The Mandalorian 3x2 Reaction | Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore

[@shawnyoung381]

I read the moment with Din saying "this is the way" differently from you. To me it felt like Din was honoring Bo's dad, recognizing him as true Mandalorian. And I think Bo was surprised and taken back that a child of the watch was honoring her dad. Maybe a start of a deeper connection between the two of them.

[@Jabberwocky415]

Yeah I think that was the intended interpretation. That’s what I got.

[@tedbaker3846]

Yeah, now they have to bang xD

[@mathies3598]

But i imagine Bo Katan was still like "i dont care about the way there is not one way"

[@leonidasmalekakis7366]

That's what i got too. And even though he is a child of the watch he is recognizing her as a true Mandalorian too

[@Jabberwocky415]

@@mathies3598 Actually I think that’s where she started to look at him differently. Her snarky line to Grogu was a deflection from her beginning to appreciate his honor.

[@DarthPlaya]

Another awesome reaction, Thumbs up given. One correction: A lot of people got this wrong but Favreau corrected himself in a second interview. When he mentioned "It has been two years" since Grogu was back with Din, he meant it had been two years for us the viewers, away from the show, NOT that Grogu spent two years with Luke. According to Favreau Grogu only trained with Luke for a very short time before choosing to go back to the "Daddy you want to cuddle".😁 (He was kinda vague and wouldn't pin down an exact amount of time though)

[@jq8913]

When Mando first met Quill and he was training him to ride those blurg things he had said "you're ancestors rode the great Mythosaur"...it's crazy Bo and Din both just encountered one and I can't wait to see who rides it.

[@HelluvaPatriot]

*Spoilers* Having to see Bo Katan return to Mandalore and have the interaction with Grogu...then weild the dark sabre, my heart melted. Then have her see the Mythosaur...Bo Katan is BACK! 😭😭😭

[@DarthKilaj85]

ever since the armor told that story, I have been waiting for this to happen I knew they put that in there for a reason.

[@misteryman526]

I think after the cyborg thing came back from being 'dead' once, I would have made sure by slicing up whatever organic parts were inside the head/orb instead of just assuming it was dead when the light went out.

[@edgarrivera1340]

So Grogu went to go get auntie Bo 😅😅😅

[@todderickson2435]

"No one comes here for facts." 😆 You just got yourself a new subscriber!

[@Heavensrun]

Grogu wasn't with LUKE for 2 years. He left Mando 2 years before this season started. BoBF was somewhere in there.

[@H3lios227]

I think Bo is regaining her faith in the Mandalorians due to being around Din

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Same! I think she’ll rub off on him as well. Balance 🤌

[@jonsnow947]

I think its similar to when Bo was impressed by Sabine in rebels.

[@iczorro]

@@funnylilgalreacts phrasing

[@donalddepew5373]

Bo & Din falling for one another. Rejoining all mandalor on mandalor is epic & I ship it

[@brianng8350]

Neither is perfect. Hopefully, they can help each other to be better Mandalorians - Din is in a cult and Bo is jaded.

[@mikeycham3643]

I read Bo's expression after Din's, "this is the way," about her dad's death, as being touched that he was honoring her father according to his religious practice. Similarly, I think that as he was saying the creed before the Mythosaur got him, she appeared moved by his belief, though she doesn't share it. I'm liking this direction in her, if in fact I'm reading her right.

[@robertsanssouci2093]

I’m surprised that no one else caught the Han Solo throwback line, “what are you looking at?…” that Bo said. Both Han and Bo used it when they were obviously trying to hide their romantic feelings and got caught 🤣🙌🏼

[@AL-fl4jk]

In both of Pedro’s shows this week he’s a down and out dad that needs to be saved by his kid

[@corporealghoul]

Pedros having a week.

[@30noir]

I like the show where he's a jaded old fighter but through the companionship of a kid, learns to love again.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

where was Nymeria when the Viper fell, am I rite?

[@ralph1270]

Facts‼️

[@brianng8350]

No shame. Everyone can have a bad week and need some love... hahaha...

