He was being tested, by droid and by Elia. She gave him the idea and he came back to her place to say he was up for it. Elia was shocked and disappointed by Pershing to accept her plan. She did not trap him he trapped himself and he was quite happy to break laws and enter the Star Destroyer for what he wanted to do, even though the droid said the experiments were illegal, and he could have stopped at any time. Elia scrambled his mind, so that research is now dead.
Poor Pershing? The guy is a eugenicist, who has through out the series shown he was willing to go along with whoever he saw as having power in the moment. In this episode it took all of two days and a package of biscuits to flip him. He had a head full of dangerous information, and a penchant for finding ways to justify his choices,that boy needed to be put down.
I think Bo-Katan and the Armorer are being political, in a good way. The Armorer is inviting Bo-Katan to join them, but also hinting that she's amenable to helping them resettle Mandalore. They are all Mandalorians, whether they agree or not, and if they want to resettle their home world, they're going to need to work together. Very interesting development.
Don't forget the Mythosaur. As important as that find may be to Bo Katan, once the Armorer and crew find out that a mythosaur witnessed Din's rebirth from apostate AFTER what happened to Mandalore, Din will be the closest thing to God since Mandalore the Great. Even Paz Viszla may respect Din after that. A lot of people complain about the lack of facial expressions due to the helmets. I rather enjoy it. Stories where body language tell part of the communication. Paz is grudgingly accepting the Armorer's words where Din is concerned. He was definitely butthurt at Bo Katan being allowed in.
Also, I think that tie interceptor attack was our first glimpse of Thrawn becoming involved. Bo-Katan said that it was a lot of ships for an Imperial Warlord, and since Ahsoka was looking for him last season, we know that he's already back and has been operating covertly for some reason. It makes sense that we'd see more hints of him prior to the Ahsoka series getting started.
I'm seeing a lot of people think the same, but my biggest conter-question to that is what the hell is the strategic value in bombing Bo's home? Why would that be of any interest to Thrawn? Just seems like something random for him to get involved in. He has no vendetta against Bo (or any knowledge of her at all I don't think) or the Mandalorians as a whole for that case. If he's trying to operate from the shadows (I still believe he's hanging out in the Unknown Regions near Chiss space), an attack like this seems like an unnecessary risk of exposing himself.
@@kerouac.jackson Maybe. But we haven't yet seen any reason for WHY Thrawn would want to directly attack Ahsoka or anybody else for that matter just yet. The only thing we know right now is that he and Ezra have been hanging out somewhere all this time doing god knows what lol. I'm still firmly of the belief that either Thrawn or both have made their way into the Unknown Regions and into Chiss Ascendancy space. We've gotten teases that the Ahsoka series is going to explore the SW galaxy in a way we haven't seen before yet on screen, so I personally take that as meaning we will see more of the Unknown Regions as Ahsoka and company search for them. Could be wishful thinking on my part though. That's just an area of the galaxy that is absolutely ripe for more storytelling.
My thought on taking the helmets off: I actually hope they don’t. Something that has absolutely amazed me since S1E1 was the sheer volume of emotion Din/Pedro could convey even with a helmet on, and especially in this episode with Bo/Katee as well. The ability to evoke deep emotion with two people in full helmets and an animatronic puppet just blows my mind, and I’m here for it because it’s something I’ve never truly seen on screen before.
I'm sure Grogu was trying to say, "this is the way." And I'm pretty sure he understood that BoKatan saying it, was meaningful to her rapport with him and his papa.
In the earlier scene where Bo-Katan said to Grogu, 'what are you looking at?', Grogu's look was probably saying, hey my dad said to you 'this is the way', you should say it back! This time around, Bo-Katan did say it back and Grogu was like, woohoo! Now, it's my turn. 😁
Pershing is tugging on his ear sue to the damage done to it by Cara Dune when the gang high jacked a shuttle to get onto Moff Gideon's ship. Also, the "Vong" from the "Happy Vong Day" was the original race of the planet that when they got chased off, then landed on a planet that they renamed Mandalore and became the race that later to be called the Mandalorian. "The More you know!"
@@BigSeth1090 Twenty years ago, when the Vong were introduced, and a major character died in the first book, I know the SW universe was finally dangerous. It had gotten quite old, facing threats with no real chance of anyone important dying. And then, the hits just kept coming. Good series.
@@christianschoff2490 Man, the deaths just kept coming. I didn't even like Ganner until he got his face sliced in half by the Vong. After that, he became tolerable. He was a nobody, a side character at best. But by the end, I was rooting for him to do some damage. So many characters introduced over the years died. Much better arc to cover than the sequel trilogy, and the actors and actresses would have been the correct age, and could have introduced the new heroes.
@@highlander31527 I like the sequel trilogy except for Rise of Skywalker. I despise Rise of Skywalker. It's the "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" of Star Wars.
I've seen so many negative reviews about this episode. I think it was great. I enjoy story building (love RPG games for that reason). There's a lot going on in the galaxy that's slowly coming to view. I think we'll be seeing the rise of the First Order. Dr Pershing knew too much about the cloning activities and I think he became a loose end. To think the New Republic is decommissioning their fleet makes no sense, or did they learn anything from the Clone Wars? As far as Bo, I wouldn't be surprised seeing her riding the Mythosaur and claiming back her leadership - btw her ship is a Kom'rk-class fighter or Gauntlet that we saw in the Clone Wars series (and comics), if I remember correctly...but I've been known to be wrong...from time to time.
Love that they showed them leaving the system AND THEN jumping to hyperspace, like they did originally but some more recent SW projects show them jumping in atmosphere
Well, those would be Yoda's first words, but there is no reason to think language order is species linked, especially given that Grogu has not experienced any "Yoda talk" for many years. (I often have wondered how the movie dub translators manage to make Yoda talk sound different to Germans.)
@@Ken00001010 And to add to that point, if you saw Tales of the Jedi, you'll remember that Master Yaddle did not speak like Master Yoda; rather she spoke normally. It may seem that Yoda is the only one who speaks "Yoda speak".
To be fair his Mandalorian role is a lot simpler because you know, he has a helmet on, so he just has to sit in a recording studio to record all his lines so he can just read the script infront of him and not have to memorize a large portion of it. That's probably why he was able to do this and the Last of Us simultaneously since his role in the Mandalorian is much easier for him.
It was cool to see Coruscant after the fall of the Empire, really curious to see where that story line is going and why would the New Republic have such a machine?
Also with Pershings ear - remember the last ep of Season 2? Cara Dune shot past his ear to kill the shuttle pilot using him as a human shield. Looks like they may have repaired his ear.
Theory: Could the "Living Waters" actually have a very high midichlorian count? The reaction it had when the Armorer poured it in the bowl of water and it reacted by glowing. Could this be why it is called "the Living Waters"? Plus, there are connections between the Mandalorians and the Jedi.
Elia Kane is so intressting, in the online game "Star Wars: The Old Republic" there's a playable calss caled Imperial Agent, wich is a kind of spy that works by infiltrating diffrent groups and stuff for the empire, and she feels alot like a Imperial Agent, and considering Ahsoka is looking for Thrawn, it brings in alot of possiblitys, so looking forwards to the rest of this season, it's amazng so far.
