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In this episode let's look at the excerpt from dark lord the rise of darth vader where Vader wonders what would have happened had Anakin never turned to the dark side and remained a Jedi. What happens to Luke and Leia Skywalker? Would Anakin Skywalker still be with Padme and would the Jedi allow this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for listening to today's episode. I hope you have a great day, and I'll catch you in the next one! May the force be with you, ALWAYS! (Originally Streamed May 8, 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WELCOME BACK TO NERD THEORY we got lots to discuss, including , jedi survivor of course (Originally Streamed May 1, 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I wrote a very fan service / fun alternate (loose) ending to the Mandalorian season 3. Hope you smirk at it and LMK what you think! At the end of mando season 2, Grogu leaves with luke skywalker and r2d2...only to return to Din after a couple episodes of him with Luke in the book of boba fett show. I think what would have worked better, was if grogu stayed with luke, and when the time of the mandalorian season finale came, Grogu felt something wrong with Din in the force, once he was captured by Moff Gideon, as the events played out the way they would have basically, just without grogu there, Luke grogu and R2 get in the X-wing and fly over to Mandalore as per Grogu’s wishes. He has been training with luke for 2 years now as jon favreau said, so he’s much stronger and in tuned with the force, so he feels Din is in trouble. They head to Mandalore, break Din out, until they come across the hall of Clones. It’s Din, Grogu, and Luke, as Bo Katan fights the storm troopers in beskar with the other Mandalorians, siege of mandalore style. The clones aren’t moff gideon, but rather Clones of Darth Maul, as we find out that Moff Gideon is a Darth Maul loyalist...i mean, if we can’t figure it out from the clues all throughout the show, the horns and double bladed staff are a dead giveaway. So all these force sensitive darth mauls come alive, and luke has to fight them. This would be a major nod to George Lucas’ original plans for the sequel trilogy he was creating and had written treatments for before Disney did their own thing, thinking they know better. Where he had Luke train new jedi for his jedi order and Darth Maul would return to train his apprentice Darth Talon. While Luke fights Maul, Mando helps Bo Katan fight Moff and Praetorian and it’s an all out war while Mandalorians fly overhead with the stormtroopers and newly upgraded dark troopers with them. I’d have loved to see some bounty hunters as well working for the empire flying in there to make it real difficult for the mandalorians. This is where Boba, Fennec and Black Krrsantan show up to blast em in the Slave 1. Dropping seismic charges where applicable and blasting off out of his ship with his jet pack to join the war. While the Mythosaur gets angry at all the seismic charges being dropped and rises to absolutely destroy the area around them. Grogu and Luke use their powers to tame the beast for the moment, and Bo rides it, becoming the supreme ruler of Mandalore as the enemies are defeated. Super fan fictiony. Super fan service, but ultimately, more exciting than what we got. Oh and the dark saber isn’t destroyed. Mandalore is back to where it was before the Empire’s purge. Grogu back with Din. Luke goes to meet Han and Leia and introduced to Ben Solo, nodding to his journey as we will see him later. Boba in Slave 1 with crew off on an adventure. Bo Katan lights the torch and leads Mandalore Everyone off to their own story, to be met up with again in Dave Filoni's movie (and the Ahsoka show coming up) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many articles are speculating on The Mandalorian Season 4 happening or not, and while we don't have CONFIRMATION from Lucasfilm themselves, we do have confirmation from Jon Favreau that Season 4 of the Mandalorian's script is indeed complete! Here are my thoughts about this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the next adventure for Mandalorian Din Djarin and little Baby Yoda Grogu in The Mandalorian Season 4? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's how I think Moff Gideon was able to break the Darksaber which is made of pure beskar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is my review of The Mandalorian Season 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You all tagged me a lot on this star wars theory regarding moff gideon being a clone in the mandalorian season 3. Let's go over the theory online and I'll give you my full thoughts and theory as to how this could be true...but also how it couldn't be... You decide... Is Moff Gideon still out there in Star Wars, alive? Or was this a Clone that we saw in the season finale? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We end the episode with Din kicking his feet up at his new cabin, and Grogu lifting a frog with the force, like he did when training with Luke Skywalker. Ok, look, this episode felt more like a they lived happily ever after than a major cliff hanger or a larger threat entering to galaxy. I would have liked if Thrawn’s fleet showed up to kill Gideon perhaps, or show up outside Mandalore. I think they’re keeping Thrawn for the Ahsoka show, as we don’t know where he is at this point. This season of the mandlalorian had no direction like the first 2 seasons. It focused a lot on Bo Katan, which I liked, but I feel like we didn’t get as much Mando as we thought we would, like previous seasons. I hope the next season will return us to Mando and Grogu going on adventures with hopefully a much bigger threat like Thrawn or someone else, Snoke perhaps. I’m still processing the season, but overall, it just wasn’t nearly as good as the others. Pacing was wild, some episodes moved super fast, while others dragged on, while some just wasted important episode time, like the lizzo episode. I think the destruction of the dark saber could set this up for Grogu to make his own, considering they save the crystal. Maybe we could learn how they made the dark saber. Grogu definitely connected with the Mythosaur, I think this is foreshadowing for him to ride the beast and lead Mandalore in the future. Maybe decades from now. I don't know where Din and Grogu go from here...it kind of seems like they're back to season 1 with his Bouny Hunter days, which were the best parts of the series. Maybe we could have some interesting adventures into the depths of the Galaxy, discovering more force sensitives, bounty hunters or night sisters with magic. Maybe Snoke? Thrawn? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yoda said he was 100 when he trained Jedi...Grogu is about to have a massive transformation and growth spurt. Maybe if he sees Din in some situation, he will transform. Maybe his species really ages quite differently than we think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jedi Survivor 3 / Fallen Order 3 / JEDI is finally underway with new recruits being searched for. I hope the final installment shows Cal Kestis go to the dark side a bit more and then to find his balance in the force, using all sides of it, for good. I hope Bode's daughter will be trained by Cal and Merrin who go off to learn more about the Night Sisters and star wars magic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Rule of Two Podcast with Star Wars Theory and Marc Fernandez with Paul Duncan. Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, movie stars, and film posters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for listening to today's episode. I hope you have a great day, and I'll catch you in the next one! May the force be with you, ALWAYS! (Originally Streamed Apr 17, 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moff Gideon's new Mandalorian armored suit is a phase 3 Dark Trooper suit. I believe he took measures into his own hands after Luke Skywalker's return in the mandalorian season 2 finale. I also believe Gideon has a tie in with Darth Maul and the Armorer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

