Mandalorian

The episode opens with The Armorer (Emily Swallow) methodically forging a new helmet, a process that, from all appearances, seems to be unchanged since time ...

Is Bo-Katan right about the Children of the Watch contributing to the decline and fall of Mandalore? Even if “The Apostate” is mostly about what’s to come (with some summing up of what happened between seasons), it still offers plenty of reasons to keep following Din and Grogu’s journey. Din outmaneuvers his opponents using some nearby asteroids for cover only to wind up in the guns of the hulking vessel of Pirate King Gorian Shard (Nonso Anozie), an intimidating (if mossy-looking) villain who really does not like Din (and likes Din even less after he escapes his clutches). “Your cult gave up on Mandalore long before the Purge,” she tells Din, and the planet is “ravaged, plundered, and poisoned beyond repair.” But Din isn’t prepared to despair. The streets are filled with merchants (and a vegetable-chopping droid), musicians, and creatures of all races, including a Mon Calamari and some Kowakian cousins of Salacious Crumb. Nevarro, he wants them to know, is “no longer friendly to pirates.” When the other pirates don’t get the message, Karga and Din take them out. The Armorer takes a moment before replying, “This is the way.” And with that, the premise of The Mandalorian’s third season has been established. With the gator (and the opening titles) out of the way, Din catches up with the Armorer, who’s not mad, but she is disappointed. To Karga, it’s nonsense Din can ignore and live the good life with Grogu by his side. In the meantime, we got [The Book of Boba Fett](https://www.vulture.com/tv/the-book-of-boba-fett/), a series that was only tangentially related to The Mandalorian apart from a stretch of episodes that were absolutely crucial to the story of The Mandalorian. Could this be the end of the Children of the Watch? Helmet forged, she emerges from a cave to join the others on a lakeside beach in the middle of an otherwise desolate landscape, where she prepares, with great pomp and ceremony complete with drums and banners, to bestow the helmet on a somber-looking dark-haired kid.

A man in armor and a cape walks down a marble hallway as a small creature. Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu, a.k.a., Baby Yoda, have rejoined since “The ...

But to leave the planet, Din and Grogu have to evade a band of pirates. So, at the end of this chapter, this is where we leave the Mandalorian: standing before someone who has been both an ally and an enemy, and asking for help. But to help him survive the potentially hostile planet, he needs the help of the assassin droid IG-11, which sacrificed itself to save him and his cohorts back in Season 1. When those pirates show up and start making demands, Din lends his gun to a Wild West-style shootout in the streets. Our heroes’ final stop this week is on Kalevala, a planet near Mandalore, where they find a near-empty castle and an embittered acquaintance: Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), the fallen Mandalorian political leader. Favreau and the director Rick Famuyiwa begin this new season with a scene in which a Mandalorian boy receives his first helmet from the Armorer (Emily Swallow), and is asked to make his pledge never to remove it. This has been a point in this show’s favor from the beginning. Din tells the Armorer that he believes enough of Mandalore still stands for him to perform the necessary rituals and cleanse himself. If, on the other hand, you also watched the spinoff series “ [The Book of Boba Fett](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/television/the-mandalorian-boba-fett-temuera-morrison.html),” you know that in its last few episodes, Din and Grogu reunited to help their pals on Tatooine take down a vicious criminal gang. That is when our heroes come speeding in from outer space in their N-1, to save the day. Given that it has been a while since the last real “Mandalorian” episode, Favreau shows an impressive amount of restraint in keeping this premiere relatively short. Most of Mandalore has been rendered uninhabitable by years of civil war and the death throes of the Empire.

There's a reason the premiere is called “The Apostate,” a word that refers to Din Djarin having been basically exiled from his faith. How deeply the writers ...

And yet it has seemed like the lead-up to the third season of “The Mandalorian” has been muted for such a major show. Peli Motto ( [Amy Sedaris](/cast-and-crew/amy-sedaris)) also returns in episode two, a chapter that follows the standard “Mandalorian” structure of problem-action-resolution cliffhanger in a way that’s satisfying enough without being groundbreaking. He has other plans, revealing that he will travel to the Mines of Mandalore to find the waters that will allow his redemption. [Katee Sackhoff](/cast-and-crew/katee-sackhoff)’s Bo-Katan Kryze will be a major part of the season, which is a good thing. You’ve had your time with the legacy characters like Obi-Wan and Boba Fett, and you’ve even had a critical darling in “Andor,” but “The Mandalorian” is about adventure. “You ready for an adventure?” This line from the second episode of the third season of Disney+’s massive hit “The Mandalorian” sums up the current purpose of this landmark show.