Din's ship has a Name, it is the N-1 - Built and Commissioned by the Queen of Nauboo. The Imperial officer is Omega's evil twin. Pulling on ones ear is a sign of heightened anxiety, He's wound up tighter than a piano string. He was like a fish out of water, and The New Order will offer the opportunity to give him what he wants, she has cemented his fate.
Katie O'Brian as Elia is the shows new muscle gal, to replace Gina Carano. And yes, I know she was in previous seasons, but they kept her in a full imperial uniform. They let her show off her biceps a little in this episode.
My take on Elia is that she isn’t working for Gideon, she’s probably working for Thrawn and has been the whole time. Gideon is likely merely one of his commanders. Elia needed Pershing because he knew exactly the equipment that was needed to continue the research for Thrawn. She ratted out Pershing and eliminated the loose thread. The reason why the episode focused on that story so much was because Thrawn will be the Thanos of all these new SW series.
9:28 .... "Crazy Ivan" I'm not sure if you've watched Firefly. If you haven't, hopefully one day. But that move came to mind. I remember seeing the Armorer pour a liquid in the past when she began on Din's armor and other stuff. It had the same effect as the sample of the Living Waters. She must have a good supply of it saved or she just adds a few drops at a time to preserve what she has. Now she can get more at any time. As for G68... I had a feeling that many people were not going to fully trust her until she's proven herself one way or the other. Take care, Angela!!
they genuinely wanted to ease the doctor's mind so he could get rid of the doubts, it wasn't a torture method, its just that she was a sadist and wanted to see suffering
Pershing knew too much : The Nevarro facility, and him trying to take Grogu's sample fit the theory that it was a part of project Harvester, which was the first step of Palpatine's cloning project for the First / Last Order. So she framed him as an Imperialist relapsing, and then provoked an "accident" to fry his brain, so the New Republic won't know about Snoke and all. Also, her saying she never had the choice fit what we've learned about the First Order recruitement method : Kidnapping child, and brainwashing them. Like Finn for exemple. This is probably one of the first kind of these "recruit".
16:12 what happened to his ear was shown on the show already. It was in the season 2 finale, I think. He was being held hostage by a pilot working for Moff Gideon and Cara Dune shot the pilot in the face and also Pershing's ear.
I think she is still working for Grand Admiral Thrawn and he did not want the New Republic to find out he was trying use Grogu to get force powers (my theory). Eliminating the doctor's memories was a loose end. And, if you are going to repurpose that machine for good, maybe remove the torture button?
I think Grogu said “This Is The Way” in his way and that might be the first thing he says. People forget he was 50 years old when they found each other.
The meat of this episode was definitely story building. We know that the girl is there as a double agent, she is definitely Empire aligned and setting up the Doctor did two things... solidified her in the eyes of the New Republic and made sure that cloning tech, or at least his cloning expertise, does not end up in the hands of the New Republic. She's absolutely building her legend to get further into the New Republic. As for the bit about talking with the droid, I think you need to keep in mind how prevalent droids are in the Star Wars medical system, particularly in the formalized regards. I think the only time we've seen humans as medical personnel has been in back alleys and in serving nefarious schemes.
Once again loving your reactions,👍🏽given! Din's ship doesn't have a name. It's a "N1 Naboo Starfighter". In many military doctrines fighters are only occasionally named. Names are usually reserved for larger multi-crew ships and named by their original owners and/or pilots. I love how many reactors groaned and said "Tatooine" when Din said "Someplace they won't find us" ... Tatooine fatigue strikes again 🤣 He's pulling on the ear that was damaged when Cara Dune shot the imperial who was holding him at gun point ... IN THE FACE😁 I agree, Elia faked her surrender to the New Republic in order to get access to Pershing while still actually working for Gideon. Flaying his mind so no one else has access to his cloning expertise.
I think people keep thinking we are six years after ROTJ when in fact we have already had three, maybe four years passed since the first Mando episode. Favreu has said Grogu was with Luke for nearly two years and season 1 and 2 do Mando could have been over the course of a year or two. So that’s four years there and Season 3 could be taken place some time after that. So A Force Awakens is no longer 25 years away. It is more like 18 years away.
The story is about how we interact with society. Do we shun society completely. Do we follow the rules, even when the rules are wrong. What do we do if we are framed. Can the rules be manipulated to prosecute the innocent and free the guilty.
I really liked the switch-up of this episode. While it felt liek a jarring aside, I think Dr. Pershing's story is going to loop back to Grogu's story. I'm anxious to see where it goes. As for Bo and Din, the religious stuff in this show feels much more cultural than ideological to me. The rituals the Mandalorians share bind them as a people. The fact the Bo ticked a couple of simple boxes allowed them to welcome her back into the fold with no strings - an important difference to a cult - and provide shelter. The 'Living waters' test seemed more like using a Ph strip on your pool than a magic spell. agaon, the Mandalorians are much more about ritual than mysticism. The forgemaster still uses technology and science to make the eapons for each Mando, but the ritual imbues them with meaning. I love thinkng about this stuff.
This reminds me of the very true statement that Dark Helmet said in Spaceballs, "Good will always lose, because Good is Dumb." LOL the New Republic is just asking to be undermined by the First Order...sheesh.
The rules of the dark saber were never mentioned in the Clone Wars those rules were made in the Mandalorian. I think it is a way to show the importance of the dark saber and also to ensure Bo Katan doesn’t have to fight Din Djarin. Additionally, in my opinion, it is like the Mandalorian can’t remove their helmets. This only applies to the Children of the Watch.
Gotta have patience. Everything you spoke about and questioned has a purpose and will mean something later down the story line. Things that may not appear to make sense NOW will make sense later, guaranteed. We just have to wait and see how it all fits together. Oh, and Bo-Katan has a definite plan and is using the situation.
They don't seem to be naming ships in this series, they've all been referred to by their type, 'Razorcrest', 'Firespray', 'N1' are all the names of their makes. The Peak of Umate appears in The Clone Wars, Obi-wan and Satine meet up there in the arc where she's briefly on the run. . Bo-Katan has just been through a lot, revisiting her old home, losing her current one, seeing the mythosaur. I don't think she's being manipulated, I think she's just weighing her options
I’m sure I’ll be in the minority here, but I really liked this entire episode. I enjoy having deeper and introspective looks into various settings, characters, and situations, and I found myself actually sitting up and leaning forward as the episode progressed. While the two separate storylines and overall dialogue were perhaps lacking in nuance, it still intrigued me. I thought the episode contained a good mix of action, continued character progression (especially for Bo Katan), and even added to some lore and overall world building. I try to approach these shows as being “along for the ride”, and forego all the dot connecting, speculation, and my own personal expectations. While there may be bumps along the journey, I leave it to the creators to get us to their intended destination in a satisfactory way (and hopefully not drop us over a waterfall or leaving us hanging off a cliff 😜).
That ear is where he was almost shot by Cara Dune so maybe touching that is a reaction to danger? As for why she didn't tell Din about the mythosaur, it's probably the last one if it was thought to be extinct. As a former cult member of an earlier iteration of the Watch, she probably recognizes that trusting a modern member of a cult of overzealous fanatics would probably be dangerous, for them, for Mandalor, and most likely for what may be the galaxy's last mythosaur.
