MANDALORIAN 3x05 BREAKDOWN! Every Star Wars Easter Egg You Missed!

The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 5 “The Pirate" Full Episode scene-by-scene analysis and breakdown by Erik Voss! Go to partner.bokksu.com/newrockstars and use code NEWROCKSTARS to get $15 off your first Bokksu Japanese snack box!
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The Mandalorian Season 3 ties it all together in Chapter 21: Bo-Karan’s journey with the Children of the Watch, Moff Gideon’s conspiracy with the New Republic, and the pirate crisis on Nevarro. ZEB from Star Wars Rebels cameos in an episode filled with Star Wars Easter Eggs! Erik Voss breaks down this episode frame by frame for the visual details, deeper themes, and Star Wars Easter Eggs that you might have missed!
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[@sebiieex]

Can’t believe they so casually dropped live action Zeb and acted like it was no big deal 😭

[@multicreativeartist6579]

Exactly how I thought about it 😂

[@chrisshaw9696]

Zeb

[@thecannonballz4647]

I turned to my daughter and was like, "was that.... was that ZEB??? Did they really just casually drop a live action Zeb on us like that???"

[@TroyLuthor95]

How it should be

[@Wheatbread93]

Right?!

[@cash-money28]

Zeb is the way to do cameos he appears it feels natural and if you know you know if you don’t you don’t

[@RedHeadKevin]

Exactly. You didn't know it was Zeb until the credits. It could have been any Lasat.

[@krounos1]

​@@RedHeadKevin Minus the fact it was the same VA yeah.

[@LewisB3217]

@@RedHeadKevin well we think most are dead, but they have their hidden homeworld, Zeb is really the only Lasat we know now, I knew who it was instantly

[@ItzMav]

exactly i was watching this ep and was like damn they really threw in a lasat looking a lot like zeb and then after the ep i was thinking wait was that zeb?

[@wandamidstans2059]

Zeb in Arabic means.. well uh.. c**k 😂

[@Drrck11]

That Zeb scene; the best CGI work I've seen in a long time.

[@noahmaldonado5461]

They perfectly translated zeb into live action

[@FirewaII33]

Honestly, at first I was shocked because it's a Lasat, and I after the purrgils in EP 1 I didn't think there would be another rebel drop, but I rewatched his scene at least 5 times and I don't think they could have made him any more realistic. It didn't really have any uncanny Valley effect, it was just like "Holy shit look at him!"

[@Deinobi]

Ikr. Only if they put as much effort into the Grand Inquisitor

[@zacharyjackson1829]

@@Deinobi or Cad Bane, although he wasnt near as bad as GI.

[@GuacPapi]

​@@zacharyjackson1829 cad bane looked great

[@AlphaWolf7567]

Imagine if we got to hear Din saying "Dank Farrik" and Zeb saying "Karabast" in the same scene.

[@mt-hell1994]

😍😍

[@smuggthecomrade1477]

Love the idea...might be asking for too much there lol 😅 but we (star wars fans) want it all babyyyyyy

[@balu2567]

Do mandalorians have sex with their helmets on? So mandalorian women go into labor with helmets? will kids ever see their parents faces in their life?

[@LineOfThy]

@@balu2567 watch mothers yes

[@CrimsonFKR]

@@balu2567 touch grass you cretinous virgin jesus christ

[@BlyatBlaster]

The line “I like those odds” is a callback to Din’s own line to the stormtroopers in season 1.

[@crimsonstormsurge]

I took it as a ham solo reference with his never tell me the odds but idk

[@SnorlaxWhisperer]

​@@crimsonstormsurge ham solo

[@BlyatBlaster]

@@crimsonstormsurge Din literally says the exact same line to the stormtroopers. Trooper: “we have you 8 to 1.” (Idk if it was 8 but whatever). Din: “I like those odds.”

[@juice6529]

Yeah that’s what I thought too

[@intbananas]

Yeah, this is what I thought, more of a callback to Din in S1 than a play on Han Solo's line.