The Mandalorian explained why Gina Carano character Cara Dune was not in the season 3 premiere with a line of dialogue early in episode 1.

In response to Carano’s comments, [Lucasfilm](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/lucasfilm/) released a statement soon after that the former MMA fighter was no longer employed at the company, calling her posts “abhorrent and unacceptable.” She was also dropped as a client by UTA. [Carano sparked controversy](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/behind-disneys-firing-of-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-4133813/) after sharing posts to social media comparing the nation’s current political divide to Nazi Germany. Before becoming marshal, Dune worked as a mercenary for hire on Nevarro for Greef Karga ( [Carl Weathers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/carl-weathers/)). Before breaking out with The Mandalorian, Carano was known from the world of fighting, as well as roles in the first Deadpool, Fast & Furious 6 and Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire. Karga explains that Dune was recruited by Special Forces of the New Republic, due to her part in helping capture Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) last season. New episodes release on [Disney+](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/disney/) every Wednesday. In her time on the series, Dune was a strong ally to protagonist Din Djarin ( Released on Wednesday, the first episode of The Mandalorian‘s third season addressed Dune’s absence from the current storyline in a conversation between Din and now-High Magistrate Greef Karga. [Pedro Pascal](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/pedro-pascal/)) and baby Grogu. [The Mandalorian](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/mandalorian/) season three premiere.] [Gina Carano](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/gina-carano/)’s firing from The Mandalorian two years ago, the [Star Wars](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/star-wars/) show’s season three premiere has answered the long-speculated question of what would happen to her character.

The Mandalorian's Dave Filoni talks season 3, learning to direct live-action, and where Grogu might be in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

He’s a great person to work with, and he weaves a great tale. Writing and directing and collaborating on this type of thing with so many people is just the top of the mountain for me at this point. Even the technologies we are using are things he would talk about, and so I just like to tell people that I was very well prepared. From the first episode of Mando to “The Jedi” with Rosario Dawson, there was a tremendous difference, and I credit that to Jon [Favreau], who’s a great mentor and friend. There are many different people that could wield the force, and maybe Luke is the last Jedi as far as what Yoda would consider a Jedi. My mind was well prepared by him to face the challenges that you face day to day on a set, telling a story. So, pressure, no pressure, there’s always going to be pressure because we’re dealing with something that so many people care about in Star Wars, and it’s a real privilege just to get to be a part of it. And she really worked at coming up with a plan to educate me and get me involved. He’s just an incredibly talented person and a great person to collaborate with. “And so I still talk with him to this day. “In my experience, there’s definitely a way to weave everything together and make it exciting. [Kathleen Kennedy](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/kathleen-kennedy/) first took the reins of Lucasfilm in 2012, one of her first orders of business was to prepare [Star Wars](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/star-wars/) scholar [Dave Filoni](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/dave-filoni/) for live-action storytelling.

Where did Nevarro's marshal go? The Mandalorian Season 3 premiere explains why Gina Carano's Cara Dune is gone!

[spinoff, Rangers of the New Republic](https://collider.com/gina-carano-the-mandalorian-spinoff-cancelled-reasons-why/), which would have starred Dune. But there is still [hope for the character](https://collider.com/the-mandalorian-cara-dune-controversy-recast-gina-carano-fired/). When this was announced, LucasFilm made it clear that she will no longer be in The Mandalorian, nor do they have plans to work with her in the future. While Cara Dune was effectively written out of The Mandalorian, they managed to give her character a happy ending. Later she officially joined the government and became a New Republic Marshal and a ranger of the New Republic. Now a special forces agent, Dune is busy somewhere in the galaxy and isn't likely to get a break anytime soon. A LucasFilm spokesperson called her statements "abhorrent and unacceptable" and officially said that she was no longer an employee of the studio. It wasn't particularly notable as her character had no reason to be involved in that part of the story. He offers Din a home on Nevarro and the role of marshal, which was once Dune's. [story continued in The Book of Boba Fett](https://collider.com/book-of-boba-fett-episode-5-review-mandalorian-pedro-pascal-disney-plus/), Dune wasn't mentioned. The Season 3 premiere shows that executive producer Jon Favreau and his team chose to deal with Dune's absence differently. [The Mandalorian](http://www.collider.com/tag/the-mandalorian) Season 3 is out, but not all the show's characters have returned.

Season 3 features protective space dad Mando (Pedro Pascal) and adorable Grogu (Baby Yoda) on yet another journey steeped in "Star Wars" allusions.

