It just so happens that he’s only mostly dead.
I am still wondering why Boba having a clone face is bad though. Weren’t the clones the very first soldiers of the Galactic Empire after Order 66? Wouldn’t that actually give him more clout?
Really loved this episode, this one and the Ahsoka episodes were the first episodes that I rewatched right away. So good. Even though it annoyed me when JJ Abrams put actors he had worked with in the movies, for some reason Bill Burr really made the episode for me. I could watch him and Mando driving around all day. It reminds me of the actual videos Burr has done driving around:
Those clones would be massively aged at this point, Rex was an old man during ROTJ. They would recognize the face and instantly know he wasn’t one of the clones.
IIRC, it was established in Rebels that all of the Clone Troopers had been decommissioned (or outright killed). Also, due to accelerated aging, a surviving Clone Trooper in The Mandalorian’s era would be ancient - far too old physically to be a frontline soldier.
So, what do you think is gonna happen in the season finale? Is Gideon gon get got?
That said, Lucasfilm has said that it’s canon that Rex, one of the clone troopers in Clone Wars and Rebels, fought in the Battle of Endor (in Return of the Jedi, which is five years before The Mandalorian), and may be the white-bearded Rebel commando in the strike team that attacked the shield generator on Endor.
I’m predicting a cliffhanger.
Sorry, I wasn’t clear.
Rebels definitely did establish in canon that Rex and some other former Clone Troopers survived into the Rebellion era, and could potentially have survived into the New Republic era, and Rex, at least, joined the Rebellion.
IIRC, Rebels also established that by the Rebellion era, the Empire had deliberately purged all remaining Clone Troopers from its ranks. No Clone Troopers are legitimate Imperial troops by that point.
So, by the time The Mandalorian takes place, if an Imperial terminal scans someone with the face of a Clone Trooper, it’s going to ping them as an enemy of the Empire.
Ah! Yes, that makes sense, and I apologize for introducing confusion.
I’m anticipating the cliffhanger will be either the reveal of Grand Admiral Thrawn, or who the Jedi/Force User who responded to Grogu’s call is going to be. Possibly we’ll learn both.
I was thinking more along the lines that the episode will end in the middle of the battle to rescue Grogu, with it being unclear whether or not Gideon will escape with him.
ETA. My guess is that Grogu was unable to contact anyone. If he did, and they show up at Tython, how would they know where to go next? The only thing I can think of is that maybe Boba Fett found the tracking device that Moff Gideon planted on the Razor Crest and removed it when he recovered his armor, placed it on Slave I, and somehow rigged it so that whoever stops by Tython finds a way to follow the device. That seems far fetched, but what other option would there be at this point for whoever shows up?
I think they had that scene on the magic stone for a reason - if he didn’t contact anyone, why bother with that scene? They could have come up with some other way for baby to get captured.
Ben Solo
Or something to do with the knights of Ren
One possibility is that by failing to contact a Jedi, this means that Grogu is destined to follow the path of the Mandalorian rather than the path of the Jedi. Maybe the path of the Jedi is already closed off for Grogu, as seen by his use of the force choke technique. Season 3 could be a conflict between Grogu deciding on Mandalorian vs. Sith rather than Jedi vs. Sith.
Ben is not born yet, I don’t think.
The show is set 5 years after Return of the Jedi, or “9 ABY” in Star Wars parlance. ABY stands for “After the Battle of Yavin,” or the events of the original film, which is the “zero point” that’s used in reference materials like Wookieepedia.
Wookieepedia gives Ben’s birthdate as 5 ABY. So, while he has, indeed, been born, he’s just a little kid.
Is there any reason a force ghost couldn’t connect with grogu? Perhaps Yoda?
Also an item on the soundtrack list for this episode hints at (possible major spoiler ahead):
someone dying. There’s a piece of music called “Rest in Peace.” https://insidethemagic.net/2020/12/mandalorian-leak-rwb1/
It might be Luke Skywalker. It’s actually kind of lame, but I could see it happening.
If someone dies, my guess is that it will be Boba Fett. The name of the series is The Mandalorian, not The Mandalorians. I think there’s a decent chance this might be his last rodeo.