Frog Lady’s seeming carelessness with eggs she had indicated were irreplaceable might be a result of Frog People having some traits of an r-selected species rather than a K-selected species. (I googled to find terms for what I was thinking.) An r-selected species produces large numbers of offspring because most will be killed by predators, eat each other, be eaten by other members of their own species, or die from any number of other causes. They only need a small proportion of their offspring to survive to reproductive age. A K-selected species produces a more limited number of offspring, and needs most of them to survive. Frog People culture might focus more on the survival of eggs collectively, than on the specific survival of each egg individually. They might be wired to take such losses in stride.
More than the inconsistency from one Star Wars property to another of characters not knowing about or believing in the Force or Jedi, I am annoyed by its inconsistency from episode to episode of this show. Din Djarin/Mando spends almost all of season 1 not knowing how The Child can move things with its mind, until the armorer says Mandalorians had fought a race of sorcerers in the distant past. However, in season 2, he seems to know what Amy Sedaris’s character is talking about when she mentions the Force, and himself uses the “May the Force be with you” phrase when dealing with the X-wing pilots. In season 2 episode 3, he even uses the term Jedi, which I don’t think we have heard anyone else use so far. To me it seems like the writers and directors of different episodes are winging things a little bit without being totally consistent with other episodes, or it is being implied that Din Djarin is continuing to acquire information off-screen between episodes. Either way, I find it a bit jarring when he suddenly appears to know something of which we had previously been led to think he was ignorant.
Using “May The Force Be With You” is like saying “May God Go With You” while not knowing much about a particular religion’s rituals. It’s a common enough phrase he has heard people say, without really knowing its etymological history.
Also, awareness of the Force does not imply awareness of a small elite police force that utilises magical powers.
Din Djarin was brought up in a very sheltered environment within his particular Mandalorian sect, apparently the Death Watch; I can imagine they didn’t necessarily talk about much beyond indoctrinating him with their creed.
I don’t think it’s been 30 years between the Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. There is only 17 years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope (Luke is 17 during the first movie), so ballpark 20 years total seems more reasonable.
According to this timeline and this bio of Bo-Katan, Bo joined Death Watch 21 years before the Battle of Yavin, and the Mandalorian is set 9 years after the Battle of Yavin, which is 30 years exactly. But I don’t know how old Bo was when she joined them, she could’ve been a teenager. If she was 15, she’d be 45 in this episode. But she seemed to be portrayed older in the cartoon (her sister Satine was considerably more mature) so I think 25 is very likely too, making her 55.
It may be officially confirmed in a future encyclopaedic source now that she’s made the jump to live-action.
Some people have been twisting themselves into knots trying to find ways that Baby Yoda wasn’t really eating the eggs (maybe he was storing them inside himself for safe keeping!) because if he was really eating them, it was evil and sexual harassment*. So I thought that it was pretty hilarious that one of the eggs hatched–and BY still really, really wanted to eat it.
*No, I’m not exaggerating. Read the comments. Sexual harrasment.
So, as I and others have speculated, it seems our Mandalorian is a member of an extremist sect. The inconsistencies between Rebels and The Mandalorian are pretty well reconciled now. But…
Bo-Katan talks about “the Watch” (presumably the Death Watch) as if Mando is a member of them and that they are extremists that she disapproves of. But she was Death Watch! And Death Watch was never portrayed as being as puritanical as Mando’s sect. So…maybe “The Watch” is a splinter sect of the Death Watch?
And there are still inconsistencies between Clone Wars (Mandalore is a peaceful planet of farmers ruled by a Duchess and only terrorist extremists still wear Mandalorian armor) and Rebels (Mandalore is a planet of warriors ruled by clans and everyone wears Mandalorian armor)…
It seems clear now, the throughline of this season is The Way, and what it means, and Mando grappling with its costs and contradictions, and being confronted by others who have very different views. If he ever meets Sabine Wren, I think he’ll blow a gasket…
Huh. I didn’t parse it that way initially - I heard “child of The Watch” and “children of The Watch.” But “Child of the Watch” and “Children of the Watch” seem like a better way to parse that.
We again have the seemingly infinite nested quests. After going to the Mechanic, who demands a price to send him to Mrs. Frog, who demands an Escort Quest to send him to Mr. Frog, in this episode, Mr. Frog (who miracle of miracles doesn’t demand yet another price or quest) sends him to the Mon Cal cantina owner, who demands a price, then sends him to the Quarren sailors, who demand a price, who take him to…a trap!* But that does lead him to Mandalorians, who…demand a price, yet another Fetch Quest. And at the end of that, they send him on to yet another destination. I’m betting on at least one more episode of nested quests to actually make contact with Asoka Tahno, and that she’ll demand a Quest before she helps him.
Also…what was happening in the first act? Why did Mr. Frog send Mando to the Mon Cal cantina? Did he know it would be a set-up? Since Mando leaves the Child with the Frogs, presumably he doesn’t think so, and by extension, we the audience aren’t supposed to think so, but why did Mr. Frog think the Mon Cal knew where to find the other Mandalorians? Why did the Mon Cal send Mando to the Quarrens? Was he in on it? If so, again, why did Mr. Frog send Mando to him? If not, why did the Mon Cal send Mando to the Quarrens? Why did the other Mandalorians show up? Were they following Mando after he landed? If so, why didn’t they just approach him instead of waiting? Did they know it was a trap? The whole sequence just didn’t make any sense to me.
*I just got that as I was typing it. A Mon Cal sent Mando to the Quarren - [Admiral Akbar voice]“It’s a trap!”[/Admiral Akbar voice]. I wonder if that was actually supposed to be a deep dive joke.
Well, that certainly qualifies as “something” finally happening - hope Bo-Katan and her group will be back sooner rather than later, and excited about Ahsoka’s apparently imminent arrival on the scene - though I wouldn’t put it past the show to have another filler episode before that happens about some more mishaps on the way to Corvus.
Seriously, sometimes it feels like they’re just stretching about 3-4 episodes worth of actual story out to an 8 episode season with filler episodes like The Passenger (on most other shows that would have been a 10 minute segment of an episode rather than an episode in itself) and keeping episodes much shorter than normal.
Like now I’m intrigued about Bo-Katan’s plan to take back Mandalore and how Din Djarin will get involved in that, but at this rate it feels like it will take about 5 years to get there.
Congrats on getting that right - makes me wonder if this is what they had in mind all along or if they just went reading up on fan forums and nicked this theory as the best way to explain it all
It did give me hope as well that not showing Din’s face might not last for the entirety of the show’s run - though not so much for Pascal’s handsomeness but for being able to hopefully connect more with his character if we can actually see his face - right now I’m still not very invested in him.
I think it’s one of those things they hope you won’t notice - definitely a plothole.
Think so. Sasha Banks’ character saw him at the docks. Could have just approached him there, but maybe they wanted to wait until he got in trouble so he would be in their debt and obliged to help with their planned heist.
I just took it as Sasha Banks’ character saw him in the crowd, didn’t want to approach him at that moment, so she went back to her crew and told them about him. They then tailed him for a while to see what he was up to, looking for a clear opportunity to approach him. Instead, a moment of peril arrived, so they stepped (flew) in to help.
I think we can assume Mr Frog has no reason to betray Mando since a) they just met and b) he rescued Mr Frog’s wife and children. It was probably more like “I heard these shady dudes at this cantina were dealing with Mandalorians. Check it out at your own risk.”
That’s not a plot hole. If anyone would know about a faction of Mandalorians, it would be the local watering hole. Frog Man just sent him to where the info is. He wouldn’t know that they’d instead conspire to steal his beskar.