They appear to have a connection to the Death Watch, a Mandalorian terrorist group introduced in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Perhaps Season 3 of “The Mandalorian” will finally reveal what happened between [Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-11-27/star-wars-the-mandalorian-katee-sackhoff-bo-katan-dave-filoni) leading the Mandalorians against the Galactic Empire in “Rebels” and her [first appearance](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-11-13/mandalorian-star-wars-bo-katan-kryze) in “The Mandalorian.” Purrgils were first introduced in “Star Wars Rebels,” where a certain Jedi padawan was able to forge a connection with them using the Force. [Mandalorian and “Star Wars” lore](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-29/the-mandalorian-star-wars-clone-wars-rebels-history). “The Mandalorian” has proved that blaster shootouts and the antics of a hungry cute toddler remain entertaining. One of “Andor’s” strengths was in showing how ordinary people live under Imperial rule when powerful space wizards or honor-bound warriors are not around to save the day.

The Mandalorian season 3 has introduced a new space pirate to the galaxy in the form of Gorian Shard, a seemingly sentient Swamp Thing-like alien who ...

[The Mandalorian](https://www.polygon.com/23617414/mandalorian-season-3-boba-fett-recap-what-to-know) and therefore a character we know almost nothing about — a relative rarity in the increasingly familiar Star Wars galaxy. If there’s any justice in the universe Gorian will find a new way to show up in a few more episodes of the show, failing completely to capture or fight Mando every single time. So it’s only fitting that Mando may now have his own version of that in Gorian Shard. [The Mandalorian](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/23616840/the-mandalorian-season-3-trailer-mandalore) is a deep well of great little characters and very weird guys. Speaking of silly-looking, one thing we don’t know about Gorian is what exactly he is. [The first episode of season 3](https://www.polygon.com/23620272/mandalorian-season-3-marshal-dune-gina-carano) added to this deep bench of weirdos with the tremendous Gorian Shard, a space pirate who looks like what would happen if Treebeard and Davy Jones had a kid.

Episode 1 had to bridge the gap for fans who didn't watch The Book of Boba Fett, establish a new season-long arc, and communicate that time has passed. But the ...

But at least we finally know what happened to Dune, even if the delivery was clumsy. A better approach would have been to drop the exposition into dialogue. It’s nice to know that Cara Dune is off having her own adventures with the New Republic, but maybe there was a better way to address her absence. But the biggest issue of them all wasn’t narrative, but a matter of staffing. By having this simple Q&A exchange, it’s obvious an explanation was shoehorned into the script. Episode 1 had to bridge the gap for fans who didn’t watch The Book of Boba Fett, establish a new season-long arc, and communicate that time has passed.

It was revived some, years later, by The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi, solid film continuations of a saga that still had some gas left in the ...

In short order, Disney had taken a brand that managed to seem rare and special for decades—despite its cartoon shows and toys and all manner of other ancillary tie-ins—and metastasized it into ruin. Spurred on by Andor’s restorative power, I watched the season premiere of The Mandalorian this morning, only hours after it dropped on Disney+, with a perhaps slightly abashed enthusiasm. But The Mandalorian premiered only a month before the most recent Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, It honored both the corny humor and genuine galactic awe—a sprawl of worlds and creatures and civilizations—of the original films. (And, indeed, I read many actual Star Wars novels.) I was there on opening day for the releases of each of the “Special Editions” of the original films, thrilled to finally see the primary texts of my obsession on the big screen. I was a kid who read an encyclopedia of Star Wars terms as if it were a regular novel.

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[Stormtrooper](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-classic-imperial-stormtrooper-helmet) (opens in new tab), [Clone Trooper](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-clone-trooper-501st-helmet) (opens in new tab), and [First Order Trooper](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-the-force-awakens-first-order-stormtrooper-premier-helmet) (opens in new tab) helmets to choose from, as well as more obscure options like the [TIE Fighter Pilot](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-tie-fighter-pilot-helmet) (opens in new tab) and [Imperial Royal Guard](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-imperial-royal-guard-helmet) (opens in new tab) helmets. Now, this makes the Denuo Novo model far more comfortable to wear, so if you’re looking for a cosplay option then this is the far superior choice. You already know whether you’re the kind of person who is liable to drop $700 on a Star Wars replica helmet. At time of writing, pre-orders are also live for [Bo-Katan Kryze’s helmet](https://www.denuonovo.com/products/star-wars-the-mandalorian-bo-katan-kryze-helmet) (opens in new tab) too. The Black Series helmet has a fully detailed interior, while the Denuo Novo version comes with a foam lining. Denuo Novo have smashed it out of the park when it comes to the design of the helmet - it looks phenomenal. The Mandalorian Helmet costs a whopping $700 and can be purchased directly from the Does the Denuo Novo version have any extra features to set it apart from the competition? Your vision is somewhat limited when wearing the helmet as the bottom half/third of your vision is obscured by the ‘cheeks’, so you have to be careful where you place your feet. t’s just the helmet and a piece of card that shows the helmet and some information about it. Denuo Novo is a relatively new kid on the block in the world of TV and movie replicas, having been founded in 2021. While the helmet itself is gorgeous, the packaging leaves a little to be desired.

