I really liked that Din didn't necessarily care about owning the darksaber. he knows that he can't "handle" it so he has genuinely no issues parting with it (even though he's technically following the rule of the darksaber).
When Bo fights Axe, she used a retractable blade on her right forearm. just before Bo punches Axe she retracted the blade to not kill him and then takes it back out just before the shot cuts. 14:21
The IG droid he wanted to restore in the first episodes...the reason he wanted it was because it was a droid he trusted and he wanted it for backup when he went to the mines on Mandalore. But they managed to get the job done with just R5 so restoring the IG was no longer strictly necessary.
@@TheeDawson No because he came to Nevarro and reunited with Greef and was offered land for him and Grogu to stay permanently, also setting up Gorian Shard and the pirates.
@@MarcusFrederiksen you push their reunion to episode 5 and have a line at the start of that episode saying how grief has done business with the pirates before... they are pirates you don't really need to set up why they want to raid a town... Greif isn't in mando season 2 till episode 5 so don't act like he is an important character, also you dont need to set up the land. As it makes Vislas speech about doing the right thing because they are Mandalorians stick more, as they have no insensitive to help only because its the Way. Then at the end because they did the right thing they are rewarded with land to build a home. This took me 5mins to think up, I am not as good a writer as Favreau and its quite basic. Stop making excuses for a billion dollar franchise and company, this is these people's jobs to make quality content. If you bought a car with 3 wheels, yes it would be drivable but you'd want 4 cause that's the standard set by all cars made before. My point being Mando seasons 1 and 2 aren't perfect but they set up a story and had a pay off, this season has been alot of set ups without pay offs, which is fine but nothing they are doing during the set ups has even came close to the heights of seasons 1 and 2
@@TheeDawson I would argue Greef Karga IS an important character to the Mandalorian, he is not the main character no but he is still a character of note due to what has happened with him and Din through till now.
Continuing plot thread... Din goes to Navarro for IG-11 - IG-11 is broken and he needs a part, so Din goes to Tatooine in search of that part - Pelli doesn't have the part, but sells Din the astromech R5 - R5 leads Carson Tiva to the Mandalorian covert where he can inform Din that Navarro is under attack by pirates - Mandalorians come to the aid of Navarro and receive a place to call home as a reward. It's all connected!
Seems like everyone forgot half of those seasons and just remembers the final few episodes. They were good seasons, but they had episodes about Mundo getting honey-like stuff for jawas, rescuing prisoners, taking in a frog as a passenger while protecting her eggs from Grogu and helping a village fight against a group attacking their town. If anything, this season has way less filler than s1, and just as much as s2
I absolutely love the episodic nature of this show. It's more obvious this season but we've seen it since episode one. Din having to do side quests to let him access/move forward with the main story has always been the crux of the show.
To Jen and her badass hoodie, I have only one thing to say: slay, queen, slay. Also, your affectionate face rub and compliment to Holden in this video just makes me want to acknowledge how amazing it is that the two of you continually share so much of your love for each other with your viewers. Anyone who has watched this channel for any length of time knows that both of you are the shit. What makes that even more apparent is how affectionate and dedicated you are to one another, and seeing your relationship form, develop, grow and then mature to this point where your imminent child will bring things full circle has been an absolute privilege. God bless and keep you both in health and happiness, you should never be surprised by how much your audience is willing to support you when you give us all more than enough reasons to wish you prosperity. Thank you infinitely for your willingness to let us adore who you really are as human beings
There’s A LOT of post-Imperial saltiness goin’ on. There’s a reason Dave is touching on it so often throughout the show’s series. Remember the great scene we got from Bill Burr and his former Imperial Ranking Officer as a current Imperial remnant?
my man bald Billy slayed that scene so hard I was genuinely surprised. Always liked his chacarter but the kind of nuanced acting he showed there really knocked me off my chair.
I never expected to see Jack Black, Lizzo, and Christopher Lloyd in the Mandalorian. And I definitely didn’t expect Din to say Kuill’s catchphrase “I have spoken.” We also can’t forget to mention when Lizzo was like, “I hereby officially dub thee Sir Grogu.” And I can’t ignore the return of Sunil Bakshi. If you know, you know.
this episode felt like classic Clone Wars to me. swap Bo-Katan with Obi-Wan and Dinn with Anakin, and it would have fit in just fine in season 3 or 4 of the Clone Wars. all it was missing was Tom Kane doing a voice over at the start.
@Holden regarding the saber "safety". You mean like in New Hope when Obi-Wan gives Luke his father's lightsaber and the very first thing he does ( while Obi-Wan explains what kind of weapon that is ) is looking right into it?? :D
The episode was full of guest stars, even in the VO booth, like Dale Dickey as the voice of the lead Ugnot, Seth Gabel (Been on Fringe, and is Bryce Dallas Howard's husband) as the bartender droid, and the Mon Calla prince, voiced by Harry Holland, Tom Holland's brother.
The storytelling aspect of having contained or smaller stories each episode with the main storyline riding in the background is the same as the perfect writing style of Avatar the Last Airbender. Explore different stories while always moving towards the goal. If they stuck with the main plot, they'd be finished in a movie's length of time.
Atla had 20 episode seasons and still had at least 6 episodes per season purely focused on main story progression. This show is 8 episodes a season. Only 1 so far can be said to not be 90% side quests. Its not a good comparison
They can't let mando have anything nice😢, destroyed razorcrest and rifle. Was told he can't use the spear so it was made into armour and now giving away the dark saber. Hopefully the N1 doesn't go lmao
Can we talk about how good Mando(Din) and Bo Katan look together. They really look and feel like at times Grogus parents. Ever since the Mandalore episode, they really work well off one another and Grogu has clearly started to form an attachment for Bo as a motherly figure. As well as Bo clearly cares about Grogus saftey like Din, and love her standing up for Din. When Axe tried to discredit his worthiness of being a Mandalorian.
