The Mandalorian discussion thread (2 Viewers)

[Cage1]

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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.

 

[tenordas]

Holy crap. I loved everything about that episode.

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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. .

I guess spoiler

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:

Bo Katan

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.

 

[Complex Kid]

 

[Complex Kid]

Am I the only one that thinks of Dave Chappell doing this line every time Djarin talks about bathing in the living waters?

 

[nolaspe]

 

[Saint_Ward]

 

[Complex Kid]

 

[Complex Kid]

NO SQUEEZES!!!!

 

[tenordas]

Is it just me or does it strike anyone else just how much the Mandalorians mirror Judaism in the way their culture has been portrayed?

1. They are diaspora scattered throughout the galaxy
2. Their home was destroyed by "the Empire" in punishment, effectively squashing them as a threat to "the Empire"
3. The "faithful sect" cover their heads at all times, and believe uncovering their head in public breaks their law (creed)
4. The same seems to be true about their armor, much like a tallus always being worn
5. The faithful memorize and recite the law (creed)
6. Those who have broken the law must "bathe in living water" to be cleansed of their iniquity (it was this theme over the first two episodes this season that really made me notice all of this).
7. I can't really say what age the kid was supposed to be who was standing in the water declaring his fealty to the creed and receiving his helmet at the beginning of episode 1, but he looked to be about 12, the age when a boy is considered ready to be considered a man, and so receives the bar mitzvah.

I didn't see these parallels in The Clone Wars series, but in The Mandalorian series, the parallels have been impossible to ignore and I wonder if it is on purpose (surely?) - or do they really not realize just how much they've mirrored here?

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Is it just me or does it strike anyone else just how much the Mandalorians mirror Judaism in the way their culture has been portrayed?

1. They are diaspora scattered throughout the galaxy
2. Their home was destroyed by "the Empire" in punishment, effectively squashing them as a threat to "the Empire"
3. The "faithful sect" cover their heads at all times, and believe uncovering their head in public breaks their law (creed)
4. The same seems to be true about their armor, much like a tallus always being worn
5. The faithful memorize and recite the law (creed)
6. Those who have broken the law must "bathe in living water" to be cleansed of their iniquity (it was this theme over the first two episodes this season that really made me notice all of this).
7. I can't really say what age the kid was supposed to be who was standing in the water declaring his fealty to the creed and receiving his helmet at the beginning of episode 1, but he looked to be about 12, the age when a boy is considered ready to be considered a man, and so receives the bar mitzvah.

I didn't see these parallels in The Clone Wars series, but in The Mandalorian series, the parallels have been impossible to ignore and I wonder if it is on purpose (surely?) - or do they really not realize just how much they've mirrored here?

I'd say it was on purpose but who knows? I mean, Darkside of the Moon was NOT made to be played in concert with Wizard of Oz, it just happened to work out that way.

 

[Complex Kid]

 

[GeauxWhoDats]

 

[Buickman]

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So, just who is The Mandalorian? Is it Din or Bo-Katan?

 

[Booker]

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So, just who is The Mandalorian? Is it Din or Bo-Katan?

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My guess? It's Grogu.

 

[J-Donk]

Is it just me or does it strike anyone else just how much the Mandalorians mirror Judaism in the way their culture has been portrayed?

1. They are diaspora scattered throughout the galaxy
2. Their home was destroyed by "the Empire" in punishment, effectively squashing them as a threat to "the Empire"
3. The "faithful sect" cover their heads at all times, and believe uncovering their head in public breaks their law (creed)
4. The same seems to be true about their armor, much like a tallus always being worn
5. The faithful memorize and recite the law (creed)
6. Those who have broken the law must "bathe in living water" to be cleansed of their iniquity (it was this theme over the first two episodes this season that really made me notice all of this).
7. I can't really say what age the kid was supposed to be who was standing in the water declaring his fealty to the creed and receiving his helmet at the beginning of episode 1, but he looked to be about 12, the age when a boy is considered ready to be considered a man, and so receives the bar mitzvah.

I didn't see these parallels in The Clone Wars series, but in The Mandalorian series, the parallels have been impossible to ignore and I wonder if it is on purpose (surely?) - or do they really not realize just how much they've mirrored here?

Star Wars borrowed heavily from Dune. Almost everything you mentioned is in those books. Beskar coming from one planet remind you of anything?