in the 7th episode of the mandalorian, we saw the empire was on mandalore this whole time building their base. I believe it was the empire that spread the rumour that Mandalore was poinsoned. I think they did this through a spy that could be trusted by the only people that would venture back to Mandalore, the Mandalorians. I think the spy is the armorer who is a Darth Maul loyalist like Moff Gideon as they both have horned helmets. Moff’s looked like Gar Saxon, and the armorer could very well be rook cast which I’ve made a video on a few weeks ago. I think the Empire forced this lie onto mandalorians for two reasons, one being to create that imperial base of course, and the other is to harvest all the beskar they want from the mines of mandalore. Moff Gideon used a lot of beskar in those white flying storm troopers he had which were impervious to attack. As well as the armor he had created for himself, dark trooper phase 3 which is lightsaber resistant. With the Empire forging a base on Mandalore, I think this created a hub for them to continue all their work, research, and infrastructure without anyone knowing due to the planet’s fake radiation claims. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of stuff Moff Gideon has developed on Mandalore and how it’ll all come crumbling down when Bo Katan becomes ruler of Mandalore. Hopefully she rides the mythosaur into battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

in the mandalorian episode 7 season 3 we got the episode titled the spies, insinuating there are more than one spy besides elia kane who has been posing as a new republic worker feeding intelligence to moff gideon. That’s spy number one. However, I believe there is a spy amongst the Mandalorians, and I have some ideas to share as to who they could be…The first of course is the armorer. She was very against Bo Katan seeing as she is from a different clan and believes in taking her helmet off, then switched up pretty fast by allowing her to do as she pleases, first not believing her about the mythosaur, saying that she probably just imagined it or hallucinated, to full on believing she saw it and granting her the permission to remove her helmet without any concrete proof. She asked Din to bring the water from the mines as proof. If she was so trusting, she wouldn’t need any of the water for proof, she’d just request his word as bond. Now, I believe she wanted actual proof to see if he did indeed go to Mandalore, to tell Moff Gideon that the time has come, the Mandalorians will start to go there, to prepare his defences and return to the public. She then tells Bo to go gather all the Mandalorians she can, and I’m sure she knew that Bo Katan’s next move would be to make a home on Mandalore, bringing all the Mandalorians there to be wiped out. The pirates probably worked for Moff Gideon and the Empire as scouts. There’s no way they weren’t being fed by him, and they’d never bite the hand that feeds them. They worked with the Armorer to get her out of the trap they had planned for them. She conveniently escaped to bring the sick Mandalorians in the pirate ship to Axe Woves ship, which was originally Gideon’s. I believe she’s going to betray them all, and if she doesn’t, then man, they did a great job of not letting us know who the spy is… Now why would the Armorer who has dedicated so much time to earning the trust of these Mandalorians around her, waste her time? It’s all part of a bigger plan. Palpatine wasted decades on being a politician, only to strike at the right moment and turn the entire galaxy against the Jedi and to his favour. The Armorer executed her plan perfectly, to get as may Mandalorians in one place at the same time under Moff Gideon’s control. We’ve already lost Paz Vizsla and Din Djarin, now the empire has leverage. I think Armorer is the one that set everyone up. I’ll be so surprised if she isn’t. Now, the second possibility is the obvious one…Koska Reeves or Axe Woves. I think Axe Woves is too dead on the nose to be the spy. We’d all imagine he’s the one to betray Bo Katan and the other mandalorians simply because he’s bashful and resents Bo, however, I think that’s what Lucasfilm wants us to believe. It’s too obvious with him. There must have been someone that tipped the empire off about where exactly they are, and I think it’s Koska. She was always quite keen on Grogu, I saw a tik tok that showed her stages throughout the show and a lot of it had me thinking…maybe she is the spy who now betrayed Bo. When we first saw her, even in the trailers for season 2, she was seen as a hooded figure, then she dissapears in the crowd, many of us thought she’s a Jedi, but now we know she’s just a nite owl part of Bo Katan’s squad. However, that’s a pretty ominous scene for someone who’s a good guy, supposedly. She glares at Grogu everytime he was mentioned during season 2 in the bar as she ate the squid. You could see Grogu felt something wrong. I saw all of this highlighted in a tik tok video that actually had me thinking along the same lines…then in season 3 she takes the mon cala prince, and he says i thought mandalorians were supposed to be honourable, she said we are, for the right price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So this episode was my favourite so far of the whole season, which isn’t saying a whole lot since this season has been pretty all over the place and lack lustre, but this one definintely was awesome. I loved seeing the commeradere of the mandalorians, despite their warring tribes they all came together. I believe the spies were of course Elia Kane, but also the armorer and the pirates. There’s no way those pirates wouldn’t be loyal to Gideon this whole time, roaming the surface and not discovered by Gideon or the Empire. I’m sure the Empire offered them food and help, and them being sick was perhaps a way for the Armorer to get out of there with them. I think Gideon has spies everywhere, and the biggest twist would be if the Armorer was one of his. I have a hard time believing she is, but the fact that we now see his horned helmet along with hers, it just makes me question things. The other possibility is that she is a Zabrak, and the horns are because she can’t wear her helmet any other way. As they head towards the Forge, a massive dinosaur blows their ship up, this is NOT they Mythosaur. The Mythosaur is much bigger and more powerful. They escape to a cave and move further down, finally getting to the Forge. They hear jet packs and realize imperials are headed their way. They fly now! These imperials are fitted with white Beskar armour. Axe Woves gets out of there to call for reinforcements, escaping through a small hole in the roof. They all shoot at one another and the Mandos take them out, until they’re foolishly lured into a trap. As they notice a massive army of imperial tie fighters and weaponry. They’re ambushed and separated by a door that closes. Din fights off the stomtroopers in beskar, tied down, when Moff Gideon lands in his new suit. The next generation of dark trooper suit, this means, it’s lightsaber resistant if it’s a new phase from the previous dark troopers we saw in season 2’s finale with Luke. as the phase 3 dark troopers were lightsaber resistant. Moff Gideon’s helmet has horns, so does the armorer’s. There are only one group of mandalorians who has horns on their helmets. Darth Maul’s loyalists. I believe the armorer is working with Moff Gideon. I believe Moff Gideon is loyal to Darth Maul’s leadership as ruler of Mandalore. Gideon talks about the cloners, the jedi, the mandalorians all having something special about them. He plans to aggregate the best of each, and bring order to the galaxy. I think Gideon was trying to create the perfect warrior. A cloned force sensitive wearing mandalorian armor. He sends Din to the debriefing room to be questioned and tortured. He turns to Bo Katan after hearing her voice and demands the dark saber. As she nods to Paz and they all blast the doors as Gideon opens them. Bo runs to the back and qui gon jinn style puts the dark saber through the blast door and cuts a hole for them to escape through. Paz is holding them off with his gattling mini gun blaster and closes the door on himself, telling Bo to go as he takes them all on like a boss. His blaster overheats and he man handles all of them. Until, 3 mandalorian styled praetorian guards appear to defeat him. They slash and stab him at the corners of his armour’s weak openings, killing him. He goes out like a boss and I was upset to see him go as I liked his stoic powerful presence in the crew. His son will be very devastated to learn of his father’s sacrifice. The praetorian guards have a different helmet than they do in the sequel trilogy, and we see that they have t visor, looking a lot like the shadow guards from legends and the force unleashed. These guys are incredibly powerful and could use the force. The Praetorian guards here look like some mandalorian variation and it makes me wonder if they’re different from the sequel trilogy ones or not. Thrawn, praetorian guards, luke skywalker, darth maul loyalists could all be in the next episode and of course moff gideon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

