# The Mandalorian series on Disney+ (spoilers as it airs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [October 29, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670 "2019-10-29T20:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/181 "2019-12-16T21:47:06Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I too wish it was a little less episodic. Is he even\* trying \*to fix the “they can track Baby Yoda anywhere” problem? Shouldn’t that be priority #1? He’s putting himself, Baby Yoda, and anyone else around him at risk until that’s solved. They can track Baby Yoda everywhere not because some sort of secret technology or whatever, but because they’re bounty hunters and tracking people is what they do. Mando is doing they only thing he can do - constantly moving around, sticking to the fringes, and hoping the heat cools down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/182 "2019-12-16T22:00:05Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > They can track Baby Yoda everywhere not because some sort of secret technology or whatever, but because they’re bounty hunters and tracking people is what they do. Mando is doing they only thing he can do - constantly moving around, sticking to the fringes, and hoping the heat cools down a bit. The end of episode 4 confirms they are tracking him with electronic trackers. How the trackers work is still up in the air though. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/183 "2019-12-16T22:57:54Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > The end of episode 4 confirms they are tracking him with electronic trackers. How the trackers work is still up in the air though. We have no evidence that these trackers (which are standard bounty hunter gear - Mando used one himself to capture the blue guy in the first episode) have a longer range than a few hundred yards. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/184 "2019-12-16T23:38:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > We have no evidence that these trackers (which are standard bounty hunter gear - Mando used one himself to capture the blue guy in the first episode) have a longer range than a few hundred yards. And we have no evidence that they don’t. The fact is electronic tracking is definitely part of it. How does it work? Is he chipped? If he is chipped, that’s something Mando should be looking into to countervail. If Baby Yoda doesn’t have a device on him, then that’s a whole new tech in SW canon, and would introduce gaping plot holes to canon material. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/185 "2019-12-16T23:49:52Z")
I don’t see how a short-range genetic scanner (which is what I’m assuming it is) is such a major deal-breaker. It could even just be an olfactory sensor - an electronic bloodhound. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/186 "2019-12-17T01:48:02Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > And we have no evidence that they don’t. The fact is electronic tracking is definitely part of it. How does it work? Is he chipped? If he is chipped, that’s something Mando should be looking into to countervail. > > If Baby Yoda doesn’t have a device on him, then that’s a whole new tech in SW canon, and would introduce gaping plot holes to canon material. IIRC correctly, there was quite a bit of discussion in the first episode that you couldn’t follow the tracker to other planets. You had to get close, then the tracker would help you home in. I think the Guild Master guy even mentions rumors about where the package is, but nothing certain. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/187 "2019-12-17T02:02:45Z")
The tracker has a Force-sensitive biochip. Possibly powered by tissues cultured from specimens like Baby Yoda. Therefore, it works over interstellar distances. Bam! Headcannoned! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/188 "2019-12-17T08:15:03Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > It does seem that the show is basically: Mando and Baby Yoda have adventures. I think it’s pretty safe to say it’s _Have Gun - Will Travel_ in space, with Mando as Paladin. It’s set on the frontier, in the aftermath of a great civil war, and it’s about a man with no name and a nebulous past who solves people’s problems for a price. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/189 "2019-12-18T08:52:00Z")
Well, this week’s episode certainly ended on a cliffhanger. RIP Guill. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/190 "2019-12-18T11:38:07Z")
Am I the only one who saw the parallels to Dred Pirate Roberts (of Princess Bride fame) in this past episode? Mando has to best each of the other three characters in whatever skill was their specialty. And, as with DPR, he doesn’t kill his opponents, although they would’ve certainly killed him. Reasons for this: 1) Disney. 2) Shows that he’s just that much better. 3) Wants them to carry on living with the knowledge that he’s that much better. 4) Reappearance of one or more of those characters in future episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/191 "2019-12-18T12:21:34Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > Am I the only one who saw the parallels to Dred Pirate Roberts (of Princess Bride fame) in this past episode? Mando has to best each of the other three characters in whatever skill was their specialty. And, as with DPR, he doesn’t kill his opponents, although they would’ve certainly killed him. (blinks) I’m not sure you and I watched the same episode and/or read/saw the same book/movie titled _The Princess Bride_, as I’m not clear what three characters you’re referring to Mando “besting”, and the Dread Pirate Roberts was infamous for leaving no survivors (aside from Westley, of course.) This episode basically paralleled the “heist movie” plot of last week’s episode; Mando puts together a crew to do a job, they make a plan, and the plan comes undone when multiple double-crosses occur: Greef was planning to turn on Mando, but changed his mind after Baby Yoda saved him from the space-pterodactyl’s venom; General Herzog is ready to hand over Mando and Baby Yoda when Moff Gideon has his death troopers shoot the fuck out of the space house. I’m thinking that IG-11 is going to play a big part in saving Baby Yoda from the Imperial Remnant, thereby redeeming his attempt to kill the youngling back in the first episode and also winning Mando’s trust despite his hatred of droids. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tentacle/32/90_2.png) [@Tentacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/192 "2019-12-18T14:00:27Z")
Do you know what I’m curious of? Could’ve green fella stop the blast if that droid (Zi, is it?) actually fired? I imagined Matrix-like situation, where Neo stopped bullets. But of course, it was never meant to happen. ---
**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 18, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/193 "2019-12-18T16:54:04Z")
> [@Tentacle](#): > > Do you know what I’m curious of? Could’ve green fella stop the blast if that droid (Zi, is it?) actually fired? I imagined Matrix-like situation, where Neo stopped bullets. > But of course, it was never meant to happen. Ren could do it–why not Stumpy? ---
**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 18, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/194 "2019-12-18T16:58:28Z")
Also, a foldy Tie Fighter and an [Imperial Troop Transpor](https://www.starwars.com/news/an-iconic-star-wars-toy-the-imperial-troop-transport-returns-to-shelves-and-screen)t! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/195 "2019-12-18T17:13:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, this week’s episode certainly ended on a cliffhanger. > > RIP _redacted_ Can we _not_ do same-day spoilers please? The workday isn’t even over. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/196 "2019-12-18T17:17:38Z")
I really don’t understand why anyone would check the thread before watching the latest episode. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/197 "2019-12-18T17:31:50Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I really don’t understand why anyone would check the thread before watching the latest episode. Maybe they want to talk about the last episode? Thread is not about today’s episode, it’s about the series. The thread title isn’t even marked as having spoilers, but I think if we’re talking same-day spoilers you should at least use a spoiler tag. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/198 "2019-12-18T20:18:36Z")
[Moderating] Since this thread seems to have developed into the thread for discussing episodes, I’ve edited the title to warn of spoilers. ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/199 "2019-12-19T01:12:30Z")
My kid and I SCREAMED during the arm wrestling scene. Oh boy that was unexpected and horrifying. It’s super obvious that Mando hates droids because a droid “betrayed” him and his family in some way that caused him to be a foundling, right? ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670/200 "2019-12-19T01:47:04Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > It’s super obvious that Mando hates droids because a droid “betrayed” him and his family in some way that caused him to be a foundling, right? Like all those droids slaughtering his whole community in the flashbacks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandalorian-series-on-disney-spoilers-as-it-airs/842670.md?page=11)