I think she set him up to see what all equipment was needed for his testing so she can pass that along to the Moff. Why else let him pick all those things out? If they wanted to just set him up to flay him, they could have done that the moment he set foot on the ship. They didn't have to let him make it to the lab for that. I think the B plot with Pershing ties directly back into the plot with the Moff and what will eventually lead into the Emperor being cloned. Also I think the forge uses water from the living waters, so it reacted a certain way when more was poured in. No idea if that's correct or not, but since she just poured it right in it sort of looks like that's the case.
A fascinating mix of an episode. Starts off all traditional Mando style - with a dish of Top Gun - pew pews and Grogu being adorbs. Then we get a big chunk of slow burn drama with secrets, double crosses, social commentary..an Andor outtake really. Then back to the cult for some redemption and permanent helmet hair. A strange blend, almost a dip, but still loving the show so far (and feeling pretty bad for the timid clone enthusiast doctor).
I mean as soon as Cloning is mentioned, it seems like a sure thing they will try to tie things together to make the sequels not just completely out of left field when we get a huge hidden fleet and "somehow Palpatine returned" along with tons of powerful clones of himself.
I've always wondered if they only wished a device to never be used for torture, why even allow such high voltages in the first place? Make it so that only low voltages are possible, then one can ONLY crank it to say, 4 as the max, instead of what, 12 or 14, or whatever she did.
the numbers for ex-imperial personnel is probably to given them a break from their previous imperial identity / crimes committed whilst working for the empire
While I do not see the Dark Saber quite like the Elder Wand, I can see the argument, as the droid did best Din, and it was, it would appear, in the process of killing him. It took possession of the Dark Saber, and she definitely bested the droid. But it is the legacy of winning it in battle, and Bo would either have to believe for herself that it passed to her this way, or lie to others when she claimed to have won it. It's a spirit, an ideal, that is the impact of the possession of it. 5:16-5:20 regarding IG-11. it's a hunter droid, look at how thin he is on the front to back axis, how narrow his arms and legs are and his should and hip placement. While not a "Transformer", he could fold his arms and his legs to potentially make himself into a little larger than an oversized carry-on piece of luggage. While the N-1 isn't designed for "vacation travel" he could be stored in the droid compartment, taking up less space than an Astromech like R5D-4 or R2-D2. In "storage mode" as I would call it, he would be able to fit in that compartment and still leave Grogu a mildly cramped amount of space [purely based on the limited on screen information about IG units (IG-11 and IG-88) 12:55-13:05 Remember when you got drunk, and missed something from the past? This is the amazon prime package you ordered while thinking about it, you were just too drunk to remember ordering it. 17:47-17:51 "lucky" yes... She claims to have done this before. What if she knows the number of droids checking tickets on the train, and they have a specific pattern of checking, and the train adds and removes cars based on passenger load? She might know, for example, if the train is longer than x, the droids can't get to the end before we reach the destination, assuming each passenger takes 2/3 the average time to produce their tickets on request? Going on the presumption they don't have tickets _because_ this would flag them as being outside their designated perimeter. She might have simply studied the information. She was a communications officer. [I don't believe this hypothetical to be the case, but, it could be plausible enough if the writers and show runner handled it right.] The staying because "he's a friend," this scene raised several extra flags for me. 1. Since the operator isn't staying, why would anyone else be allowed to remain in the control room? 2. Why is there no safeguard in place to alert someone elsewhere if the "mitigator" is adjusted above 80% of starting to be dangerous levels? 3. Why is there no safeguard to prevent approaching dangerous levels without a security device for "override" which would require someone with that override to be preset (even if the override is stolen, someone has to have it) 4. She was Imperial, and because you've never caught her breaking the rules, without authorization, she gets special treatment and can break "certain" rules to weed out people who aren't compliant in the Asylum Program? 25:46-26:08 I don't know if this is where it will go, and the time from the Clone War to present in universe. Maybe a clone, modified or not, had an encounter or a relationship with a woman, who later gave birth to Elia ? Just my brain playing tricks off your query most likely. I could go into a "belief, faith, history, truth, fiction, cult, religion philosophy and duty" tangent, but I'm tired, I could run down rabbit holes for a mobth on this, and almost no one is going to read it if I carry on further.
Cara Dune killed an Imperial pilot right beside Pershing, near the end of season 2. Pretty sure the shot that whizzed by his head is the cause of the ear rubbing.
I too wondered if Elyria (sp?) was some kind of clone. She did look really similar to Jango Fett. Cloning is still a central storyline, along with Mandalorian unity, so we’ll see what develops. I like some are hopeful that Favreau and Filoni are trying to incorporate major plot lines from Timothy Zhan’s “Heir to the Empire” trilogy related to cloning and Grand Admiral Thrawn’s campaign to rebuild the Empire.
The guys over at Heroes Reforged semi-jokingly posed the question of her being a grown up Omega, which is all I could think about when Angela noted her resemblance to Jango Fett……like, what if that isn’t accidental?!?!
It all comes together. In the Bad Batch we see the Empire destroying all Cloning facilities and research outside the empire so they can control the Cloning tech. In the new trilogy movies we see the First Order/Final Order used the cloning tech that only they controlled to make Snoke and the resurrected Emperor. Here we see Elia Kane definitely still working for Moff Gideon manipulating Doctor Pershing to grab the right lab stuff he would have needed for clone work which she comandeered (probably for Moff Gideon and the future First Order) and then wipe the mind of one of the few Cloning experts left outside of the Imperial Remnant tying off that loose end. Also regarding Elia Kane's looking like Temuera Morrison and the clones. She's just the right age to be an adult Omega. I hope she's not because I don't want Omega turning bad, but maybe she's another experimental clone like Omega or created from Omega from the cloning facility on Wayland in the Bad Batch.
The Mandalorians that follow "This Is The Way" are members of a cult, regardless of what people are doing to bend over backwards to say it's not. It's similar to ancient religions like the Romans and Greeks had. Being indoctrinated into that ideology is not a good thing if you're aim is to keep the peace currently and it's one of the reasons there's been so much in-fighting. Bo Katan is my favourite character (besides Din) and she's sick of the in-fighting as she said last episode so I'm hoping she's the one who helps bring the Mandalorians back together regardless of differences of rigid practices and can find some common ground fingers crossed.
I didn't pic up on it at the time I watched the episode, but later on realized Pershing keeps fiddling with his ear because that's where Cara Dune shot past his head to kill the imperial officer in that one scene from season 2 when they hijacked the ship to kidnap him. Seems that experience had left a mark on Pershing, both emotionally and literally, as apparently his ear is slightly scared around the edge as well. Given how the empire often treated individuals as expendable with the way they kill each other and themselves,(Even Gideon was ready to take himself out in the end.) I get the feeling Pershing, because of his knowledge, was a loose end that needed tying off, in a sense.
Loved this episode. Definitely not boring for me! I was enthralled throughout. But I love a good interlude, especially when it's for such tasty Andor flavoring. And sandwiched in between a badass dogfight and Mando family fun time with Bo, Din, and Grogu? Yes, please!
Those who've paid close attention to the character of Bo Katan know exactly what she was thinking looking at that water. She was thinking if she can steal the darksaber and ride that mythosaur, she could assert herself is the rightful ruler of Mandalore. One thing we know about Bo, she will never outgrow her hunger for power. That is always been the tragedy of her character.😢
The Amnesty program freaks me the hell out. Not that the concept exists, but the details - no names, the sheer banality of the make-work they've got the people doing, the goddamned mind-flayer...what the hell is going on in the New Republic? There's some rot setting in already, but I'm not sure the show has the time or inclination to explore it.
