The Mandalorian - 3x3 Chapter 19: The Convert - Group Reaction

[@badandymk3]

I had thought that Bo was going to be the one to say "Hey, I bathed too, you should let me join" but I love how the Armorer not only brought it up but seemed pretty happy about it. (As happy as we've seen her, anyway).

[@z00mbi3s]

Armorer is like most of cultural religious leaders, she see oportunity in everything and she likes to be in control. She has Bo Katan where she likes her to be, like in a religious group now she has Bo Katan under control.

[@demonic7253]

​@@z00mbi3s she said Bo can leave when she wants, that's relinquishing control. I think Bo being accepted will only strengthen her drive to be in control, especially now that she knows a Mythosaur exists.

[@Kasey_Barkle]

She see’s the benefit of having Bo as one of them and Bo is willing to go along with it if these fools are willing to line up and fight once she takes a mythosaur ride

[@z00mbi3s]

@@demonic7253 The fake freedom of choice is what every sect and most of religions give you.

[@justinpehala2740]

And boys more likely to stay since her home was just bombed as well

[@TK-592]

Elia was probably instructed to to get rid of Pershing. He flipped and knows too much about what the imperial remnants are up to. He may even know exactly who they are trying to perfect the cloning process for… Also, the song at the park/carnival is the March of the Resistance from the sequels. This makes me believe that the song in universe is the anthem of the New Republic.

[@jonasquinn7977]

Honestly my thought was she’s erasing his memory so she can get him to put his mind to work for the Empire again

[@livedieretreat7360]

Marketa seemed to hate Pershing from the start. He wasn’t all bad if u remember. He said he wanted Grogu alive after din was told dead was acceptable. He tried to protect Grogu when Din went back for him in chapter 3. When he was taken in season 2 by Din he willingly told them everything about Moff Gideon.

[@TheJerbol]

Chris kinda spoke over it but it sounds like Grogu was trying to say 'This is the way', that's why Din and Bo looked at him.

[@wolfman-up7dh]

Best starfighter sequence I've seen in a long while.

[@joeg6478]

i noticed the aerial choreography mixed elements of Top Gun, Solo and even a some Batman

[@walteredgar2700]

@@joeg6478 I got Maverick vibes too

[@TearYouApart360]

I think Elia is there for payback since it was Pershing who helped Cara & Mando get on to Gideon's cruiser.

[@jubilantsleep]

Good theory!

[@KenFromchicago]

The scientist is clearly not a people person. It doesn't even occur to him to ask why she's going way out on a limb for someone she just met or what's in it for her. Ironically, him and his new pal mirror Din and Bo. As a bounty hunter, Din is much better at reading people's (lethal) intent but at times he can be rather naive. Notice is lack of reaction or even noticing how seething angry Bo was when he first showed up at her castle. Bo like scientist's pal, is very astute at reading people and knowing what to say to motivate them, like when she met Din in Season 2. At first he dismissed her but she won him over to her side.

[@SupahBro535]

When I'm so early, the max quality is 360p.

[@MattSimon1]

Also when it's 40 minutes later and it's still 360p

[@ernieojeda]

This is the way

[@barrettcloyd3951]

That Empire double agent is Katie M. O’Brian, an actor and Martial Arts specialist from Indianapolis. She has a sizable role as rebel leader Jentorra in Antman 3 as well. Hero or villain, she a boss b.

[@gregstephens]

“Gungan Thunder” will never get old.

[@Matthew-pf7sb]

I love your Grogu. My son has the same one except his has ketchup on his shirt. I yelled at Grogu like I was Mando and my son started cracking up.

[@primecreator5257]

If that actress playing the Amnesty agent was any younger, she'd definitely be the most perfect cast possible for Abby in the next season of the Last of Us.She literaly looks like CGI come to life.

[@theawesomeman9821]

she was in the most recent Ant Man movie

[@rahmelg]

aye I def thought she was very masculine 😂😂

[@Venom_1462]

No kidding man her face itself resembles Abby's alot and her build looks similar too

[@PizzaHutCEO]

She does look very uncanny valley 😂

[@perryb2617]

I was thinking the same

[@emanuelldavid607]

Am I the only one that heard Grogu trying to say, "this is... the way" after Din and Bo?

[@firecat4529]

34:08 Mandos don't always keep their helmets on, but these ones do.

