about The Mandalorian and starts being about the other corners of this universe. In a way, it’s natural for Luke to show up here. If Din’s quest is to return Grogu to the Jedi, then Luke is the most prominent one confirmed to be around in canon at this time. There’s other options, but he’s the one who makes sense.
And yet, after a first season that, but for the darksaber, utilized elements and inspiration from elsewhere in canon, without invoking much of the way in characters or vital links to other stories, the arrival of the protagonist of the Original Trilogy caps off a season in which Mando met Bo-Katan, and Boba Fett, and Ahsoka Tano, with far more direct connections to past and even future events. It takes some of the oomph out of this story, which feels like it’s gotten away from Din and Grogu and started to play more like Episode VI and a half.
At the same time, I’d be lying if I told you my heart didn't break just a little bit when Mando had to bid farewell to The Child. There’s a low-burning tragedy to the notion that Din went to all this trouble and effort to rescue Grogu from Moff Gideon, risking his life and struggling through so much in the process, only to have to send him on his way almost as soon as they’re reunited.
Both Pedro Pascal and the puppeteers who handle Baby Yoda do a superb job of selling the emotion of that moment: Din wanting to do the right thing for this child he loves so much while he swallows the pain of losing him, and Grogu not wanting to be parted from his surrogate dad but feeling the pull of the Force. There’s such a moment of intimacy, trust, and love when Din removes his helmet so that his son can gaze upon his visage and Mando can look back with his own eyes. When he tells Grogu, “We’ll see each other again,” it’s as much for the audience as it is for The Child.
“The Rescue” also gives Mando one hell of a lightsaber battle. If anything, this episode often feels too clockwork, with bits and pieces setup in prior episodes coming together with too little friction or difficulty. But I’d be lying if I said that the battle pitting Grand Moff and his darksaber against Mando and his beskar steel spear didn’t get my blood hot with the insanity and tension of it.
Frankly, Gideon does a little too much monologuing here for my tastes, both in the lead-up to their fight (did we really think he would give up The Child?) and once he’s captured. But his sudden but inevitable betrayal is well staged, and their ensuing skirmish of dark energy versus beskar captures the imagination.
The same goes for Mando vs. the Dark Trooper. Their fight is appropriately desperate for our hero, as we see lots of his usual tricks fail against such an indomitable mechanical brute. The beskar spear is a good tool and a plausible out for Mando, but it’s nice to see our seemingly undefeatable champion kicked around and beaten down like he was nothing, thereby showing that he is mortal and fallible when necessary. Plus, his “out the airlock” bit for the rest of them does a nice job of providing a “work smarter not harder” solution and setting up the fireworks for later.
The rest of the action is solid. There’s a nice sense of escalation as we go from this coalition of the willing’s subterfuge to get aboard Moff Gideon’s cruiser, to the Mandalorians, Dune, and Fennec kicking stormtrooper behind in a rough and tumble way, to tougher challenges that require jetpacks and guns as club and the sort of teamwork that comes from four badasses operating in their element.
The episode also returns to the sense of perspective that’s been the soft theme running through this season. When our heroes capture the doctor who’s been taking Grogu’s blood, one of his escorts laments that the galaxy cheered while millions died on the Death Star and decries the Rebellion as terrorists. It’s an interesting flipped view of how the events of the first Star Wars trilogy are presented.
At the same time, we get more Mandalorian infighting, which is interesting. Bo-Katan doesn’t accept Boba as a genuine Mandalorian, recognizing his voice and snapping that he was “donated.” Fett’s not any friendlier back, calling Bo-Katan “Princess” and getting into a cantina brawl with Sasha Banks in the proud Star Wars tradition. In a franchise that is, almost by nature, black and white, I like seeing these shades of gray and internecine conflicts among factions, even as they’re forced to work together.
The episode uses that as (presumably) a springboard to what the show looks like without Grogu. (Somewhere the merchandisers are crying.) It looks to be a War of Mandalorian Succession, with Mando having won the darksaber in battle and Bo-Katan being unwilling to accept it as just handed to her. It suggests a major complication with the potential retaking of Mandalore using the cruiser and the darksaber which allows one to lay claim to the throne, creating plenty of avenues for conflict whenever season 3 rolls around.
(As an aside, it’s been a while since I watched Bo-Katan in the cartoons, but wasn’t she just given the darksaber by Sabine last time? Is there some nuance I’m missing there?)