I forgot to add this I think the reason why Thrawn would attack Bo Katan is to make sure that The New Republic doesn't get any help from the mandalorians I will pull The New Republic apart piece by piece they will be the architects of their own destruction
The name of a show should never limit it's presentation and because this show is called The Mandalorian it's not limited to Mandalorians only but about all things that was going on during that time period. Through the legend content, mainly books, Leah left the New Republic and formed the Resistance because she say many of the problems that you saw with the New Republic. Jon and Dave understand story telling and already know what they want to do with the Mando Verse, stay tuned.
Bo Katan probably isn't all in, but it's comforting and convenient for now. I too think the Pershing story was slow and perhaps should have been spread, but it does set up the bigger plot. Thrawn and/or Gideon wants Grogu's DNA and is hunting Bo Katan if not all Mandalorians. I am convinced the pirates will return in the show. Bo and Din need that ship, and I'd like to think that G11 isn't just dropped now we have R5. And then there's the teaming up with Ahsoka (and Ezra?). Bo will get the Mando's to work with 'the sorcerers'. Her saying they used to get along seems to foreshadow it.
I forgot myself, but his ear was shot by Cara Dune back in S2. I thought some crazy stuff had gone down for him between now and then but nope. Just Cara Dune. Cara... EFFING Dune.
Dr. Pershing was a loose end that need to be tied up. Stripping his brain of his knowledge of cloning did just that without outright killing him. He served his purpose and needed to be “taken care of”. I suspect Elia is either working with Thrawn or the early stages of The First Order. Thrawn and TFO may also have some kind of connection. I think we’ll see that likely in the Ashoka show, and/or a future SW show. As for Bo Katan, I think she’s keeping mum on the Mythosaur because she sees an opportunity. I bet she’s thinking, “Who needs a Darksaber when I can show Mandalorians my right to rule by riding a legendary Mythosaur that everyone had thought was extinct”. Now that she been excepted into the coven, she has an opportunity to become the leader of a group of extremely orthodox and devoted Mandos. A group that she thinks maybe she can manipulate to follow her and do her bidding. Provided she adheres to their orthodox practices. A price I think Bo is willing to pay to get back into power.
Pershing flipped like 2nd day. He definetely deserved to be kicked out the amnesty program. However, I think it's correct to assume that Kane is still working with Moft Gideon. They now have a mobile lab of his research. I loved the part with Din and Bo Katan. She is not down with the Child of the Watch. She is going to go along with it because she is technically homeless. But she is plotting some shit.
I thought it was brilliant that she has to keep her helmet on now, we can't see her face or know what she's thinking. But we know Bo Katan and she'll do anything to make Mandalore a thing again. Like turning on her sister.
I find the cloning stuff interesting and am curious how Mando gets brought into this. I remember one of the new republic pilots was in the trailer, so i'm hoping they are all coming together this season. The waters seem to have this blue ripple effect when poured into something that's I think how they know he was telling the truth. I think Bo is in disbelief after the mythosaur. I want Bo and Paz Viszla to talk, because she knew Pre Viszla in the Clone Wars.
I think you used the air quotes because you're a funnylilgal. The ear on Dr. Pershing is like that cause Cara Dune grazed it when she shot the imperial pilot in beginning of chapter18 when he said destroying Alderan was "small price to pay in order to eliminate terrorism in the galaxy".
Science wasn't bad this episode, mainly because it touched on concepts without going into it and making a mistake. Namely Coruscant surface brings questions about the atmosphere on coruscant. If the mountain peak is roughly the height of earths tallest mountains then the atmosphere at ground level must be very dense. The biggest issue is the fact that Star Wars human genetics is stored in a double helix protein. Protein shapes are governed by the molecules that make them up and if it looks like DNA then it's likely that it IS DNA. The issue is that it's cannon that Star Wars takes place in our universe, just in a galaxy far far away so it begs the question of what the biomechanics of life are in this galaxy? I generally don't question fictional life because life can evolve in many different ways but if we are to assume life can only be carbon-based in this series then retroactively some of the organisms we've seen are not physically possible. The flip side is that the Star Wars humans are carbon based due to their planet of origin but not all life necessarily is, however we are exactly the same. This could be because the Star Wars humans are the progenitors of life on Earth. Their DNA looks like the DNA on Earth because they seeded the planet millions of years ago and returned once Earth was suitable to live on. Another possibility is they knew the conditions were right to evolve human life identical to theirs so they began life on Earth as a genetic survival mechanism for a galaxy wide species extinction? IDK, just spit balling.
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I love how welcoming the mandos were when they found out Din and Bo were redeemed
His ear was shot by Cara Dune in season 2
The Mon Calamari guy that was the mind flayer technician sounds like Dan Aykroyd
I thought the same thing!
I took it as her protecting the Empire's knowledge/punishing the doctor for his willingness to serve the New Republic.
"Here's something you can't do."
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Poor Pershing 😔
I didn’t expect it to go so dark
He was being tested, by droid and by Elia. She gave him the idea and he came back to her place to say he was up for it. Elia was shocked and disappointed by Pershing to accept her plan. She did not trap him he trapped himself and he was quite happy to break laws and enter the Star Destroyer for what he wanted to do, even though the droid said the experiments were illegal, and he could have stopped at any time. Elia scrambled his mind, so that research is now dead.
The dark side is consuming!
@@darrellpowell6042 That might be it but I think she's actually covering up for Gideon whom I think did escape custody.
Poor Pershing? The guy is a eugenicist, who has through out the series shown he was willing to go along with whoever he saw as having power in the moment. In this episode it took all of two days and a package of biscuits to flip him. He had a head full of dangerous information, and a penchant for finding ways to justify his choices,that boy needed to be put down.
I think Bo-Katan and the Armorer are being political, in a good way. The Armorer is inviting Bo-Katan to join them, but also hinting that she's amenable to helping them resettle Mandalore. They are all Mandalorians, whether they agree or not, and if they want to resettle their home world, they're going to need to work together.
Very interesting development.
Don't forget the Mythosaur. As important as that find may be to Bo Katan, once the Armorer and crew find out that a mythosaur witnessed Din's rebirth from apostate AFTER what happened to Mandalore, Din will be the closest thing to God since Mandalore the Great.
Even Paz Viszla may respect Din after that.
A lot of people complain about the lack of facial expressions due to the helmets. I rather enjoy it. Stories where body language tell part of the communication. Paz is grudgingly accepting the Armorer's words where Din is concerned. He was definitely butthurt at Bo Katan being allowed in.
Also, I think that tie interceptor attack was our first glimpse of Thrawn becoming involved. Bo-Katan said that it was a lot of ships for an Imperial Warlord, and since Ahsoka was looking for him last season, we know that he's already back and has been operating covertly for some reason. It makes sense that we'd see more hints of him prior to the Ahsoka series getting started.
I read somewhere he ordered some research to make a stardestroier invisible and it would have been successfull.
@@pascalwittmer-braun6025 In the books, he used cloaked asteroids to lay siege to Courscant.
