# Mandalorian Season 2 Thread \[Open Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 12, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794 "2020-10-12T12:55:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/281 "2020-12-04T16:16:19Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Not being in on EU - is Maul still possibly alive now? I’ll give you some details more than the previous poster Obi-Wan fought Darth Maul again in Star Wars Rebels. Both were older and this time. Obi-Wan immediately killed Maul. I thought it was great because in Phantom Menace, they had an elaborate fight, but in the final fight, Obi-Wan does about three swings/parries and Maul dies immediately. And Darth Maul is 100% dead at that point. (Just Maul by then, dropping Darth actually) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/282 "2020-12-04T16:17:38Z")
Thank you both. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/283 "2020-12-04T20:57:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ll give you some details more than the previous poster No you didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/284 "2020-12-04T23:28:48Z")
So, Confirmed that Boba Fett is not a Mandalorian. Jango was apparently a Foundling, though, and apparently got his armor the old fashioned way. The Way apparently allows inheritance of armor, parent to child, even if the child does not swear the Creed. > [@DSeid](#): > > Why hadn’t Fett taken the armor from the Marshall? Boba was wandering the wilderness. It’s not clear he even realized that the Marshal had the armor until he saw it at the end of the episode. It’s also possible his personal code didn’t let him claim the armor from someone who was actively using it for fighting his battles, but when he saw Mando speeding away with it as a _spare_, he decided it was time to reclaim it. > [@DSeid](#): > > Why send in cannon fodder stormtroopers for something that important when you have better elite forces? In the previous episode, I thought the clear implication is that the Dark Troopers were still under development. I got the impression from this episode that this was their first field deployment. If regular storm troopers can accomplish the goal, no need to go with the experimental units - and no need to reveal their existence. The storm trooper cannon fodder were also an effective distraction, luring Mando, Boba, and The Sniper away from the Henge and the Child. On the topic of the Dark Troopers: I thought they were setting them up as Force-sensitive cloned cyborgs, which would tie in with harvesting Grogu’s “high M-count” blood. But, these just seemed like pure droids, just like the video game. So, why does Moff Gideon want Grogu’s blood? What was with the tanks with the malformed bodies in the hidden Imperial base? Does he have two, completely unrelated wonder weapon projects underway simultaneously? While being on the run from the New Republic and with only a tiny remnant of the Empire’s resources? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/285 "2020-12-04T23:29:49Z")
Wow, today’s episode was amazing. I think that: Bobba Fett’s reveal that he got his own armor back was great. I know it should be obvious since he saw the open door to the Razor’s Crest, but I didn’t realize what he had done until 1 second before he showed up in in. It was well done. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/286 "2020-12-04T23:32:34Z")
Also, RIP Razorcrest. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/287 "2020-12-04T23:32:48Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > So, why does Moff Gideon want Grogu’s blood? For Snoke or the Palpatine clone? Honestly, I’ve only seen _Rise of Skywalker_ once. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/288 "2020-12-04T23:35:12Z")
Could be. There’s been a lot of fan speculation that Snoke _was_ a Palpatine clone. Again, it just seems odd that this one random Moff, leading a small Imperial remnant, has both the Dark Trooper project _and_ some other unrelated “M-count blood” project going on simultaneously, while dodging the New Republic, and possibly feuding with other Imperial remnant factions. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/289 "2020-12-04T23:44:50Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > RIP Razorcrest. Yeah, the Razor Crest was an awesome ship, and I audibly gasped when it was completely destroyed beyond any hope of repair. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/290 "2020-12-04T23:45:28Z")
More educating the ignorant please. Siths. Vague recollection from the prequels about two at a time, a master and an apprentice. Palapine is the master right? And Maul had been the apprentice? So besides Palapine (aka Sidious?) is there now another Sith given Maul’s fall. My ignorance is deep! ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/291 "2020-12-04T23:50:51Z")