welcome back to nerd theory with Josh The Den of Nerds and Star Wars Theory. Today let's go over everything that was revealed at Star Wars Celebration! (Originally Streamed Apr 10, 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

in the latest ep of the mandalorian, ep 6, we see bo Katan is now the rightful owner of the dark saber. as Din claims since he lost to cyborg dude on mandalore, and it lost to Bo, making Bo the rightful owner of the dark saber. Why didn’t Din just say this to her 4 episodes or so ago? Why have her fight Axe Woves when he could have just told her that she’s the rightful owner, as she walks up to them and ignites the blade, boom, done. Now she can unite everyone under her rule. Now while I’m going to talk about what this means for her going forwards, and by forwards I mean the next 2 final episodes for this season, but I first want to say this endowment of the blade didn’t sit well with me. It seemed pretty lame and just overall lazy. I think something much more fitting would have been to have Bo beat Axe Woves like she did, reclaim her fleet, bring them to Nevarro, then Moff Gideon shows up as he tracked his ship, fights Mando, beats him, takes the dark saber, and then Bo fights and beats him, thus being the rightful ruler of the dark saber and ruler of the mandalorians. I think that would have been a bit more fitting for Bo and been a bit more of an achievement, seeing as how he took it from her to begin with. Anyways, it’s hers now and everyone accepts that. She’s going to get her entire fleet back, koska reeves, axe woves, etc, to not follow Bo would be a sin among mandalorians. Now, there’s two options here, either she wont’ stop there. She’ll venture to other parts of the galaxy to bring together more mandalorians, maybe even Boba Fett, or she feels this is enough for now, as she goes back to nevarro and shows everyone the dark saber she now holds. They all unite under her and she leads them to Mandalore, where Moff Gideon tracks them because of Axe Woves who is probably more loyal to Gideon than Bo as he dislikes her for abandoning them and for beating him. He shows up with his fleet and Axe joins him. I think the only thing to save the day now would be for someone to tame the mythosaur on the planet. I think Bo would go to the mines, or lead them all to the mines, as she would maybe work with mando to tame the beast. Mando would have Baby Yoda who would eventually use his beast control through the force to tame the monster, allowing either bo or Din to ride it. I could see Mando riding it into battle to save the day, as Bo leads the mandalorians with her dark saber. It’s a pretty cool image to visualize. They would defeat Moff Gideon until of course a massive star fleet appears in orbit, as a ship descends and a cloaked figure steps out, lightsaber ignited, we cut to Thrawn in his ship, ordering tie interceptors to bombard the battlefield. End of episode, end of season. Now that would be a cliff hanger. Who is the cloaked figure? Is it Ezra? Is it some other dark Jedi? Or is it a cloned force sensitive? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As they do this, the floating assisstant droid goes rogue and tries to laser melt them all down, until Din takes out his dark saber and slices it in half. Nice to see it being used for once. He’s still super slow nad heavy with it, clearly not having found it’s way of movement like Bo Katan. They analyze the sample on the computer, and realize theirs a chain code in the actual napenthe along with nano bots. The chain code says it’s originally manufactured by the techno union, if you remember them the leader was Watt Tambor from the prequels, during the clone wars he worked with count dooku. Anakin ended up slicing him up with his lightsaber on mustafar. The man who ordered this napenthe was the head of security, commissioner Helgait. Bo and Din tell him the jig is up, and they know he did it, so he threatens to hit the big red button which isn’t a failsafe to shut off all droids, it’s a switch to return all droids back to their battle droid state. He’s revealed as a separatists who supports Count Dooku, calling him a visionary, and as he’s about to mention Anakin Skywalker having killed count dooku, bo katan zaps him and he falls over. They take him to the royalty jack black and lizzo, and he first insults them, then turns a 180 on Lizzo and apologizes asking for forgiveness. The entire mission is over, and we spent 30 minutes on it when we have only 3 episodes left, now technically just 2. They get the key to plazir 15 and are now in the good graces of the planet forever. Grogu is also knighted. Seems like he’s a mandalorian, jedi, knight. Bo and Din head to see Axe Woves and she’s nervous as she thinks her clan are now loyal to him. She walks up to him and his clan as they have a back and forth as she states she comes to claim her fleet. Axe Woves won’t step down, so she challenges him to a trial by combat. He accepts, they fight, and Bo wins. He tells her Din is the one she should challenge to take the dark saber from. She tries to tell them all that mandalorians are stronger together. Axe Woves says Mando is a zealot and she walks with him, he’s not got a drop of mandalorian blood. So here we can clearly see the difference in mandalorian sects here. Din Djarin wasn’t born on Mandalore or born from Mandalorian parents, and for this reason Axe Woves deems him unworthy. It’s the typical differences and petty fighting between mandalorian sects. Bo defents him and says he took the creed just like the ancestors, before the nite owls and Axe Woves strayed into their own way. Axe mentions that he has the dark saber, and Mando offers it to her, telling them that according to their rules, she does own it, since when he was on mandalore, he was beaten by the grievous droid thing, who then was beaten by Bo Katan, technically making the dark saber belong to Bo. IT’s a win on a technicality, but it’s super lame in my opinion because there’s no way that droid thing was going to rule mandalore with the blade. He didn’t even know what it was nor did he pay attention to it. Anyways, technically, it is hers, so Axe agrees and everyone straightens up, showing us that they are immediately respectful to her and recognize her as their leader. Now she will bring them back with her to Nevarro, where I think Moff Gideon and the empire will probably see his ship parked there, tracking it, and show up, causing all sorts of problems for Mando. I think the jedi to appear if there will be one, will be Ahsoka, leading us into the Ahsoka show. So now Bo contols Mandalore and Mandalorians. This leaves me questioning the mythosaur…is she actually going to tame it…or is saying you saw one enough to be the bridge of all mandalorians? That’d be kind of lame if so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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so a lot of you are probably questioning why the armorer forced mando to go to poisonous mandalore and dunk his head into the water beneath the mines in order to be redeemed while she lets bo take her helmet off and just do as she pleases? Well, the reasoning still may have you roll your eyes, but there is a reason so let’s discuss it. Back in season 1 the armorer spoke of a new era that