Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 18th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff and Amy Sedaris guest star. 
The Mandalorian visits Peli Motto on Tatooine to try to buy the parts needed to repair IG-11; instead she sells him R5-D4 at a reduced rate, over the droid’s objections. He needs a droid to sample atmospheric toxicity on Mandalore, scouting ahead to see if it’s safe to seek the living waters in the subsurface mines. But Mandalore is neither toxic nor uninhabited; R5 is sent back to wait with the ship while the Mandalorian and Grogu explore the former capitol city. A bio-robotic hunter captures the Mandalorian, and it’s up to Grogu to make his way back to the ship alone, get R5 to pilot the ship to Bo-Katan’s sacntuary, and seek her help. She returns with R5 and Grogu, freeing the Mandalorian with his own darksaber and leading him to the mines. Even bathing in the water in the mines is a treacherous thing to do, and Bo-Katan has to rescue him again, but beneath the water, she catches a glimpse of something alive – possibly the mythosaur at the heart of Mandalorian folklore.
written by Jon Favreau
directed by Rachel Morrison
music by Joseph ShirleyCast: Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), Amy Sedaris (Peli Motto), Brendan Wayne (Mandalorian Warrior), Lateef Crowder (Mandalorian Warrior), Dawn Dininger (Rodian Customer), Leilani Shiu (Jawa), Ariel Shiu (Jawa)
Notes: Peli claims that R5-D4 served the Rebellion during the galactic civil war and was then sold to her, possibly by Jawas. Despite R5’s nervous demeanor suggesting that he’s not made of the same tyranny-fighting stuff as R2-D2, this story of R5’s post-Tatooine exploits is given some confirmation a few episodes later. The Mandalorian’s visit to Tatooine falls on Boonta Eve, a major holiday on that planet (which also coincided with the podrace that young Anakin Skywalker won in Star Wars Episode I).
LogBook entry by Earl Green
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