[@robertjames8220]

I loved that "oh shit" look that Bo clearly had under that helmet. That's the look of a person whose beliefs -- in her case that there was nothing to the old stories -- just got mortally wounded.

[@thane9]

Yeah, it was cool how we could see that through the helmet even.

[@snail10000]

Bo looked kinda impressed by Mandos faith, and seeing the Mythosaur really through her beliefs for a loop.

[@brettdiving2744]

I CANNOT believe we just got a LIVING Mythosaur.

[@johncmousley]

I thought they were a myth

[@brettdiving2744]

@@johncmousley They did exist very early in Mandalorian history/Star Wars canon, but this is first time we've ever seen one alive in the modern SW timeline. It makes sense though from a story beat. This has HEAVY Godzilla vibes (giant monster long thought to be only a myth awakened via a massive planet-changing event) and I'm all for it. This mythosaur may be the last of its kind that was living deep within the depths of Mandalore, but since the Night of a Thousand Tears mass-bombing from the Empire against Mandalore, it may have "awakened" and has made its way closer to the surface.

[@BigSeth1090]

I love that they’re finally giving the wee baby his own agency. He’s no longer just cuteness being carried around!

[@mrvoltar]

Now he's R2-D2 ;)

[@brianng8350]

@@mrvoltar R2 is great compare to CP-3O... hahaha...

[@DarthPlaya]

I viewed Din's "This is the way" was honoring Bo's dad, recognizing him as a honorable Mandalorian. If you watch closely he stops and respectfully nods to say the line as if to pay respect.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

I like the difference between Din and Bo-Katan's fighting styles. Din is a great bounty hunter, an excellent gunslinger, and a scrappy brawler, but Bo is a soldier from a time of terrible conflict who lead a unit of elite warriors. It's like the difference between a super badass cowboy and a member of Seal Team 6.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

"There is no such thing as tough. There is trained and untrained." - John Creasy

[@claytargets]

Bo knows how to swing that sword.

[@davidgrider4302]

I didn't know that I needed a Grogu and Bo-Katan team up. 😎 Bo-Katan kicking butt with the Darksaber on International Women's Day! 🔥🔥🔥

[@funnylilgalreacts]

It was glorious!!!

[@agentspaniel4428]

@@funnylilgalreacts now grogu has a mom

[@teamfox7791]

​@@funnylilgalreactswhere is chapter 1 and 2 reaction ???????😓

[@brutalchicken]

If I had a nickel for every time Pedro Pascal was rescued by his kid in the last few weeks I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. Also, I know you can't get to the Bad Batch yet but it was probably the best episode of the series.

[@kivimik]

@@DerekEvans1013 Pedro's also a "dad" in The Last of Us.

[@Hudjunababa]

I think through Din seeking redemption it's leading Bo on a path of her own redemption. Her seeing the mythosaur totally had an impact on her. I think she's going to try and become a unifier again.

[@TK_Brainslug]

I mean spiders liquefy their prey. I think that's what the creature tried to do here. I think Bo is becoming a believer.

[@ThomasKnip]

To think that this may be the very same R5D4 that gave up on Luke in Episode 4 (yep, those motivators ^^), is just one fun easter egg!

[@Giovith13]

I think the "droid" was a mutated survivor of the planet, abducting mandalorians and using their blood to keep what little of it was still alive, alive.

[@LuckDragonLair]

If you've ever seen someone donate plasma where they remove the blood cells and just have the fluid in the blood. That's what it reminded me of.

[@bulletproof844]

They looked like the Morlocks of the movie time machine from1960. In fact hat was the first sience fiction movies I have ever seen. That movie made me a fan of scifi in general. :)

[@Corvid76]

It doesn't make much sense that this was Bo-Katan's first trip to Mandalore recently. She was the one that was so heavily insisting that it was livable and she was staying in a castle on a moon in the same system, right near there. Why would she, as passionate as she was about it, not have done exactly what Din did and go test the air? Of course she did. The question is why didn't she tell anyone?