would come to be when a mandalorian rides a mythosaur, the long extinct creature, or thought to be extinct. The armorer mentions this would be the dawn of a new day, and a time where mandalorians would unite under one new clan. Whoever tames a mythosaur, shall claim this honor. I feel now that Bo Katan has seen a mythosaur, the armorer feels she is the chosen one, and we get a jedi council sort of thing where they believe in their prophecy that would foretell a new age of mandalorians. This is also what she mentions to bo at the end of episode 5 season 3. Bo Katan has walked as a death watch member, a nite owl member after that, and now as a member of the children of the watch. She is now tasked with going around the galaxy and finding other mandalorians, bringing them back to navarro 7, and uniting them all under her watch. Bo-Katan's ultimate goal is to unite all of the Mandalorian clans under one banner and to restore the ancient way of life that the Mandalorians once enjoyed. She believes that this can only be accomplished through a combination of military might, diplomacy, and strong leadership. In order to unite all of the Mandalorian clans, Bo-Katan will likely need to continue to build alliances and gain the support of other influential Mandalorian leaders. She may also need to overcome any internal divisions within the Mandalorian culture and find a way to reconcile different factions. Ultimately, Bo-Katan's success in uniting all of the Mandalorian clans will depend on her ability to inspire others with her vision, and to lead by example. It will also require a willingness to compromise and negotiate with other groups, while staying true to the core values and traditions of the Mandalorian people. I think there will now be a major power shift here as Bo Katan is the bridge between the different mandalorian tribes. She told Mando that her tribe of nite owls and mandalorians are making their way through the galaxy as mercenaries. I think she’s now going to go and find those mercenaries and convert them. My question is, what is she going to tell them…that she saw a mythosaur and all of a sudden everyone will be entranced to join her? It’s going to be difficult to convince everyone to join her cause, however I think the purpose here is to just get as many willing mandos as she can to increase their collective, and her new way of old and new. I think it’ll be difficult also for many other mandalorians to accept her now that she’s removed her helmet. I think many may even question the armorer’s ability to lead them after allowing such a thing. This could cause civil war where those loyal will fight for her and the rest will scamper off making their own new faction, a splinter group, much like death watch. The other issue here is that she may come across moff gideon and the mandalorians who work for him, as she may try to convert them to her cause when she is captured by him and forced to reveal the location of the others. This could end very badly for the armorer and her clan. Din may require the help from someone else, such as Boba, or even a force sensitive to supplement his fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

we see the new republic HQ as they’re hanging out and playing pool, we meetup with carson teva, new republic pilot from season 2 who offered cara dune a job. He plays the hologram from greef carga who’s asking for his help. Zebb walks up to him, and this is his live action debut. Zebb was in Rebels and he was part of the crew with ezra, hera, kanan, and chopper. It’s great seeing him in live action, and i think his appearance is perhaps a foreshadowing of ezra and thrawn. In fact, maybe he’s just stationed there to get intel on moff gideon’s transport time and date, so that sabine could escort him out and get information on where Thrawn is, leading them to Ezra. This theory comes from one of you during the watch party last night, and your reasoning for this was because beskar was found on the ship, this beskar could be sabine’s. Personally, I think it was mandalorians related to death watch, loyal to maul. Carson Teva shows the hologram of Greef Carga to corsucant’s new republic HQ, colonel tuttle which is like the main center for it. He denies him approval to help, as G86 walks in after seeing Carson in there. She is still playing the new republic, and i think she still works for moff gideon. Carson mentions moff gideon having never made it to trial, and G86 is seen looking down in discomfort. She says a pretty imperial thing, by saying Navarro 7 may now see the importance of joining the new republic by essentially suffering. New republic denies help to nevarro 7, and carson takes it upon himself to go find the mandalorian. He tracks them down via R5’s transponder. He tells them about Greef Carga’s message, and then leaves. Din speaks to the clan, holding the armorer’s hammer, which is like a talking stick type of thing. Mando pleads his case to save Greef Carga, who he says has had a change of heart against mandalorians, and that imperials were the ones who decimated the mandalorians, not Carga. He proposes they all live on navarro 7 as Greef has offered him land, and may offer them land too. Carson Teva comes across an abandoned Lamda T4A shuttle. It looks heavily attacked. He speaks with the New Republic, and they find out its the ship that transported moff gideon. The ship has no survivors yet moff gideon’s body is missing. The flight crew are frozen from space. Carson Teva notices something embedded in the wall, it’s a piece of beskar, and they deduce that moff gideon was broken out of there by mandalorians. So, this could be one of two things. Either death watch, a very rugged and violent group of mandalorians did indeed break moff gideon out, which is believable since he did hold the dark saber at one point, meaning he accrued a following of some kind, a following that may still be very loyal to him. Or the other option is that he framed mandalorians by putting a piece of beskar there to throw the new republic off their tracks. The third option here is that he’s just paying mandalorians with beskar, as we know he has tons. I personally think he actually was freed from mandalorians who were perhaps loyal to darth maul once, and now loyal to moff gideon. I think once Bo Katan goes to unite these kinds of mandalorians, she will come to a very rude awakening and perhaps be captured herself, luring Din Djarin out to Moff Gideon, who will challenge him to a duel and this time win, claiming the dark saber for himself once again, and him being the one to rule all of the mandalorians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We haven’t heard or seen any of Moff Gideon since the end of season 2’s the mandalorian, and with him being such a main antagonist for two seasons with the dark saber, it makes you wonder if he’s going to return or not, like more villains do. As a high-ranking member of the Empire, he would have had access to resources and connections that the average citizen could only dream of. This means that it would have been relatively easy for him to secure the help of the Empire in escaping from his tribunal. The Empire would have seen the capture of Moff Gideon as a significant loss, and they would have done everything in their power to prevent it. Now after the fully operational death star, the empire just muscled there way throughout the galaxy, using their military strength to get whatever they watned, and the reason for this was because nobody could stand up to them once the death star existed, simply because if you resisted, your planet would get blown up. Moff Gideon is a cunning and resourceful individual, as evidenced by his successful takeover of the Mandalorian Darksaber. It is entirely within his character to have planned and orchestrated his escape from the war tribunal with the help of the Empire. He would have known the risks and consequences of being captured, and he would have done everything in his power to avoid it. Now, I always thought there was someone far more powerful above moff gideon who was pulling the strings, and if this goes into the sequel trilogy then we get snoke and palpatine and all that but let’s just keep it more contained to this timeline for