12:25 This episode felt off... but I absolutely loved that one of my favorite actors brings the mention of Count Dooku and is literally cut off just before the mention of Anakin!
This was my favorite episode of the season so far. We got a cool looking new planet, some good character development, fun cameos, a great fight and a really wonderful perspective from the droid bartender.
No, I love you. Oh, hi Mark. I'm enjoying these smaller self contained episodes more than the modernized 10 hour long movie format. I can also appreciate that they are adding in bits which does contribute to an overall larger theme of making the mandalorians whole again.
If you remember the first season of the show, they really didnt have a plot until the last few episodes. I am enjoying the show. Probably just because it is named the Mandalorian. Which is funny if people are complaining about Bo being in it. The show isn't titled Din Djarin. I also think that they are world building by having the separatists still around because it's building up to the New Republic
I'm actually really loving the little "side quests" fleshing out the SW universe. Getting to see behind the scenes of the New Republic and the Outer Rim and getting a little exploration of the culture etc is kinda cool. I'm happy to wait for the main story Quest. Let it build a little ,even if we have to wait till next season, but then that's what i'm like with games myself i always complete all the side quests first
the people complaining about "side quests" or "filler" episodes dont make sense to me... If these episodes are are somehow bad because it doesnt "progress the plot" then chapters 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 must all be bad too... if you ask me, every episode from this season progresses the plot. cutting out the parts of the episodes that don't directly do that would make this season so dull i wouldn't want to watch.
That protocol droid in the bar is the coolest droid I've seen to date. The cameo's in this episode were so awesome. By the time he is an adult, Grogu will own half the hearts in the universe. Personally, I like the flow of the season so far, because I really love this show and I don't want it to get to an ending too quickly. I am fine with seeing more of the Star Wars universe through this show for years to come.
It's worth noting that the previous seasons also had these one-off episodes, basically in the same way; they have some task to complete in order to further their main objective. In season 1 Din had to help those farmers in order to find a safe place to hide out, then later help that rookie bounty hunter, and then help Navarro clear the Imperial base to get his ship fixed. Season 2 he had to transport the frog lady with the eggs to eventually find Bo Katan, and later bust Mayfield out of jail and infiltrate the Imperial refinery in order to find the location of Moff Gideon's ship. I agree this one probably had less connection, but it's still within the normal formula for the show.
"Paraquat" was a "The Big Lebowski" reference😎 & that Mon Cala King at the very beginning that says "No, I Love You" is Tom Holland's brother apparently.
Okay so im biased here but Blade Runner is like my favorite piece of media and seeing Din and Bo being Blade Runners likes is very cool for me, and yeah this season may be running slow but I think is that they are setting the stakes for the next season maybe, Mandalorian reuniting in the planet they saved, Jack Black helping rebuild Mandalore, the struggle for power that is definitely going to happen, Moff Gideon preparing and working with the lady of the third episode from the inside, my guess is that the next two episodes are gonna be packed with stuff
Knowing Filoni.. these characters will have bigger storylines later.. like with clone wars.. introduce a character, then they will have an arc or 2 later
You're welcome. 😊 Started watching your review, then realized this is this week's episode. My son is with the grandparents and we usually watch together. So, I'm going to have to pause this. 😢
I had a lot of fun with this episode, Love jack black's character. And love this season so far. But some little thing that's starting to wear thin is Mando's music cue every time he does something. When he's fucking up pirates, perfect. But slicing the medical droid was too much.
I know its kind of a side mission but this is one of my favorite episodes so far! Especially seeing the droids being kind of sentient and having their own culture and not just being mindless robots! Also Jack Black! This is not the greatest episode in the world this is a tribute!
I had mixed feelings about this episode one my first watch, however after another viewing, I can appreciate the Law & Order style detective story they were going for. I just hope the story really ramps up going forward since we only have 2 episodes left. Also, glad you received the baby gifts! I know it's an exciting time!
I thought the side story prevalence was way more pronounced especially in Season 1. Eps 4 5 and 6 were all very obviously side quests. Season 3 has been way more focused, I thought. And even with this one being obviously a side quest, I think it's important to show Din and Bo spend some quality time together. I guess that was the same with Grogu and Din in Season 1
I agree 100%! Season 1 had like 3 episodes of plot, this season has even more. This seasons been enjoyable, way better than season 1, just a little worse than season 2. I don't get the complaints, but I do think the season would benefit from having 12-16 episodes.
It seems the one off episodes are parts of the larger Star Wars universe, specifically showing how the first order was able to rise so quickly after the Empire fell.The narrative ties more tightly the new trilogy to the old by filling in the how and why.
Keep in mind, what you may interpret as the main point of an episode when you're watching it may in fact just be a cover to advance a completely different plot point. Everyone assumed Din returning to Navarro for IG-11 was the main point of the episode and that IG-11 would be important somehow. But from what we have seen as the episode progresses, going to Navarro for IG-11 instead put Din in conflict with the pirates, the pirates later attacked Navarro, and the Mandalorian clan had to come back to protect the citizens of Navarro and thus gained a new place to call home. Maybe IG-11 wasn't the important part, but giving the Mandalorians a home was, but you could not get there without the IG-11 sub-plot? One thing this series has proven is something that seems inconsequential on first viewing has a major impact to the plot several episodes - even as much as a season later! The same goes for the Andor series. What seems minor on first viewing has an important effect later on in the series.
I think there may be a Mon Cala subplot working in the background of the whole show... 1st season Din turned down a bounty to recover a Mon Calamari nobleman's son who skipped bail. Din abandoned it to rescue Grogu.