[@beatsbywoods8388]

As the Armorer said “Beskar is for Defense purposes” and the fact that it exists puts Mandalorians in danger, the only person so far that has made weapons from Beskar has been tied to Thrawn, and Mod Gideon would be the one who has the most of it since he was in charge over Mandalore during the Purge….

[@dustinjones7458]

Not all Mandalorians follow the coverts way tho. It could totally be Gideon's Pre Order but it could also be angry Mandos.

[@bodydoublesecurity4987]

@dustinjones7458 there isn't one recorded Mandalorian who has used beskar for anything other than defense.

[@deathlypool9788]

Ahem, it’s actually Moff Gideon ☝️🤓 lol

[@gabrielmorse9306]

Actually the whistling birds are offensive. Homing bullets basically. I’d call that an offensive weapon. He’s used them multiple times.

[@bodydoublesecurity4987]

@gabrielmorse9306 it's actually a bracer with hidden missiles that aren't made of beskar.

[@captain_commenter8796]

Was waiting for Zeb to say the iconic “Karabast” 😂

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee made his own flight jacket for his audition. They loved it and let him wear it!

[@isaaclol7483]

Life is always so much more simple when Mandelorian is premiering 😂

[@valentine8585]

Loving how many likes this post got, misspelling or not. 😄🙌

[@AnnaHans88]

The Mandalorian singlehandedly revived Star Wars, and has the whole world in its vice grips each time it airs. Creative projects make a much bigger impact than some people think.

[@Gersheyz]

13:50 "I like those odds" was also what Mando said on his first encounter with The Client

[@wesleywatson2009]

Seeing Zeb almost made feel better after what happened to Tech, almost

[@seanroberts4011]

I suspect Tech isn't dead; all that Hemlock was able to find was his goggles, after all. I mean, I know absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence, but... I'm hopeful.

[@JuanGonzalez-vn7zg]

@@seanroberts4011 ummm you do realize he fell from high above ground with a cart hurled at him chances are his body parts flew everywhere and just grabbed the googles. I think he is dead

[@bludragon1328]

@@JuanGonzalez-vn7zg idk they “killed him off” right after introducing a love interest for him. And because of the plot it’s not entirely unlikely for him to be alive

[@dpcnreactions7062]

The way Zeb quickly turns his head to talk was so real looking, I had to look twice as Thought it was a practical effect and not CGI!

[@captain_commenter8796]

This brought me back to the Clone Wars siege of mandalore, glad to see the mandalorians still kicking ass after the loss of their world

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

I think the Horned Mandalorians that worked for Maul will have a secret ties to the Armorer.

[@LewisB3217]

@@SidewaysBurnouts ehh since mauls boys are basically connected to the empire, (and you see imperial mandalorians as well(the ones with white armor)and the empire blew up mandalore, I heavily doubt it, but we may see them more who knows

[@kevinelement9383]

One thing I really appreciate about the Mandalorians is how trusting they are of one another, and as long as they walk The Way, then they all just believe one another. So, when the armourer trusts Bo, it is simply the Way.

[@thrawn82]

The camouflage on the pirate cruiser is a naval dazzle pattern. lots of star wars aesthetic pulls inspiration from ww1 and ww2, but the purpose of dazzle camo at the time wasn't to make the ship more difficult to see per se, but to make it more difficult to determine the precise silhouette, heading, and direction of motion of a shup in order to make it harder to dial in torpedoes and naval artillery.

[@colinviola7892]

13:46 Thats amazing😂😂

[@The-boy_7.]

I loved this episode it showing The Mandalorians actual skill and power,it also perfectly set up the future and left with an actual interesting cliffhanger and I also think they got zeb to look the best they could as a puppet just wouldn’t be right

[@fantsticfoxmister4330]

I love how Bo and Mando where sitting very close next to each other during Pazs speech and that there signets, the Mudhorn and Nightowl, where touching and facing each other. Maybe hinting that one of them will will join the others clan (and Grogu final gets a Mum)

[@therioh8813]

Mandalorian wedding at the end of the seson !? 🎉🎉

[@davidhowell7279]

I can imagine that Grogu has more armor in his future. Perhaps with an owl on it?...hmm...that would be interesting.