The prequels established the “Rule of Two.” There is always one Sith Master and one Sith Apprentice. Various (now non-canon) EU projects have interpreted that rule…creatively. Even after the rule was introduced, there seemed to be a lot of other Sith running around. _Rebels_, which _is_ current-Disney-canon, had Imperial “inquisitors” who were Sith-style Dark Side Force wielders, so even they interpreted the “Rule of Two” pretty loosely. In the timeframe of _The Mandalorian_, there are _no_ Sith left, that we know of. Well, except that whole planet of Sith cultists/ghosts/whatever the hell they were we saw in _Rise of Skywalker_… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/292 "2020-12-05T00:08:55Z")
That armor doesn’t seem to fit so well anymore. Boba Fat? ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/293 "2020-12-05T00:23:33Z")
definitely put on a few pounds since his days in the sarlacc pit. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/294 "2020-12-05T00:27:24Z")
where do all the rockets come from for Boba’s backpack? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/295 "2020-12-05T00:28:36Z")
I know Darth Maul is supposed to be dead but with … Kennic(? Mulan?) and Boba both reappearing alive on Tattoine after we saw them both die on Tattoine… well, I’ll believe it if I see a skeleton. And that’s fine as long as it doesn’t go to ludicrous speed. I assume only 2 episodes left this season. If he’s looking up Bill Burr and asking Cara for help, I expect we’ll see Carl Weathers and Timothy Olyphant again. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/296 "2020-12-05T00:33:26Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > definitely put on a few pounds since his days in the sarlacc pit. Yes, but I also think he still had the robe on, maybe? I don’t think Morrison is all that overweight. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/297 "2020-12-05T00:38:29Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > assume only 2 episodes left this season. If he’s looking up Bill Burr and asking Cara for help, I expect we’ll see Carl Weathers and Timothy Olyphant again. If he could find Ahsoka again she could take care of the whole ship full of baddies herself. (As seen in the last episode of The _Clone Wars_, you don’t want an angry Force user on a starship with you.) That reminds me of a EU comic (which I haven’t actually read.) An alternate history “what if” where Paplatine defeats Luke, Yoda gets really pissed, comes out of hiding, takes control of the Death Star (1) and crashes it into Corusant. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/298 "2020-12-05T02:23:34Z")
Well, the title of the episode (the Tragedy) gave a pretty good hint of what was going to happen (well I guessed the part of Gorgu being captured, but not the Razorcrest going boom). It was also a short episode (31 min, The Jedi was 45). Seems likely the somebody/s is going to respond to that blue beam, though not sure what they do if they go to Tython and no one is there. Boba is more honorable than I would expect. Another prison break? How hard is it to find a guy with ship tracking skills? Brian ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/299 "2020-12-05T03:11:11Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > More educating the ignorant please. Siths. Vague recollection from the prequels about two at a time, a master and an apprentice. Palapine is the master right? And Maul had been the apprentice? So besides Palapine (aka Sidious?) is there now another Sith given Maul’s fall. My ignorance is deep! Maul and Vader are dead. Kylo Ren is still a very young Ben Solo, probably about the same age as Grogu in terms of development. I’m not sure what the exact status of Palpatine is. It gets messy when you’re dealing with clones 😜. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794/300 "2020-12-05T03:26:50Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > More educating the ignorant please. Siths. Vague recollection from the prequels about two at a time, a master and an apprentice. Palapine is the master right? And Maul had been the apprentice? So besides Palapine (aka Sidious?) is there now another Sith given Maul’s fall. My ignorance is deep! Count Dooku apparently replaced Darth Maul. I think he went by Darth Tyranus, but no one calls him that in the movies much. It’s weird because he is older(Christopher Lee), but apparently was not the Sith apprentice until Darth Maul “died”. I guess before that…he was just around? Lucas screwed everyone over by making that “only two there are” rule. It makes no sense and limits everything to two Sith at a time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandalorian-season-2-thread-open-spoilers/922794.md?page=16)