MANDALORIAN Season 3 Episode 3 Breakdown - Every Star Wars Easter Egg You Missed

[@ScreenCrush]

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[@CharlieHepp]

is true

[@Mister_Mag00]

130 bucks no thanks

[@PapiBocaChula]

"The Way, This is."

[@SamLanena]

Didn't Jabba say pudu in ROTJ? Gimme a minute.

[@SamLanena]

Yep. Just after Leia frees Han. Now you're Bantha fodder, ho ho ho.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I literally laughed out when Dr preshing said "it was a trap" to the mom calamari guys 🤣.

[@EpicGamerist]

Same 😂🤣

[@nickthompson2023]

HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO YOUR MOTHER THAT WAY!

[@aersn4locs]

I didnt even realize that lol 😅

[@blastradius7193]

Yeah, that was pretty funny

[@SaintlySaavy]

Was there a actual pause in the scene when he said that? 😂

[@BroskiBigDuck]

I’m pretty sure Grogu WAS trying to say “this is the way” sounds very much like it, it was right after Din and Bo said it and they even look at each other like he said something for the first time but was immediately interrupted, like it was meant to be forgotten cause of the battle.

[@rick6083]

Yea that's what I told my wife that could be his first words lol

[@laroncarter4082]

I thought I was the only one that noticed that because no one else is noticing

[@wasurera]

Agreed, I interpreted that as his first "This is the Way"

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Loved the scene when din ,and bo were accepted back into the creed. The mandalorian are caring when following the way ,and glad to see the difference Armor colors ,and other mandalorian starting to come more together! Can't wait for rise of mandalore.

[@kathdemitry1259]

Same here... And Bo realizing that all those stories were real. The way she accepts that she is now part of the Creed. I'm just hoping that no one would once again become a traitor out of selfishness... I'm kinda concern about Paz Vizsla...

[@zacharycollins9485]

Same. Din's going to have to take on the Armorer and Paz Vizla for control of the clan. But he has Bo-Katan, Grogu and the dark saber, plus maybe a few more allies by the end of the season. Can't wait!

[@mike.94]

Especially for LEGO fans. Part of their design in this season is based on concept arts from season one which LEGO used to create figures back then

[@georgetrapp6666]

I was on the edge of my seat, when after the Armorer proclaims Din back in, and she began to address Bo Katan Kryze. I actually applauded, when they officially declared her re-baptized. Hopefully Bo Katan sticks with it, and agrees, This is the Way.

[@Gzilla313]

I love how in BoBF the Armorer says Bo-Katan is bad, and when she finds out Bo is living by the Creed says rules be rules, welcome to the club. She probably said "the is the way" through clinched teeth lol

[@sthomas6369]

More meaning in the scene at the peak in monument square is that it was a test to see how easily Elia Kane could manipulate Pershing into doing something his instinct told him not to do. I think her laugh was way more evil than someone just chuckling at a joke played on a friend.

[@lewisburn8854]

Anyone else notice Pershing fiddling with his ear a couple times? Great callback to the Season 2 finale when Cara fired a blaster right past that same ear.

[@sarindersingh9616]

I thought it was tick before knowingly telling a lie. He pauses both times before continuing talking

[@rayreviewsgames]

I thought it might have been a tick suggesting that the mind flayer has been used on him already. He seems to have trouble when recalling details, and trying to remember might be triggering some kind of pain in his ear left over from the "treatment." What if his memory has been wiped a few times already and he doesn't realize it?

[@anymaru]

I thought he was turning off an earpiece

[@kirstymiller2280]

Or perhaps a ‘tell’ he does it when he mentions his mother then when he lies about never feeling resentment to the New Republic so was he lying about his mom?

[@LolitaDavidovich934]

What is that?

[@OttoEwen]

This was Mando becoming Andor...which is great. "It's a trap" had me rolling and the starship battle at the start was pure awesome. This is the Way.

[@CBoxStudios]

I think Grogu's gurgling was him saying "This is the way" since he did it right after Mando and Bo did.

[@tathrok]

Same. I thought the exact same thing because he said it at the same time as well.

[@heidifedor]

LOL! I thought he was saying he wanted to have a feast.

[@alisawhittle507]

Same!

[@TheDoomsdayCollector]

Totally thought the same

[@R36613]

I was hoping for Dank Ferrik!

[@UnrulyMob709]

I really appreciate your literary approach to these breakdowns. A nice touch that sets you apart from the other Star Wars Breakdown channels. Most people are just focused on lore. It's nice to see a more academic approach as well.

[@legostarwarslad]

Honestly I feel that Kane is simply eliminating loose ends while also placing herself in a position to do even more damage from within. Like a reverse Fulcrum.