So while Andor and The Mandalorian represent two very different Star Wars philosophies and tones, they're still the only two Star Wars projects that are ...

I think it’s just that Andor showed me a vision of the prestigious heights that new-era Star Wars could achieve, and while The Mandalorian is back and it’s fun, it also…isn’t that. I think the problem right now is everything that is not these two shows. It’s the same world, but feels wildly different, as in this past episode we see Mando pursued by a pirate lord with leaves and vines for hair. Andor, like Rogue One before it, feels like it’s sort of just on a different plane of existence than anything else going on in the universe. The Mandalorian, instead, is a few things. And its overall storylines are continuations of things set in motion by Dave Filoni with his animated series, and a lynchpin to a wider universe that has already expanded with other shows (Boba Fett) and will continue to expand (Ahsoka).

The Mandalorian is back with Season 3, and Google's got a great little Easter egg to celebrate.

Here’s what you need to know](https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/sling-tv-free-trial/) [Cincinnati Bengals vs. Price, plans, and what you can watch](https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/paramount-plus-price-plans-movies-shows-sports/) [Is there a Sling TV free trial? With the first click, Grogu takes down the Wikipedia listing, which is something I’ve wanted to do any number of times. Whatever.) Here’s how to interact with it and have a little fun while you’re searching. Click on Grogu and he’ll start to use the Force on search results — which really isn’t anything any of us in the publishing industry have had to deal with before. And that includes a wonderful little Google Easter egg, staring The Child himself.

The Mandalorian's Chapter 17: The Apostate felt like a big, action-packed, and overly familiar tour of the galaxy that could have taken more risks.

But the reality’s more that The Mandalorian’s a half-hour-ish series entering its third season, and Disney’s very interested in But “The Apostate” moves through its story so swiftly that you never really get a chance to appreciate all of its rich detail, which sometimes makes it feel like the episode’s really just checking off a series of general scene-setting boxes rather than trying to more deeply explore this universe. But instead, The Mandalorian’s season 3 premiere felt much more like a purposeful return to what the show was when it first premiered: a big and sometimes rather goofy joyride through space that’s focused on forging the next generation of young Star Wars faithful.

Din Djarin reunited with many familiar faces in the first episode of The Mandalorian's third season, including Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), The Armorer (Emily ...

Given Cara’s skill set, it seems like an excellent match for the character — and should we never see her again, it’s also a fitting farewell. After a tense scuffle with a band of pirates in the premiere, Greef Karga, now High Magistrate of a flourishing Nevarro, asks Mando to serve as marshal for the town. But one of Mando’s loyal pals from the previous 16 episodes was notably absent: [Gina Carano](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/gina-carano/)’s Cara Dune. Din asks his friend why he hasn’t made the offer to Cara, and he responds, “after she brought in Moff Gideon, she was recruited by Special Forces.” Many expected the Alderaanian former shock trooper to be killed off offscreen, given the extreme unlikelihood of Lucasfilm working with Carano again. Carano also made controversial posts about the 2020 presidential election and preferred pronouns.

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The third season of the Disney Plus show The Mandalorian brings back the Anzellans, the cute little aliens immortalized by Babu Frik in The Rise of ...