I LOVED THIS EPISODE!! I know some people didn’t care for it and some people were triggered by two chubby individuals one a black female and are yelling at the top of their lungs about it. But I personally had so sooo much fun with this one. It gave me Dr. Who vibes, Alice & Wonderland, The Capital from The Hunger Games, and a little Bladerunner. I don’t know if it is recency bias or if I truly do feel this is one of my favorite episodes in the entire series…not top 3 or anything but it is definitely up there for me. I felt Jack Black and Lizzo’s characters truly fit in as much as people are saying they didn’t. To me those two truly made sense as a plump couple who are king and queen of a independent planet where everyone can eat and drink whenever and whatever they want, party whenever, and just have fun at every chance like a 24/7 intergalactic vacation. I understand some of the actual criticisms people had like the story this season not being as clear and too many cameos in one episode and being taken out of it because of the cameos. I personally never have issues with being taken out of something due to cameos but I know it is a thing. However blaming everything people hate about Disney’s Star Wars on Lizzo and saying really disgusting thins. Like I saw a bunch of people review bombing and spamming comments on Star Wars and Lizzo’s social media saying “fat black b*tches do not exist in the Star Wars universe as cannon and they shouldn’t start now” and basically saying some really atrocious things putting all blame of everything ever wrong with Disney’s Star Wars (which to those people im guessing is literally everything because it seems like they never stop complaining about something). ALL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY DISGUSTING TO ME! If you don’t like it for an actual reason that’s perfectly fine…but don’t go out of your way to put someone down and be a hateful mean person saying regally mean and hurtful things.
This season kind of leans more towards painting the bigger picture of large communities in the galaxy rather than moving the story line. Showing all Mandalorians coming together, showing how some planets would rather stay neutral than pledge alliegence, showing how the new republic is not willing to help everyone as it did before, how it gets infiltrated by former imperials which helps a lot to explain how the First Order came to rise. All this is a grand set up for the next big bad, which, of course, is Grand Admiral Thrawn.
I know ppl r upset but Lizzo is A HUGE STAR WARS ADDICT since her now deceased father put her on 2 it n her preteen years so I wasn't surprised..ppl maybe surprised by her knowledge
@@Vampiro443 The point of the Mandalore-storyline in Rebels was that the mandalorian people learn how to move on. That the mandalorian question their traditions and start to think that some of them are outdated. Or at least not really helpful in their current situation. So when Bo-Katan gets the Darksaber, it‘s because her people actually believes in her. In what she accomplished for her people. Now the mandalorians just follow Bo-Katan because of the tradition. I don‘t like that.
I saw a clip of Joe Manganiello talking about a conversation he had with Jon Favreau. Joe wanted Jon to join his D&D game that he DM's for a bunch of celebritys and Directors. Jon turned it down because he said, The Mandalorian was his D&D adventure. It made him feel like he was young again playing D&D and building his own universe. Which these episodes all feel like side quests the characters are completing with the main story being a slow burn.
Watching this episode yesterday I had the same sort of reaction when realizing there’s only 2 episodes left. I really enjoyed this episode but, oh, we’re really about at the end of the season and I can’t tell where we are in the story. I hope there’s a good payoff. I might be upset if we get left on a cliffhanger reveal thing, not sure
I mean, there's really only one way this is going. Next episode the Mandos reunite and probably go back to Mandalore and the end of the next episode/the season finale will be the reunited Mandos vs the Empire remnants.
@@naftulzvi3353 well, yeah that’s what I hope, but I guess what I really meant was like they’ve been beating around the bush and padding out time for so much of the season it feels like to me at least that it almost makes me feel like I don’t know what they’re even doing. But hopefully it all leads to a great climax
I think this episode IS part the the main storyline. This season has been about the rise of Bo Katan and Mandalore. In the course of the episode, they helped a new world, cementing relations between the two cultures. And then Bo took back her fleet, continuing the task the armorer set for Bo, which is to reunite the scattered tribes of Mandalore. Really the only other storyline going on this season is the mystery behind Moff Gideon and his plans. I'm not sure, is there another main story that I am not seeing? I keep hearing people commenting as if there is.
Jack Black’s character is good at rebuilding cities. And they owe Din and Bo a favor. Think about what that could do for Mandalore. So it wasn’t just a side quest. A lot of the episodes that seemed like a side quest really pushed the story forward.
This episode was straight up Law & Order They went to a ship yard to ask someone some questions, they went to a morgue, a big name person who played a small role earlier in the episode turns out to be the bad guy !!! That's every episode of Law & Order
The game lizzo played with grogus assistance reminded me of the queen of hearts in Alice in wonderland, and jen wearing a queen of hearts hoodie... coincidence?
This was a very strange episode, the tone change was quite jarring. But I enjoyed it a lot once I got into the fact that it was a going to be a fun side adventure episode. I am still interested to see what they do with Grogu. He is still using his force powers for very non Jedi things. It will be interesting to see if keeps becoming darker, or just finds a kind of balance.
I haven't seen Grogu do something dark. He was force choking some of Moff's guys but he was captured. I think the underlying story is Grogu has Yoda's saber. He chose to be a Jedi and a Mandalorian. If Luke spent any time communing with Yoda/Kenobi/Anakin he is going to learn that the fall of the Jedi order could be traced back to their abandonment to personal connections. I bet Grogu is Yoda & Yaddle's kid, they both hid him and the shame of the situation clouded Yoda to the extent he did not realize what was going on until it was too late. Grogu will not turn dark. Disney won't allow it.
Luke is the true owner of the Dark Saber. Pre Viszla > Maul > Palpatine > Luke (using his father to kill Palpatine), or if kills are what counts Pre Viszla > Maul > Obi-Wan > Vader > Luke (via his manipulation of Anakin into sacrificing himself while killing Palpatine). Also Sabine stole it from Mauls house and gave it to Bo and she took it then....
ok Mndo giving the darksaber away sucked imo. Wonder if he will get a regular lightsaber to help train grogu. Possibly white like ahsokas to complement the darksaber.
