The Mandalorian The Mandalorian 2.02 - Chapter 10 - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

The AT-ST was kinda a monster episode too if you think about it(even had the red eyes effect ). So seems pretty standard now for the monster of the week or every other week for this series.

Was a bit bit off at times. Filoni's X-Wing pilot character always being around is silly. This one odd pilot covering a vast space territory that just so happens to coincide with the title character, and stretching from Ranzar Malk's station to this obscure planet not very far from Tatooine. I know small universe and the Force.

The run away from spiders but run right into or stand your ground against a kaiju Dragon creature is a bit awkward. Also unclear why he did not made better use of his extensive armory of guns and his pulse rifle, was it all depleted or he just forgot about it?! The Crest being made out've tin foil is kinda funny. The Falcon took worse damage in almost every medium and never looked like that, ditto for The Ghost,lol. The Jawas stripping it like they did last season and Kuiil's putting it back together just makes me think this ship is a cheap prop and gimmicky .

So the Kryka's aren't just native to Atollon anymore, they seemed to have got around after Rebels. For some reason the Kryka's on Rebels showed little to almost no vulnerability to blaster shots except by shooting them right in the eyes, but this is not the case on this show luckily for Djarin, the Frog lady, and those special X-Wing pilots(who did better than the generic Rebel pilots/soldiers on Rebels),lol.

 

I completely agree with you. We gained nothing from this episode.

 

Maybe, maybe not. The New Republic has Din on their radar now; they could help out when the time comes to fight Gideon again. No way Favreau doesn't have at least one X-Wing v. TIE action scene in his show.

 

Although some of the sequences were well crafted, this was probably the weakest chapter to date for me. Doing back to back creature features feels redundant, even if their executions differed. Also, I think there was a huge missed opportunity with the Child here. Right when I thought we were about to build on his connection to the Force with him being drawn to the eggs, it turned out he was just hungry, thus leading to another sets of gags. His oral fixation isn't necessarily out of character, but it's nothing we haven't already seen. Imagine if instead he felt compelled to protect those eggs from the spiders.

 

I disagree. We picked up a new character who will lead us into Chapter 11. We learned that Mando has held on to the droid and it is still operable to some degree. We also learned that the bounty on the Child and Mando is still active, the New Republic knows Mando and his actions, and that the Razor Crest can fly after taking quite a beating. All of these are bread crumbs for later episodes, someone like Jon Faverau doesn’t write those things in for nothing, they’re there for a reason and this establishes them. This is a good example of the storytelling concept commonly referred to as Chekhov’s Gun. In short - if a rifle is on the wall in Act 1, it must be fired by Act 3 or it shouldn’t be there at all. Same thing applies here.

 

I kept thinking that Baby Yoda was "always thinking with his stomach!" after his waking of the spider colony...plus he kept eating those frog woman's eggs! That's not nice, Baby Yoda!
Not my favorite episode, but it called back to events of last season. Sure, he helped get one prisoner off the ship, but supplied them with three wanted criminals in return. Plus they recognized his efforts to keep them from killing poor Davan, even though he wasn't successful. I kinda hope Mando finds some way to rebuild that droid, so it isn't a killer anymore, like what Kuill did with IG-11.

 

Really enjoyed this episode but it gave me the heebie geebies (you'll know why). Felt it was laying groundwork at this point rather than advancing the storyline which I'm fine with. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

 

Kind of lackluster, but this show deserves the benefit of the doubt.

 

Spoiler

Din's interaction with the New Republic in this episode: “Technically, you should be under arrest, but you saved our lieutanant and you brought down a few wanted criminals, so you’re off the hook.” (More or less)

You know, this does explain why Poe was forgiven of his crimes in the Spice Runners and why he was allowed to serve in the Navy.

 

I wonder how Bor Mullet feels about this episode. I don’t expect him to have warm feelings toward it.