[The Clone Wars](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2020/3/14/21179020/star-wars-clone-wars-rex-episodes-trooper-stories-expanded-universe) was particularly interested in plumbing the franchise’s adventure-serial heritage in order to build out a rewarding patchwork of characters and locales that seemed haphazard at first but eventually cohered into something meaningful. Sometimes Star Wars is good for [thoughtful political thrillers](https://www.polygon.com/23400643/andor-best-star-wars). Three seasons in and The Mandalorian finally feels like it has the texture of an old EU story, with just enough sprawl to feel like it could go anywhere but still feel familiar. [the kelp-y captain Gorian Shard](https://www.polygon.com/23620615/mandalorian-gorian-shard-season-3-pirate-race-idiot). In the [season 3 premiere](https://www.polygon.com/23617414/mandalorian-season-3-boba-fett-recap-what-to-know) of The Mandalorian, this theme continues, folding in perhaps the only universally beloved aspect of 2019’s divisive [The Rise of Skywalker](https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/12/18/21024586/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-review-spoiler-free): my man [Babu Frik](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2019/10/2/20895342/babu-frik-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker). In fact, Din Djarin’s quest leads The Mandalorian to all sorts of interesting faces both old and new. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — one of the pleasures of watching the show is seeing how it drives by deeply esoteric aspects of [Star Wars](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars) lore (see: the [Darksaber](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2019/12/27/21038233/the-mandalorian-darksaber-black-lightsaber-bo-katan-moff-gideon)) or repurposed bits of [less popular stories](https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2019/5/19/18629502/star-wars-phantom-menace-behind-the-scenes-documentary-george-lucas-youtube) (hot-rodding a Naboo starfighter). They’re a hilarious blue-collar caricature, like a kooky Star Wars version of a mechanic with a thick Brooklyn accent telling you no matter how much you argue with him, your R2 unit is never gonna play a violin. They’re called Anzellans, a species of tiny upright aliens that look like a cross between a gremlin (dry) and primate. For those who need a refresher, Babu Frik was the tiny droid specialist that the heroes of The Rise of Skywalker turn to in order to extract Sith secrets from C-3PO’s memory. Eventually, this turned into the droidsmiths that made it to the finished film. There’s nothing to suggest that they’re going to be a huge part of this season of TV, but they could be!

Find out how Mando got Grogu back for The Mandalorian Season 3 and how to watch their sweet reunion.

The new episode of The Mandalorian explains Cara Dune's absence in the seires moving forward. Gina Carano-Cara Dune Disney+. Spoiler ...

Though for big fans of the character, Cara's absence will still be felt in the upcoming episodes, even with the knowledge that she's still doing what she does best, but in other parts of the universe. "It had to be addressed in the creative and [Jon Favreau] took the time to think about that. In the season 3 premiere episode, called "Chapter 17: The Apostate," Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) travels to Nevarro where he meets with Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), who now serves as the High Magistrate.

I'm not talking about Din Djarin, the helmet-wearing, magnetically terse super heroic bounty hunter played by Pedro Pascal, who gives the series its perfectly ...

And it avoided many of the pitfalls derailing other Star Wars offshoots by grounding its story in surprising ways. As the first two episodes of the new season begin, Djarin is on a new quest: to atone for breaking the code of the Mandalorians by taking off his helmet and revealing his face to others. (Gideon was sent off to a war tribunal and Dune joined the New Republic's special forces. And Bo-Katan winds up joining Djarin in action, showing off her skills with the mysterious dark lightsaber he took from Moff Gideon last season and still struggles to wield himself. What I loved here, was the deepening bond between Grogu/Baby Yoda and the Mandalorian/Djarin. Over several episodes in the Boba Fett series, we see Grogu decide to return to the Mandalorian who had become a father figure to him. [had to break such a sacred Mandalorian rule](https://collider.com/the-mandalorian-helmet-explained/) in the first place. Djarin has to reconnect with old allies to get back there, including Carl Weathers' Greef Karga, now a wealthy, somewhat obsequious official; Amy Sedaris' weathered, deal-making mechanic Peli Motto and Katee Sackhoff's descendant of Mandalore's royal family, Bo-Katan Kryze. That's because important developments for this series happened on another Disney+ Star Wars story, The Book of Boba Fett. You can practically feel the series' storytelling machinery ponderously cranking into gear through each of these visits. (As an aside, there's a serious problem with a spinoff series like Boba Fett, if its best episodes essentially feature another program hijacking the storyline.) Check out episode seven of the second season to see why Djarin

How is Baby Yoda back with Din Djarin on The Mandalorian? We have the answers if you didn't watch The Book of Boba Fett.

The only way to redeem himself is to “bathe in the living waters of the mines of Mandalore.” And now you know that when Din does reach Mandalore in season 3, Grogu will be right by his side. Grogu has gone off with Luke Skywalker to the ancient Jedi planet of Ossus, the site of the Jedi Master’s new academy. Finally, Luke decides to give Grogu a choice: either stay with Luke and complete his training or go back to Din and become a Mandalorian. But fear not, if you’re still confused about this, we’ll give you a very brief rundown of how Din and Grogu found each other in The Book of Boba Fett. It’s no surprise, then, that “how did The Mandalorian get Grogu back” was one of the top searches on Google for the season 3 premiere. From the very first second Din Djarin swoops onto the scene in “The Apostate,” he already has little Grogu by his side, a development that may confuse those who didn’t watch last year’s Boba Fett spinoff.

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