Much of this is exciting or outright fistpump-worthy. There’s good battle sequences, increasing tension, solid plans, and thrilling confrontations. But until that grand goodbye, it doesn’t have the same emotional heft or thematic substance that the best episodes this season have had. Most final acts in genre stories for television and film are action-heavy, and bigger on spectacle than they are on sentimental catharsis. I think I just wanted more of the latter, prior to the last few minutes of the episode.
In season 2, The Mandalorians horizons broadened. It brought Mando and Grogu’s story to new locations, linked them up with faces both foreign and familiar, and brought back allies and enemies who had since been left for dead. The finish didn’t hit all the highs I might have hoped for, but it’s still been an extraordinary dose of Star Wars that’s added depth to this universe and to its major characters.
I think that’s why as much as I jumped out of my seat at the sight of Luke, I don’t need more of him in this show. The story of Din Djarin, the friendships he’s forged in his travels, and the son he rescued and bid farewell too, are more than enough on their own.
Wow. I love how everybody is like "I can't help you" until Din says "they took the child" and they do a 180.
Star Wars at its most bland, boring and predictable since The Rise of Skywalker. This whole season has felt like a backdoor pilot: the TV series, falling into the same trap as the hot mess that was Titans Season 2, setting up too many characters' shows and losing interest in its own to the point where it ends with a tease for another series rather than the third season of its own show. It feels like it's ticking off checklists and resorting to lazy fanservice (in hindsight it's about what we should have expected with a script written by the director of Iron Man 2) instead of trying something new or different like with The Clone Wars' animated series, Rebels' later seasons, or The Last Jedi. The Mandalorian feels like a supporting character in his own show, and the big Deus Ex Machina with Luke Skywalker confirms that the franchise is far too reliant on one character to truly move forward: what was supposed to be the series' big moment just left me cold and soulless, completely empty. I knew this was coming the moment they teased another Jedi apart from Ahsoka and brought back Boba Fett, but did it have to be this uninteresting?
The bit where we got to see Mando's face in front of everyone was a cool culmination of his arc and all, and easily a high point of the episode for me with the right emotional beats working that features a terrific bit of acting from Pedro Pascal that feels like he's been waiting the whole show to to get to grips with. It's easily a series highlight. And the stuff where Moff Gideon was able to almost manipulate Bo Katan and Mando into a fight and coming to blows was a good thing that played to all three characters strengths. But what followed was a colossal let down that flat out killed my interest in Season 3 if this is the direction of where this show is headed, it just feels like Star Wars is playing it far too safe right now, focusing on the same one character in a way that is determined to tie everything together. I also love the subtle nuance where we get to see the brief personalities of the minor Empire pilots and their troopers that adds a bit of depth to the world and explores how the characters react to the changing events around them. That stuff is good!
Good to see everyone is enjoying this more than I am. It's not for me! And that's fine.
Did anyone stick 'till after the credits??? Can't wait for that particular new show!
Talk about an entrance!
And I thought that vader fight scene In rogue one couldn't be surpassed.
It was and then some.
So, it's the end of the story for the little green one?
I hope not.
Make it an hour long, ten episodes a season, and actually write a plot. Two seasons in and there is still nothing here but a very high production value toy commercial with seemingly irrelevant, compounding self referential canon. What's worse, it's multiplying. Every new show piled into the franchise takes away time and energy from developing what is barely there already. It makes no sense when you think about now having two similar (half) shows in this context. Neither the viewers nor the producers gain anything. Only about merchandising.
Boring action and too much fanservice....
The farewell was touching tho.
Pretty cool but a few issues…
Whenever I see Filoni include a lot of stuff from "The Clone Wars" in an episode: "That's cool but isn't that sort of fanservice-ish?"
Me when I saw Luke pull up in his X-Wing with R2: "FUCK YESSSSSS!!!! FAN SERVICE SHMAN FERVISH, I FUCKING LOVE STAR WARRSSSSSS!!!!
A SURPRISE TO BE SURE, BUT A WELCOME ONE.
I smiled when I saw that face Gideon made when Luke entered the light cruiser. He was talking about how certain his victory is, but his confidence went from 100 to 0 within seconds.
I can't believe Disney let Favreau and the team let Grogu go! I'm sure we'll see him next season, but if we don't, I'll be damned. I applaud Favreau, Filoni and whoever made it happen.
Also, it seems the culmination of Mando's character arc in the last episode progressed to him comfortably revealing his face in front of not only his friends but Gideon too! Wow. It sad to see Din look Grogu in the eyes, as the little one reached out and touched his face.
The next thing I should mention is Bo Katan's statement. She said there would only be a quarter of a hundred on board the light cruiser, but I swear they murdered at least 40 people. I nodded my head when Gideon said.
Moff Gideon: "And I imagine that they've killed everyone on the bridge, being the murderous savages that they are."
The plot was predictable, but it doesn't hinder my enjoyment of this episode, just like every other one. The Mandalorian is just too much fun with its non-stop action and earned fan-servicey moments. I love it, and I know I'm not alone. I can't wait for Season 3 and the next Lucasfilm projects to come!
Final note, it's weird they'd call (what I assume to be) a TV series "The Book of Boba Fett" I don't know, I find it funny.
TECHNICAL SCORE: 7/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 8/10
Wow! What a way to end the season. The first 2/3 of the episode is about what I expected it to be, meaning it was somewhat predictable but good.
But then... the X-Wing showed up and I started saying to my tv, "No, this can't be happening!" Then the black cloaked figure with a green lightsaber proceeded to dispatch the dark troopers and I started screaming at my tv, "THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!" Then the hood came off and that's when a few tears were shed.
Why couldn't Disney have done this before they f***ed up the sequel trilogy?
An amazing and heart stopping ending. Stick around for the post credits scene too.
I don't care if people say this is fan service. This was fucking awesome.
What a moment! I'm still shaking.
watch out!!!
straight up seizures at the end if you can't take it :sob::sob::sob::sob: you've been warned!!!
If I hadn't gotten spoilers about Luke Skywalker, the ending would have been a lot more crazy, but it still didn't take away the weight of it all. This arc is over, and I'm really excited for what they plan on doing with Mando and Boba Fett in the future.
Ok... so I watched roughly 900 Episodes from all kind of shows this year and this is it! Hands down, this is THE best episode of my year. Maaan. I’m still in awe. I’m in tears and full of joy at the same time. Goosebumps are crawling up my neck and down my arms.
I rewatched the last 15 minutes now 4 times within the last 5 hours and even though now I know what’s coming I get the same exact reacting all over again ... every time. Just amazing
Incredible episode. Watching the power of a Jedi ripping through an impossible enemy was amazing.
Literally started crying as soon as I realised it was Luke. It's just perfect that he be the one to train Grogu just as Yoda once trained him.
The after end credits scene was a nice bonus.
Book of Boba Fett. I can only assume that means next season will focus on his story now.
There were heavy rumors they were bringing Luke back, even sending black copies of the episode for dubbing to avoid leaks, but yet after seeing Ahsoka and Bo-Katan I still wouldn't believe it could be true. I've rarely been so happy to be wrong.
Wow, that's what I'd call a great season finale. Lots of action, awesome moments, and quite a few surprises. The Dark Troopers seem like a nice idea and where pretty scary until they've started to attack Mando (then they felt more like dumb terminators). I really like the fight styles of the Manalorians and Fennec. The biggest surprise was of course the Jedi and I liked the suspense due to some uncertainties (when Goku looked at the monitor I was hoping for a Jedi and after seeing the green light saber I was wondering if it can really be). Watching Luke fight the Dark Troopers and his light saber melting though them was pretty nice. I'm so excited to find out how this will continue.
When Luke showed up my mom started crying cause she grew up with the original trilogy so he holds him and those other characters close to her heart but when he showed up I started crying cause it meant he was taking baby yoda away!!! I hate him!! He’s my number one enemy!! But then my mom kept crying cause she remembered in the most recent trilogy Kylo killed all the jedis in training! Like when Luke tried to kill him and then he killed the jedis and he turned into the dark force, so we are scared Kylo is gonna kill Grogu! I told her that’s probably like 20 years in the future but who knows...
But I’m so happy because WOMEN! This is the first time in the live action star wars media that we have womEn and they actually meet and interact between them!!! That was long overdue!! And one of those women is Ming-na!!!
And my only issue is that I feel Giancarlo is being under used! But in the little screentime he gets he is awesome.
Fan service. Deus ex machina. Uncanny valley. Same old enemy fodder. Over reliance on nostalgia. And you still loved this? Y'all too easily pleased.
I'm not crying! You're crying! Shut up!
WTFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this episode game me chills from mando fighting the dark trooper to the bomb at the end with Luke.. totally didn't see that one coming, it gave me chills even tho the CG was a bit janky.. also the fact that mando removed his helmet for the child to see his face one last time was super emotional especially with him watching the child go away with tears in his eyes.. we don't get to see mando this emotional like never.. I don't know where they will go about this in S3 but I'm super excited.. also I'm afraid that they're preparing us for a coming drama between mando and Bo-Katan which I don't honestly wanna see but they're stuck in their old ways so if she wants the darksaber back we must see them fight
anyways great episode and the after credits announcing the new Boba Fett show also sent me flying with happiness
Okay, it's better than last three movies and it's better than almost all TV series. That budget is gives me chill. And of course, that "jedi"! No way they did this, still crying, how did they return Luke?! . Dude they really made this a secret!
A great episode overall, and seeing Luke make quick work of the Dark Troopers after watching Mando work hard to dispatch just one put a lot of things into perspective. At the same time, however, it also seems to make Ahsoka seem considerably inferior to Luke when you think about how much trouble she, too, had with a single opponent in her recent episode. And I don't like that at all. Yes, Luke is Vader's son and all that, but Ahsoka has had a TON more training and experience at this point...
The whole show is soo much better than all the film. I'm just disapointg that they got to make appear Luke and R2, come on !, It's a galaxy with billion of poepole, stop using the same character !!!!
Pilot: The comms are down !
Mandalorian: Lower your shield !
So unbelievably amazing. One of the best series I've ever seen.
I CRIEEDDDD OMYGOD A FATHER AND HIS SON BEING SEPARATED. GROGU!!!!! Intrigued by what season 3 will bring with that end credit scene.
I am fucking crying.
Anyway 10/10
This is a really peculiar episode. It's heavily reliant on Luke in a way that feels really antithetical to the idea of the show. I was incredibly excited to see something that was going to be unique within the universe that was going to be very separate from the Skywalker Saga. We have no choice but to include Luke in at least one more episode (but please, recast him. Sebastian Stan looks enough like him. I'm tired of seeing CGI characters when Blade Runner 2049 is the only place I've really ever seen it work without any hitches). And yeah, Luke is a good character, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit put off by seeing him show up here.
I did like this episode. It's effective and exciting. It feels appropriately intense, although I think I much preferred the season one finale. I just feel like I don't know what this show is anymore and I'm confused by that. It doesn't make this episode any less good. It just means I don't know exactly how to feel.
I'm gonna go play Fallen Order again.
In my opinion they totally nailed it at the end. For all STAR WARS fans out there this makes all mistakes from the sequels forgotten. Watch and enjoy! Without a doubt a 10/10! Thanks to John Favreau and Dave Filoni! You guys know what STAR WARS is all about!
Can you say fan fiction?
im sobbing. what an episode. beautiful. post-credits scene!!!
Holy :cow2:. What an episode. Love it. What CGI and voice manipulation.
Too soon - Luke still has the bitter taste of Episode VIII on him...
Did as much with Luke as fans hoped Last Jedi would. Yet, he didn’t even have much screen time. Still, totally satisfying and kick ass.
The future trilogy should be about an older Grogu. Unless he gets his own Disney Plus show about his training with Luke.
I cried watching this episode, its so good and the reveal of Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett show is like an early christmas present
Wait, WHAT??! Huh?? WHAT??!!! I must have missed something in the first couple of episodes in season one... Well; back to the tape...
Perfect finale for a perfect series. My girlfriend was crying for so long after this and I shed more than a few years. I can't praise this series enough. Why these guys aren't running the next trilogy is a crime. One BIG downer is them getting rid of the strongest character for her personal politics. Stupid on everyone's part.
Bad idea to use CG Luke. It looks very bad and doesn't help anything. Better to use a real actor. Recast is always better than a CG actor.
:loudspeaker: Important Information:
Before continuing with season 3, you must watch 'The Book of Boba Fett', even if you don't like that character.
Important story developments for this series take place there. If skipped, season 3 won't make any sense.
10/10
All Gold
Epic season finale
an absolute treat from
start to finish.
What happened to
the doctor though,
the slippery little bastard
fate was never clarified.
My girl Sasha Banks is
back being amazing as
always and Bo-Katan
should have been straight
with Mando from the
beginning then nothing
would have happened by
pure accident.
Gina Corano is awesome
as always and I'm so
Pissed she's been dropped
from season 3 because of
her opinions.
She's amazing and I'll
go to whatever show/movie
she's in next.
Awesome action in this
episode with a lot of
tension I was wondering
how we get out of this one.
Oh boy I loved how we did
though, now that was
Frickin Awesome.
I wanted Mando to give
that silver ball to Grogu
though, that would have
been special very special.
That with his helmet though
Holy-smokes I had tears.
Well amazing episode
and I'm very interested
where we go from here
now that the quest has
been fulfilled,
I'm also curious about
the fallout after all the
events of this episode.
The Mandalorian
Will Return
WARNING for those binge watching Mandalorian. After this don't go to season 3, as there are essential 2 episodes of Mando (essentialy season 2.5) hidden in The Book of Boba Fett. These are episodes 5 and 6, and you don't need to watch anything before it as it's extremely bad and also doesn't feature Mando. Those 2 episodes are great. Skip the season finale also, as it features Mando but it doesn't do anything for his story (and is also crap).
The episode is really action-packed at the beginning but ends on a solemn note. First the team kidnaps the doctor conducting experiments on the baby, perhaps to get more information about the ship Moff is travelling on since they already know his location. Later on, they visit the Mandalorian ladies (the guy who accompanied them earlier is gone and I cannot recall whether he was killed?) and after some short dispute they decide to help Mando free the child. Bo-Katan wants an artifact called the darksabre which would enable her to claim the Mandalorian throne whereas Mando cares only for the baby. Bobba is almost completely out of action since he creates a distraction that allows the team to get on Moff's ship and he himself disappears in the hyperspace. The all girl team consisting of two Mandalorian ladies, Cara and Fennec eliminate all possible Stormtroopers to get to Moff in order to enable Mando to get to the prison where the baby is kept. There is a problem as platoon of the monsters called dark troppers is located near the prison of the baby, and Mando has to go this way to reach the child. Moff activates the dark troopers when he notices that they are being boarded by Mando's team, apparently they are robots and not real people. When they said that "the human component of them was eliminated", I immediately thought of "Doctor Who" daleks. They are very deadly as one escapes the shaft before Mando manages to close it and it is really hard to defeat him even if you are a Mandalorian. I guess the beskar armour saved him since otherwise he would have been severly wounded. Mando opens the shaft so the rest of the darktroopers fall into outer space but they return later on in the episode. Meanwhile, he manages to find the baby, but guarded by Moff himself armed with the darksaber, Moff offers Mando to take the baby, but in fact attacks him with the darksabre and they fight. Moff told Mando he knew everything but apparently he was not aware the darksabre cannot cut pure beskar and so Mando emerges victorious, rescuing the baby, bringing Moff for Cara to investigate and the darksabre for Bo-Katan as requested. So it looks like everyone got what they wanted and are happy? Apparently not, since to have the right to the darksabre you have to defeat its previous owner so that Bo-Katan would have to fight and win with Mando in order to be the rightful owner of the sword. But the baby is safe at least. Wrong again, nobody is safe, since the deadly darktroopers return from the outer space and board the ship. Since they are robots, they have no problems surviving out there. It is very emotional since we know that the characters are as good as dead since nobody can defeat so many darktroopers. It turns out, however, that you can even solo them, providing you are a Jedi. When the new ship arrived, for a moment I thought it may be Bobba returning in a stolen ship, but it became immediately clear that it is a Jedi, so I thought that maybe it is Ahsoka, but from the way that person was moving it was to be assumed it was some other Jedi. The baby had some kind of telepathic connection with the Jedi and it seemed to me that in some way strengthened the Jedi in the fight with the darktroopers.