I liked the Clone Wars feel, didn’t like the Uncanny packing of Cameos. Just a few lines more from Christopher Loyd like “My home is unrecognizable, They rigged their placement and sit in a high tower eating off food they don’t work for. The people have lost themselves and their wills… Dooku Was right.”
honestly i thought this episode was fun and light hearted. i dont know why there is so much hate for it. its not like its ripping apart the canon like the sequel trilogy. its just 1 episode in what they said isnt even half way done
i think this season is all over the place because Dave Filoni was busy on the Ahsoka series and Pedro Pascal was busy with The Last of Us he is hardly in this season he did mostly voice over for season 3 if you notice he doesnt speak as much that is why the shift is to Bo katan
From what I’ve seen the main criticisms from the fan base are more reasonable and mature than criticisms in the past. They don’t hate this episode, it’s more so this kind of episode this late into the season that they have an issue with. They don’t hate Bo, they just hate that Din and Grogu are sacrificed in order to propel Bo up.
This series is doing a lot of heavy lifting, believe it or not. There's an over arching story going forward that's being threaded through The Mandalorian, Ahsohka and the other SW series. On the one hand they've clearly got marching orders to justify and hint at the sequel trilogy in the SW universe. But at the same time, they have to keep their fans and Disney masters happy, while also trying to create a new threat worthy of the (hopefully) eventual SW cross-over event to deal with the new threat coming (not 100% convinced it's Thrawn, btw) and all in an 8 episode arc. This seems like a throw away episode, but it's actually planted multiple seeds. The most obvious is at the end with Bo-Katen getting the dark saber and her Mando's. But the throw away line about establishing Mandalore as a government with this planet backing them goes to the world building that will be necessary down the line. I think it may also foreshadow an eventual rebuilding of "Mandalorian" space. And I suspect they're trying to hint at a post "Rise of Skywalker" threat down the line too.
The ROBOT at the beginning IG-11 was already explained Holden. You missed it. Din wanted it to use it on Mandalore as it was supposed to be toxic. the whole memory chip thing was to get Din to got Tatooine for the chip from Peli Motto. But there it was deduced by the little mechanich guys that the chip can't be obtained. The purpose of all this is so that Din would instead get the R5 Asrtro mech droind to test Mandalore for Toxicity. Which he did, making rebuilding IG-11 irrelevant. But the purpose of Din getting R5 was so that later the Mandalorians can be tracked by the X-Wing pilot so he could tell Din that Navarro was under attack. When asked how he founfd them, the X-Wing pilot said that he tracked a droid that he worked with in the rebellion. Which was R5. Same droid with the bad motivator from the first Star Wars movie that Luke and uncle Owen rejected and took R2D2 instead. got to follow along Bro :).
I really liked that Din didn't necessarily care about owning the darksaber. he knows that he can't "handle" it so he has genuinely no issues parting with it (even though he's technically following the rule of the darksaber).
Jack Black clapping Lizzo cheeks is now officially Star Wars canon
🤦♂️ What a disaster
Low key funniest explanation 🤣
Tenadcious D - City Hall is now official Star Wars music. We travel in TUUUBES
When you put it that way, it makes this episode even worse.. smh whhyyyyyyy 😂😂
Smh at this episode
"The saber chooses the warrior, Mr. Djarin. It's not always clear why."
--Ollivander, probably
Except the exact opposite. The rightful wielder of the blade is the one who stops others from taking it
@@Kasey_Barkle so like the Elder Wand then?
The count dooku acknowledgement in the show was pretty neat
more like campy
When Bo fights Axe, she used a retractable blade on her right forearm. just before Bo punches Axe she retracted the blade to not kill him and then takes it back out just before the shot cuts. 14:21
Elite catch.
The IG droid he wanted to restore in the first episodes...the reason he wanted it was because it was a droid he trusted and he wanted it for backup when he went to the mines on Mandalore. But they managed to get the job done with just R5 so restoring the IG was no longer strictly necessary.
So it was still a waist of time?
@@TheeDawson No because he came to Nevarro and reunited with Greef and was offered land for him and Grogu to stay permanently, also setting up Gorian Shard and the pirates.
@@MarcusFrederiksen you push their reunion to episode 5 and have a line at the start of that episode saying how grief has done business with the pirates before... they are pirates you don't really need to set up why they want to raid a town...
Greif isn't in mando season 2 till episode 5 so don't act like he is an important character, also you dont need to set up the land. As it makes Vislas speech about doing the right thing because they are Mandalorians stick more, as they have no insensitive to help only because its the Way. Then at the end because they did the right thing they are rewarded with land to build a home. This took me 5mins to think up, I am not as good a writer as Favreau and its quite basic. Stop making excuses for a billion dollar franchise and company, this is these people's jobs to make quality content.
If you bought a car with 3 wheels, yes it would be drivable but you'd want 4 cause that's the standard set by all cars made before. My point being Mando seasons 1 and 2 aren't perfect but they set up a story and had a pay off, this season has been alot of set ups without pay offs, which is fine but nothing they are doing during the set ups has even came close to the heights of seasons 1 and 2
@@TheeDawson I would argue Greef Karga IS an important character to the Mandalorian, he is not the main character no but he is still a character of note due to what has happened with him and Din through till now.
Continuing plot thread... Din goes to Navarro for IG-11 - IG-11 is broken and he needs a part, so Din goes to Tatooine in search of that part - Pelli doesn't have the part, but sells Din the astromech R5 - R5 leads Carson Tiva to the Mandalorian covert where he can inform Din that Navarro is under attack by pirates - Mandalorians come to the aid of Navarro and receive a place to call home as a reward. It's all connected!
Ahsoka Trailer reaction is a must!!! That trailer was so cool!!! 🔥
"I´m gonna start using I have spoken in the house"
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-Yeah, "Start" using it.
Also "Lawyered" was very funny
I like that the Dark Saber has a different ignition sound than a lightsaber.
Do you guys not remember the entire first two seasons were like? Tons of side quests, that all contributed to the finale.
This episode in particular gave me one-off, Clone Wars vibes with the random side characters and quest. Didn’t mind it!