This was my least favorite episode but it was good enough to be a 7/10.

 

Pretty meh episode. I enjoyed watching, but nothing happened. Not surprised they gave this one to Peyton Reed. 6/10

 

The Rebellion made Lando and Han generals, so it's not particularly new to forgive.

 

nice worldbuilding episode lots of info drops about the state of the galaxy
a little too much baby yoda comedy but otherwise a fine episode
not as good as ep 1 though but that's to be expected

 

Also not sure I needed another Filoni cameo. It's a quibble, of course, but getting a bit distracting at this point.

 

Yeah, I think he should more or less stay in Marvel. Hopefully, Carl Weathers and Robert Rodriguez’s episodes are way better than this.

 

This episode may be more meaningful than it seems at first glance, if I'm reading its rhyming imagery correct. We have three sets of "children" in this episode, the mother's eggs, Baby Yoda, and the spider kids. The mother's eggs represent possibility and innocence, the newborn spiders turn this possibility into something darker, ravenous, and malevolent. Baby Yoda shares qualities with the eggs and spiders and has been associated with eggs before. The possibility they hold seems to be a theme the show is developing, and carries over from the Jawas consumption of the Mudhorn egg.

Some here have commented that BY eating the eggs seems wrong in some way, but that's only if you believe he's purely innocent and holds no potential for growing into something darker. But we've already seen that potential and it's clear his moral growth is a major aspect of the plot.

 

I loved this episode. I'm kind of surprised to see all of the negativity. I mean, I get it on some level but there is a lot of plot and character development in this one. It's definitely a bit more subtle development, but I think a lot of ground was laid in this episode for the future. It also had some good old fashioned star wars weirdness and I am definitely ok with that.
I find though that I am usually opposite of the majority when it comes to "filler" episodes of shows as they end up being some of my favorite episodes. In literature, I prefer the slice of life sort of tale to the more bombastic epic tale, so these sort of episodes really work for me.

 

I do love the nods to Aliens in the end since the way the spider egg’s top part opened up looked like the opening of a facehugger egg.

And, if next week’s episode shows the Frog couple delivering Din Djarin and The Child to another Mandalorian, I wonder, will it be Bo-Katan or Sabine?

Also, at least this feels like continuing Season 2’s story instead of acting episodic, since it started where Chapter 9 left off. And, that’s what I think Favreau and Filoni said by saying Season 2 is a more-connected story compared to Season 1.

 

Sadly, the opening scene was the most enjoyable part for me. I cracked up at the jetpack hoodwink, and I love how nonchalant it was (though we don't know if Din was smiling under the helmet). I like that Din is willing to give things up for the kid, but will have it both ways where he can.

I think there's an interesting suggestion of where Din is now, as @Jolee Bindo pointed out about the parenting. Din is struggling in that regard, while he's transporting someone, which I see as basically an echo of his time with the Guild. And he's doing the latter as a means to an end, for the sake of the kid. It's like he's still being pulled in different directions to a degree, so this seeming to be a transition episode kind of fits.

All in all, there's some food for thought in this one, but not much that would draw me back to it.

 

Only thing that can be said is that The Child likes to eat, and likes eggs/caviar. He ate the eggs(which have no life until fertilized by the male which is not really the same as a real a frog ) of the Frog-like Alien lady, then the Child proceeded to start eating the living baby Kryka spiders in the cocoon-egg-like contraptions - but it was clear they were alive inside and the adult was protecting the eggs/hatchlings from the very mischievous and very carnivorousness Child .

 

The episode was decent. I was struck by baby Yoda not behaving. I think he's reaching the testing boundaries age, which might have implications in further episodes. I think this episode was laying the groundwork for future BY shenanigans.

 

Im in the minority i guess, but loved this episode, great action and monster design. This universe really does feel lived in which sometimes is hard for star wars to achieve. Yes it did not move the plot much, but doing a great job of bringing us up to the new republic era.