[@amrosoronar1853]

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why the Dark Saber belongs to Bo-Katan.

[@71jdanziger]

Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist. The creature that captured Din Djarin reminded me of a Dalek with that eye hiding inside the robot with the "Exterminate" staff

[@mattfraser1096]

I got goosebumps when the Mythosaur showed up. The symbol of Mandalor! Is Mandalor beginning to rise again?!

[@RangerHouston]

_The songs of eons past foretold that the Mythosaur would again rise up to herald the new age of Mandalore._

[@RMNarratives]

lmao all of us at the recap - 'WHY ARE THEY BRINGING UP THE MYTHOSAUR' & freaking out the rest of the way through.

[@hawkthorn33]

I love love love that you are such a nerd that you called out all the reference, and background stuff. I already know the galaxy at large is not ready for a Bo who has faith again.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

Bo just saved Din .... _twice_ ... in the span of a few hours. she could have taken the saber and ran away with it. I say we ship it.

[@Sazaar-w9g]

By the way, at 14:20 there was a scary monster shadow on your wall :) tense series. I'm glad you like kittens. Was that Grogu? Ears are similar :) Thanks for the review, we are looking forward to new episodes !!

[@JackOiswatching]

I might need to make Bo Katan's ship, that thing looks rad!

[@thontor]

Grogu was not with Luke for two years. That is from a quote taken out of context. The quote was referring to the fact it's been 2 years in the real world since Grogu went with Luke at the end of season 2

[@ianwills2738]

I loved this episode, really enjoyed the scaredy cat Astro mech, seeing more about Mandrilore and more from Bo. Her with the Dark Sabre was great, particularly loved your translation of you excited squeals. I feel that the first episode was a nice set up for the series and I can’t wait for the next.

[@rhideflory]

This episode was a love letter to Grogu aka Baby Yoda fans

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

*_Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me._* Perfect time to announce Firefly since, you know, the theme song kinda fits with this episode, too. 😁

[@mikeycham3643]

It was clear to me after Chapter 17, that we'd be getting some loose ends tied up eventually. Pretty accustomed to that with Star Wars television.

[@jetklaatu9831]

Bo Katan is my favourite Mandalorian and I really hope she becomes a positive influence to the other characters around her rather than a sullen silent sulk she-Mando she started as. Seems like she’s started to change her opinion of things (or will do) via Din. I do think the Armourer and Bo will have a fight unfortunately. Especially as Bo has said she doesn’t want in fighting.

[@micpta16]

Poor Peli, I absolutely hate having to work on Boonta Eve. You miss all the drinking and fireworks. 😠 Loved Katee in this and seeing more of Bo-Katan. She was a badass as Starbuck, she continues to be one, especially wielding the Darksaber. Angela’s face seeing the Mythosaur 😯😱😲🤪🥰 I hope we see it again next episode. Grogu’s ears flapping in the wind when he’s cruising are just everything! 😂🤣 You said Firefly! OH…SOMEONE’S…GOD!😱👍 I really hope you like it. No, I hope you love it.

[@aegon1targaryen208]

BO swinging the saber with ease!

[@Dinoraider]

I've seen other comments about Din losing the dark saber, and Bo-Katan picking it up, and defeating the "robot bug" that technically defeated Din and won the sword. Yes it a technicality, but if I remember what Moff Gideon said, it's that the dark saber doesn't have power, the story does... by that logic, wouldn't the story of her rescuing Din by defeating the Robot bug have some power? Or would it have to be some kind of super-epic battle that lasts days to have the same effect? BTW, @Angela, I started re-watching the expanse through your reaction videos and I was very impressed with some of your story and character insights that I've never thought of while I was watching for the first time, I feel like I'm getting even more out of the series with your reaction videos. Thank you!

[@Paxtin]

Boy, I must be dense, I really didn't pick up on all the Mythosaur name drops the whole episode...Maybe just cause I assumed they were a long extinct species, so I never really expected we were going to actually see one. I donno though if Bo was so much annoyed by what Din said, as much as slightly taken aback. I'd like to think she recognizes Din is giving respect, in spite of her cynicism. It might also explain why she was so quick to dive after him when he fell. It seems like there might be a mutual respect finally starting to build between the two of them.

