The Mandalorian Fennec Shand (Spoilers)

Metal guts are the best guts.

 

Will she use WD40 instead of Senokot when she’s bunged up? Somebody ask Pablo on Twitter. He knows everything.

 

Rewatched some of those scenes recently.

She is said to be on the run "since the New Republic put all her employers in lockdown" (which is interesting because is she said elsewhere in this episode to have worked for all the major syndicated including the hutts, and clearly the New Republic haven't taken them all out given them showing up in BOBF)

Fennec later mentions to Toro that she still had time to meet her contact in Mos Espa...and I am wondering who exactly that is given how much we have seen of the Mos Espa underworld in this show.

So not a whole lot of info, but some intriguing hints. If I had to guess, she did some job that got her wanted by the New Republic and she decided to lay low on Tatooine, possibly doing some work while she waited in the divided Mos Espa underworld (well, unless she was just meeting with someone to buy a new ship)

The show has been pretty focused on Boba, as to be expected, but I would love it if future seasons did expand on Fennec's backstory and recent activities a bit. In particular, if she is on the run from the New Republic, that could be a great obstacle to throw at Boba's group.

And abs of steel.

 

Her contact in Mos Espa was the Mayor (working for the Pykes), and the job was to eliminate the Tuskens of the Dune Sea…

 

That would be ****** up.

 

It would be nuts. But certainly possible. She was an assassin for hire. And part of why she decides to help Boba may be due to serious guilt - particularly as he went out of his way to save her. Remember also her comment on it being “highly unlikely” that the biker gang eliminated the Tuskens (said with a knowing look), and then her silence when Boba takes them all out.

But I didn’t think of it. It was @A Chorus of Disapproval’s theory. And the more I consider it, the more I believe it could be one the big twists of the series.

 

That would be an amazing plot twist, but I don't think they will have the courage to show Fennec doing something like that.

 

They don’t necessarily have to show it.

Ming-Na Wen said in an interview that we’ll see the show in a different light by the end. She could’ve been referring to this. And it would be a great twist because in retrospect, it fits perfectly. The setup is all there. And I think it would redeem the show for a lot of people who’ve had issues with the convoluted way the plot unfolds.

 

Yes, and I think that Morrison also talked about episode 7 specifically as something mind-blowing, so a big twist is coming. Given that Boba and Fennec are the only characters to which a bit of emphasis is given, that twist looks like a fair guess.

 

It's quite clear that the mystery of the Tusken slaughter is still unresolved. There is no point in having Fennec saying that it's unlikely that the Nikto were guilty, unless they're preparing something. On the other hand, the other unresolved mystery is what Fennec was trying to do before Mando came for her.

Fennec going for the Tusken would make perfect sense and it also has more dramatic potential than if the guilty were just generically the Pykes.

 

She’s also in the middle of the Dune Sea. Why? The theory has potential.

 

Yeah good point, what other business could have brought her in the middle of the desert?

 

I think there may be some overthinking going on here. Everyone seems to be waiting for Fennec to betray Boba in some way. But i don't think thats ever happening. I have a feeling she will be sticking with Boba for the foreseen future.

 

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That was a quick 180.

 

Fennec was on Tatooine for the child.

Lets be honest. Any twist is probably Crimson Dawn.

 

I don't see what it really adds then. If she killed then, then its a betrayal because she didn't tell him. And if she was hired but didn't kill them... then its kinda pointless.

 

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That's true. But I struggle to imagine Star Wars going any other route with a "Fennec killed the Tuskens" reveal except to have her turn against Boba.

I do wish this franchise didn't have so many artificial constraints on where the story can go.

 

@Daxon101
Forget the details for a moment, wouldn't you find it a cool twist, generally speaking? I think it's a pretty awesome idea.

 

If Fennec killed the Tuskens, presumably it was for the Pykes.