Mandalorian Din Djarin has returned to the life of a bounty hunter – a bounty hunter who wields the Darksaber…or wields it clumsily, at any rate. Seeking the help of fellow Mandalorians after he accidentally injures himself with the weapon, he encounters the Armorer he knew from the Mandalorian covert on Nevarro. At her insistence, he surrenders his beskar spear to be melted down, but asks her to turn it into a suit of armor for Grogu. But when Djarin reveals to the Armorer that he has been seen without his helmet, he is excommunicated from the covert and told that he must reclaim his honor in the the water beneath Mandalore’s surface, even though the planet is now considered uninhabitable.
Returning to Tatooine, he visits Peli Motto, who claims to have found a worthy successor to the Razor Crest – in this case, a Naboo N-1 starfighter to which she makes some custom modifications. Returning from a test flight that convinces him that the fighter, while an Old Republic relic, could prove handy for either fight or flight, the Mandalorian is accosted by Fennec Shand, recruiting him to Boba Fett’s cause.
written by Jon Favreau
directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig GorannsonCast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Emily Swallow (The Armorer), Amy Sedaris (Peli Motto), Ardeshir Radpour (Kaba Baiz), Helen Sadler (Ishi Tib Guild Master), Arden Voyles (Rodian Child), Leilani Shiu (Jawa), Max Lloyd-Jones (Lieutenant Reed), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Captain Carson Teva), Chris Bartlett (Glavis Caskadag performance artist), Safiya Fredericks (Ishi Tib Guild Master performance artist)
Notes: The cryogenic density combustion booster requested by the Mandalorian and Peli looks exactly like one of the pole-like items used by Han, Luke, and Leia to attempt to stop the trash compactor in Star Wars. Though credited, Temuera Morrison does not appear in this episode beyond the recap of previous episodes.