[@BruGaleen]

Am I the only one who's starting to ship Bo and Din? Bo and Din and Grogu could be the new Mandalorian royal family. You gotta see it, right? :)

[@mathies3598]

Din just loves to travel. Guy first goes all the way to Kalevala which is like right next to Mandalore but he gotta take a quick detour to tatooine for a droidpart. I gotta imagine it would be more efficient to go there first before heading to the mandalore system🤣 Anyway, i love Din being a damsel in distress twice in one day

[@KenFromchicago]

Close. The Armorer did not tell Din to go to the mines. She said redemption was impossible because the planet had been bombed and poisoned. Din brought evidence it was possible to reach the surface of Mandalore. He wanted to know if he did and got down to the waters beneath the mines, would he be redeemed? No point going if the Creed no longer allowed redemption but that's different than saying redemption is not allowed by Creed merely because you can't physically reach the place of redemption. She said redemption was possible if he could physically reach the waters beneath the mines. He went to Navarro to get a droid to scout out Mandalore to see if it was safe for him to reach the waters on Mandalore and the one droid he trusted was IG. But he wasn't able to get IG fixed. So then he went to Bo Katan who had been planning on retaking Mandalore but when her forces lost faith in her, she no longer planned to retake Mandalore. So Din left to find another way to get to Mandalore. His actions make sense if we realize his one goal is redemption.

[@retrotony4119]

Din and Bo make a great alliance. BoDin couple? I’m pulling for this to happen. I think she’s a believer now.

[@MbgFire2067]

So I quit watching the recaps because they seem to give away the plot points for the episode and I’d rather be surprised at things (like the mythosaur). I saw an interview and it was said they had a lot less Volume this season so we should see some better on location scenery. Between this and the Bad Batch, we are getting some juicy stories the next several weeks!

[@appo9357]

The last 20 minutes I kept saying to myself that it’d be funny if what happened at the end did.

[@simsane1]

Yes, that's what i said about those creatures. They looked and reminded me of Morlocks from the Time Machine.

[@ReelMeurik]

The Armorer mentioned in Book of Boba Fett, that Din struggles with the Darksaber, because he's fighting "against" the blade. Bo-Katan was literally born to wield the Darksaber, so it makes sense that she's much more proficient with it.

[@Umbradomo]

A few things to know or that I am guessing at. First, for Bo-Katan, it was more her worrying that the Dark Saber had gone missing than Mando. Second, that move she made to retrieve the saber during the droid fight was the same one that Sabine Wren made during the sparing with Kanan in the Rebels series. Last, Mando was looking for both a droid he could trust AND one that could be a companion to help fight or watch Grogu if needed. This part I am guessing at, (WHOOSHING SOUND) The more you know! 😈

[@mando8469]

YES!!! Firefly is coming!!

[@ReelMeurik]

"Boonta Eve" was first mentioned in Star Wars Ep 1: Phantom Menace. It is a time of celebration on Tatooine, and includes Pod Racing as part of the festivities.

[@El-jefe-darkness]

It's great to see the change in bo katan. She was able to help din of her own volition , not thinking it would further her own interest unlike the fort time they met.....much like the other mandalorians helped din and grogu without a second thought much like the covert giving up their hiding place and dying to help din and grogu and the armorer doing it the second time against the storm troopers. .....she's starting to walk the way of the mandalore

[@JohnnyZ716]

If there is a more complete bad a**, and yes hotter woman in Star Wars than Bo-Katan, then I certainly haven't seen her. She has become my favorite female character in all of Star Wars since this series first came out.

