The Mandalorian The Mandalorian 2.06 - Chapter 14 - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

If it’s somehow Ashoka who comes back and works with Boba it would be kind of interesting to think he’d worked with them both.

 

We didn’t have enough time to expanded on that. I am sure he’ll get some character development in the next two episodes

 

Tython was a bit of a letdown for me but they're not going to be spending any more time there, apparently so ... fine. No biggie. I like how Din would chuckle after Grogu responded to his name; it's such a silly little simple thing but, I admit, I'd do it too.

Super random thing: It tickled me when Din referred to Ahsoka as "the nice lady."

 

Boba Fett should have remained a secondary villain, that's what he always was. All these people helping Din and Grogu make it feel like there is 1 bad guy in the whole galaxy - Gideon...and that's it!

 

I am so glad that Boba isn’t a bad guy. That would have been the most uninspired choice ever.

 

What??? He WAS a bad guy in TESB/ROTJ. And everyone craved his return. I agree, he should have stayed bad.

 

I just want him consistent to what we have been shown. The alternative is another character becoming BFF and making a deal with Din "If you do this, I'll do that" ...to me that's uninspired. I do get what you are saying because it would have been treading the same ground for Gideon to hire Boba Fett to track the Razor crest, but that's who he always was!

 

I disagree he was a man hired to do the job nothing in TESB had him as a villian just a man doing his job

 

That unpublished TCW arc would have really changed our perspective on his character I think.

 

Not sure why but people seem to be forgetting that Din is a bounty hunter and is *not* a "good" guy. No reason to think that Boba Fett was a "bad" guy either. Other than the Mandalorian/Not Mandalorian concern for Din, he and Boba are in the same trade and both are really good at it so they have a whole lot in common.

 

If he was staying true to character.....which really is a bad guy in the original trilogy.....he would have been after the kid himself to receive a bounty.

 

If Din was staying true to himself from the first episode, he'd not have gone back for the kid, being a bad boy bounty hunter. Unless people can be more then one thing, for some reason.

 

Yes your correct but he isn’t a bad guy he is more complicated than bad or good as any good character should be

mind you. You can have interesting characters who are basically entirely bad or good. Look at Breaking Bad. I would argue that by the end Walter wasn’t morally grey. He was basically purely evil with only maybe a tiny bit of good in him.

 

What did Din mean by saying "I owe you" to Fennec... Anyone?

 

I actually don’t know on that one

 

Fennec was willing to "come in warm" as Din puts as far as bounties go but died in captivity because Din was sloppy in his selection of partners. Goes against his code I suppose.

 

I think I saw one of the spy kids films, it was many years ago but I remember liking it. Otherwise I’m not familiar with any of those films

 

Finally got to watch the episode, not bad but not great either, just meh. Fett was cool as well as slave 1. Dark troopers looked really fake cgish, and really did nothing, was hoping for action with them. Also starting to think beskar is too strong.gideon still is very one subpar note to me and storm troopers literally pose zero threat. Overall 6/10

 

As a bounty hunter, Din has an obligation to keep prisoners in his care safe. However, he made a poor choice trusting his partner Toro, and Fennec paid the price.

So Din owes her.

Edit: How I love the ignore feature!

 

I did love the opening scene between mando and the child, and the hand to stormtrooper face was awesome.

 

I thought the episode was a dream come true. Loved how the armor-less Boba Fett had a fighting style all his own, which basically opened up an entirely new set of options for the character. We've seen him as a boy, but we'd never seen him before even remotely like this, without his armor or any of his myriad of weapons. And then when he put his original armor back on and started kicking stormtrooper ass all over the place, I realized, wow, we'd really never even seen him in action like this before, other than the very limited moments of him in the sail barge scene, most of which were great at the time, but pale in comparison to anything like we saw in this episode.

As for Boba being a good guy, I don't know if he qualifies as that here. Yes, he showed respect and honor for Din, but Din is a Mandalorian, so that makes him a special case. Boba Fett was never the kind of villain who would unnecessarily hurt someone. He just did what he had to do when it came to work, and he was ruthless about that. Didn't matter why there was a bounty on you, he was a bounty hunter and morals had nothing to do with it. I suspect he is still like that now.

As for which Jedi Grogu is calling out to in the temple, there is only one character who blows the roof off the joint in the way Disney should want...

Luke.

Do I think it will happen? Wouldn't bet on it. Probably an over-reach. But it would make for a hell of a finale.

 

Another great episode! This season has been spectacular - almost every episode has been jaw dropping in one way or another.

Boba Fett was awesome in this! I've been a Boba fan for a long time, so it was really cool to see him in action again. He was a walking tank. Ever since his appearance in first episode, I've been speculating about what his character would be post-Sarlacc. It turns out he's pretty much the same character as the pre-Sarlacc Boba Fett and I'm cool with that. He owes allegiance to no one and he wants his armour back, presumably to do some more bounty hunting. I'm glad that he doesn't appear to be a straight up antagonist - at least for now.

It was really unexpected that Mando and Grogu would reach Tython and do the seeing stone ritual in this episode. I really thought that would have been the finale - and it might still be. Grogu's choice and whether or not a Jedi made contact with him is still up in the air. I was legitimately anxious when the dark troopers arrived and made off with Grogu. I love how attached I have gotten to these characters. It's been a while since I cared this much about new characters in Star Wars.

And speaking of dark troopers... how cool to see them lifted straight from the EU! It raises a geeky question though... How do these relate, if at all, to the Imperial Sentry Droids we saw in Rebels?

Also, I'm glad we're getting more of Mayfeld. I seem to be in the minority, but I really liked "The Prisoner" from Season 1. Mayfeld and his crew were fun characters.

I'm excited that we're heading into the season finale, but also a little sad that once it's over we'll all be Mando-less for a while...

 

Grogu called Anakins ghost to thank him for not slaughtering him like the rest of the younglings.