To be fair that was like 3 years ago
Seems like everyone forgot half of those seasons and just remembers the final few episodes. They were good seasons, but they had episodes about Mundo getting honey-like stuff for jawas, rescuing prisoners, taking in a frog as a passenger while protecting her eggs from Grogu and helping a village fight against a group attacking their town. If anything, this season has way less filler than s1, and just as much as s2
Bo and Din playing good cop bad cop is great
The investigation part was a call back to Attack Of The Clones with Obi-Wan and Anakin searching for the Changeling
I absolutely love the episodic nature of this show. It's more obvious this season but we've seen it since episode one. Din having to do side quests to let him access/move forward with the main story has always been the crux of the show.
16:42 -Holden! After 3 seasons of the Mandalorian being almost nothing but “side quest of the day” episodes, NOW you start to see it as “a theme”? 😂
"Did he used to be under her?"
"Yeah... If you know what I mean." 😏
Ok, I laughed way too loudly at that.
I was waiting for a "Holden Thomas Hardman!" from Jen there 😅
@@Cobinja same here! I usually have the same reaction as Jen or roll my eyes but this one was hilarious to me for some reason.
I would like this comment but it’s currently at 69 likes and I don’t want to ruin that XD
I thought the Doc Brown cameo made sense. After all, you can't say Mandalorian without saying DaLorian.
Great Scott!
@@codyleslie478 that's heavy!
How cool to see battle droids in that era
This episode was so bizarre, it felt like a fever dream
Yep, definitely not what the characters expected when they got there. It was awesome.
@@Kanjo_Bazooie it was not awsome lol
The more I think back on it, the more I’m not sure if I truly liked it 😅
Because they just have whoever directing episodes. Its terrible.
To Jen and her badass hoodie, I have only one thing to say: slay, queen, slay. Also, your affectionate face rub and compliment to Holden in this video just makes me want to acknowledge how amazing it is that the two of you continually share so much of your love for each other with your viewers. Anyone who has watched this channel for any length of time knows that both of you are the shit. What makes that even more apparent is how affectionate and dedicated you are to one another, and seeing your relationship form, develop, grow and then mature to this point where your imminent child will bring things full circle has been an absolute privilege. God bless and keep you both in health and happiness, you should never be surprised by how much your audience is willing to support you when you give us all more than enough reasons to wish you prosperity. Thank you infinitely for your willingness to let us adore who you really are as human beings
There’s A LOT of post-Imperial saltiness goin’ on. There’s a reason Dave is touching on it so often throughout the show’s series. Remember the great scene we got from Bill Burr and his former Imperial Ranking Officer as a current Imperial remnant?
my man bald Billy slayed that scene so hard I was genuinely surprised. Always liked his chacarter but the kind of nuanced acting he showed there really knocked me off my chair.
I never expected to see Jack Black, Lizzo, and Christopher Lloyd in the Mandalorian.
And I definitely didn’t expect Din to say Kuill’s catchphrase “I have spoken.”
We also can’t forget to mention when Lizzo was like, “I hereby officially dub thee Sir Grogu.”
And I can’t ignore the return of Sunil Bakshi. If you know, you know.
Ah a fellow AoS stan
Grogu is now a Jedi knight
Yes, I hope Simon Kassianides becomes a consistent featured character in The Mandoverse. Axe Woves is one of the cooler Mandalorians.
They had me at “Battledriods” :)
this episode felt like classic Clone Wars to me. swap Bo-Katan with Obi-Wan and Dinn with Anakin, and it would have fit in just fine in season 3 or 4 of the Clone Wars.
all it was missing was Tom Kane doing a voice over at the start.
@Holden regarding the saber "safety".
You mean like in New Hope when Obi-Wan gives Luke his father's lightsaber and the very first thing he does ( while Obi-Wan explains what kind of weapon that is ) is looking right into it?? :D
This was a star studded episode for sure.
Love every time you upload, this is easily my comfort channel
The episode was full of guest stars, even in the VO booth, like Dale Dickey as the voice of the lead Ugnot, Seth Gabel (Been on Fringe, and is Bryce Dallas Howard's husband) as the bartender droid, and the Mon Calla prince, voiced by Harry Holland, Tom Holland's brother.
The intercom voice at the beginning was voiced by Catherine Taber, padme's voice actress in the Clone Wars too.
The storytelling aspect of having contained or smaller stories each episode with the main storyline riding in the background is the same as the perfect writing style of Avatar the Last Airbender. Explore different stories while always moving towards the goal. If they stuck with the main plot, they'd be finished in a movie's length of time.
Atla had 20 episode seasons and still had at least 6 episodes per season purely focused on main story progression. This show is 8 episodes a season. Only 1 so far can be said to not be 90% side quests. Its not a good comparison
They can't let mando have anything nice😢, destroyed razorcrest and rifle. Was told he can't use the spear so it was made into armour and now giving away the dark saber.
Hopefully the N1 doesn't go lmao
Can we talk about how good Mando(Din) and Bo Katan look together. They really look and feel like at times Grogus parents. Ever since the Mandalore episode, they really work well off one another and Grogu has clearly started to form an attachment for Bo as a motherly figure. As well as Bo clearly cares about Grogus saftey like Din, and love her standing up for Din. When Axe tried to discredit his worthiness of being a Mandalorian.
12:25 This episode felt off... but I absolutely loved that one of my favorite actors brings the mention of Count Dooku and is literally cut off just before the mention of Anakin!
This was my favorite episode of the season so far. We got a cool looking new planet, some good character development, fun cameos, a great fight and a really wonderful perspective from the droid bartender.
No, I love you.
Oh, hi Mark.
I'm enjoying these smaller self contained episodes more than the modernized 10 hour long movie format. I can also appreciate that they are adding in bits which does contribute to an overall larger theme of making the mandalorians whole again.