[@solbringer2483]

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist

[@charlie53echo]

Din is such a Paladin. His belief is palpable. He sees others without their helmets, but when he is castigated for his choice to remove it, he doubles down and starts a redemption quest. I think that Bo's lack of faith will erode under the influence of his implacable drive. And the Mythosaur. If he had IG-11 with him, would he have folded him up into the trunk? R5-D4, not R4. 😉

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

there is *one,* maybe two ways, in which Din here can totally become a White Knight to Bo, the right way both literary and politically. she won't take the saber as a handout, and he won't fight her... so, might as well marry her. if done correctly, that'll trigger up SO MANY PEOPLE, and I'll be right there with a basin at the ready to bathe in those tears: SW showing a strong woman actually falling for a guy she can't kill, because he's being a badass AND raising a kid.

[@charlie53echo]

@Nighthawk If that happens, "The helmet stays on in the bedroom."

[@wwfnbafan]

My jaw doesn't drop that often, but the Mythosaur made my jaw drop and i had to physically move it up. Also Grogu knows the Armorer so Bo isn't the only other one he knows.

[@CCFONESOL]

Yeah Grogu has seen lots of Mandalorians since season 1

[@gerardlacroix6015]

Yeah, it was more about the fact that he is the first one he saw being as capable as Din. Every other, while they are decent fighters, don't come close to Din or Bo. ( Hell, with the dark saber, none come close to Bo. )

[@mollymawkery]

I think the first episode had to do a lot of recap for what happened during The Book of Boba Fett, since not everyone who watches The Mandalorian would have also watched the other show and more casual viewers would be really confused that Grogu was back with Din and also that Din had been excommunicated from his cult. So a lot of the 'we already know this' or 'why is he going back here' issues are because season 2.5 of The Mandalorian happened on a different show.

[@MrSidney52]

I thought of the Morlocks from The Time Machine too.

[@brianlafrazia8237]

No question the humanoid monsters were an homage to HG Wells monsters in the Time Machine. And I thought they looked cool. But the Mythosaur was AWESOME!

[@gianfrancodelgiudice4926]

I think you're right! They felt very familiar to me for some reason, but I couldn't place them

[@VADallasCowboysFan]

He cannot lift the DarkSaber as he is torn between Grogu and Ellie lol

[@crossbones13]

"No one comes here for facts." I do... "Incidentally enough though, I do like crabs." Not me! The itching is terrible!

[@funnylilgalreacts]

😂

[@llraijinll5753]

Grogu said Pelli's name at the start! 😊

[@GrrrTurtle]

Sabre blades, as I was once explained it, apparently weigh so much that they require the Force to be able to lift them and control the weight safely. Its like swinging a sledge hammer with a giant end attached otherwise. I don't know though, I am much more the Trekkie.

[@kivimik]

Yes and no. Being able to connect with the force can help, but with enough melee training a non-force user can wield a lightsaber. We did just witness Bo-Katan fight with the darksaber like it was an extension of her. It could be that Din didn't focus on melee training (even his use of the beskar staff in season 2 wasn't very expertly).

[@SpartanOli]

FYI, a mythosaure is a dragon-like creature that is the size of a small village. They went instinct like thousands of years ago (like 3000 or so) when the mandalorians killed them all. I find it really neat that we'll be able to see one, and live action at that, but talking lorewise, it's pretty unlikely than one would've still be alive after all these years. And didn't get noticed too.

[@gathawn193]

Extinct*

[@gerardlacroix6015]

It was dormant, under it's lair, where it was tamed by Mand'alor the Great. It is said to only awoken to bring a new golden age to the mandalorians. This is the prophecy relayed by the Armorer in.. I dunno, S2 or BoBF I think. So yeah... It's probably the last of it's race, something something 6.000 / 7.000 years old ? It's not a mythosaur for nothing. Also, pretty sure it was forbidden to go look into the living water, as it was a sacred place, usually reserved to ceremonial rites for the most important people, or the most important reasons.

[@SpartanOli]

@@gerardlacroix6015 So you're telling me. That an enormous monster, that has been there for 6, 7 thousands of years, didn't need any food during all these years?