now. So let’s assume that it could be Thrawn or someone above Moff Gideon. Now, if Mofff Gideon is as valuable as we think he is to whomever, then perhaps his boss Thrawn perhaps, will do everything he can to get him out of that hearing. Now, the guys with pershing and the others here at the table mentions how he heard moff gideon escaped during his transport to the war tribunal. Now if we’ve ever seen any old school prison escape movie, most of the escaped happen during transports from one prison to another, or one spot to the next, transporting inmates. This could indeed have happened with Moff Gideon for sure where a massie squad of tie fighters appeared out of nowhere and held the ship hostage that was transporting Gideon. From there, stormtroopers and maybe even dark troopers would have entered the ship and escorted him out into an imperial vessel, making him free out there somewhere in the galaxy. Moff Gideon was hellbent on capturing Baby Yoda, and I think it’s because he wanted to use his blood for some gene splicing like Dr Pershing mentioned in his seminar in the opera house on coruscant. I believe Pershing was very valuable to the empire because of his unique ability and research discoveries with cloning that perhaps no one else other than the long eradicated kaminoans were able to figure out. The first cloned being was a mutated creature with shovels for hands that he kaminoans used as diggers. You can learn all about them and the history of Kamino in my Kamino history video i released several years back. With Moff Gideon out there, he will be on the hunt for Mando and this time with a vengeance like never before so that he’ll never get captured again. He could hire the world’s most dangerous bounty hunters…Dengar….Bossk…Maybe he’ll reach out to Boba through a messenger who will inform Mando of what’s to come. I think things could heat up really fast with Moff Gideon on the loose and it would only endanger grogu even more. Imagine for a second that Omega and the bad batch are still alive and they get a request from someone to get the child, bringing them in to the whole cloning life once again with pershing and the operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Armorer, a key character from The Mandalorian, could be Rook Kast, a Mandalorian commando. In today’s theory episode, let’s examine the similarities between the two characters, the potential connections between their stories, and the implications of this theory on the larger Star Wars universe in the mandalorian. Now while we don’t know who the armorer is, something that caught my attention in episode 3 was when the armorer knew exactly who bo katan was in ther helmet and armor when she walked in. No introduction, nothing, at least that we saw as the audience. But mainly…her horns on her helmet. No other mandalorian has this. Why does she have those? The only other mandos to have worn those horns, were the ones loyal to darth maul. This tells me that perhaps this person knows who Bo is, whereas Paz Vizsla simply called her a nite owl. Now the armorer and Rook Kast share several similarities, such as their Mandalorian heritage, combat prowess, and leadership qualities. Rook Kast served as a commando under the Mandalorian splinter group known as Death Watch, led by Pre Vizsla and later, Maul. After Maul's defeat and the disbanding of Death Watch, Rook Kast's whereabouts became unknown. The Armorer and Rook Kast, including shared experiences, common goals, and the desire to preserve Mandalorian culture and traditions. Now, Rook Kast showed her face in the clone wars at the end, so my theory is that she adopted this new way to keep herself hidden. She forces the law of keeping one’s helmet on forever, as a way of hiding her true identity. She is a literal traitor to her people in the eyes of many Mandalorians who fought against her and Maul, including Bo Katan when Pre Vizsla died in trial by combat against Darth Maul. It’s not out of the ordinary to think that Rook Kast who was already quite the insane extremist, would go on to be even more radical with her way. Death Watch was a faction of mandalorians who believed in the old ways of violence and extremism for mandalorians. Seeing Mandalore become as destroyed as it did, could have made her go off the deeper end and become the armorer, keeping her horns on her helmet as loyalty and service to darth maul whom she was very loyal to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Krath were led by the Dark Jedi Aleema Keto and her brother Satal Keto, who were descendants of the ancient Sith Lord Exar Kun. They were known for their use of dark side magic, particularly the power of illusion and deception, to control and manipulate their enemies. The Krath Warriors gained a significant following and established a stronghold on the planet of Empress Teta, which they renamed as the Krath Holy City. From there, they launched attacks on nearby planets, expanding their territory and power. Their reign of terror was eventually ended by a coalition of Jedi, Republic troops, and local rebels, who mounted a successful assault on the Krath Holy City. Aleema and Satal were captured and brought to justice, effectively putting an end to the Krath Warriors. Despite their defeat, the legacy of the Krath Warriors continued to influence later Sith factions and their use of dark side magic. The Krath Warriors first appeared in the "Tales of the Jedi" comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics in the mid-1990s. Specifically, they were introduced in the "Dark Lords of the Sith" storyline, which ran from 1994 to 1995 and chronicled the rise of the Sith Empire during the Old Republic era. The "Dark Lords of the Sith" storyline was written by Tom Veitch and Kevin J. Anderson, with art by Christian Gossett and Mike Barreiro. The storyline introduced a number of new characters and factions to the Star Wars universe, including the Krath Warriors, and was well-received by fans and critics alike. The "Tales of the Jedi" comic book series is considered a significant part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, which includes books, comics, and other media that expand upon the stories and characters of the Star Wars universe beyond the main films. While the Expanded Universe is no longer considered canon in the wake of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, the stories and characters introduced in "Tales of the Jedi" continue to be popular among Star Wars fans and have had a lasting impact on the franchise as a whole. In addition to their use of dark side magic, the Krath Warriors were skilled in hand-to-hand combat and weapons training. They often wielded vibroblades, energy shields, and blaster pistols in battle, making them a formidable force to be reckoned with. The Krath Warriors also had a strict hierarchy, with Aleema and Satal Keto at the top as the leaders of the faction. Beneath them were the Krath warlords and generals, who commanded their armies and executed their orders. While the Krath Warriors were ultimately defeated, their legacy lived on in the Star Wars universe. The tactics and techniques they used were studied by later Sith factions, including the Sith Empire that emerged during the Old Republic era and the Sith Lords that rose to power during the time of the Galactic Empire. In the end, the Krath Warriors were a reminder of the dangers of the dark side of the Force and the destructive power that it can unleash if left unchecked. Their defeat served as a cautionary tale for those who would seek to use the Force for personal gain or to control others, and their story continues to be studied by scholars and historians in the Star Wars universe. Another interesting aspect of the Krath Warriors is their connection to the ancient Sith Lord Exar Kun. Exar Kun was a Jedi Knight who turned to the dark side and became a Sith Lord, eventually leading a crusade against the Jedi Order. After his defeat, Exar Kun's spirit was trapped on the planet Yavin 4, where it was discovered by Aleema and Satal Keto. They were able to use the dark side of the Force to resurrect his spirit and gain his knowledge and power, which they used to strengthen the Krath Warriors. The Krath Warriors' connection