Now the darktroopers are eliminated, the epiosode enters its last phase and it changes its mood completely. The moment Luke Skywalker reveals himself to be the Jedi who rescued them, the episode becomes very moving. As I said many times in these reviews, I am not a Star Wars fan and I have never thought I would cry on a Star Wars production but here it is. The moment when Mando understands that Luke came for the baby and when they say goodbye is really moving, the father-child relationship between the two is so clear. Mando has just reunited with the baby after risking his (and his companions') life to free him, and he cannot even spend five minutes with Grogu. They both know it is for the best and that Grogu must train to learn the ways of the Jedi, but it is so hard to part after so short a reunion! And Mando takes off his helmet so that the baby can see his face when he is saying goodbye and does not put it back on, they keep looking at each other until Luke takes him. I really liked the R2D2 robot in the old Star Wars films, he was my favourite robot so it was lovely to see him here. The baby seems to have some sort of conversation with R2? Anyway, I enjoyed it very much, though perhaps I haven't got half of the things Star Wars fans understand perfectly. Though the father-child bond between Mando and Grogu is understandable to everyone. I have learnt a lot about Star Wars watching this show and I started to like it. Nothing will ever take the place of Tolkien and Middle-Earth in my heart, but there may be a corner for Star Wars there, too.
IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!! The ending was lit.
Luke didn't even introduce himself. What a rude boy.
Yeah, Luke being in it was spoiled for me, thanks internet. I still think the CG people look weird, like they did in Rogue One. But I didn't mind it.
I'd be more excited about what that means for the future if the new movies didn't exist, or if they were going to retcon them. Like... this means Grogu probably dies at some point. Probably killed by Kylo Ren. Lol. Although, I did think something similar about Ahsoka at one point - that she should die to Order 66. And that didn't happen, obviously, so I guess they can weasel their way out of this as well.
At least Moff Gideon didn't die yet, so there's still potential for more Giancarlo Esposito in the future, hopefully. That character was sorely underutilized.
I was watching the credits, and I saw Bib Fortuna listed, and I was like "huh? I don't remember seeing him in this. Where?" and then the post-credits scene began with a view of Jabba's Palace and I knew he was going to be in it. But other than that, that scene miraculously wasn't spoiled for me. Holy shit! Pumped for that.
I must say this whole episode is waaaaay better than the last movies. It has been the best story in years.
another great season ends, I repeat, Star wars, like this, yes, like in the movies, no
They really need to stop naming each episode with a spoiler. Absolutely no suspense since I read the title of the chapter/episode.
"This is the way" of making a fine episode.
well... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii*t! totally unexpected finale, best episode so far!
10/10
The only thing I can say about this episode is holy shit what an ending...
No baby yoda, no reason to live
After the credits, new serie The Book of Boba Fett
What a breathtaking episode.
AAA+++
Just, amazing. I mean, SKYWALKER!!!! I don't know how this story ties up with what happens in the force awakens, but who cares!!!! SKYWALKER!!!!
I was out of my chair by then end of this. And the end credits? Fucking Icing on the cake. Holy Shit.
Wow. I cried. Its only Star Wars. Next season December 2021. I wonder what the world will be like then. Brexit/COVID
I somewhat thought thus show was set was later, after all the latest movies. And I wondered, how Boba Fett could still be Alice and Asohka.... Continouitywise the whole Show didn't really make sense to me. And then the ending.... :rolling_eyes: I kinda feel tricked ... maybe cheated. :sweat_smile:
Mando brings everyone together to take on Moff Gideon and the result is well earned. The Mando and Moff fight was phenomenal and the Dark Troopers were terrifying. The surprise appearance of young Luke Skywalker was fun to see but heartbreaking to realize Gorgu would be leaving with him instead of Mando. It's a shame the ending was so abrupt and now we have to wait a full year for S3 to start. I like the tease with Boba Fett though.
Loved the episode. Fantastic!
Points off for the dark saber being the elder wand. Really? Although a mild variance to the saber lore, it’s not a complete violation. But still, just had to do it didn’t you Disney.
As for the rest, battles, suspense, excitement, even if a bit predictable. Excellent!
WOW! WOW! WOW! I really like this series and where its going but to wait a whole year is just too much! I hope they can get the next series up and running before then ;-)
Brilliant episode that couldn‘t be better in any way. The surprise appearance at the end was unexpected and so awesome. Can‘t imagine a third season without Grogo but I‘m very excited to see where the story is going next.
This is my new Star Wars present. I don't want these characters to ever go into that horrible and lazy J.J. Abrams future.
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To be honest that may have been one of the most exciting episodes I’ve ever seen. Now to spend another year waiting for season 3...