[@erikolson4148]

I think that the Living Waters glow because they are connected to the Force 🤔🤯🤩! Also, this episode confirms that the Armorer has been pouring some of the Living Waters into her forge quench to bless the armor she forges 🤯🤩!

[@airsoft6147]

This episode made me think of a question. With the abundance of droids and also the trillions of organics in need of employment I wonder if companies in the Star Wars universes have a required organic to droid ratio they have to uphold? Like you can't be fully automated, we got a billion people that need jobs on this planet.

[@youngrootv]

I mean we only ever really see the top percentage of society when we follow characters and from watching Clone Wars we see how horrible people are living in Coruscant so we can probably assume that fully automation is pretty probable or close to it in major cities at least. I think people mostly live in poverty and most people do odd jobs here and there like how Kenobi worked cutting meat or Rey sold old parts just for food. I think it just depends on where you are but most people on Coruscant definitely live in poverty.

[@spacecadet2172]

billion?? There’s one trillion people on Coruscant

[@airsoft6147]

@@spacecadet2172 I was thinking of other planets for that example, like newly colonized worlds like Naboo, I think they were mining plasma if I remember correctly. A company comes in to mine the recourses to make the planet significant but then fires all the colonial workers and replaces then with droids.

[@spacecadet2172]

@@airsoft6147 oh ok I see. I was like only a billion are jobless? That literally would mean an unemployment rate of only 0.1% aka 99.9% employment! Which would be fantastically high.

[@kemit88]

Nobody noticed Grogu said This is The Way!

[@AtheistPilgrim]

Pershing straight up risked it for the biscuit.

[@donaldwatson7698]

The question to be asking is: after all this time, why go after Bo-Katan now? Why was her castle not bombed at some point in the past and her ship mobbed by TIE fighters? The answer potentially is the same as Pershing's fate. Someone is targeting those who specifically hindered Moff Gideon and his forces over the course of the show. Though it could be Thrawn, the timing with the rumor of Moff Gideon's escape is suspicious.

[@TheLiamster]

Rana really needs to watch Andor if she hasn’t already

[@nintenmetro]

It’s cool that Bo-Katan is part of the creed, but she has yet to tell them that she can wield the Darksaber. I wonder if she’s gonna battle Paz Visla for it. @11:22 Katy O’Brien, who portrayed Elia Kane, was also Kimball in the final season of Agents of SHEILD. A little reminder: her co-star Thomas E. Sullivan who was Nathaniel Malick in the same season was also in the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian.

[@jonmercano1138]

Wielding the darksaber well isn’t what’s important to them, it’s about winning it through combat. She has to battle Din for it if she wants it

[@GTA_6_Clips]

they already know she can wield the dark saber, she led mandalore wielding it in the wars, and the armourer has already explained that bo katan once wielded it in boba fett

[@RyanCogar]

Werner Herzog's character got straight up killed by Moff Gideon (or one of his troops maybe, we didn't see the shooter to be fair) at the end of season 1, in case you guys did forget! 😆👍

[@cleochots3073]

Not me and my bf saying, "this is the way" everytime we talk 😂😂☠️

[@luminaratano3935]

It's just me or the scene when they're eating space ice creams was a foreshadowing of what is going to happen... I mean, dr Pershing with the blue one and Elia with the red, those looked kinda like lightsabers 😳😳

[@erikolson4148]

I think that Pershing kept touching his ear because that's where the blaster bolt 🔩 grazed his ear when the Lambda shuttle pilot had him at gunpoint 😓.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

At first I thought the person walking up the stairs with the black hair and fancy uniform was Syril Karn from Andor!🤣

[@BlackBurrito9073]

Eliah it's obviously still Loyal to Gideon and to the Empire, she just wanted Doctor Pershing to grab the things necessary for the Cloning Experiments so that it can be continued in the future (and most likely eventually culminating in Snoke and Palpatine from the Sequels unfortunetely), althought i don't know what her plan is after this point because the Lab things the doctor grabbed had to be confiscated right? Also noticed how in the Scene where they go to the highest mountain in Coruscant Pershing had a Blue Popsicle and Eliah a Red one? that's good forshadowing right there. This Dr.Pershing sub-plot has been my favorite part of this season so far, i loved every minute of it. Also... Bo-Katan is ABSOLUTELY playing the long game here with her just accepting being part of Din's Group, she knows that there's a live Mythosaur in Mandalore... so if she can Tame it and Mount it... that would be the Ultimate Prove (even bigger prove than winning the Dark Saber) that she should be the Leader of All Mandalorians.

[@zacrigby7203]

Something I’ve not seen any reactors catch yet is Pershing’s tell when he lies - he rubs his ear lobe when he lies to the amnesty robot about his resentment, and he does the same thing when he tells the story about his mother’s death….

[@PedroHenrique-mz3we]

Mind flayers are dungeons and dragons creatures, i think you guys confused with Bor Gullat

[@wb3159]

its also a completely different thing in star wars.

[@erikolson4148]

In the center of the galaxy is the Wellspring of Life 🤩.

[@ThatBonsaipanda]

Why is she cranking the mind flayer to full? She is loyal to the Emperor, and the New Republic can not learn about his plans to clone a new body for himself ..

[@lajiarrington9093]

I hate that I just start chuckling like a damn fool whenever I hear Chris the gungan thunder 🤣🤣🤣

[@Arashi257]

I'm pretty sure she said Bo was free to leave any time she wanted, so it's basically up to her if she wants to take off the helmet again.

[@thesharpercoder]

Gideon’s former communications officer is still an Imperial. She made sure the New Republic did not learn anything about cloning from Dr Pershing. I liked her first name, too, “A Liar”. Bo-Katan seems lost and confused. A whole lot to digest has happened to her in the last 24 hours. As required by her own beliefs in the Dark Saber, Bo-Katan answered the call to action of the Mand’alor when Grogu showed up. Bo-Katan’s beliefs were both shattered and reinforced when she saw the legendary Mythosaur. She was invited to join the Children of the Watch’s covert and quickly accepted. What about the Mythosaur? I don’t think it matters if Bo-Katan is keeping it a secret. It is only a matter time before the covert attempts to visit the Living Waters themselves. It won’t take long, either.

[@orcasin112]

R5 has had enough "Take me back to Tatooine neow!"

[@julianfromlegal3740]

I stumbled upon one of your videos from the early seasons of Game of Thrones. I’m not an emotional guy, but it moved me seeing how far you have progressed as creators and friends. I’m proud of your success. thank you for giving us a seat on the couch.

[@sulufest]

@30:41 “PorGholut” (sorry spelling may be off) But yes, there was a Mind Flayer in Stranger Things also, kinda like a giant nightmare spider.

[@Minifutzi_o.O]

The reason why the new republic doesn't use the imperial star destroyer is, they decided to shrink their fleet to a bare minimum and therefore have no use for them.

[@spacecadet2172]

Yes, it was managed very poorly and let to their complete and utter destruction

[@erindrury785]

Just found you guys. Loved the reactions. Subscribed. ❤

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

When the mandalorians came back at the end I was like "oh yeah, these people exist."

[@earendilthemariner5546]

I love katee as bo. Her voice, mommy bo...... I mean what?

[@spacecadet2172]

Kate is iconic

[@Animaniac0451]

Marketa: "What did they do with the Monument plaza then, if this is the only surface they can see?" Nothing, the scene is taking place AT Monument Plaza. (I believe it's the first time we see it in live action)

[@TheChickenlittle11]

For some reason seeing Bo with the astromech and Grogu in that dog fight made me feel like I was watching Sabine

[@karlmoles6530]

She's still working for Moff Gideon's Boss...Grand Admiral Thrawn

[@rebelfighter5249]

Thrawn just stepped on Bo when his Interceptors bombed her castle and she doesn't even know it yet. But they'll figure it out eventually.

[@moomoopuppy508]

The Mon Calamari guy at the mind flayer center sounds like Dan Aykroyd

[@Ask4This]

10:11 Hold on I think I dropped my papers while you were talking, if only there was something to keep them together.

[@jimideth]

Keta “what did they do with monument plaza “ awww this is that

[@IsiahBradley]

THANKS for this! ("It's Harry Potter!" LOL!) Glad to finally return to get as much "Mandalorian" criticism as possible! The mono-maniacal scientist is used to having agency. He's not the type to sit quietly for a year.

[@jaymeejaymz]

The thalassophobia definition is pretty straightforward - it's defined as the persistent fear of vast, deep, and often dark bodies of water that feel dangerous. Specifically, thalassophobia describes a person's fear of the great unknown in the water right below their feet.

[@donaldwatson7698]

And is perfectly summed up in the iconic "Jaws" poster.

[@itschris6064]

the biscuit chick is 100% an agent of grand admiral thrawn. hes the only warlord we know of with those kinds of resources and definitely the mastermind/sneaky type. I literally cannot wait

[@3brianssolS]

It’s din djarin he said I’ll bring your warm. I’ll bring your cold. He’s a bounty hunter. like capturing you.

[@ResoluteDeicide]

"A liquid diet is fine, as long as it consists of scotch 😐" 😂😂😂 Chris you make my day lol

[@johncspine2787]

She was wiping out his mind..if the Empire couldn’t have him, and he wanted to help the New Republic, so she wanted to eliminate him..the only question is whether she’s alone, or part of a new organized resistance..

[@janpradomarketing]

Either she is truly working for the New Republic or still secretly working for Moff Gideon; wiping Pershing's memories completely and reprogramming him to work for Gideon again with absolute loyalty.

[@jokuvaan5175]

I think she is still secretly working for empire and/or Gideon. And Pershing being the chief scientist knew way too much about the intentions of Gideon to possibly clone emperor Palpatine. So he had to be mind wiped.

[@opsatr]

R5 on Bo's ship: I want my N1 droid port. 🥺

[@opsatr]

18:52 I get that but... He's new here in Amnesty Housing. But he spent about 2 years already (just based off of it's apparently been 2 years between now and the end of season 2) in the re-integration center. Maybe it's understandable to kind of expect he'll be allowed to be a scientist already. Maybe not his research as that's prohibited. But why not some lab position? But here he is doing encoding work that's not really a scientist's work... Do the 2 years in the re-integration center not count?

[@jackson857]

26:15 Werner Herzog's character died in season 1 episode 7 of the Mandalorian.

[@jennym2276]

Kane is a double agent. She got the portable lab and he might not be needed anymore.

[@russellmassey9324]

If you have a complaint about New Republic Health and Safety standards, please submit a Form 780c through your supervisor. Have a nice day!

[@12chapin]

It is the Convert. The question is, how will what happened to the doctor ties to the other staff

[@tristramshandy4063]

The whole episode I was cursing at Elia Kane's dashing and strapping self. I would've been bamboozled too. Blinded by the jawline, the posture and that immovable coif.

[@spacecadet2172]

bad teeth though

[@3brianssolS]

Red team squadron is different in a different galaxy they say there’s an usual person trial wolves

[@thesharpercoder]

End Discussion: I do not think the New Republic is inherently evil. I think we are being shown they are incompetent. The Amnesty Program is a perfect example of New Republic’s naivety. BTW, we got a excellent “tour” of Coruscant. We saw the same plaza where they toppled statues at the of ROTJ. We visited a couple of locations first seen in “The Clone Wars”. We saw a number of shots that were near exact copies of Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art from the 1970s.

[@mrblackbond]

Marketta HAH "who the fuck is this petty?!"

[@JeffMeyers-zm2lh]

It was extracting his blood the separating the plasma from the blood cells. There was a beaker low next to the pump droind that had a clear fluid in it. That was the plasma.

[@luminaratano3935]

My theory: From now Dr. Pershing will hate the New Republic cause he'll be convinced that they used Mindflayer on him so he'll lose faith in the New Republic. He has already had an inner conflict so from now he'll be like "F** it, there's no difference between NR and the Empire" and he'll try to do his research for whatever cost. Maybe he'll join Moff Gidieon again or something.... Maybe to Thrawn?? That would be crazy! 😳 I feel sorry for him, he's such a tragic character... It seems like he indeed is a good-hearted scientist, kinda naive, so wrong ppl always want to use his research for evil purposes. Damn, I've never expected that kind of dilemma in this show. This episode has indeed Andor vibe and I love it!

[@r1985d]

the pirate look like an extra from guardian of the galaxy christmas special..

[@Calzaki]

You can leave any time you want *gestures towards the bear traps and alligator pits*

[@3brianssolS]

Long left the new republic helping all worlds

[@Squeenix1]

Guy on the left had exceptional hair

[@DarthDimadome]

Btw, Werner Herzog's character died toward the end of season 1. Gideon had his Stormtroopers shoot him and his guards.

[@Pinkielover]

Thrawn is coming .. would've been dope to see a tie defender Maybe we will in the future..lol I think it's a good thing she doesn't tell anybody about the creature ,, If you think about it the Empire and Pirates are going to want that creature... for now it's safe if she doesn't open her mouth... I felt like this was an odd episode ,, Half of it felt like Andor .. Obviously my favorite parts Of the episode is the ship battling... But yeah Mando falling in the water was all to get Bo Katan in the water also...lol

[@AFC-ef4gs]

Between the 4 of you, you didn't recognise her from season 2. She was Gideon's number 1 and she is still working for him, her whole agenda is to ensure Doctor Pershing can't be used against Mof Gideon.