to Exar Kun highlights the importance of the Sith's history and mythology in their ideology. The Sith draw upon the teachings and traditions of their predecessors, building upon them to create their own legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's my breakdown to the Ahsoka trailer. I forgot to add that Elsbeth is a Nightsister, I believe. I think this leads Ahsoka to the beyond which will help her to discover magic in the galaxy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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in the mandaorian season 3 episode 3 we got bo katan joining the children of the watch. This of course is a big moment considering she has been devoted to being a nite owl for so many years. First having joined Pre Vizsla, she was a strong member of death watch, a warring faction of mandalorians who became disillusioned with the ways of the new mandalorians that they deemed to be too pacifist. As we saw in previous mandalorian seasons and just in episode 1 of this third season, she really wasn’t all for the children of the watch when mando told her about his quest to venture into the living waters below the mines on mandalore. She called it a bunch of superstition and never respected these outdated ways of not removing your helmet. If you remember at the end of the episode, she was staring at the mythosaur skull on the wall and the credits rolled. She didn’t tell din about the mythosaur existing in the waters either. She is playing a game here, a game of chess and she knows that she will have to build a relationship with mandalorians in order to convert them to her cause once she rules mandalore either by way of dark saber or taming the mythosaur, dawning a new age of mandalorians. This new age would be her age of uniting all mandalorians under her way, one way, eliminating factions and keeping it to just one. from the dawn of time mandalorians with their dominant and aggressive nature have waged civil war on themselves just as much if not more than the wars they waged on the rest of the galaxy. I believe she would do a good job in rebuilding mandalore once she either gets the dark saber or mythosaur. I think she’s a good manipulator and opportunist where she would unite them under a common enemy. Such as remnants of the Imperial forces or a new emerging threat. This shared struggle could solidify their alliance and help bring the Mandalorians together. Once the Mandalorian factions are united, Bo-Katan would likely focus on rebuilding Mandalore, both physically and culturally. This could involve restoring the planet's infrastructure, reintroducing long-lost traditions, and reestablishing Mandalore's place in the galaxy. The only concern I would have if I were Bo, would be the factions that don’t support her leadership, like paz vizsla for example. Relative to pre vizsla, who was the leader of death watch, Bo eventually left his clan and deemed him too violent. I think Paz resents her for her betrayal. Even with a united Mandalore, Bo-Katan would likely face internal power struggles and challenges from other factions or individuals who might question her leadership. This could provide ongoing conflict and storylines in the show. I believe her affiliation with ahsoka tano could lead her to join her fight against Grand Admiral Thrawn, and with her Mandalorians on her side, it would surely be a great battle that would have to be explored in the ahsoka show and beyond. Before digressing much more, I believe Bo Katan is very intelligent and for sure is just playing the game by faking her compliance with the children of the watch, despite thinking they are an absolute joke. I think the children of the watch have so much honour that they wouldn’t dare anyone to fake their true intentions, but Bo Katan, being a Nite Owl, isn’t so rigid like the others. She takes her helmet off and lets her hair blow in the wind, facing battle head on, wheareas the children of the watch led by the armorer, believe in their old and elitist ways as being the only possible way a mandalorian should live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At pershing’s day job he tires to salvage some files from the empire that come across his desk, but he’s told to not do that and discard it. He thinks it’s ridiculous as the information can really help the new republic, but they simply refuse to do so. He’s getting angry at the new republic and beginning to resent them for sure. He grabs an imperial biscuit and we jump to him being questioned again by the robot with the same mundane questions. At the question of whether or not is he feeling resentment towards the new republic or not, he pauses, looks down, and rubs his ear. The same ear he rubbed when talking to the people in the opera chambers that he didn’t mean to do anything bad when working at the empire. The robot repeats itself, and he says no. Heading to G68 he says let’s continue the cloning work, and asks for her help to get the lab equipment. Immediately the plagueis theme plays and this is probably the biggest part of the episode for me, because it implies the ominous tone of palpatine telling anakin about plagueis in the opera. they head to the train station and get to the scrapyards where the imperial star destroyers are held. This takes about 7 minutes of hopping trams to avoid ticket droid guards. Arriving at the junkyard…That’s where she’s taking him, to collect supplies from the ship, they enter and she introduces herself as Elia, and he as Dr Penn Pershing. Pershing gets to the imperial lab, grabbing what he needs, they hear a noise and vacate, only to be stopped by new republic police, where she grabs the case he just took from the ship for their mission, and gets him arrested. She set him up, framed him, and next we see him with some Mon Calamaris as he screams to them it was a trap, harkening to of course, admiral ackbar’s infamous line in return of the jedi. Finally getting back to Mando, they head to the armorer and the children of the watch where they’re hiding. Din tells Bo Katan to keep her helmet on as things will go smoother this way, since the clans have different beliefs. As they land, we see Paz Vizsla, who wanted to rule mandalore as he fought mando for it in the book of boba fett, losing, seems to be teeming with anger as he sees him land and bo katan with him. The history between Bo Katan and Pre Vizsla can be summed up like this. Bo and Pre Vizsla worked together under Death Watch, who believed that New Mandalorians lost their way of violence and conquering which was the way of the older mandalorians, so they waged civil war, until Bo felt he was a bit too crazy and left his group, rebelling against him. Paz Vizsla probalby sees her as a traitor and hates her. The are approached by all the mandos there and Paz leads, telling them to leave as Din is no longer worthy of the mandalorian creed. He informs Paz Vizsla that he’s bathed in the living waters beneath the mines, as no one believes him. Bo Katan speaks up and says she was witness. And who are you, nite owl, says paz. Nite owls are just a faction of mandalorians led by bo katan after she left pre vizsla for his extremist ideologies. She announces who she is and he tells her that she’s lost her way, and both need to leave as they are apostates. Mando shows proof, so they send him up to the armorer, their leader, as she examines the vial of water sampled from the mines, and confirms indeed he has bathed in the waters, he is once again a mandalorian. She says she too has joined the children of the watch since she bathed in the waters and hasn’t removed her helmet. I find it intersting the armorer knew right away that it was Bo Katan, this is very telling…that maybe the armorer knows who Bo is personally. Maybe the armorer, with her spikes on her head, or rather horns, was a member of the mauldalorians when darth maul ruled mandalore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the mandalorian sesaon 3 we finally see the Mythosaur, long believed to be extinct! Here is an extensive understanding on Mythosaur lore, as well as the first mandalorian to ride and control this massive beast. Who will control the Mythosaur next in mandalorian season 3? Bo Katan? Din Djarin? Grogu? Boba Fett? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I feel she will do everything in her power to tame the beast in order to ride it into battle and flex her might as the new leader of mandalore. However, with Baby Yoda’s beast control force ability, just like we saw Anakin use on the reek in episode 2, and baby Ahsoka on that tiger beast in tales of the jedi animated show, we know Grogu will be able to do the same thing. Now, this beast is massive and mythosaurs were known to be extremely violent and alpha, taking orders from no one, this is why taming one enough to ride it was seen as a right of passage to rule all other mandalorians. I believe Grogu will be the one to control or connect with the beast if he tries hard enough, and in turn be able to either ride it himself using their force mind connection to understand one another, or he’ll have the mythosaur obey Mando to ride him. This could further infuriate Bo Katan as she’ll now see Din Djarin has both the dark saber and the mythosaur and she’ll feel her right as ruler of Mandalore has been taken from her, which it has. I think with the Mythosaur under Din Djarin’s control with Grogu, they could lead and unite all Mandalorians under one umbrella. No more infighting, no more civil wars, just Mandos against the other guys, like the remnants of the Empire. I think with the dark saber alone, Mando can unite mandalorians, but with both, he’ll have no trouble whatsoever. Now, let’s say somehow Bo Katan or even someone else gets the Mythosaur, heck between you and me I hope it’s Boba Fett as we all know he’d rather rule Mandalorians than Tatooine with respect. If Bo gets the mythosaur, she’ll have priority over ruling Mandalore over Din with the dark saber. I think the reasoning behind this is because to get the dark saber you much defeat it’s rightful owner in trial by combat, however with the Mythosaur…it’s much more difficult than fighting another human or alien who has the blade. I think she would try to control more of the mandalorians and be less diplomatic than mando would be. I don’t really think Mando is fit to rule all mandalore and mandalorians, he just doesn’t seem experienced enough, whereas Bo Katan was born into mandalorian culture and royalty. Let’s say Grogu ends up riding it and controlling it, then he would be the new Tarre Vizsla, the jedi mandalorian who now not only brings two warring factions together, but also has tamed and rides the great mythosaur. He would unite mandalorians the most just like Tarre Vizsla did thousands of years ago but I think he would have a hard time given his age and the fact that he’s also a partial jedi. I think Mandalorians might have a hard time accepting him since he could be seen as a potential outsider from an elitist purist standpoint. The Armorer has referenced a prophecy where a Mythosaur would rise up and herald a new era for Mandalore, so if Bo-Katan were able to tame the creature, it could fulfill this prophecy and bring about a new era of Mandalorian dominance. It would signify a reclamation of Mandalorian heritage and a powerful symbol of strength and leadership. However, it's important to note that taming a Mythosaur would likely be a difficult task, as they are massive creatures with tough hides that can resist blaster fire. Additionally, the encounter with the Mythosaur in season 3 episode 2 shocks Bo-Katan because the race of gigantic creatures was said to have gone extinct thousands of years ago, making them incredibly rare and difficult to find. Regardless, if Bo-Katan were to successfully tame a Mythosaur, she would have some ground work to make up from her previous failures as leader, since people blamed her for cursing Mandalore by taking the dark saber without winning it in combat from Sabine Wren. So she’d now have to really prove she’s worthy of being followed as the new mand’alor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandalore the Ultimate was considered one of the most powerful warriors of his time and tended to fight with overwhelming force and war droids. He was one of the last Taung to claim the Mandalore title and was known to some as the "Great Shadow Father" He sought to lift his people from the hole of betrayal and humiliation that plagued them since the Great Sith War With highly advanced equipment and weapons he dominated the battle field. He wore an armor made of Mandalorian iron, also known as Beskar, that was highly resistant to blaster fire, lightsabers, and other types of attacks. He carried a personalized helmet that had a long T-shaped visor and a jetpack that allowed him to fly through the air. His primary weapon was a customized Mandalorian ripper, a melee weapon that could cut through almost anything with ease The Ripper was a large vibrosword that he carried with him during battles. It was a symbol of Mandalore the Ultimate's leadership and prowess in battle. Mandalore the Ultimate had a strong mentality towards Mandalorians. He saw them as the greatest warriors in the galaxy and believed that they should be united under his leadership to conquer the galaxy. He was highly respected by the Mandalorians, who saw him as a leader who could bring them glory and honor. He was also known to be highly intelligent and strategic, able to make decisions that would lead his army to victory. Mandalore the Ultimate disliked the Jedi, as most Mandalorians did, he saw Jedi as weak and inferior to Mandalorians. He believed that the Jedi Order was holding the galaxy back and needed to be eliminated. His strong disdain for the Jedi due originated from their interference in the Mandalorian Wars. The Jedi Order, who were opposed to the Mandalorian aggression and the war they waged on the Galactic Republic, intervened in the conflict by supporting the Republic's forces. This intervention ultimately resulted in the defeat of the Mandalorians. Mandalore viewed the Jedi as meddlers and interfering do-gooders who prevented the Mandalorians from achieving their goals. Additionally, the Mandalorians held the belief that the Jedi's use of the Force was a cheap trick and not a true measure of strength. Mandalore's hatred for the Jedi may also have been fueled by a sense of pride and honor, as the Mandalorians saw themselves as superior warriors and resented being defeated by those they deemed inferior. Mandalore the Ultimate engaged in a one-on-one battle with the Jedi Knight Revan on the planet's surface. The details of the fight are unclear, but it is known that Mandalore was killed in battle, and his helmet was taken by Revan as a trophy. His death was a turning point for the Mandalorian people, who were forced to retreat and eventually lost the war. Despite this, Mandalore the Ultimate is remembered as a hero and a symbol of Mandalorian strength and honor During his reign, Mandalore the Ultimate changed Mandalorian culture in significant ways. He created the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders, a military force that brought the Mandalorian people together and allowed them to conquer other worlds. He also implemented a new code of honor for the Mandalore. Now Mandalore the Great was a Mandalorian leader who held the title of Mandalore in The Mandalorian show on Disney plus. He led a series of conflicts against the Jedi Order in ancient times. By the time of the New Republic, the Jedi had become a myth, though the battles between Mandalore the Great and the Jedi were known to some Mandalorians through ancient songs. He was known to have rode into battle riding a mythosaur, leading the mandalorians. It is is said whoever can tame the mythosaur beast and ride it into battle again one day, will lead all of Mandalore once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As they walk through the mines, Mando picks up a dusty Mandalorian helmet, when he’s captured by a large cyborg with a general grievous looking organic eye. Super cool concept whoever came up with this and then got it approved did a great job. I loved this, had some old revenge of the sith concept art vibes. He moves like Grievous, and is literally just a brain with one eye, the rest is mecahnical. Whatever this creature is, he has some very high end cybernetics, akin to Grievous’s. Grogu tries to free mando with the