[@gerardlacroix6015]

@@SpartanOli Maybe Mythosaurs are quite close to tardigrades in the grand biological chart ? Maybe when in dormance it dosen't require food since it doesn't use any energy at all ? It's Star Wars, there is whales flying through dimensions in the vastness of space and seemingly being able to defeat the gravity of worlds, or breach star destroyers with their heads... Who knows what a Mythosaur can do.

[@wileecoyote57flh22]

We need a one shot R5 backstory.. 😁

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Angela!🙂I was on the same page as you about bringing back IG-11. I also thought Bo-Katan might have been giving The Mandalorian bad info by the way she was speaking in the last episode. Yes I was going to say, the creatures The Mandalorian fights in the ruins remind me of the Morlocks in the 1960 film "The Time Machine". It does look like the eye creature had been catching Mandalorians for a while, judging by all the helmets nearby. Probably draining them for some substance to sustain it. Nice reactions to episode two, Angela!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@W0NK042]

Oh how words/language change over time... The Living Waters/Living In The Waters.

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

Little Grogu is growing up! I predict this season he will get some action scenes of his own, and will speak his first words. So excited! Mythosaur is pretty cool, too, I guess. 😉

[@philip07304]

It has been confirmed that season 3 takes place two years later. So, Grugu did learn new Jedi stuff. Also, the other thing you mentioned how you felt confused by all the directions the first episode did but after I remembered another reaction video I seen they mentioned it felt like side quest you would do leading up to the main quest in a video game.

[@chuckkourouklis1980]

Drive-bys: poor little unmotivated R5 with the bad motivator should take care, lest he run across anyone who’d find new ways to mmmotivate him… Oh WAIT - guess R5 outlived that guy! 8

[@corporealghoul]

I watched your Vox Machina reactions, Arcane reactions, all of TLOU reactions so far... and i just now noticed i wasnt subscribed. Fixed that. My bad.

[@Icypenguigo]

Ok Angela you referenced the Star Wars Holiday Special and you now have my eternal respect/pity. Also, MORLOCKS! Those are the subterranean mutated humans from "The Time Machine", and I had that EXACT same thought when I saw those monsters! :D Great minds think alike I guess! ;) And it's so awesome to see Bo-Katan being an epic badass in live action AND teaming up with Grogu!!!! XD Katee Sackhoff is incredible, and Bo-Katan might be close to the level of epic-ness of Bobbie Draper! (not quite, but almost ;)

[@VadersRage]

So.....Mando lost in "combat" to the creepy Cyborg Eyeball thing and had the Dark Saber taken from him (technically). Bo-Katan then bested the creepy Cyborg Eyeball and then took the Dark Saber and killed the Creepy Eyeball thing. Does she get to claim the Dark Saber now?

[@sparrowlt]

The volume has its uses and its awesome when used right.. the problem is when abused or outright missused (coughs .. Obi Wan.. coughs)

[@1Vmiboy]

Pretty sure that weird interaction between Mando and the Armorer was just to catch up everyone who had given up on and/or was never interested in the BoB show. Which was probably a whole lot of folks. Kind of wish I was one of them… :/ Anyway, yeah, first episode was be-bopping all over the place, felt very disjointed…plus, 20ish episodes in and NOW Mando suddenly can’t hit a shot when zombie droid is after the kiddo? 🤔 Anyway, episode 2 definitely got things more on track. Kinda tired of helpless Mando though….and Bo Katan’s constant pissing in his cheerios about his taking being Mandalorian seriously…. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Clockwinder]

Does that droid point out your failings???? No... but one little misstep on his part and your "Bad Motivator" shaming him to all your viewers across the galaxy....and I thought droid Shaming was dead.

[@ronchess8813]

My Daughter and I loved this .Its obvious Bo cares about Din .Both episodes been amazing. Team Bo Din Grogu bring Mandalore back together

[@KennyYoutubeMakesMeFeelGood]

Hi 👋🏽 I really enjoyed your reaction to this episode so much the part where Din and Bo use the darksaber🖤 same episode and Grogu saving his daddy and doing the flips 💚

[@opsatr]

I guess Mando's first stop was the Armorer because he wanted to ask first if he'll actually be accepted back if he did find a way to bathe in the mines of Mandalore. And when she (in my point of view, somewhat grudgingly) said ok fine, this is the way, then he set out to actually do so. (Prior to this, in the 2 years in between seasons, I suppose he might have thought there was no chance for redemption, until perhaps he met the Jawas who had the cystallized specimen. Maybe that was recent. And while, as you said, it would have been nice to see that, maybe it's just an uneventful thing that's fine to just refer to and not show. 🤪) So anyway, next stop since it is decided that he will try to get back to Mandalore was to enlist the help of the only droid he would trust... Nevarro it is. But that didn't work out so he has to get parts first. And where would you find hard to find parts? The Jawas of Tatooine, of course. And that's the only part that's a little weird to me. Why go to Bo-Katan first before Tatooine? Why not Tatooine first? Then back to Nevarro, assuming he gets the parts for the Anzellans, then to Bo-Katan with the repaired IG-11. Then on to Mandalore. Maybe it's a location thing? Idk. 🤪 Is Kalevala (sp?) on the way from Nevarro to Tatooine? Or maybe Din just thought to go by Bo-Katan first out of courtesy? I mean, I expect his plan was to join her forces, and ask them to go with him to Mandalore, perhaps volunteering to go first to check the atmosphere, but maybe he didn't want to go all alone (by all alone, I mean just him and Grogu and IG-11). Maybe his plan was to go with a small group including Bo-Katan, and perhaps those other two Mandos he met with her. So anyway, maybe he thought it best to go by her first before getting parts for IG, so that they'd have time to prepare themselves for the task. That might be better than showing up there, saying he wants to join them, then saying ok let's go right now, I have everything ready. 😆 Ok. I rambled. 🤪 Sorry. 😅 Just my ideas on your thoughts about why he went all over the place first. 😁 And as luck would have it, he had a run in with pirates along the way. 🤭

[@DanteShadowfall]

I feel like they are rushing this season so much. I assumed it would be 3, 4, even 5 episodes before we got to Mandalore. Or at least a couple episodes exploring it. I dislike him going from "It HAS to be IG 11" to "Sure Ill take this shoddy crap astromech!" in 30 seconds flat. It makes pretty much the entire first episode pointless. This entire episode was back and forth using the same shots over and over and over again. We literally see the same fight sequences two or three times and the journey through the of the cave/ruined city/sewer etc 3 or 4 times. It is an unpopular opinion I know, but I wish Grogu had stayed with Luke for this season or at least part of the season. I think they use him too much for comic relief in moments that should be more grounded. I'd rather Mando be exploring with Bo or Boba right now. Also...What exactly pulled Mando under? He stayed ahead of her rocket pack and was somehow unconscious in the water?

[@Caseytify]

I think Bo-Katan follows the way; she just doesn't observe the tenets of Din's sect. I also think that ... creature was alive, at least the center bit. The really big droid reminded me of the mechs we saw near the end of Book of Boba Fett. Perhaps Bo-Katan felt the Dark Saber abandoned her when she saw that Din possessing it, so her depression wasn't just funk, but that she lost belief in herself and her cause. ... I wonder if the writers are going to follow the Deathly Hallows logic: Draco disarmed (defeated) Dumbledore, so the Elder Wand changed its allegiance to Draco, but then Harry disarmed/defeated Draco, which made _him_ the master of the Elder Wand. Din defeated the Moff, but Bo-Katan rescued Din by killing the creature that captured/defeated him (which meant the Saber belonged to the creature). By the transitive property, Bo-Katan now is the rightful owner. As I've observed elsewhere, Katee is remarkable feminine in how she moves in that armor. Her kinesthetics are quite different from Dins'.

[@blue92blue92]

What about this. Bo-Katan Kryze and Din Djarin become a power couple, and rule Mandalore together, raising Grogu and have little Mando and Manda babies?