[@DanzoTheManzo13]

💯% this!! I don't think she's been converted at all & is either punishing or wiping out traitors to the empire. What better place than IN the Amnesty house?! Only question is if she's doing it for personal pleasure or someone else calling the shots 🤔 🤔🤔

[@anymaru]

An obvious double agent for the empire, or new empire

[@jakstorm3180]

She working for Thrawn but I hope.she didn't wipe his mind just make him.loyal to the empire. He can clone Jorris Sabaoth

[@petrcoufal1747]

@@jakstorm3180 yeah even the scene with starfighters at the start of the episode got me like.....this is exactly what a Thrawn would do. I think we might see Thrawn at the end of a season as a huge reveal.

[@anasshahid224]

Makes sense

[@801guitar3]

"Somehow Palpatine returned" gets me every time.

[@Memento_Mori]

He even looks mad while he says it.

[@masterYoshimistsu]

The scene in the Plaza where Elias Kane makes Dr. Perching touch the mountain peak just to see him get caught by the patrolling droid was a clear foreshadowing of the ending of the doctor's story in the episode.

[@mimicmage]

You would think that a scientist wouldn't be such a weak character right? So easily manipulated this episode was so complete waste of time. Really upsetting. Even if this episode for shadows a greater nemesis it could have been done in less time and maybe the dialogue not so dry. Can we get the talent to write the next episodes . Dave feloni please?. I noticed he wasn't involved in the writing of this episode. Jon favre was but he probably just worked on the Mando scenes 🤷

[@DasZuberRevisits]

Kane’s grooming of Pershing was impressive. Quite an interesting character

[@tedscheett9420]

I feel really bad for Pershing. He's the embodiment of the saying, "The path to Hell is paved with good intentions."

[@theawesomeman9821]

I didn't feel sorry for Dr. Nazi

[@ev1627]

@@theawesomeman9821 he’s not a nazi he’s a space nazi. There’s a difference.

[@bjrn966]

​​​@@theawesomeman9821 you are my friend same a nazi at that point. Unable to see that your New Republik are using the same cruel Torture Maschines as the Imperium... ohhh but only to doo good Things hmmm? And i think that is the point of this series, when you fight the devil you must be careful not to become the devil by yourselfe because when you fight the evil you have to do evil Things. Think about it! The nazis also come to do good Things and turned totaly into Bad, the french Revolution also that is always the way. Dangerous is it when people like you do Not realize that because then very Bad Things happens...

[@dermannemaunz]

I felt sorry for him, he wanted to do good, I believe him with that... I was a little scared and worried about him with the mind flyer scene. I know what it feels when you have such potential and looking how it goes to waste

[@Lukeywoodsey]

*in a Somerset accent* "the greater good! "

[@keviniwashita2700]

I just like that each episode so far has gotten longer and longer. The first one was a little over 30 min and this one was almost an hour. I kept thinking it was going to end at some parts but then it kept going and going. This should be the way...always!

[@ComeWhatMay24]

I really felt like I was walking through Coruscant!!!

[@Fe.Cata.]

Hahaha me too!

[@redglassesart]

God it was gorgeous, I love Coruscant

[@TrueGamer22887]

I liked it bc it was crappy prequel cgi environments lol really did feel like the same planet we saw in the prequels

[@alexp601]

It was great but they really need to add more atmosphere in the scenes. There’s no wind at all. No hair moving in the wind, no loud sounds in the atmosphere around them. It’s pretty clear that they’re actually in a small room and not in a giant open city.

[@chandlercoleman748]

I think there's a moment in the scene with all the ex-imperials that shows how Caine was playing Pershing from the beginning. She said the red travel biscuits were her favorite, but after turning up the mind flayer dial, she's eating a yellow one. Could be a subtle way of foreshadowing her deception.

[@Josh_Noble]

Dr. Pershing talking to the droid reminded me of K going in for his baseline in Blade Runner 2049, and when he read the tablet about Coruscant, that reminded me of Paul reading about Arrakis in Dune.

[@jvaldes72]

I just commented the same thing 😊 didn’t read your comment until now

[@fracturedfingers]

Also reminded me a lot of 1984 and THX-1138 with their living situation, uniforms, how their names were a combo of letter & numbers, they worked menial jobs, and sometimes required "rehabilitation"

[@manoz6194]

@@fracturedfingers No difference to real life

[@mihajlo961x]

It also reminded me of the social worker robot from Elysium

[@jimdecesare8298]

Kane says she likes the red biscuits, but she pulls out one of Pershing's from her pocket and takes a bite in the last scene. I think it is symbolic as she ends his life, or at least, wipes his memory clean.

[@heathholley2605]

I kinda think Bo Katan kept the mythosaur a secret because she's confused about what it means for both of them in the prophecy of Mandalore. If the rise of the mythosaur "heralds a new age" for Mandalore like the Armorer said, that probably also means that there's a new Mand'alor that's destined to reunite Mandalore. I think since Bo Katan and Din Djarin were both bathing in the living waters, the reveal of the Mythosaur leaves a lot of room for some juicy speculation over who's destined to rule over the new Mandalore. Din won the dark saber in combat, but Bo Katan is the heir to the throne. Din bathed in the waters first, but he didn't see the Mythosaur and Bo Katan did. I think it's going to be really cool seeing this play out.

[@pabloan2075]

Nice, but technically Bo won the darksaber in combat, from the weird vampire alien, and that guy won the darksaber from Din, also, by combat. Sooooooo....

[@heathholley2605]

@@pabloan2075 Hm. Didn’t really consider that being a transfer of power but maybe so. Was there intentional emphasis on it, or are you thinking that’s more of a plot hole? Lol

[@pabloan2075]

@@heathholley2605 I think that there's the possibility of a plot twist regarding the right to wield the darksaber, and I think that's why the storytelling did little to no emphasis in the chain of combats and saber retrievings that took place, so we, as spectators will forget or not notice. I hope it's not a plot hole! Excuse my english please, its not my first language.

[@heathholley2605]

@@pabloan2075 your English is great!

[@kingtide69]

@@heathholley2605the transfer of the dark saber is ridiculously vague. Based on everything seen. Apparently moff Gideon was the rightful owner of the dark saber, so did he challenge bo katan and beat her? Or did he simply take it after beating her army. If Din was going to die to the cyborg thing, Is that not him being defeated? And if the cyborg beat din, and bo beat the cyborg, then wouldn’t she technically be the owner? This doesn’t even get into the fact that newest lineage of the dark saber is founded on illegitimate ownership. Either ahsoka or obi wan should be the technical owners since they are the last 2 people to have defeated maul while he was in possession of the dark saber. Sabine just found it on Dathomir and took it, she never beat maul to obtain it. It’s all very weird.

[@Zebula77]

That Bo-Katan J turn as you called it was one of the coolest things I've seen in a good while. Amazing action in this episode. Edit: My take on Kane dialling up the mind flayer power was to destroy his mind, because he knew too much about Gideon and his plans.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

They are definitely setting up heir to the empire storyline its all lining up perfectly.

[@adamsagehorn3520]

Also the name reveal is a tactic that Cain is using to get the Dr. to identify with his old life and his identity within The Empire as opposed to him leaving it behind and starting a new one all done under the guise of friendship and politeness. This is also why the dedication camp have participants lose their "Empire" name behind and become a non descript number.

[@paulpieri9904]

I think when kaine convinced Pershing to touch the mountain was foreshadowing for her pressuring him into sneaking onto the old imperial ship

[@MrMCN1963]

trick me once, shame on you…

[@alexp601]

Reaching the top of a mountain is like a symbol for achieving your goals. So yeah it was her pushing him to try and achieve what he wants.

[@AdamRaia]

I watch all the breakdowns from different channels but they don't even come close to what Screencrush does. Insightful and entertaining.

[@pangaeawriter8766]

I believe the term 'poodoo' was first introduced in Return of the Jedi. When Jabba's trap is sprung, and Han tries to explain why he hadn't paid the Hutt back, Jabba told him that he may have been a good smuggler, but now he was bantha fodder. Double check when Jabba says 'bantha fodder', and it comes out closer to 'banta poodoo.'

[@hamsterdunce]

Came here to mention this. Can't find the clip on KZbin but "poodoo" was definitely a term going back to '83

[@costanzafaust]

I'm starting to believe that Ryan works one of these 'mistakes' into each episode just to generate comments and discussion to tickle the algorithm.

[@crewchief5144]

True but Ryan works in order of timeline. He said something similar about Tie Interceptors. But as for Ep I, "poodoo" came up before the race when Sebulba sabotaged Anakin's pod racer.

[@pureego1553]

​@@crewchief5144 true, but he did point out the difference between first appeoamd first Canon appearance, I think the theory that he's baiting is into commentary with an intentional mistake is more likely 🤣

[@dan725]

Din didn’t fly up to make a pose with the N-1, he did it for a post-stall maneuver to get his weapons to bear back to the Tie. Although head-on passes are not recommended during BFM, and usually such a maneuver was done when the energy state of your own plane was superior to that of the adversary in the other plane on your 6; of which your bandit will stall first, and you’d stall later and then have the upper hand. It was a common tactic during WWII (where Star Wars takes many of its dogfight inspiration from) where each pilot was always trying to maintain high energy states to tactically maneuver their aircraft against their bandits. Dogfights are always about gauging or guessing what your plane’s energy state is in relation to your bandit and use it to your advantage, and having the superior momentum or energy state at any given moment usually is advantageous. Kind of bummed they didn’t show that in the show, but with spacecraft with propulsion systems built to escape gravity, I have no idea why they’d even adhere to any sort of dogfighting tactics as we understand it.

[@thegman8119]

Bo-Katan's maneuver during the dogfight was another Easter egg: it was a "Crazy Ivan." Alan Tuduk, K2-SO, pulls that maneuver on "Firefly", which was a reference to "Hunt for The Red October" which had numerous Lucasfilm and Kennedy/Marshall actors past and present: James Earl Jones, Sean Connery, Tim Curry, Sam Neill, and Stellan Skarsgard

[@Katiefan123]

I was wondering if that was the idea too.

[@fireballmx]

You definitely missed a small easter egg in Bo Katan's ship when they flew through the rocks / mountains. Her ship had an alarm sound going on in the cockpit that was pulled straight from the original Rogue Squadron video game (missile lock or targeting lock from enemies). That triggered some memories when I heard that one lol.

[@Astrovite]

I loved the scene when Din and Bo were accepted. Gave me chills when the other Mandalorians were placing their hands on them like they were religious figures. It's possible a vast majority of them have never bathed in the living waters themselves so it makes sense. And I thought it was really cool how they showed that the living waters is actually the liquid the armorer pours into the water. And that it's the way she was able to test it. Also I was terrified when Grogu was still in the Gauntlet.

[@laisensei6984]

I bet this was the first time she had a sense of belonging or a resemblance of a family in a pretty long time.

[@mmkingableful]

I am amazed that after all this time of not being able to replenish her supply, she still had any of the Living Water to use in her forge. If we can get them back to their planet to begin some rebuilding, we could see Mando or Grogu interface with the Mythosaur....maybe....

[@timotheninja]

I think the water had traces of beskar, so that's how she could tell. The water turned grey when she poured it in, and it was from the mines where they originally found beskar.

[@kfhroe8262]

If they never remove the helm, how can they eat or cut the hair?...

[@timotheninja]

@@kfhroe8262 They can never remove their helmets in front of another living thing, so if they're alone in a room with no windows I guess they're fine.

[@kungstu22]

Bo’s 180 was also a callback to Starbuck’s flip manouver in season 1 of BSG! Awesome.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I think the interceptor were absolutely thrawn especially after the " that's alot of interceptors for an imperial warlord " line ( only a grand admiral could have that many ).

[@henrylaudano3906]

That’s a good point they’ve been teasing him with the space whales

[@iambear.6526]

didn't Thrawn have a interceptor fetish too

[@mikedamico8902]

Yes and Yes. Fantastic observation

[@andrewtimothy1937]

I dont think Thrawn would bomb one of the last buildings of Mandalorian heritage. Seems odd for a man obsessed with art

[@jordanfitzgerald7886]

They're not. They're Gideons new forces. We know this from the leaks. Thrawn's fighters were the TIE DEFENDERS, these are interceptors. Thrawn is lost in the 'New Beyond.' with Ezra and his goals are separate from Gideons and won't be involved until Ahsoka. This was also far too sloppy to be Thrawn's tactics. Think about it, Gideon escapes, and does this as FU to Bo-Katan for helping lock him up. Thrawn's goals would be broader.

[@Juggtacula]

Kane tricking Pershing into touching the peak of the mountain seems to be foreshadowing that she will trick and betray him further in the episode. Look how easy it was for her to deceive him into doing something forbidden, and how easily Pershing believed her. The same thing happens when he gets caught later on.

[@garrisonsloan2466]

The mind-wiping device used on Pershing looks the same as the device the Kaminoans used to enhance Crosshair's inhibitor chip in S1E1 of The Bad Batch

[@rebootweb]

The dogfight was awesome! So many little touches that made it look so realistic.

[@philipboycott2407]

I like that his name is Penn Pershing, which is close to "pen pusher" which was basically his new (brief) desk job with the NR.

[@paparoo9924]

So much happened in the opening it almost felt like an episode all by itself, same with the ending

[@brettlawlor8921]

This episode was so good I didn't want it to end.

[@bugeye8749]

Shittiest episode

[@stevenedwards7898]

I thought the reason Kane cranked up the mind flayer was part of a cover-up job. Pershing knew too much, so she double crossed him to get him into the mind flayer and scramble is brains when nobody was looking. I feel like the next time we see Pershing, unfortunately, he’ll be sitting in a hover chair, catatonic and drooling. ☹️

[@KingCobraLolcow]

It's funny how your breakdowns are better than the actual star wars youtubers

[@RyansuBike]

Loved the "its a trap" line, I don't always catch the easter eggs but that one came through loud and clear.

[@Jason-iz6ob]

This was one of the best episodes of any show I’ve ever seen. First part, awesome. Switches to Pershing, awesome. Then when it goes back to Mando I was almost like oh yeah, this show is about Mando not Pershing….

[@christianreyes2613]

Relax

[@mimicmage]

No, it wasn't. It was the worst episode ever waste of time. I dare you to watch the episode again but you can't fast forward the doctor part.

[@saigonfrontiers8617]

@@mimicmage bro what do you want more side quest episodes 💀

[@martinwhosoever]

Ryan, this is why I love your videos; you observe beyond and go deeper into the meaning of things instead of just highlighting easter eggs. I got to say: I am not a big fan of the sequels, especially of TROS. However, the Favreau-Filoni storytelling is rescueing the sequels by building up the background behind them. For example, I really like how this episode somehow connects to the Kanto Bight quest in The Last Jedi. Despite many people hate that part of the movie, for me it was extremely interesting, especially on the part you highlighted here, when DJ points out the fact that both sides of the war are financed by the same people. It is a bold statement and this episode of The Mandalorian shows why. Maybe the sequels will have more appreciation in the future thanks to all this storytelling.

[@DrumminMaximous]

I don't think Grogu is warning them, I think he's trying to say, "This is the way," right after them.

[@alexp601]

Yep same, I thought that was much clearer than him warning them

[@kevinoliver2777]

I beleive Ryan Arrey got it wrong here

[@alexp601]

@@kevinoliver2777 to quote Greg Alba: “Shut the f**k up Ryan Arrey!” 😆

[@rondog086]

i agree with you on this

[@saraanderson2784]

Yeah, I thought it was obvious that he was saying This is the way, in his own way as he’s a wee baby mando in training.

[@TheQuincyEdwards]

The Game of Thrones vibe from this episode, where pawns are being positioned for something in the future was amazing.

[@eazyecoheed16]

I think when she said that seemed like more than a regular warlord that was a hint for Thrawn I think. Love your videos! Doug rules!

[@waltermcgarvin8001]

Thrawn was mentioned by Ahsoka and I think Bo-Katan last season and I am pretty sure her show will be bringing him into live action.

[@rjsIHSV]

The background music when Pershing was strapped to the gurney at the end was similar to the tones and music in Andor…especially the episode when Andor was captured, arrested by the empire

[@MarcioHuser]

Bo-Katan was not faking anything. She clearly stated to the Armour that she didn't follow the creed, but that was of no difference for the others after her "redemption"

[@jtinker47]

I love the fact that cloning is such a huge topic. Plagues was way ahead of his time coming up with the idea of how useful clones can be...

[@fotomaton7852]

Big episode, felt almost like a movie. Loved the whole side story on Coruscant, bridges the tone with Andor quite a bit which I thought was neat. Also adds some much needed contrast and depth to Mandos quest which when he's not doing action scenes can be a little dull. Awesome world building and Easter eggs.. they really stretched the budget on this one!

[@frederickmumford4098]

What if Grogu ends up riding the mythosaur? He was able to use the force to tame the rancor in Book of Boba Fett. Imagine Grogu 1) on the mythosaur, 2) in his mithril armor, and 3) wielding the darksaber. Grogu is and always will be "The" Mandalorian. Great videos as always Ryan!

[@kryptofreak4059]

I got the sense that Benduday is essentially Wednesday, considering the Bendu exists midway between the light and the dark. Also interesting that Bo-Katan was essentially given amnesty just like Pershing

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

I think that's why his ice cream was purple too. The Canon reason for Mace Windu's purple lightsaber is that he is halfway between the Light & Dark sides.

[@danielgonz33]

Kane set up Pershing with the mountain top like she would with the cloning equipment. Good foreshadowing.

[@DarthArachnious]

The debriefing with droid compliance officer reminded me of Red Dwarf. When Kryten had to meet with the ships therapist after the crew was resurrected.

[@davidalfieri8659]

Loved this episode! One thing everyone seems to be missing is the train scene was inspired by the train scene from The Great Escape. James Garner and Donald Pleasance elude nazis the same way and jump off the caboose into a hay field. Great to see a reference to one of my favorite movies ever.

[@lamofromwako6249]

Grogu did say "this is the way" tho, it was mumbled and gurgling but he did say it, that's why both katan and din turned around.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Yes. He got that totally wrong about him sensing danger

[@lamofromwako6249]

@@TrueGamer22887 he said "this is the way" but i think he did possibly sense the danger and that's why he paused mid way through saying it.

[@Red88Rex]

I loved Andor so I really enjoyed this episode. It felt like it could be its own movie. The world building of the new Star Wars shows is so wonderful!

[@MerijnH]

100%, apart from Andor, this was the best star wars content I've seen since Rogue One, maybe even since Clone Wars.

[@nemesis1588]

The "space helicopter" that shows up to apprehend them is an LAAT/le patrol gunship, which was seen many times throughout the clone wars and rebels animated shows. This was the first time it has appeared in live action.

[@dennisman106]

I absolutely loved seeing it, especially in live action. A familiar silhouette is always a welcome one

[@roryotoole3279]

Bo-Katan saying she was "coming in hot" is a Starbuck quote from the pilot movie. Even old school Dirk Benedict said it in the original Battlestar series. Of course her flying style is very Starbuck-like as well.

[@BrentAgeofGrogu]

I have a theory about Bo now and her run in with the Mythasaur, at this time i think she is processing what she has seen and has not yet figured out what it is she wants to do with the information, as for Din he may hold the role as the leader of the Mandalors by holding the Darksaber (even though he does not want the position) but what beats a leader.... A Legend, and i predict now that it will be Bo Katan who will end up by riding the Mythasour to join her people together (this also would entitle that some how we end the season finally back on Mandalor for some big epic scene/battle or whatever against all odds for this to occur ! just a theory but it feels like it might go that way, we shall see!

[@crystalwolfmoon2863]

yes i can see her riding the mythosaur and being viewed as equal to dindjarin with the sabre and thus they uniting the people and they ruling as king and queen.but then you might expect to see mandalore in the later star wars productions like force awakens.

[@MadameWesker]

Or, rule as King and Queen. They both bring so much to the table

[@henrylaudano3906]

Idea: what if the mandalorian (all seasons) ends with a triumvirate? And not one leader?

[@RomanAbstinent161]

If Boba Fett can ride a Rancor, Bo can ride a Mythosaur :) But it would be strange, if they use this trope twice.

[@mrennick]

Totally going to happen.

[@wulferaider8917]

Honestly, with the attitude Bo has, as well as how she looks at Din after the mines, I believe she in a sort of shock. She's begun to doubt. So seeing the Mythisaur made her realize who Din really is. I think she'll die protecting him and tell him about the Mythisaur and I think he becomes the Mandalor

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Coruscant live action again was beautiful would love to see a fly by of the jedi temple.

[@TrueGamer22887]

I mean live action is a stretch. I liked it bc the cgi environments were just as goofy as the prequels

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

And Pershing's Ice Cream is Purple which is like Mace Windu's purple lightsaber. The Canon reason for a purple lightsaber is being Half Light side & Half Dark side. Showing that Pershing is struggling.

[@davewhitmore1958]

Mando actually performed an Immelmann Turn, a flight maneuver dating back to WWI

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

Looked like more a stall turn to me. An Immelmann (at least the original version, not the modern one, which isn't as loose) is different, as you dive slightly (at least you would in a WWI aircraft) so you can pull up (like as if you were doing a loop) and then half-roll out of the top. so you then change direction to get back on the tail of the foe you were chasing. I'd need to rewatch that scene though.

[@CantankerousDave]

No, the Immelman turn and Split-S are both half loops - one starting with a climb, the other with a dive. The move he did is called a Hammerhead Stall. Google it for an illustration.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@CantankerousDave Or a stall turn, which is almost the same but you go into a stall, rather than doing it with power, like you would with a hammerhead turn.

[@micahallen7117]

30:47 Paz Visla was originally voiced by favreau, but this time they had the body actor also do the voice (Tait Fletcher). Wonder if he’ll take his helmet off and we need his voice to match that?

[@reinhardgutzat8828]

Through its depiction of the amnesty and rehabilitation program, this episode also offers an interesting insight into the limits/failings of real-life rehab programs.

[@henrylaudano3906]

Whole thing reminds me of the US in the Middle East

[@anymaru]

It made me think more of gay conversion therapy. Very fascist.

[@mimicmage]

This whole episode was a waste of time really irl rehab has to do with addiction or other addictions , physical trauma abuse etc. And over coming depression and bad habits that was caused by lifes hardshis. It has nothing to do with this made-up story that there's war being fought in the universe. This episode was complete ass

[@TheTrueMorse64]

28:24 He didn’t ask how she got in with the empire, he asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, that’s when she said “I didn’t really have a chance to think of it”

[@suziwolf4830]

As far as release dates, Sebulba was NOT the first character we heard use the word "poodoo"; Jabba uses it in RotJ (the subtitles translate the full line from Huttese as "but now you're bantha fodder"). You're welcome 😊

[@marsdeeni]

I think they are maneuvering to "crown" a new Mandalore, and I think that after seeing the Mythosaur, Bo is starting to put the pieces together and is probably going to be torn between feeling like it's her destiny to be Mandalore and being a follower of one.

[@TomSeeryCreative]

I loved this episode. I can watch hours of post ROTJ Coruscant...so cool! Love the Ralph McQuarrie references!

[@cantoreric4414]

Really fantastic video, thanks! So many deep cut easter eggs I never would have noticed. One NYC easter egg I spotted - on the public transportation, the orange seats, jump-able gap between cars, and "bing bong" doors closing sound are all extremely close to those found on the NYC subway.

[@Carver94]

Wonderful breakdown Ryan. I thought I’d add what I thought Kane’s reason was for cranking up the mind flayer. My guess is that Gideon or Palpatine is worried about Pershing having knowledge about their cloning plans and is either trying to kill him or at least erase his memory so there’s no chance he could reveal what he knows to the New Republic. Dr. Pershing mentions that the procedure could erase his memory, which I don’t think they’d bother adding to his dialogue unless this is a possibility. Either way, thanks as always for the fantastic breakdown :-)

[@jentalksbooks]

Agreed. She cranked that sucker up to completely wipe his mind.

[@BOABModels]

The whole Dr Pershing bit really is tragic and really shows why droids do not make good therapists.

[@CCFONESOL]

Grogu said "This is the way" he wasn't warning of danger.

[@christopherjamesboudoir]

When the Doc was talking with the locals of Corscant it reminded me a lot of when Katniss chatted with her makeup team at President Snow's palace in Catching Fire. They talked about all the delicious food and how they had a thing that would make you throw up when full so you could eat even more. They didn't care about all the starving people throughout Panem, just themselves and how much they could have. Also, when the Doc and Elia were in the lab, Slia was constantly in the light, then in the shadows. Not sure if that was intentional, but I thought it was neat.

[@RGudmetalhead]

I feel like this episode has a lot of references to both Blade Runner movies. Parole droid reminds me of that test replicants took in second movie, Pershin’s coat looks a bit like Dekard’s coat. Plus a lot of landscape shots gave me BR vibes.

[@fudalefu1]

Watching this channel for a while, and constantly seeing the “somehow palpatine returned” clip played, and lol’ing every time, it’s nice to see it played with actual relevance hahah.

[@anthonymarino8736]

The way Dr Pershing was talking makes it seem like Moff Gideon was trying to give himself force abilities.

[@delmarfrazier2727]

You can’t general grievous, tried the same tactic on Sipho Diaz body

[@TJ52359]

That could have been the Mission notes he was given on the task... Pitch it as Gideon wanting force powers so that he could be better at creating a bright shiny new Government as efficient as the Empire without all the choking and Blowing up of Planets and you can get a few milquetoasts to say "sure, what ever, for the science" Tell them that they're raising the dead and reinstalling the same wrinkled douche canoe who likes to electrocute his minions, and they might balk

[@bcscommander4152]

This episode felt like a Star Wars movie than the typical episode release, pretty much my favorite episode so far!

[@rebellion-starwars]

No one noticed how Pershing screening was callback to the Blade Runner 2049 baseline and Coruscant is Dystopia so it's perfectly done.

[@henrylaudano3906]

Which is based off the book 1984 which is even more similar to this episode

[@rebellion-starwars]

@@henrylaudano3906 sure. I'm just pointing to the screen played as everything else when is done callback, rarely to the books. But good catch, would you agree?

[@TheErockaustin]

That's mentioned in this video

[@baronjutter]

It was cool to see a bunch of the old Coruscant concept art brought to life, specially monument plaza and those cone shaped buildings.

[@DoctorFaktor]

"This is the way" is exactly what I think Grogu says. Just listen.

[@MerijnH]

Oh my god. Apart from Andor, this was THE BEST Star Wars content I've seen since Rogue One, maybe even since Clone Wars.

[@clintbeamquillope3123]

Grogu's first words... "The way, this is" Good job Favreau for giving the last trilogy a chance and giving it a backbone despite missing a lot of things.

[@TJ52359]

even if 'Yoda speak' is the natural way of their people he's spent the last ~3 years (and who knows how much time before that in hiding) among people who speak 'normally"...

[@koenjohnson239]

And yaddle spoke normally in Tales of the Jedi

[@mmkingableful]

But, considering all the adventures happening back-to-back, Grogu might have been demanding lunch or snacks....he doesn't seem to eat on the regular....ha, ha

[@TravisMarsala]

Larger thematic point along Pershing’s work - combining two things to make something new… it’s the Mandalorian sects needing to come together, it’s the republic trying to assimilate imperials… I’m sure there’s many more parallels.

[@justintryba]

bo-katan definitely has plans to rule all Mandalorians since she isn’t saying anything about the mythosaur

[@JadedEvild0er]

I kind of disagree. I think, or at least want to think/hope she is just in massive conflict right now. Her people abandoned her, now she has gained comradery with this "cult" as she saw it. I think she is someone whose world has rapidly changed. She was in that chamber in happy times with her father, her friends have left her, and yet she just witnessed a living Mythosaur, her home was destroyed, now she has found a place with people willing to accept her. Maybe that goes well, maybe it doesn't, maybe she can find a way to "split the difference" between the pacifist old ways and the cultish civil war doom spirals. I'm hopeful, but I'm loving the Bo-Katan storyline right now.

[@anymaru]

And the nice foreshadowing with showing the mythosaur skull then showing Bo-Katan.

[@justintryba]

@@JadedEvild0er I think she wants to ride it to prove she is the true ruler because it supersedes the dark saber but I think she wants to bring all Mandalorians together but Paz at the end he will be the problem seems like they are going that way as well

[@maxanluulnaxam1102]

I love the Armorer’s diction! Especially when she says “mythosaur” and “mandalore”.

[@LUVNPCE2U]

This episode really was.. something man. Like I was so speechless lol. I just love this show.

[@CDBean74]

Anyone else catch at the end when Kane was eating the yellow biscuit, when earlier in the episode she told Pershing that she preferred the red ones? Also, her face was devoid of any positive feeling when she ate it.

[@TheDoomsdayCollector]

Grogu was trying to say "This is the way", not babbling because of a force feeling. It was the same number syllables and also the reason they just all kinda stared at each other 🎉

[@indiana_holmes]

I'm pretty sure Grogu was trying to say, "This is the Way," responding to both Din and Bo-Katan.

[@swimmer9262]

I still don’t like waiting a week for each episode, but I does make the episodes a lot better.

[@daeseongkim93]

this is how it was when tv was prevalent before streaming

[@peterlenham3180]

The CGI is probably still being worked on for later episodes, so thats why they don't release them all at once.

[@alexex3030]

@@peterlenham3180 maybe but unlikely. it’s definitely so you stay subscribed to Disney+

[@JFlocRNa]

@@alexex3030 Enjoy it while you can! Iger has to cut tons of cash from the D+ streaming content. We probably won't see S4 until late 2025.

[@paulmhoward]

There's a moment in the lab where Kane steps backwards out of the light and her face becomes obscured by shadow. I felt like that was the moment to show that her turn was coming, and her true intentions are being kept hidden under darkness

[@risenempire]

Fantastic episode, great review as always. Huge fan, also, VERY glad to see you're starting to cover Star Trek content now too

[@theoutlawking9123]

Dude, they wasted 40 mins on nobody characters that served no purpose to the damn plot, are you kidding me?

[@indiana_holmes]

​@@theoutlawking9123 man, you really don't understand this show...

[@theoutlawking9123]

@@indiana_holmes Oh, enlighten me oh wise one.

[@robwright8949]

When Pershing asked Kane what she wanted to be, her head becomes obscured by darkness. Literal foreshadowing

[@TheIronDuke9]

Bo Katan is keeping her mouth shut because the more cards she holds (and doesn't show anyone) the more of an advantage she will have in future events - it gives her power in the same sort of way that people who find a hidden immunity idol on Survivor have power by keeping it a secret. She's playing a long game

[@EyeSeeSports]

That Palpatine line gets me every single time.

[@TheJDD4J4J]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a great episode. As I watched it, I couldn't help but think about how Matt Singer's head must be spinning watching this one after he had such an issue comprehending the story telling of "The Book of Boba Fett".

[@scottnoseworthy975]

Here's a deep cut grasping at straws reference! When he's studying courescant history they talk about it not being the center of the galaxy, which is cut off before talking about what the actual galactic center is. That's probably a reference to "The Maw" and Abeloth

[@zeebaa6]

Yessss. I'm so glad that you liked this episode as much as I ( if not more :0). Also, I've been out of the army for about a decade, and I still enjoy the occasional jalapeño cheese paste and crackers from mres. I think that the tie interceptors were from thrawn, or some thrawn allied force

[@TravelsTTG]

Dude I loved the cheese in mre’s. It’s been so long the last mre I had was a day or so before I got hurt in Iraq. That was in fall 2003. I would be so bummed when I got peanut butter. I loved frankfurter mres the best.