[@Reevesy95]

Still cannot believe Zebb was in live action and how good he looked! Jaw was on the floor

[@DogBrainDingus]

Zeb looked freaking awesome, completely blew me away!!!

[@krisr4285]

I love the “he shot first” line even more, because I recently rewatched the first ep of season 3 and Greef 100% shoots first

[@kevinwhite1671]

The Zeb cameo was perfect. And he looked even better in live action than in animation.

[@Canadian2022]

The VFX team needs all the awards thrown at them for how they made Zeb look. 👏 BRAVO

[@lieutenantwolf5437]

This was truly a great episode I’m glad u cleared up the stuff about moff gideons escape I needed someone to properly explain it

[@The-boy_7.]

What do u think bout Zebs live action design

[@alwayswearsblue22]

Zeb looked amazing. Thank you Dave and John

[@rod2508]

I literally had tears welling up seeing Zeb. Have missed the crew of Rebels so much!

[@azorbarros3308]

Nobody mentioned that Gorian Shard, especially because of his beard, is very similar to Le Chuck, the evil Pirate from Monkey Island, the classic computer RPG series produced by… Lucas Arts!

[@Native_Creation]

I was going to say he looks a lot like Swamp Thing

[@ChicagoAirportSpotter]

Gorian Shard's corsair got that razzle-dazzle camouflage

[@annjeffery425]

It feels suspiciously like when Death Watch teamed up with Maul to be the “saviors” of Mandalore.

[@yerocnodespdon]

I was screaming when zeb showed up I was like no is that noooo could it be lol

[@davidfleming4056]

When Mando says "I like those odds." It's a call back to when he said it in the first season in the episode where he rescues Grogu and uses his wrist mini rockets for the first time

[@deborahjanes3706]

I agree that the beskar alloy is a setup right out of the playbook of Thrawn.

[@habu6486]

They also added a "pirate accordion" concertina under the intro theme... subtle touch.

[@thecannonballz4647]

Noticed that myself. Loved it

[@bloodspatteredguitar]

That was fun... but about as subtle as a cannon ball shot across the bow

[@thecannonballz4647]

@@bloodspatteredguitar I resemble that remark

[@lasvegasnextexit1230]

Seeing Zeb in live action was absolutely amazing!!!! (I'm a big Rebels fan)

[@Yung_Slush]

Zeb looked incredible and we always love our little war criminal Chopper

[@cmac3530]

The Armorer doesn't have to be Satine to be Bo Katan's sister. They must have another sibling as Corkie calls them both Aunt so he must be the child of a 3rd Kryze sibling that we haven't been introduced to yet.

[@davidhowell7279]

Or Sabine Wren, or Sabine's mother.

[@m6h3r]

When I saw Garzeb I jumped out of my seat and cheered.

[@maxescobedo9212]

Zeb looks amazing in live-action, I can't wait to see more animated characters brought to The Mandalorian

[@mrw40]

Is the peter pan in star wars a reference to who I think they just mocked? 😂

[@dominicmitchell5100]

I've been searching the comments for someone else who noticed!

[@michime79]

is he mocking starwarstheory?

[@mrw40]

@@michime79 maybe 👀😂

[@legomaster2538]

13:50 I think that’s more of a reference towards those stormtroopers from chapter 1 that tell Din, “We have you outnumbered three to one.” And that is why Djarin answers, “I like those odds.”

[@SenatorLeiaOrganaSolo]

Okay I missed the Director cameos but the fact that Filoni is physically in the same scene as Zeb makes me emotional.

[@kellywilliams1332]

i bet he got emotional watching it back with zeb in the shot after vfx. must've been so satisfying. it was for me!!

[@Dunovant]

During the scene where the pirates were bombing the town, and all the towns people were running through the gates, one character was carrying the Hamilton ice cream maker that holds beskar

[@Batman-qe7ig]

It's for Beskar or basically anything like credits. Plus they love to have that in every season😂😂 it's just an Easter egg

[@MarrvelFan123]

I screamed when Zeb showed up

[@Hellaframes]

literally did the dicaprio meme 😂

[@nickmacarius3012]

I felt that the Rebel Air base on the island resembled an Army Air Base in the Pacific during World Warm II.

[@RedHeadKevin]

I'm sure that was their intention.

[@fvckingtest]

Definite a callback to war films, much like RogueOne.

[@studioseppuku9454]

In Rebels there was a faction of Mandalorians loyal to the Empire, the Imperial Supercommandos lead by Gar Saxon. We know his tribe worshiped the Dark Saber as they also followed Maul when he had it so makes sense they would be loyal to Moff Gideon and maybe busted him out.

[@ricardopitamusic]

I thought that maybe, like Darth Maul, Moff Gideon now had some Mandalorian following, considering he had the dark saber for quite some time. And now uniting the clans would be more difficult for Bo. Could it be?

[@seppafer]

I think that Thrawn would never set up a framing attempt like leaving beskar behind. He would know that the Mandalorians don't leave it behind and would use something else. If they try to go for the oh thrawn did it then that would make me upset because at his core he can't ignore those kinds of details

[@ObsessiveGeek]

He’s banking on others not looking into detail, simply seeing the evidence and pointing to a likely culprit without thinking it through. Manipulation tactics is 100% Thrawn

[@GuacPapi]

It's thrawn. Between bombing Bo's castle and this, theyre definitely setting up Ahsoka

[@technolegends306]

@@ObsessiveGeek Nope. Canon Thrawn doesn't underestimate any of his enemies. Only reason he would leave such an obvious clue is if it's part of a bigger trap or scheme where his opponents need to target the Mandalorians. Otherwise, this is out of character.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@technolegends306 Also, currently, there's no such thing as "canon Thrawn." Legends isn't considered canon.

[@technolegends306]

@@ObsessiveGeek Thrawn is in Star Wars Rebels, which is canon. And Thrawn had a 6 novel series, which is also canon. It released a couple years ago. Legends Thrawn is not canon. However, the original author: Timothy Zahn has returned to write the 6 canon books and he made sure not to change his personality. He even got to write 3 canon books about the Chiss Ascendancy. If you still don't believe me you can google it yourself, of course. The books and Star Wars Rebels are Disney canon

[@meganmcdonald3333]

With Zeb making a cameo,(which by the way I was freaking out over because I loved Rebels!), not only does this hint the return of Thrawn but also Ezra! We’re so close to getting answer until the Ashoka Series releases this year!

[@mrlonghurstseducationvideo2546]

I love Star Wars Rebels. Zeb is one of my favourites and I was wondering if they would bring him into live action as I thought it would be a bit difficult. But they have. And he is glorious. Can’t believe they made him real.

[@stevenflores7504]

14:42 I like how the armor throw the hammer like Thor in infinity war

[@paparoo9924]

Paz's speech was my favorite part of this episode

[@charliewhittington7407]

13:46 shots fired 😂👀

[@jisyang8781]

3:41 how come nobody talks about Mongolian/Tuvan throat singing. Sounds very similar to some of the best of Huun Huur Tu.

[@kryptickilla5834]

If I can get into the Store on Saturday at SWC then I got you Voss! You have my word

[@mikehurt3290]

I think in the next couple of episodes, we gonna see Mando and Bo Katan fight for the Dark Saber because wouldn't Bo Katan need it to untie all the Mandorioians?

[@michaelkelly1732]

I screamed when zeb showed up

[@generalrelativity2196]

When I saw Zeb it confirmed my suspicions that Thrawn is going to appear

[@minimoe2807]

After seeing how amazing Zeb looked I have high hopes for the rest of the cast of Ahsoka

[@rocketiain84]

The zeb effects are some of the best ever

[@NassRedjem]

Mof Gideon wants the dark saber back, and he will have it from Din Djarin so Bo can take it from him rightfully and become the true leader of the mandolorians.

[@linjah]

Watching Garazeb fight a Zygerian Slaver in live action would be so awesome!!! So excited to see the Ghost crew make their appearance. The story arcs of the Clone Wars and Rebels are the greatest!!! I'm low key hoping they do a plot where they use the World Between Worlds, maybe Ahsoka also uses it to save Ezra? 😅

[@kellywilliams1332]

wouldn't u just die if we got a Kanan flash back...one can hope!! :'(

[@jacksonroe6034]

13:46 love the call out hahaha

[@joannac.3782]

"I like those odds" is Mando's catch phrase.

[@SMiles-sn4mg]

I thought the same thing as Voss during the conversation between Bo and the Armorer. Something about the way the Armorer talked to Bo really reminded me of Satine. I almost thought they were going to take of their helmet too and reveal them to be Satine, or some long lost family member lmao

[@christinearmington]

Third sister?

[@gbozzi05_]

​@@christinearmington we still don't know Korkie Kryze's parents

[@RedHeadKevin]

@@gbozzi05_ It could be their missing 3rd sister, who was Korkie's mom.

[@davidhowell7279]

Sabine Wren?........maybe.......or Sabine's mother?......maybe....

[@floepiejane]

I must admit, I had the same thought.

[@PHANTOM-zs6rd]

the vfx and stuff is 11/10 in this season i love it!!

[@Hellaframes]

the vfx needs to help marvel out 😂

[@CheeseNinja]

happy to see Zeb in live action!

[@ericspeck1926]

Remember too, Ghost is in final battle of episode 9 against Poppa Palpatine. They got things to connect

[@HEAVYLIKESANDVICH]

Them using the hammer as a talking stick reminded me of the book Lord of the Flies where they use a conch like that

[@loganh.5823]

Was 13:47 aimed to SWT? Kinda felt like it

[@morpork-jj2wi]

I thought it was aimed at Geeks & Gamers...

[@thatrandomsquirrel2924]

Also I find it just interesting that the pirate ship is using projectile weaponry, which is something you don’t really see in Star Wars since it was all but outlawed even before the Phantom Menace

[@Pakman502]

“That’s not Star Wars” 😂 lmao

[@ghiggs8389]

Absolutely loved seeing a live action Mandalorian strike team.

[@stoagymahalo5268]

I say the Beskaar might been a hint at BESKAR BUILT DEATH TROOPERS. Where I bet that really be a neat little easter egg to Empire using Mando armor as a base for the stormtrooper look.

[@indicaplayz]

i knew it was Zeb!! i was like “no way they just snuck him in!!”

[@Mori_Semper701]

The collection of helmets remind me of Ezra’s collection in rebels.

[@PaulMcElligott]

Corsair is another word for privateer or pirate. It’s not necessarily a reference to Legends.

[@jonhammond5379]

I feel like not a big enough deal was made over Zebs live action debut!

[@kellywilliams1332]

hopefully it's a set up...one more step closer to seeing all our beloved Rebels characters live-action. fingers crossed!

[@brianinglis3805]

The majority of viewers have no idea who Zeb is.

[@iasknoonewithkevin]

Shout-out to the impeccable DETAIL you bring, as fellow Star Wars nerds. Great work, as always, NR

[@OveranalyzingStarWars]

Oh we've seen Kowakian Monkey-Lizards do some pretty impressive feats in The Clone Wars, Hondo's basically operates a tank on it's own, successfully at that

[@linjah]

I thought they were the same creatures!!

[@LewisB3217]

And now one of them warned the mandalorians of an ambush cause the pirates shot at them 😂

[@kellywilliams1332]

when are we gonna get live action hondo!! first, cad bane, then bo, then ahsoka, then Purgils, now Zeb!! Come on Dave Filoni...keep it coming! I'm here for ALL of it.

[@linjah]

@@kellywilliams1332 that would be cool. Maybe when we get to see Ezra as him and Hondo probably had the closest relationship, but i also think at this point hondo would be in his retirement years

[@fraserlyness7194]

When mando says I like those odds it's also a call back to episode 1 of season 1 when the stormtroopers surround him, the inly difference being this time its pirates instead dof storm troopers

[@juhaniwilliams1659]

I was looking for this video like an hour ago and was wondering why they haven’t posted it lol. Love seeing you guys videos!

[@aaronsanborn4291]

R5 was one of the droids who served in Rogue Squadron before and during the Rebellion took over Coruacant...Gavin Darklighter the cousin of Biggs served under Wedge Antillies

[@jaylenandujar6550]

The zeb cameo is so fire and natural and I believe there hinting at the mandolorians that helped the empire

[@sullivanlaramie2901]

Flight suit color does not identify squadrons. Gold and Red Squadrons wore orange, Blade Squadron wore blue. Etc. Nor was Blue Squadron decommissioned after Scarif; they were at Endor, where they were a mix of A-wings and B-wings. Not sure where some of this info comes from.

[@thetotaldramaking5427]

Zeb was amazing to see.

[@neal_rigga90]

When he said "why should we fight and lay our lives down?" I was thinking you're freaking mandalorians fighting anybody and everything is your only job. Then "because we're mandalorians!" I was like yeeeaahhhh!!!

[@flaagan]

The paint job on the Corsair is reminiscent of the 'dazzle' paint jobs of ww2.

[@aydangrill4897]

If you see this I hope you have a good day

[@spencersholden]

You too. Long Live the good vibes.

[@bigshaq6634]

You too

[@halifur]

thank you very much, you too!

[@BirdNerdFilms]

Thank you! Have a great day yourself! 😃😃👍🏻

[@kinglopez9991]

Likewise

[@stealingtomorrowband]

I think once we get to see Mando im the droid bar, he will gain the chip needed to reboot and finish IG. I called it a few episodes ago saying that the Mandalorians would end up fighting pirates 8n the streets of navarro.. I think we will see a flashback next episode of the dark troopers that didn't get murdered by Luke save the Moff...

[@ghandiman]

I’m sorry but that banger Cal is listening to in the opening of Jedi Fallen Order is hands down the best Star Wars song.

[@Musikman18]

Love the channel! I just want to say that I do believe that the armorer genuinely believes in Boca tan. In a previous episode, Din and a Paz have this conversation about they only speak when they know. So I take this, as when they speak of a thing they know the thing they have seen the thing.

[@ryanjansen1247]

Soooooo stoked to see the Rebels squad live action ❤

[@tristanbrule7461]

there’s so much detail put into Zeb’s design ahhrrg i love it

[@aleta5873]

I LUV when Mando's "drop" ! Excellent episode and review. Thanks for all the easter eggs.

[@onegemini420]

Wow! I actually thought they might reveal the armorer is Satine when watching this episode. Nice to know I was not the only one who thought it.

[@lukalosgoldenlooter4905]

This was a good episode

[@Sammydx1]

The Aliens scanner thing made me smile

[@ericsuire7538]

I thought the same thing about the armorer during that scene, so much so I was expecting the reveal.

[@ThePrimeLightning]

I hope Zeb is in Ahsoka

[@Hellaframes]

i think we’ll get the return of them from what i read ezra hera and chopper will definitely be making their in entrance to live action in it

[@triton6522]

Since the beskar appears to be broken off, if it was mandalorians responsible for the attack, they must have had very impure armor, and a love for the empire. I think it could possibly be members of clan Saxon

[@LewisB3217]

Clan Saxons suspect #1 for me