I'm seeing a lot of people think the same, but my biggest conter-question to that is what the hell is the strategic value in bombing Bo's home? Why would that be of any interest to Thrawn? Just seems like something random for him to get involved in. He has no vendetta against Bo (or any knowledge of her at all I don't think) or the Mandalorians as a whole for that case. If he's trying to operate from the shadows (I still believe he's hanging out in the Unknown Regions near Chiss space), an attack like this seems like an unnecessary risk of exposing himself.
@@brettdiving2744 Possibly removing any and all known allies of Ahsoka Tano? Just guessing, though.
@@kerouac.jackson Maybe. But we haven't yet seen any reason for WHY Thrawn would want to directly attack Ahsoka or anybody else for that matter just yet. The only thing we know right now is that he and Ezra have been hanging out somewhere all this time doing god knows what lol. I'm still firmly of the belief that either Thrawn or both have made their way into the Unknown Regions and into Chiss Ascendancy space. We've gotten teases that the Ahsoka series is going to explore the SW galaxy in a way we haven't seen before yet on screen, so I personally take that as meaning we will see more of the Unknown Regions as Ahsoka and company search for them. Could be wishful thinking on my part though. That's just an area of the galaxy that is absolutely ripe for more storytelling.
My thought on taking the helmets off: I actually hope they don’t. Something that has absolutely amazed me since S1E1 was the sheer volume of emotion Din/Pedro could convey even with a helmet on, and especially in this episode with Bo/Katee as well. The ability to evoke deep emotion with two people in full helmets and an animatronic puppet just blows my mind, and I’m here for it because it’s something I’ve never truly seen on screen before.
I'm sure Grogu was trying to say, "this is the way." And I'm pretty sure he understood that BoKatan saying it, was meaningful to her rapport with him and his papa.
In the earlier scene where Bo-Katan said to Grogu, 'what are you looking at?', Grogu's look was probably saying, hey my dad said to you 'this is the way', you should say it back!
This time around, Bo-Katan did say it back and Grogu was like, woohoo! Now, it's my turn. 😁
@@opsatr I like this interpretation. I'd thought that she was covering up that she had been moved by Din's honoring of her father.
The way the Mon Calamari turned his head after the "It was a trap" line. Might as well just stared into the camera.
😂😂 seriously, while I found it funny it was so out of place
Pershing is tugging on his ear sue to the damage done to it by Cara Dune when the gang high jacked a shuttle to get onto Moff Gideon's ship.
Also, the "Vong" from the "Happy Vong Day" was the original race of the planet that when they got chased off, then landed on a planet that they renamed Mandalore and became the race that later to be called the Mandalorian.
"The More you know!"
Taung. The Taung claimed Mandalore. The Vong are a much, much more messed up part of the EU, lol
@@BigSeth1090 Twenty years ago, when the Vong were introduced, and a major character died in the first book, I know the SW universe was finally dangerous.
It had gotten quite old, facing threats with no real chance of anyone important dying.
And then, the hits just kept coming.
Good series.
@@highlander31527 it still sucks so much that it has to be HIM.
@@christianschoff2490 Man, the deaths just kept coming. I didn't even like Ganner until he got his face sliced in half by the Vong. After that, he became tolerable. He was a nobody, a side character at best. But by the end, I was rooting for him to do some damage. So many characters introduced over the years died. Much better arc to cover than the sequel trilogy, and the actors and actresses would have been the correct age, and could have introduced the new heroes.
@@highlander31527 I like the sequel trilogy except for Rise of Skywalker. I despise Rise of Skywalker. It's the "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" of Star Wars.
I've seen so many negative reviews about this episode. I think it was great. I enjoy story building (love RPG games for that reason). There's a lot going on in the galaxy that's slowly coming to view. I think we'll be seeing the rise of the First Order. Dr Pershing knew too much about the cloning activities and I think he became a loose end. To think the New Republic is decommissioning their fleet makes no sense, or did they learn anything from the Clone Wars? As far as Bo, I wouldn't be surprised seeing her riding the Mythosaur and claiming back her leadership - btw her ship is a Kom'rk-class fighter or Gauntlet that we saw in the Clone Wars series (and comics), if I remember correctly...but I've been known to be wrong...from time to time.
Love that they showed them leaving the system AND THEN jumping to hyperspace, like they did originally but some more recent SW projects show them jumping in atmosphere
Grogu “The way this is “ 😅😅
Well, those would be Yoda's first words, but there is no reason to think language order is species linked, especially given that Grogu has not experienced any "Yoda talk" for many years. (I often have wondered how the movie dub translators manage to make Yoda talk sound different to Germans.)
@@Ken00001010 And to add to that point, if you saw Tales of the Jedi, you'll remember that Master Yaddle did not speak like Master Yoda; rather she spoke normally. It may seem that Yoda is the only one who speaks "Yoda speak".
Pedro must be exhausted 😂 How does he remember so many lines for all these projects honest question
@Stephen even then off by heart and longer monologes shits impressive then again their the best of the best
"Elle, here! This is the way!"
I was waiting for that all season long...
Most people have had more lines in one scene than he's had in entire episodes. Learning dialogue and blocking isn't that hard either. He's fine.
To be fair his Mandalorian role is a lot simpler because you know, he has a helmet on, so he just has to sit in a recording studio to record all his lines so he can just read the script infront of him and not have to memorize a large portion of it. That's probably why he was able to do this and the Last of Us simultaneously since his role in the Mandalorian is much easier for him.
Because they have scripts lol
never manipulate people with cookies. such are the ways of the dark side.
"She wants to make sure she's not crazy." Holy shit I never considered that.
It was cool to see Coruscant after the fall of the Empire, really curious to see where that story line is going and why would the New Republic have such a machine?
Also with Pershings ear - remember the last ep of Season 2? Cara Dune shot past his ear to kill the shuttle pilot using him as a human shield. Looks like they may have repaired his ear.
Pretty sure his ear was injured when Cara Dune shot that Imperial pilot in the face over his right shoulder.
In season two Cara Dune shot that imperial pilot who took Pershing hostage and the shot skimmed his ear
Yeah! That scar would a constant reminder to Pershing of how the New Republic had nearly took his head off while “saving” him.
Neist Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland is the location for all the aerial combat scenes and Bo Katans castle. Kalevala is Scotland
Din Djarin is our tour guide. They are using his story arc to explore the nooks and crannies of an extended Star Wars Universe.
Theory: Could the "Living Waters" actually have a very high midichlorian count? The reaction it had when the Armorer poured it in the bowl of water and it reacted by glowing. Could this be why it is called "the Living Waters"? Plus, there are connections between the Mandalorians and the Jedi.
Elia Kane is so intressting, in the online game "Star Wars: The Old Republic" there's a playable calss caled Imperial Agent, wich is a kind of spy that works by infiltrating diffrent groups and stuff for the empire, and she feels alot like a Imperial Agent, and considering Ahsoka is looking for Thrawn, it brings in alot of possiblitys, so looking forwards to the rest of this season, it's amazng so far.
"The coolest ship ever!"
I agree! The TIE Interceptor is the coolest ship in the Star Wars galaxy!
Din's ship has a Name, it is the N-1 - Built and Commissioned by the Queen of Nauboo. The Imperial officer is Omega's evil twin. Pulling on ones ear is a sign of heightened anxiety, He's wound up tighter than a piano string. He was like a fish out of water, and The New Order will offer the opportunity to give him what he wants, she has cemented his fate.
Remember in a previous season a blaster when off right next to his right ear.
14:22 That peak also appears in clone wars, in case you remember.
Its the ear that was shot when they rescued him, Kyra Dunn did it when she shot the imperial pilot
The New Republic was playing "Amnesty Program Bingo"... If you get the right 5 Amnesty Program Members in a line, you win a prize.
Katie O'Brian as Elia is the shows new muscle gal, to replace Gina Carano. And yes, I know she was in previous seasons, but they kept her in a full imperial uniform. They let her show off her biceps a little in this episode.
His ear is from when Cara Dune shot the imperial guy in the face over Pershing's shoulder.
My take on Elia is that she isn’t working for Gideon, she’s probably working for Thrawn and has been the whole time. Gideon is likely merely one of his commanders.
Elia needed Pershing because he knew exactly the equipment that was needed to continue the research for Thrawn. She ratted out Pershing and eliminated the loose thread.
The reason why the episode focused on that story so much was because Thrawn will be the Thanos of all these new SW series.
Grogu: "May the force be with you, this is the way, may I have some squid?"
9:28 .... "Crazy Ivan"
I'm not sure if you've watched Firefly. If you haven't, hopefully one day. But that move came to mind.
I remember seeing the Armorer pour a liquid in the past when she began on Din's armor and other stuff. It had the same effect as the sample of the Living Waters. She must have a good supply of it saved or she just adds a few drops at a time to preserve what she has. Now she can get more at any time.
As for G68... I had a feeling that many people were not going to fully trust her until she's proven herself one way or the other.
Take care, Angela!!
Somewhat of a “Crazy Ivan”, also though it harkened back to a “Hard 6” and and Katie’s time at the stick of a different fighter.
Watched the first episode recently! I know this reference now 😎
they genuinely wanted to ease the doctor's mind so he could get rid of the doubts, it wasn't a torture method, its just that she was a sadist and wanted to see suffering
Pershing knew too much : The Nevarro facility, and him trying to take Grogu's sample fit the theory that it was a part of project Harvester, which was the first step of Palpatine's cloning project for the First / Last Order. So she framed him as an Imperialist relapsing, and then provoked an "accident" to fry his brain, so the New Republic won't know about Snoke and all.
Also, her saying she never had the choice fit what we've learned about the First Order recruitement method : Kidnapping child, and brainwashing them. Like Finn for exemple. This is probably one of the first kind of these "recruit".
16:12 what happened to his ear was shown on the show already. It was in the season 2 finale, I think. He was being held hostage by a pilot working for Moff Gideon and Cara Dune shot the pilot in the face and also Pershing's ear.
I'm not sure if somebody's already explained it but I'm pretty sure the reason why he keeps reaching for his ear is that's the one that Cara Dune shot
8:29 they are still TIE fighters in the general sense, they just are specifically TIE Interceptors
I think she is still working for Grand Admiral Thrawn and he did not want the New Republic to find out he was trying use Grogu to get force powers (my theory). Eliminating the doctor's memories was a loose end. And, if you are going to repurpose that machine for good, maybe remove the torture button?
I also smiled at someone saying "it's a trap" to a Mon Calamari. :)
It was a low hanging fruit joke, but I still enjoyed it
I think Grogu said “This Is The Way” in his way and that might be the first thing he says. People forget he was 50 years old when they found each other.
The meat of this episode was definitely story building. We know that the girl is there as a double agent, she is definitely Empire aligned and setting up the Doctor did two things... solidified her in the eyes of the New Republic and made sure that cloning tech, or at least his cloning expertise, does not end up in the hands of the New Republic. She's absolutely building her legend to get further into the New Republic.
As for the bit about talking with the droid, I think you need to keep in mind how prevalent droids are in the Star Wars medical system, particularly in the formalized regards. I think the only time we've seen humans as medical personnel has been in back alleys and in serving nefarious schemes.
Once again loving your reactions,👍🏽given! Din's ship doesn't have a name. It's a "N1 Naboo Starfighter". In many military doctrines fighters are only occasionally named. Names are usually reserved for larger multi-crew ships and named by their original owners and/or pilots.
I love how many reactors groaned and said "Tatooine" when Din said "Someplace they won't find us" ... Tatooine fatigue strikes again 🤣
He's pulling on the ear that was damaged when Cara Dune shot the imperial who was holding him at gun point ... IN THE FACE😁
I agree, Elia faked her surrender to the New Republic in order to get access to Pershing while still actually working for Gideon. Flaying his mind so no one else has access to his cloning expertise.
Din Djarin's ship is a modified Naboo, N-1 Starfighter.
I think people keep thinking we are six years after ROTJ when in fact we have already had three, maybe four years passed since the first Mando episode.
Favreu has said Grogu was with Luke for nearly two years and season 1 and 2 do Mando could have been over the course of a year or two.
So that’s four years there and Season 3 could be taken place some time after that.
So A Force Awakens is no longer 25 years away. It is more like 18 years away.
My Daughter i loved this .
The story is about how we interact with society. Do we shun society completely. Do we follow the rules, even when the rules are wrong. What do we do if we are framed. Can the rules be manipulated to prosecute the innocent and free the guilty.
Dr Pershing got his ear injured in Season 2 when Cara Dune shot the shuttle pilot that was holding a gun to his head.
Pershing's ear was damaged when Cara Dune shot the imperial holding him captive in Chapter 15, its got some scarring on it from the blaster bolt.
I really liked the switch-up of this episode. While it felt liek a jarring aside, I think Dr. Pershing's story is going to loop back to Grogu's story. I'm anxious to see where it goes.
As for Bo and Din, the religious stuff in this show feels much more cultural than ideological to me. The rituals the Mandalorians share bind them as a people. The fact the Bo ticked a couple of simple boxes allowed them to welcome her back into the fold with no strings - an important difference to a cult - and provide shelter. The 'Living waters' test seemed more like using a Ph strip on your pool than a magic spell. agaon, the Mandalorians are much more about ritual than mysticism. The forgemaster still uses technology and science to make the eapons for each Mando, but the ritual imbues them with meaning.
I love thinkng about this stuff.
Yes, yes, yes to all of this.
I wouldn't be surprised if the cloning stuff creates a link to palpatine returning in the future
This reminds me of the very true statement that Dark Helmet said in Spaceballs, "Good will always lose, because Good is Dumb." LOL the New Republic is just asking to be undermined by the First Order...sheesh.
Thrawn entered the chat when all of those Tie Fighter's showed up...🤔
The rules of the dark saber were never mentioned in the Clone Wars those rules were made in the Mandalorian. I think it is a way to show the importance of the dark saber and also to ensure Bo Katan doesn’t have to fight Din Djarin.
Additionally, in my opinion, it is like the Mandalorian can’t remove their helmets. This only applies to the Children of the Watch.
Gotta have patience. Everything you spoke about and questioned has a purpose and will mean something later down the story line. Things that may not appear to make sense NOW will make sense later, guaranteed. We just have to wait and see how it all fits together. Oh, and Bo-Katan has a definite plan and is using the situation.
They don't seem to be naming ships in this series, they've all been referred to by their type, 'Razorcrest', 'Firespray', 'N1' are all the names of their makes.
The Peak of Umate appears in The Clone Wars, Obi-wan and Satine meet up there in the arc where she's briefly on the run.
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Bo-Katan has just been through a lot, revisiting her old home, losing her current one, seeing the mythosaur. I don't think she's being manipulated, I think she's just weighing her options
I’m sure I’ll be in the minority here, but I really liked this entire episode. I enjoy having deeper and introspective looks into various settings, characters, and situations, and I found myself actually sitting up and leaning forward as the episode progressed. While the two separate storylines and overall dialogue were perhaps lacking in nuance, it still intrigued me. I thought the episode contained a good mix of action, continued character progression (especially for Bo Katan), and even added to some lore and overall world building. I try to approach these shows as being “along for the ride”, and forego all the dot connecting, speculation, and my own personal expectations. While there may be bumps along the journey, I leave it to the creators to get us to their intended destination in a satisfactory way (and hopefully not drop us over a waterfall or leaving us hanging off a cliff 😜).
Remember how BSG would literally show clips from the upcoming episode in their intros?
That ear is where he was almost shot by Cara Dune so maybe touching that is a reaction to danger? As for why she didn't tell Din about the mythosaur, it's probably the last one if it was thought to be extinct. As a former cult member of an earlier iteration of the Watch, she probably recognizes that trusting a modern member of a cult of overzealous fanatics would probably be dangerous, for them, for Mandalor, and most likely for what may be the galaxy's last mythosaur.
I think she set him up to see what all equipment was needed for his testing so she can pass that along to the Moff. Why else let him pick all those things out? If they wanted to just set him up to flay him, they could have done that the moment he set foot on the ship. They didn't have to let him make it to the lab for that. I think the B plot with Pershing ties directly back into the plot with the Moff and what will eventually lead into the Emperor being cloned.
Also I think the forge uses water from the living waters, so it reacted a certain way when more was poured in. No idea if that's correct or not, but since she just poured it right in it sort of looks like that's the case.
his ear was hurt when Cara Dune shot the pilots holding him hostage, the laser fire grazed his ear
I think The Empire is trying to get his memories of his cloning work with Grogu. Maybe it will be all the mandos vs The Empire I hope !
I want one of those glowing space lollipops 🍭😄
His ear was a gift from Cara Dune in Season 1
A fascinating mix of an episode.
Starts off all traditional Mando style - with a dish of Top Gun - pew pews and Grogu being adorbs.
Then we get a big chunk of slow burn drama with secrets, double crosses, social commentary..an Andor outtake really.
Then back to the cult for some redemption and permanent helmet hair.
A strange blend, almost a dip, but still loving the show so far (and feeling pretty bad for the timid clone enthusiast doctor).
Doctor Pershing's ear was shot in Season 2 while being hostage
I mean as soon as Cloning is mentioned, it seems like a sure thing they will try to tie things together to make the sequels not just completely out of left field when we get a huge hidden fleet and "somehow Palpatine returned" along with tons of powerful clones of himself.
I've always wondered if they only wished a device to never be used for torture, why even allow such high voltages in the first place? Make it so that only low voltages are possible, then one can ONLY crank it to say, 4 as the max, instead of what, 12 or 14, or whatever she did.
I didn't realise that Bo Katan was, The Littlest Mando.😅
Grogu's first word will be "I have Spoken" 😎
the numbers for ex-imperial personnel is probably to given them a break from their previous imperial identity / crimes committed whilst working for the empire
While I do not see the Dark Saber quite like the Elder Wand, I can see the argument, as the droid did best Din, and it was, it would appear, in the process of killing him. It took possession of the Dark Saber, and she definitely bested the droid. But it is the legacy of winning it in battle, and Bo would either have to believe for herself that it passed to her this way, or lie to others when she claimed to have won it. It's a spirit, an ideal, that is the impact of the possession of it.
5:16-5:20 regarding IG-11. it's a hunter droid, look at how thin he is on the front to back axis, how narrow his arms and legs are and his should and hip placement. While not a "Transformer", he could fold his arms and his legs to potentially make himself into a little larger than an oversized carry-on piece of luggage. While the N-1 isn't designed for "vacation travel" he could be stored in the droid compartment, taking up less space than an Astromech like R5D-4 or R2-D2. In "storage mode" as I would call it, he would be able to fit in that compartment and still leave Grogu a mildly cramped amount of space [purely based on the limited on screen information about IG units (IG-11 and IG-88)
12:55-13:05 Remember when you got drunk, and missed something from the past? This is the amazon prime package you ordered while thinking about it, you were just too drunk to remember ordering it.
17:47-17:51 "lucky" yes... She claims to have done this before. What if she knows the number of droids checking tickets on the train, and they have a specific pattern of checking, and the train adds and removes cars based on passenger load? She might know, for example, if the train is longer than x, the droids can't get to the end before we reach the destination, assuming each passenger takes 2/3 the average time to produce their tickets on request? Going on the presumption they don't have tickets _because_ this would flag them as being outside their designated perimeter. She might have simply studied the information. She was a communications officer. [I don't believe this hypothetical to be the case, but, it could be plausible enough if the writers and show runner handled it right.]
The staying because "he's a friend," this scene raised several extra flags for me.
1. Since the operator isn't staying, why would anyone else be allowed to remain in the control room?
2. Why is there no safeguard in place to alert someone elsewhere if the "mitigator" is adjusted above 80% of starting to be dangerous levels?
3. Why is there no safeguard to prevent approaching dangerous levels without a security device for "override" which would require someone with that override to be preset (even if the override is stolen, someone has to have it)
4. She was Imperial, and because you've never caught her breaking the rules, without authorization, she gets special treatment and can break "certain" rules to weed out people who aren't compliant in the Asylum Program?
25:46-26:08
I don't know if this is where it will go, and the time from the Clone War to present in universe. Maybe a clone, modified or not, had an encounter or a relationship with a woman, who later gave birth to Elia ? Just my brain playing tricks off your query most likely.
I could go into a "belief, faith, history, truth, fiction, cult, religion philosophy and duty" tangent, but I'm tired, I could run down rabbit holes for a mobth on this, and almost no one is going to read it if I carry on further.
Cara Dune killed an Imperial pilot right beside Pershing, near the end of season 2. Pretty sure the shot that whizzed by his head is the cause of the ear rubbing.
I too wondered if Elyria (sp?) was some kind of clone. She did look really similar to Jango Fett. Cloning is still a central storyline, along with Mandalorian unity, so we’ll see what develops. I like some are hopeful that Favreau and Filoni are trying to incorporate major plot lines from Timothy Zhan’s “Heir to the Empire” trilogy related to cloning and Grand Admiral Thrawn’s campaign to rebuild the Empire.
The fact she was involved with Moff Gideon and the cloning storyline, I can’t believe she’s not cloned or somehow involved with the Fett DNA
The guys over at Heroes Reforged semi-jokingly posed the question of her being a grown up Omega, which is all I could think about when Angela noted her resemblance to Jango Fett……like, what if that isn’t accidental?!?!
I mean, she would be the same age as Luke, so it’s definitely possible
Nervous twitch for the ear thing and maybe that blaster hit in episode 8 season 2 for Pershing ear
It all comes together. In the Bad Batch we see the Empire destroying all Cloning facilities and research outside the empire so they can control the Cloning tech. In the new trilogy movies we see the First Order/Final Order used the cloning tech that only they controlled to make Snoke and the resurrected Emperor. Here we see Elia Kane definitely still working for Moff Gideon manipulating Doctor Pershing to grab the right lab stuff he would have needed for clone work which she comandeered (probably for Moff Gideon and the future First Order) and then wipe the mind of one of the few Cloning experts left outside of the Imperial Remnant tying off that loose end.
