Nice to have an explanation as to why all the other Mandalorians we have seen before this series had no problem with taking off their helmets.

Now we need an explanation for why Bo Katan doesn't age for sure

she was always hot in a CGI way, though. So I'm happy she's not old and decrepit. Just makes no sense.

The Mando being revealed as Death Watch was a crazy swerve. So cool.

Katie Sackhoff is 40, so it's not that much of a stretch.

I guess. The timeline of Star Wars always feels longer than it is.

From New Hope to RoS the main series runs in real time, which is relatively not that long (even if we add the prequels which was just the Star Wars analog of the 60s).

if new hope to RoS runs in real-time, that's 40-plus years. Beyond that, Bo Katan looked to be in her late 20s during the clone wars. So, she'd be in her 60s or 70s.

EDIT

Nvm I'm an idiot. Mando happens b/w RTJ and TFA, so I GUESS the timeline works out.

I'd imagine Bo Katan was in her 30s during the Clone Wars since her sister was the Dutchess or whatever, and she seemed middle aged.

FINALLY a good episode

Took them long enough, pretty rad. As far as Ahsoka knows there’s only on Jedi left tbh

I wonder if that means Ezra is dead or not

It was cool to see Bo Katan, I knew she would appear in season 2 but not this early
She’s played by the same actress who voiced her in Clone Wars and SW Rebels , ans she looks like her because the animated version was based on said actress

Pfft both first 2 episodes were great Xtremist. Especially the first one.

S2E2 is easily the first 'bad' episode. Three ideas that could have worked apart, but smashed together.

At first I was a little put off by ep 2 because of the frog lady. But once I got past that I though it was cool.

Wasn't the best episode but it was good.

It's one of those shows where the episodes don't need to be individual masterpieces. Sometimes the visuals and the world alone can drive the episode

But if you're overly picky then I suppose you'll find reasons to dislike certain episodes. I say this as someone who's witnessed you (Kalyx) pick Star Wars apart. The way you watch things is not the same way I do.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to sit back and eat piles of dung. But I'll look for reasons to enjoy a world that I'm invested in.

On the contrary, in terms of movies and shows I'm very soft on them and let a lot of stuff slide. It's videogames where I'm a pretty hardcore critic. The recent Star Wars output in the Disney era were simply that bad. My arguments were more than reasonable in the Star Wars thread after Force Awakens dropped.

Lol the Bosch cameo was awesome but damn he looked seriously sunburnt.

Starbuck was a nice cameo too.

Great episode

Gina Carano kicks all kinds of ass in this episode.

Guessing that lab is the early attempts to clone the emperor. That's why they need the child. It's incredible force sensitivity is needed for the cloning process. Maybe they'll get midichlorians involved.

They did mention blood with a high "M-Count"

Mmmmmm, that was some good story progression.

Always nice to see it.

I also assume its for the emperor. It makes me worried since we already know palpatine will be back, that the child will not survive this series.

or maybe it will.

What's not happening is killing off the most popular and marketable Star Wars character in decades. But it does raise questions as to the state of Baby Yoda during events we know to have past, being that the Sequel Trilogy came and gone.

I think Palpatine already had his clone body/bodies ready to go since before RotJ, being the type of guy he is. This 'Jedi Clone' army may be Gideon's own side ambition. The series seems to deal more with Mandolorian lore than the general track of SW canon given the main character and the Dark Saber.

Disney should just bite the bullet and have Dr. Strange fix all the bullshit they've done since buying out Lucas. (except Mandolarian and Rogue One).

and the Animated stuff.

Deleting the sequel trilogy and doing another would be bold but not impossible.

Remember also that this species ages slowly. By the time we're in this latest trilogy, he'd maybe be a what we'd see as like 10-years-old.

Dave Filoni is directing the next episode, which is pretty much hard confirmation that Ahsoka is going to be in it.

It’s also going to be a longer episode at 45 minutes.

Friday can't arrive fast enough

Feloni does such a good job. Looking forward to this big time.

Can't wait

Moff Gideon should be named Gus Frader.

Just watched it cuz I woke up super early.

Still have goosebumps. Wow.

goddamn was that a great episode

typical that they'd give the kid a name right before Christmas lol

If this were a normal year they def would have had Dawson's character costumes out for Halloween. for sure

Damn.... great fight between Ahsoka and Spear Lady.

I was even thinking during it "they changed Ahsoka's fighting style, she isn't holding her saber backwards anymore"..... but then boom at the end of the fight she switches to her signature style and puts it to a quick end. Great beat... like Rocky learning to fight right handed, but then unleashing his natural Southpaw.


Also, Grogu, huh? Wonder what to do with all that merchandise that's out calling him "The Child" and if even an actual name will stop people from calling him Baby Yoda.

i love the name Grogu but he'll remain baby Yoda.

Also that Beskar staff was brutal. If Mando his anyone with that shit it'll look awesome. Expecting severe recoil and ragdoll physics.

Grogu just makes me think "Groot" + "Yogurt" right now, but maybe it will grow on me

Yoda makes me think of yogurt because that's the character that parodied him in Spaceballs.

GoGurt

I think that may have been my favorite episode of the show so far. The atmosphere and cinematography of this episode was incredible. And I love how they don't waste any time and jump right into Ahsoka just mercing people.

I was always excited for Ahsoka's casting from the start, and never had a problem with the voice actor not being cast. Rosario was 100% on point, and did a great job of mimicing Ahsoka's mannerisms and facial expressions from the animated show.

I wonder if the Thrawn name drop is going to lead into him showing up, or if it was just an easter egg.