[@martinwarford1389]

Yeah she was responsible for that tracker being placed on the Razor. I mean she didn't do it personally, but was in charge of that mission. She told Moff that they had successfully placed the tracker.

[@JP47471]

The Mindflayer was from Stranger Things, War Gullet (or whatever) was from Rogue One...

[@wiseoldman53]

Theory: Could the "Living Waters" actually have a very high midichlorian count? The reaction it had when the Armorer poured it and it glowed. Also, the fact it is called "the Living Waters". Plus, there is a connection between the Mandalorians and the Jedi.

[@firecat4529]

15:06 We saw that in clone wars.

[@mikdoubled]

I love your setup guys!

[@solareclipse8558]

The doctor’s cloning experiment brought back Palatine.

[@spacecadet2172]

“somehow” palpatine returned

[@benice2188]

Man, I celebrate your reactions and I love the fat orange mouse in the background. 😁

[@atkim122]

12:00 "I feel like they're cousins of actors we know" Funny she says that, because I immediately thought that was Steven Yeun, then felt racist once I realized it wasn't. And Dr. Pershing himself weirdly reminds me of a nerdy and emaciated Jimmy Smits (or even JLO ex Mark Anthony).

[@spacecadet2172]

he makes me think of the pilot from Rogue One

[@Meanwhile-]

To science man's credit, I don't think this is days. Reviews like the robot does are things that happen weekly if you're dealing with mental health issues, sometimes monthly if you're on the better end, and although it's not communicated super clearly I think the amount of time he spends ruminating on the decision is a while. Plus, that kind of nostalgia is super hard to deal with. Like yeah, the bads were bad, but the goods were good and although the bads aren't so bad now, the goods also aren't as good as they were. It's rough to try and reestablish your life when it was already so defined.

[@jestertlsodx9897]

Thrawn is coming. And the good Dr knew too much.

[@Galaron1000]

This!

[@acdragonrider]

“We have to go back!!!0

[@ahyesverygood1336]

7:31 - space karens😄

[@12chapin]

Hello guys. Could that girl have done that just bc the doctor told her friends she used to work for Gideon? That’s the questions they ask people when they become citizens😆.

[@Anime_Lord3]

Back to Coruscant 👏🏻👏🏻

[@ZSlurker]

was Rana's shake obtained from a mandalorian in the same way we seen the creature last episode? or was some powder milk for grogu since it was green :))))

[@letsbelogicalaboutthis2349]

I thought she entrapped him so as to infiltrate the new Republic for the empire. Am I wrong; is that just in my head 🤔 🤣🤣

[@kathdemitry1259]

I really think all the madalorian will go back with Bo and Din to Mandalor. Then they can rebuild once again everything.

[@davidnobre5660]

wait Suraj left the Mando reactions?

[@alyssataylora]

Yeah I’m confused is it just for this episode or the rest of the season?

[@davidnobre5660]

@@alyssataylora I hope it was just the episode...

[@isaiah11726]

Am I the only one who heard Grogu saying this is the way lol?

[@theawesomeman9821]

I was hoping for Din's group to bend the knee to Bo Katan, not the other way around.

[@MM-vs2et]

Within cells interlinked Within cells interlinked Within cells interlinked This episode has major Blade Runner 2049 vibes

[@seanfloyd4837]

Kiju Koopa 10 out a 10 monster description, haha. Also I felt like there has been a few Jim Henson Easter eggs in this season that have gone unnoticed. Like the main pirate bad guy basically looking like Aughra from Dark Crystal, and the Babu Friks species are basically space podlings.

[@jasonmarbach]

Werner Herzog’s character died in episode 7 of season 1.

[@TheRandomBits431]

it's like i watched an episode of Andor..wow that was deep as fuck!... it's a banger episode though, the music at the first 8 mins of battle was so goood!!!

[@votemonty1815]

Episode title applies both to Bo & Elia.

[@pugsbella]

she is still with the empire and was masking sure his research couldn't help the new republic. atleast thats my thinking,

[@spacecadet2172]

Also revenge for betraying her and Gideon, and making sure he doesn’t reveal what he knows about them