Also regarding Elia Kane's looking like Temuera Morrison and the clones. She's just the right age to be an adult Omega. I hope she's not because I don't want Omega turning bad, but maybe she's another experimental clone like Omega or created from Omega from the cloning facility on Wayland in the Bad Batch.
The Mandalorians that follow "This Is The Way" are members of a cult, regardless of what people are doing to bend over backwards to say it's not. It's similar to ancient religions like the Romans and Greeks had. Being indoctrinated into that ideology is not a good thing if you're aim is to keep the peace currently and it's one of the reasons there's been so much in-fighting. Bo Katan is my favourite character (besides Din) and she's sick of the in-fighting as she said last episode so I'm hoping she's the one who helps bring the Mandalorians back together regardless of differences of rigid practices and can find some common ground fingers crossed.
I didn't pic up on it at the time I watched the episode, but later on realized Pershing keeps fiddling with his ear because that's where Cara Dune shot past his head to kill the imperial officer in that one scene from season 2 when they hijacked the ship to kidnap him. Seems that experience had left a mark on Pershing, both emotionally and literally, as apparently his ear is slightly scared around the edge as well.
Given how the empire often treated individuals as expendable with the way they kill each other and themselves,(Even Gideon was ready to take himself out in the end.) I get the feeling Pershing, because of his knowledge, was a loose end that needed tying off, in a sense.
Come for an episode of The Mandolorian, get served an episode of Andor.
Let's cut from the Empire, erm, I mean new republic, to the cult. Great episode
Loved this episode. Definitely not boring for me! I was enthralled throughout. But I love a good interlude, especially when it's for such tasty Andor flavoring. And sandwiched in between a badass dogfight and Mando family fun time with Bo, Din, and Grogu? Yes, please!
Maybe the number designation is the only name they have (supplied by the Empire, like FN2187 becomes Finn) ?
Those who've paid close attention to the character of Bo Katan know exactly what she was thinking looking at that water. She was thinking if she can steal the darksaber and ride that mythosaur, she could assert herself is the rightful ruler of Mandalore. One thing we know about Bo, she will never outgrow her hunger for power. That is always been the tragedy of her character.😢
The Amnesty program freaks me the hell out. Not that the concept exists, but the details - no names, the sheer banality of the make-work they've got the people doing, the goddamned mind-flayer...what the hell is going on in the New Republic? There's some rot setting in already, but I'm not sure the show has the time or inclination to explore it.
I forgot to add this I think the reason why Thrawn would attack Bo Katan is to make sure that The New Republic doesn't get any help from the mandalorians I will pull The New Republic apart piece by piece they will be the architects of their own destruction
I wish this had started 5 weeks earlier so that we ALL could've used it as a weekly pallette cleanse after TLoU lol
I hope Grogu's first words are "This is the way!"
The name of a show should never limit it's presentation and because this show is called The Mandalorian it's not limited to Mandalorians only but about all things that was going on during that time period. Through the legend content, mainly books, Leah left the New Republic and formed the Resistance because she say many of the problems that you saw with the New Republic. Jon and Dave understand story telling and already know what they want to do with the Mando Verse, stay tuned.
Bo Katan probably isn't all in, but it's comforting and convenient for now. I too think the Pershing story was slow and perhaps should have been spread, but it does set up the bigger plot. Thrawn and/or Gideon wants Grogu's DNA and is hunting Bo Katan if not all Mandalorians. I am convinced the pirates will return in the show. Bo and Din need that ship, and I'd like to think that G11 isn't just dropped now we have R5. And then there's the teaming up with Ahsoka (and Ezra?). Bo will get the Mando's to work with 'the sorcerers'. Her saying they used to get along seems to foreshadow it.
I forgot myself, but his ear was shot by Cara Dune back in S2. I thought some crazy stuff had gone down for him between now and then but nope. Just Cara Dune. Cara... EFFING Dune.
Dr. Pershing was a loose end that need to be tied up. Stripping his brain of his knowledge of cloning did just that without outright killing him. He served his purpose and needed to be “taken care of”. I suspect Elia is either working with Thrawn or the early stages of The First Order. Thrawn and TFO may also have some kind of connection. I think we’ll see that likely in the Ashoka show, and/or a future SW show.
As for Bo Katan, I think she’s keeping mum on the Mythosaur because she sees an opportunity. I bet she’s thinking, “Who needs a Darksaber when I can show Mandalorians my right to rule by riding a legendary Mythosaur that everyone had thought was extinct”. Now that she been excepted into the coven, she has an opportunity to become the leader of a group of extremely orthodox and devoted Mandos. A group that she thinks maybe she can manipulate to follow her and do her bidding. Provided she adheres to their orthodox practices. A price I think Bo is willing to pay to get back into power.
Pershing flipped like 2nd day. He definetely deserved to be kicked out the amnesty program. However, I think it's correct to assume that Kane is still working with Moft Gideon. They now have a mobile lab of his research.
I loved the part with Din and Bo Katan. She is not down with the Child of the Watch. She is going to go along with it because she is technically homeless. But she is plotting some shit.
I thought it was brilliant that she has to keep her helmet on now, we can't see her face or know what she's thinking. But we know Bo Katan and she'll do anything to make Mandalore a thing again. Like turning on her sister.
6:37 this is for the t-shirt
I find the cloning stuff interesting and am curious how Mando gets brought into this. I remember one of the new republic pilots was in the trailer, so i'm hoping they are all coming together this season. The waters seem to have this blue ripple effect when poured into something that's I think how they know he was telling the truth. I think Bo is in disbelief after the mythosaur. I want Bo and Paz Viszla to talk, because she knew Pre Viszla in the Clone Wars.
I think you used the air quotes because you're a funnylilgal. The ear on Dr. Pershing is like that cause Cara Dune grazed it when she shot the imperial pilot in beginning of chapter18 when he said destroying Alderan was "small price to pay in order to eliminate terrorism in the galaxy".
I like the episode its showing how the new order is progressing im assuming
Science wasn't bad this episode, mainly because it touched on concepts without going into it and making a mistake. Namely Coruscant surface brings questions about the atmosphere on coruscant. If the mountain peak is roughly the height of earths tallest mountains then the atmosphere at ground level must be very dense.
The biggest issue is the fact that Star Wars human genetics is stored in a double helix protein. Protein shapes are governed by the molecules that make them up and if it looks like DNA then it's likely that it IS DNA. The issue is that it's cannon that Star Wars takes place in our universe, just in a galaxy far far away so it begs the question of what the biomechanics of life are in this galaxy? I generally don't question fictional life because life can evolve in many different ways but if we are to assume life can only be carbon-based in this series then retroactively some of the organisms we've seen are not physically possible.
The flip side is that the Star Wars humans are carbon based due to their planet of origin but not all life necessarily is, however we are exactly the same. This could be because the Star Wars humans are the progenitors of life on Earth. Their DNA looks like the DNA on Earth because they seeded the planet millions of years ago and returned once Earth was suitable to live on. Another possibility is they knew the conditions were right to evolve human life identical to theirs so they began life on Earth as a genetic survival mechanism for a galaxy wide species extinction? IDK, just spit balling.