The Mandalorian
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What a strange journey it has been for IG-11s body.
First it was, naturally, home to IG-11s droid consciousness.
Then it became a public memorial to IG-11s sacrifice.
It was, briefly, home to a murderous zombie IG-11.
Its a mecha suit for Grogu.
On one hand, this seems disrespectful.
Besides, as Greef Karga notes, IG-11s memory circuit is resting comfortably elsewhere.
Its possible we havent seen the last of him yet.
Its also one of many.
Its no shock hes still alive.
That has been foreshadowed all season.
But whatiskind of shocking is how quickly hes rallied.
Not only is Gideon back on his feet, hes driving the battle plans of the Shadow Council.
Maybe well see him in the season finale.
Whether hell first make his live-action debut inThe Mandalorianremains to be seen.
In the meantime, Gideons done waiting around.
The Mandalorians are coming for Mandalore, and nobody in what remains of the Empire wants that.
Nobody with Imperial sympathies, that is.
On Nevarro, Karga welcomes the Mandalorians and their stolen fleet.
A tense meeting of tribes follows.
Bo-Katans forces regard the Mandalorians of Din Djarins tribe as fundamentalist primitives.
They, in turn, regard members of Bo-Katans faction as apostates.
Grogus able to do this from the cockpit of IG-12 IG-11s repurposed body.
Din has some doubts about this new toy.
He immediately takes to IG-12 like a second skin.
In IG-12, Grogu becomes a bratty, towering toddler who can express his desires.
This may be the best addition toThe Mandaloriansince, well, Grogu.
As funny as Grogu/IG-12 is, The Spies has a lot of serious business to get through.
On Mandalore, they find a wasteland but not an entirely empty one.
Theyre thrilled to see her, but Bo-Katan feels she has to come clean about the past.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this did not go well.
Hence the current state of Mandalore.
Bo-Katan doesnt take all the blame herself, however.
She follows this revelation with a speech about how a united Mandalore could have never been defeated.
Its a big one.
Thats ominous, but soon theyll discover that they have more pressing concerns.
That moment doesnt last.
The Mandalorians force their enemies to retreat, but their pursuit reveals just how much trouble theyre in.
In the bowels of Mandalore, Moff Gideon has constructed an Imperial base filled with fighters and heavy weaponry.
Hes on hand, wearing his own beskar armor an outfit seemingly designed to mock the Mandalorians armor.
(Again, its extremely cool-looking.)
He even twists the knife by saying, Mandalore will live on through me.
For Gideon, this is simply an act of mopping up the final act of the Purge of Mandalore.
Bo-Katan isnt having it, refusing an invitation to return the Darksaber to Gideon and declare Mandalore his.
As Bo-Katan uses the Darksaber to carve out an escape, a pitched battle breaks out.
But its not the ordinary dark troopers who take him out.
It takes three Praetorian guards.
(RIP, big guy.)
Its clear that the Mandalorians have their work cut out for them.
Whats not clear is if theyll get out of their home world alive.
Bounty Pucks
The appearance of Brendol Hux is notable for a couple of reasons.
Like Thrawn, he has been part of variousStar Warsprojects for awhile, but this is his live-action debut.
Hes played here by Brian Gleeson, brother of Domhnall Gleeson.
Domhnall played Armitage Hux, Brendols son, in the sequel trilogy.
That reference to Project Necromancer is intriguing.
We see Gideon walk past some armor but what also appear to be pods containing bodies.
Maybe leftover Dr. Pershing projects?
When Gideon speaks of building an army, does he mean on behalf of the Empire?
Or do his plans veer from the Shadow Councils?