[@joevaldez6457]

Angela, you're the action news reporter of the Star Wars Galaxy. I can imagine the last question in your interview with Bo-Katan, "How do you keep your hair so perfect under your helmet?"

[@kivimik]

Not all astromechs are nervous ninnies; however, it could also be that R2-D2 and Chopper (from Rebels) are the exceptions, considering that both are also mass murderers.

[@loochboy]

A few things I have noticed from this episode. I think the Mythosaur is a vegetarian-why else would it have not immediately eaten Bo and Din? Also, I think Grogu is seeing a little something happening between them-"What are you looking at?" is a possible clue! And having worn my Mando helmet, I will surmise that her hair is perfect because of complex electronics, fans, and perhaps magnetic metal hair. 'cause when I remove my helmet my hair is a disaster! My fave moment is your reaction the the creature leaping out of the dirt to grab Mando! And how cool is it that not only do we look upon Din and Gogu as father and son, but everyone they know in their universe calls them dad and his kid. That is adorable! And I think the droid creature was taking blood so it could survive on something other than the Morlock-y things.

[@brianng8350]

The writing on this show is always pretty weak. But it is still a fun show. But after Andor and the Last Of Us, we know these shows can be so much more (complex, well-written and longer). The first episode was fine to see the gang back. But this episode is so much better. There is suspense, action, Bo-Katan using the darksaber, and we got a peek at a mythosaur! Overall, this is a more satisfying episode. As some has said, episode 1 and 2 should have premiered together. By the way, Baby Yoda did learn something from Luke - he is not that tired as much now after using the force. So, the "2 years" wasn't a waste.

[@artboymoy]

While the first episode really made me miss Andor, this episode was really entertaining for me, but the stuff they pull with the fetchquests is really tenuous at best. So he needs the part and goes to, where else, but Tatooine, to meet up with Amy and she tells him she doesn't have anything like that but take this Astromech droid, and he does without much of a fight... The basic science kinda hurt my brain in that the air on the surface was all right but still could have been wayyyy toxic in the mines. They really need a tricorder. :) That being said, the best thing from this episode was seeing Mandalore and that robot creature thing. I was surprised as well by it. I wouldn't mind hearing how that thing came about. Very cool design and having the head detach (like The Thing) to go into the spider thing was cool. But was it just hiding underground for a human, or maybe it was for those Morlock creatures, which probably was more likely. And no talk about he Dark Saber? Din was beat by that thing and had the Darksaber, then she took it and used it to kill the dude that defeated Din, so doesn't she get the Darksaber now? They needed to explain that here. "Watch that first step, it's a doozy!" So, he just slipped and fell or was he pulled under and Bo seeing the creature from the folklore was cool. Could open her mind a bit. I wish they would build more articulation into Baby Yoda. like so he can squat, bend and sit more naturally. He had a fun little adventure, but it made it really obvious why they needed the astromech... To me the volume is really needed for these shows to maintain a budget. Space hopping to different worlds is expensive if you have to build everything, so I get it. I thought it looked pretty good here.

[@theKonfusion]

a bit random, but while on star wars, I feel like you look like Molly from StarWarsExplained channel haha!

[@Corvid76]

Bit of a wasted opportunity on Kryze's part. Had she taken out the enemy that had disarmed Djarin, without the use of the dark saber, she could technically then have claimed ownership of it. Also, I don't think he finished reciting the creed, so he can't officially be a Mandalorian again... yet. They're going to have to deal with the Mythosaur one way or another.

[@claymccarthy6198]

I agree that he was getting the armors blessing ... also though ... some scenes are obviously for the casual fans that won't watch the other content ... so that was for the peeps that didn't watch the Boba Fett series ...

[@spacemanspiff3052]

That droid/creature thingy was trying to sap and impurify all of Mando’s precious bodily fluids. 😉

[@jakecook2375]

IMO I think Bo will be the one who will ride the Mythosaur. If Dave and Jon can have their way we will see a Bo Katan off shout. I love how Dave, Jon and George know how to create strong female characters with out using the Mary Sue route like KK/Disney does.