The Mandalorian discussion thread

Holy crap. I loved everything about that episode.

1. Grogu is a character with agency now. He is capable of doing things. He's no longer just a cute sack of potatoes that gets put in scenes that make you go "Awww..." The way he just casually force slammed that Alamite on his way out of the ruins was such a great "I don't have time for your bullshirt right now" move.

2. I love what they're doing with Bo-Katan. She's disillusioned, she cynical. She thinks Din is silly for believing in these things. Yet she's still helping him because she knows that Mandalorians are stronger together and however weird she may view the tenets of his sect, he's still a Mandalorian. They kind of need one another at this point: she needs his earnest belief in the tenets and the creed, he needs her knowledge and experience. When he gives her that "This is the way" after she talks about her father dying defending Mandalore, there's no cynicism or dismissal there. It's a genuine moment.

3. On that note, the Mythosaur reveal at the end. So awesome. Bo-Katan talks about how everything is myths and legends and then...the supposedly extinct symbol of her people starers her right in the eye. Great way to end the episode. .

Do we think Bo Katan will subscribe to the sect now that she has "been cleansed in the Living Waters"? If so, it'll probably be the most any show has paid for star power without showing their faces.
Fantastic episode! So much to digest and a lot of apparent hints at where the season is going. And wonderful character development for Grogu. But even more:
Honestly, my first thought when they landed out of the waters was that the trip to the Living Waters will turn out to be far more about the redemption of Bo Katan than it will be about Din.

Seeing Din's dedication and then seeing the Mythosaur for herself are the beginning of pulling her out of her cynicism. They made a very obvious point of what great difficulty Din is having trying to wield the Darksaber, then showing Bo Katan wield it as though it were part of her arm. It just seemed to me the episode was really about her and her path to becoming what she was supposed to be when her sister died, probably including reconnection with the Watch she turned her back on.