If you remember the first season of the show, they really didnt have a plot until the last few episodes. I am enjoying the show. Probably just because it is named the Mandalorian. Which is funny if people are complaining about Bo being in it. The show isn't titled Din Djarin. I also think that they are world building by having the separatists still around because it's building up to the New Republic
I'm actually really loving the little "side quests" fleshing out the SW universe. Getting to see behind the scenes of the New Republic and the Outer Rim and getting a little exploration of the culture etc is kinda cool. I'm happy to wait for the main story Quest. Let it build a little ,even if we have to wait till next season, but then that's what i'm like with games myself i always complete all the side quests first
I don’t mind a filler arc, but no one wants a filler season, ya know?
the people complaining about "side quests" or "filler" episodes dont make sense to me... If these episodes are are somehow bad because it doesnt "progress the plot" then chapters 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 must all be bad too...
if you ask me, every episode from this season progresses the plot. cutting out the parts of the episodes that don't directly do that would make this season so dull i wouldn't want to watch.
You're welcome Holden!! If you need anything else, let us know; your community is behind you!
But not to close please 😊
That protocol droid in the bar is the coolest droid I've seen to date. The cameo's in this episode were so awesome. By the time he is an adult, Grogu will own half the hearts in the universe. Personally, I like the flow of the season so far, because I really love this show and I don't want it to get to an ending too quickly. I am fine with seeing more of the Star Wars universe through this show for years to come.
fun fact: the voice that greeted them as they approached the planet and rode in the monorail, was the voice actor who played padme in clone wars
It's worth noting that the previous seasons also had these one-off episodes, basically in the same way; they have some task to complete in order to further their main objective. In season 1 Din had to help those farmers in order to find a safe place to hide out, then later help that rookie bounty hunter, and then help Navarro clear the Imperial base to get his ship fixed. Season 2 he had to transport the frog lady with the eggs to eventually find Bo Katan, and later bust Mayfield out of jail and infiltrate the Imperial refinery in order to find the location of Moff Gideon's ship. I agree this one probably had less connection, but it's still within the normal formula for the show.
"Paraquat" was a "The Big Lebowski" reference😎
& that Mon Cala King at the very beginning that says "No, I Love You" is Tom Holland's brother apparently.
Okay so im biased here but Blade Runner is like my favorite piece of media and seeing Din and Bo being Blade Runners likes is very cool for me, and yeah this season may be running slow but I think is that they are setting the stakes for the next season maybe, Mandalorian reuniting in the planet they saved, Jack Black helping rebuild Mandalore, the struggle for power that is definitely going to happen, Moff Gideon preparing and working with the lady of the third episode from the inside, my guess is that the next two episodes are gonna be packed with stuff
Knowing Filoni.. these characters will have bigger storylines later.. like with clone wars.. introduce a character, then they will have an arc or 2 later
I wish someone loved me as much as Jennifer loves Holden 😢 😅
You're welcome. 😊
Started watching your review, then realized this is this week's episode. My son is with the grandparents and we usually watch together. So, I'm going to have to pause this. 😢
Loved the episode and love you guys's videos
18:58 There are only 2 episodes left in this season.
When Mando and Bo were about to land and the music came on it reminded me a little of The Grandmster's ship in Ragnorak.
I had a lot of fun with this episode, Love jack black's character. And love this season so far.
But some little thing that's starting to wear thin is Mando's music cue every time he does something.
When he's fucking up pirates, perfect. But slicing the medical droid was too much.
I know its kind of a side mission but this is one of my favorite episodes so far! Especially seeing the droids being kind of sentient and having their own culture and not just being mindless robots! Also Jack Black! This is not the greatest episode in the world this is a tribute!
I'm starting to lose fate in humanity...
@@Pir-o Well fate is for everyone.. it decides what you want to do in your life. I wish you the best of luck.
@@Pir-o you can’t lose fate… you either believe in it or you don’t
@@Pir-o haha well sorry.. I like what I like. Best of luck to you.
If anything, they're setting up more for Ahsoka Season 1 which will be out before Mandalorian Season 4
GREAT SCOTT
'It's like head and torso' suddenly I get Battlefront 2 flashbacks of how annoying it sometimes was to headshot them
WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!!!
I had mixed feelings about this episode one my first watch, however after another viewing, I can appreciate the Law & Order style detective story they were going for. I just hope the story really ramps up going forward since we only have 2 episodes left.
Also, glad you received the baby gifts! I know it's an exciting time!
sounds stupid but these side quests are a very star warsy thing for star wars video game players, especially kotor players.
last 2 episodes were great 7&6.. poppin off can't wait for 8
I thought the side story prevalence was way more pronounced especially in Season 1. Eps 4 5 and 6 were all very obviously side quests. Season 3 has been way more focused, I thought. And even with this one being obviously a side quest, I think it's important to show Din and Bo spend some quality time together. I guess that was the same with Grogu and Din in Season 1
I agree 100%! Season 1 had like 3 episodes of plot, this season has even more. This seasons been enjoyable, way better than season 1, just a little worse than season 2. I don't get the complaints, but I do think the season would benefit from having 12-16 episodes.
This season hasn’t met the level of hype that I had. But it isn’t bad. I’m very much enjoying every episode.
Not terrible but not great. It's the fast food of TV... not what you want for a 7 pound a month subscription
@@TheeDawson I think it’s worth it still.
This was an episode straight out of Clone Wars. Really enjoyed it.
Clone Wars was 22 episodes a season...
sorry to hear that
@@TheeDawson he means the type of vibe it gives .. not the amount of episodes . And he’s right it’s very reminiscent of a clone wars episode
@@erikgomez5981 I think you missing the point here bud
@@Pir-o not really
Will you react to the Ashoka trailer? Interested to see your guys’ take
It seems the one off episodes are parts of the larger Star Wars universe, specifically showing how the first order was able to rise so quickly after the Empire fell.The narrative ties more tightly the new trilogy to the old by filling in the how and why.