force but fails and so Din tells Baby Yoda to go get Bo Katan. Now some people in the live stream chat were wondering why he didn’t say go get Boba Fett, but I would say because there’s less explanation needed with Bo Katan and the fact that Bo knows Mandalore well. Landing back on Mandalore, she tells Grogu it didn’t always look like this you know, as they land down and go find Mando, heading deep into the mines. Taking her helmet off as she stares at what has become of Mandalore. She says this once was a beautiful city, and that her family laid claim to it all…now it’s just a tomb. She’s quite aware of her surroundings as she pushes Grogu aside and blasts down some Allamites. We see how proficient she is as a fighter and mandalorian as she makes quick work of them without the dark saber at her side. Heading into the general grievous 2.0’s lair where mando is being held, she fights him and then summons the dark saber as she ignites it and moves so smooth and swiftly around unlike Din Djarin who wields it like it’s Thor’s heavy hammer and he’s unworthy as heck. Bo beats the creature twice, once in his grievous form, and then again in his mecha warrior suit. The Dark saber is rumored to be more powerful than a lightsaber blade, but who knows for sure in canon. She seems inspired or perhaps has a nefarious plan behind this but tells Din she’ll take him to the springs he seeks for atonement. Grogu pfffts which tells me he doesn’t trust Bo, he can probably feel her nefarious feelings perhaps. Bo admits as a child she went to the springs to play but as her royal family would have her do, she would publicly recite the mandalorian tenets infront of large crowds. Mandalorian people loved to see their princess do so. The Mandalorian tenets, also known as the Resol'nare, are a set of core principles that define what it means to be a Mandalorian. The six tenets include: wearing armor, speaking the language of Mandoa, defending oneself and family, raising children as Mandalorians, contributing to the clan's welfare, and answering the call to action from the Mandalore. Mando tells her he wishes to have met her father, and that he died defending mandalore. Mando pauses and says this is the way. She realizes how patriotic Mando is, and she seems to like it. I think there’s a bit of a chemistry here perhaps, but a love hate relationship perhaps. They arrive at the living waters, and it’s a dark dungy looking place now. She reads the plaque and it states that this is the place of the great mythosaur, that mandalore the great was able to tame the mythical beast. It is said that if a mandalorian rides a mythosaur, they control all mandalore and mandalorians. I think it even goes beyond the authority of the dark saber. Personally, I think Mandalore the great is just the new canon version of mandalore the ultimate. Mandalore the Great was an ancient Mandalorian ruler who led the Mandalorians in a series of conflicts against the Jedi Order. As Din walks into the water and recites his vow as a mandalorian and the creed, Bo looks on in admiration of his loyalty and passion for Mandalorians. She seems like she really respects it, as he recites and walks further, he drops like a sack of bricks in the water all the way to the bottom surface where Bo grabs him and as she blasts back up to the surface with Mando, she passes a GIANT creature, a mythosaur thought to be extinct! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There are so many different Mandalorians in Star Wars and I feel The Mandalorian Season 3 will show us many different factions and sects of Mandalorians. This episode should clear up and explain some of the more notable ones including: Death Watch, Mandalorian Neo Crusaders, True Mandalorians, New Mandalorians, Wren Clan, and Children of the Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did the Jedi and Mandalorians have a major problem with each other for generations? Let's take a deep dive at the history and lore behind these two great factions and both of their reasonings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Favreau says Grogu trained with Luke Skywalker for 2 years! I must have missed the memo!! I hope they make content around these 2 years that flew by for Mando, Grogu, and Luke! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

as we begin the first episode of the mandalorian season 3, we get the armorer crafting a new mandalorian helmet, ceremoniously welcoming a young mandalorian boy into their creed of mandalorian’s which are the children of the watch. The same as Djin Darin. We also see Paz Vizsla there amongst them, who helped Mando in the first season. He’s pretty cool with his gattling gun. He also is a direct descendant of Tarre Vizsla I assume as they have the same last name. Tarre Vizsla was the first jedi mandalorian, whom i believe Grogu will follow suit eventually. Now, this creed is different from other mandalorian sects, in which a mando cannot remove one’s helmet in the presence of any sentient being. As they say their creed and swear on the names of their ancestors that they shall walk the way of the mandalore, a massive sea monster emerges from the ocean, giving major jurassic park meets star wars vibes. Seeking retribution for his good will, we walks into the cave of the armorer where she says you removed your helmet, you are no longer a mandalorian. if we remember from the book of boba fett, he told her this and she said he’s no longer a mandalorian for this. The reason behind this is because they’re very traditional, they’re not like new mandalorians like bo katan who follow a more relaxed ideology and much less superstitious, but also to protect them by hiding their numbers. For it’s hard to track numbers by helmet as they can all look similar, but it’s easy to count by faces. She says redemption is no longer possible since the destruction of mandalore. He shows her a piece of crystal from Mandalore that Jawas bought from a random traveler. She is stunned to see it as it’s impossible for anyone to take anything from Mandalore, as setting foot on the planet would kill them as it is poisoned. Clearly, it hasn’t been, since he now has this proof. She says this proves that mandalore’s surface has been crystalized by fusion rays, from all the bombing from the night of a thousand tears. They leave to Navarro 7 in hyperspace, as Grogu looks out the window to notice massive space whales travelling with them in hyperspace. These are the Purgil we was from star wars rebels who helped Ezra and took him to an unknown place, along with Thrawn. I like how they showed this, it was a nice scene, and connects Ezra, Ahsoka, and Thrawn to the timeline. Maybe we’ll see them in this season of the mandalorian, maybe we will in Ahsoka’s show only. I guess we’ll see. They head to Navarro 7 where we meet up with Greef Carga again, as he lands down and the town looks really clean and rennovated. Lots of life, merchants, aliens from all over. It’s buzzing with droids and beings. It looks great and very star wars, unlike Kenobi which barely had any aliens in it. We come up to the IG-11 droid statue, where his parts have been salvaged as much as possible, and he stands as a becaon of hope to all for his efforts. Grogu uses the force to spin his chair, which is the same thing Yoda did in revenge of the sith at the end of the film on polis massa, albeit he wasn’t doing it for fun, he just had to turn to talk to Obi-Wan and Bail Organa as his feet are too short to touch the ground. They walk off and Mando gets offered the job of Ranger where he asks about Cara Dune, where it’s revealed she was promoted to special forces when she brought Moff Gideon in. It’s a better send off for Cara than saying she’s dead or something, but I still wish she was in the show and that Gina didn’t get fired. Moff Gideon was sent to a New Republic War Tribunal. Heading to his final destination of the episode, Mando and Grogu arrive to kalevala, another planet in the mandalorian system and home to house Kryze as they come to a Mandalorian Castle…where Bo Katan is kicking her feet up on her empty throne, alone. They gave her a new wig this season and it looks very much like her animated form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices