The Mandalorian
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The covert can be a home to anyone in need.
This, it appears, is the Way.
Of course, sticking around the covert comes with some expectations.
The episode opens with more Mandalorians than weve ever seen in one place training along the shoreline.
That might explain why the mollusks flee when Din retrieves his adopted son, telling him, Playtimes over.
The kid doesnt expect much of a challenge, and with good reason.
Grogu doesnt wear a helmet because he cant yet speak the code.
Also: Its Grogu, a tiny, unthreatening creature who can barely toddle from place to place.
With a scoff that can be picked up from beneath his helmet, Ragnar accepts the challenge.
Did you teach him that?
Bo-Katan asks Din, but Din cant take credit for Lukes instruction.
(That may help explain why they have it all to themselves.)
The Mandalorians give chase via jetpack only to run out of fuel.
Fortunately, Bo-Katan has the wits to pursue the beast in her ship.
Time for a rescue mission.
Thats not going to be a simple task, however.
The Armorer tells Paz Vizsla to assemble a team.
Paz doesnt hesitate, and with good reason: Ragnar is his son.
For the Mandalorians, the Forge is both an invaluable tool and their controlling metaphor.
It is the heart of Mandalorian culture, she explains.
Just as we shape the Mandalorian steel, we shape ourselves.
What begins as raw ore is refined through trials and adversity and tested for flaws.
And as the Armorer thuds away, Grogu recalls some adversity from his own past.
The flashback to Coruscant that follows both answers a lot of long-standing questions and raises some new ones.
Grogu is a survivor of Order 66, the controversial Kill all Jedi initiative seen inRevenge of the Sith.
This episode finds Kelleran playing a role far removed from his duties as a genial host.
Then, Kelleran whisks Grogu into space in a sleek-looking ship.
This story, its probably safe to say, will be continued.
A bit of awkwardness precedes this.
It turns out, shes not.
The nest isnt empty after all.
Its filled with hungry Shriek-hawk chicks waiting for their mom to return with dinner.
Or is that foundlings?
Rather than leaving the three hungry Shriek-hawk chicks to die, the Mandalorians have returned with them.
(Is this a good idea?
Only time will tell.)
When she asks to add a Mythosaur signet to complement her Nite Owl, shes told thats extremely acceptable.
The Mythosaur is for all Mandalorians.
But short shouldnt be taken for inconsequential.
The Kelleran scene plays like the first installment in the ongoing, parallel story of Grogus origin.
Whats not clear is how slowly the series plans to dispense chapters in that story.
This episode is directed (and directed well) by Carl Weathers.
AfterArrested Developmentits hard not to picture him keeping the budget low through some ingenious cost-cutting measures.
Heres a question: What if the title of the series doesnt just refer to Din Djarin?
Grogu is now a Mandalorian in training.
Will it end with him reciting the Creed (possibly with some Yoda-esque grammatical inversions)?
TheObi-Wan Kenobiminiseriesalso flashed back to the Jedi purge that followed the issuing of Order 66.
Is it possible these series are more closely related than they previously seemed?
Did Reva Sevander and Grogu know each other?
The flashback is also a reminder that Grogu is, by human standards, pretty old already.
Best looked downright heroic in this episode.
Does this mean that the young contestants ofJedi Temple Challengemight have died after the issuing of Order 66?