Keep in mind, what you may interpret as the main point of an episode when you're watching it may in fact just be a cover to advance a completely different plot point.
Everyone assumed Din returning to Navarro for IG-11 was the main point of the episode and that IG-11 would be important somehow. But from what we have seen as the episode progresses, going to Navarro for IG-11 instead put Din in conflict with the pirates, the pirates later attacked Navarro, and the Mandalorian clan had to come back to protect the citizens of Navarro and thus gained a new place to call home. Maybe IG-11 wasn't the important part, but giving the Mandalorians a home was, but you could not get there without the IG-11 sub-plot?
One thing this series has proven is something that seems inconsequential on first viewing has a major impact to the plot several episodes - even as much as a season later! The same goes for the Andor series. What seems minor on first viewing has an important effect later on in the series.
I think there may be a Mon Cala subplot working in the background of the whole show... 1st season Din turned down a bounty to recover a Mon Calamari nobleman's son who skipped bail. Din abandoned it to rescue Grogu.
"your presence is requested by the leader"
"This is not a request"
Christopher Loyd looks like Clone 99.
After Kenobi Leia chase and Book of Boba Fett mods chase, I wasn't sure Disney could do a chase til this Blade Runner-esque chase.
I really wanted to comment but didn't want to spoil this episode. But i thought Jen would appreciate it. "ITS A FISH!"
I LOVED THIS EPISODE!! I know some people didn’t care for it and some people were triggered by two chubby individuals one a black female and are yelling at the top of their lungs about it.
But I personally had so sooo much fun with this one. It gave me Dr. Who vibes, Alice & Wonderland, The Capital from The Hunger Games, and a little Bladerunner. I don’t know if it is recency bias or if I truly do feel this is one of my favorite episodes in the entire series…not top 3 or anything but it is definitely up there for me.
I felt Jack Black and Lizzo’s characters truly fit in as much as people are saying they didn’t. To me those two truly made sense as a plump couple who are king and queen of a independent planet where everyone can eat and drink whenever and whatever they want, party whenever, and just have fun at every chance like a 24/7 intergalactic vacation.
I understand some of the actual criticisms people had like the story this season not being as clear and too many cameos in one episode and being taken out of it because of the cameos. I personally never have issues with being taken out of something due to cameos but I know it is a thing.
However blaming everything people hate about Disney’s Star Wars on Lizzo and saying really disgusting thins. Like I saw a bunch of people review bombing and spamming comments on Star Wars and Lizzo’s social media saying “fat black b*tches do not exist in the Star Wars universe as cannon and they shouldn’t start now” and basically saying some really atrocious things putting all blame of everything ever wrong with Disney’s Star Wars (which to those people im guessing is literally everything because it seems like they never stop complaining about something).
ALL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY DISGUSTING TO ME! If you don’t like it for an actual reason that’s perfectly fine…but don’t go out of your way to put someone down and be a hateful mean person saying regally mean and hurtful things.
Yeah that was awful especially with star wars theory and his fans, hes terrible
The commissioner is right, Dooku is the only one who had the right idea
Best ep!
This season kind of leans more towards painting the bigger picture of large communities in the galaxy rather than moving the story line. Showing all Mandalorians coming together, showing how some planets would rather stay neutral than pledge alliegence, showing how the new republic is not willing to help everyone as it did before, how it gets infiltrated by former imperials which helps a lot to explain how the First Order came to rise. All this is a grand set up for the next big bad, which, of course, is Grand Admiral Thrawn.
I know ppl r upset but Lizzo is A HUGE STAR WARS ADDICT since her now deceased father put her on 2 it n her preteen years so I wasn't surprised..ppl maybe surprised by her knowledge
The story on how Bo-Katan got the darksaber in Rebels was way better than what we got now in The Mandalorian.
yeah she did nothing and sabine gave it to her, wow thats so "great"
@@Vampiro443 The point of the Mandalore-storyline in Rebels was that the mandalorian people learn how to move on.
That the mandalorian question their traditions and start to think that some of them are outdated. Or at least not really helpful in their current situation.
So when Bo-Katan gets the Darksaber, it‘s because her people actually believes in her. In what she accomplished for her people.
Now the mandalorians just follow Bo-Katan because of the tradition. I don‘t like that.
I saw a clip of Joe Manganiello talking about a conversation he had with Jon Favreau. Joe wanted Jon to join his D&D game that he DM's for a bunch of celebritys and Directors. Jon turned it down because he said, The Mandalorian was his D&D adventure. It made him feel like he was young again playing D&D and building his own universe. Which these episodes all feel like side quests the characters are completing with the main story being a slow burn.
This season hasn't been terrible but it hasn't been great either...tho I did enjoy this episode since it gave me that clone wars type of vibe
Watching this episode yesterday I had the same sort of reaction when realizing there’s only 2 episodes left. I really enjoyed this episode but, oh, we’re really about at the end of the season and I can’t tell where we are in the story. I hope there’s a good payoff. I might be upset if we get left on a cliffhanger reveal thing, not sure
I mean, there's really only one way this is going. Next episode the Mandos reunite and probably go back to Mandalore and the end of the next episode/the season finale will be the reunited Mandos vs the Empire remnants.
@@naftulzvi3353 well, yeah that’s what I hope, but I guess what I really meant was like they’ve been beating around the bush and padding out time for so much of the season it feels like to me at least that it almost makes me feel like I don’t know what they’re even doing. But hopefully it all leads to a great climax
@@kota8394 hopefully the next two episodes are main story and not one filler and then the finale is main
@@lucas.2.3.9.4 I heard the last two are written by Dave Filloni.. so have hope, but not too much hope
Fantastic episode. I love that Lizzo, Jack Black and Christopher Lloyd are now SW canon!
Commissioner Hellgate was the character Christopher Lloyd was playing. I think that's what I heard. Ha
I think this episode IS part the the main storyline. This season has been about the rise of Bo Katan and Mandalore. In the course of the episode, they helped a new world, cementing relations between the two cultures. And then Bo took back her fleet, continuing the task the armorer set for Bo, which is to reunite the scattered tribes of Mandalore. Really the only other storyline going on this season is the mystery behind Moff Gideon and his plans. I'm not sure, is there another main story that I am not seeing? I keep hearing people commenting as if there is.
Jack Black’s character is good at rebuilding cities. And they owe Din and Bo a favor. Think about what that could do for Mandalore. So it wasn’t just a side quest. A lot of the episodes that seemed like a side quest really pushed the story forward.
people just love to complain, haven’t watched holden and jen’s reaction yet but going off everyone on twitter hating on the episode
My wife and I are having a baby boy in August, and we're leaning towards naming him Holden Kash.
This episode was straight up Law & Order
They went to a ship yard to ask someone some questions, they went to a morgue, a big name person who played a small role earlier in the episode turns out to be the bad guy !!!
That's every episode of Law & Order
it would have been so badass if they used boston dynamics bots for the scenes of malfunctioning bots
The game lizzo played with grogus assistance reminded me of the queen of hearts in Alice in wonderland, and jen wearing a queen of hearts hoodie... coincidence?
Completely unrelated comment but I would love to see you guys do a "My Wife Watches" of the Searching and Missing movies
THIS IS THE WAY
This was a very strange episode, the tone change was quite jarring. But I enjoyed it a lot once I got into the fact that it was a going to be a fun side adventure episode.
I am still interested to see what they do with Grogu. He is still using his force powers for very non Jedi things. It will be interesting to see if keeps becoming darker, or just finds a kind of balance.
I haven't seen Grogu do something dark. He was force choking some of Moff's guys but he was captured.
I think the underlying story is Grogu has Yoda's saber. He chose to be a Jedi and a Mandalorian. If Luke spent any time communing with Yoda/Kenobi/Anakin he is going to learn that the fall of the Jedi order could be traced back to their abandonment to personal connections. I bet Grogu is Yoda & Yaddle's kid, they both hid him and the shame of the situation clouded Yoda to the extent he did not realize what was going on until it was too late.
Grogu will not turn dark. Disney won't allow it.
My condolences.
Luke is the true owner of the Dark Saber. Pre Viszla > Maul > Palpatine > Luke (using his father to kill Palpatine), or if kills are what counts Pre Viszla > Maul > Obi-Wan > Vader > Luke (via his manipulation of Anakin into sacrificing himself while killing Palpatine). Also Sabine stole it from Mauls house and gave it to Bo and she took it then....
11:20 awee🥺🥺🥺
ok Mndo giving the darksaber away sucked imo. Wonder if he will get a regular lightsaber to help train grogu. Possibly white like ahsokas to complement the darksaber.
I liked the Clone Wars feel, didn’t like the Uncanny packing of Cameos. Just a few lines more from Christopher Loyd like “My home is unrecognizable, They rigged their placement and sit in a high tower eating off food they don’t work for. The people have lost themselves and their wills… Dooku Was right.”
I think the look on your faces when you figure out it's Lizzo sums up this episode perfectly. 😳
honestly i thought this episode was fun and light hearted. i dont know why there is so much hate for it. its not like its ripping apart the canon like the sequel trilogy. its just 1 episode in what they said isnt even half way done
I'll be happy to see Din using the spear again. Fits him much better, maybe he can start using the nickname Red Viper...
You mean the spear that was melted and recast into armor?
That would be difficult.
i think this season is all over the place because Dave Filoni was busy on the Ahsoka series and Pedro Pascal was busy with The Last of Us he is hardly in this season he did mostly voice over for season 3 if you notice he doesnt speak as much that is why the shift is to Bo katan
Tom Holland's brother played the Mon cal. in the beginning.
From what I’ve seen the main criticisms from the fan base are more reasonable and mature than criticisms in the past.
They don’t hate this episode, it’s more so this kind of episode this late into the season that they have an issue with.
They don’t hate Bo, they just hate that Din and Grogu are sacrificed in order to propel Bo up.
Spark pad aka: match book. All old detective moves found a matchbook with an address on it. This was a detective/good cop ( Bo) bad cop (Din) episode.
This series is doing a lot of heavy lifting, believe it or not. There's an over arching story going forward that's being threaded through The Mandalorian, Ahsohka and the other SW series. On the one hand they've clearly got marching orders to justify and hint at the sequel trilogy in the SW universe. But at the same time, they have to keep their fans and Disney masters happy, while also trying to create a new threat worthy of the (hopefully) eventual SW cross-over event to deal with the new threat coming (not 100% convinced it's Thrawn, btw) and all in an 8 episode arc. This seems like a throw away episode, but it's actually planted multiple seeds. The most obvious is at the end with Bo-Katen getting the dark saber and her Mando's. But the throw away line about establishing Mandalore as a government with this planet backing them goes to the world building that will be necessary down the line. I think it may also foreshadow an eventual rebuilding of "Mandalorian" space. And I suspect they're trying to hint at a post "Rise of Skywalker" threat down the line too.
The ROBOT at the beginning IG-11 was already explained Holden. You missed it. Din wanted it to use it on Mandalore as it was supposed to be toxic. the whole memory chip thing was to get Din to got Tatooine for the chip from Peli Motto. But there it was deduced by the little mechanich guys that the chip can't be obtained. The purpose of all this is so that Din would instead get the R5 Asrtro mech droind to test Mandalore for Toxicity. Which he did, making rebuilding IG-11 irrelevant. But the purpose of Din getting R5 was so that later the Mandalorians can be tracked by the X-Wing pilot so he could tell Din that Navarro was under attack. When asked how he founfd them, the X-Wing pilot said that he tracked a droid that he worked with in the rebellion. Which was R5. Same droid with the bad motivator from the first Star Wars movie that Luke and uncle Owen rejected and took R2D2 instead. got to follow along Bro :).