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The Mandalorian seaosn 3 finale brings together plot threads from the first three seasons of the show. We finally learn what Moff Gideon needed Grigu’s blood for, Bo-Katan is queen(?) of Mandalore, and the people have returned to their homeworld. The episode is filled with Star Wars Easter Eggs!
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Written and Hosted by Ryan Arey (http://twitter.com/ryanarey)
Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Randolf Nombrado, Colton Ogburn, and Brianna McLarty
Special Thanks to Dodson Seitz https://twitter.com/BaneWruse
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We’re going to break down this episode, and talk a little bit about what’s next for Din Djarin and Din Grogu. So let’s dive in, shall we?
So, the episode begins with Bo Katan leading the mandalorians on an escape through the tunnels, with axe wolves flying above the clouds to hunt the fleet. Now the last episode was called “Spies,” leading to some rampant online speculation about who these spies actually were. We were part of that speculation. All episode long we were waiting for someone to turn on the group–the armorer, Axe Wolves, the refugees–and it turns out the real spies were the friends we made along the way.
Doug: Seriously, who were the spies?
I guess the imperials who were living on mandalore? It’s a little wonky.
Doug: Should have picked a different title.
Should have picked a different title [high five].
There is a lot of fighting in corridors in this episode, and this is for a couple of reasons. One, it’s awesome and a lot of fun. Hallways compress the action into one narrow space and place the heroes in a do or die situation. It’s why his fights have become all the rage in TV shows.
But also, hallways are cheap to film in. In this show, and in Obi Wan, they filmed a lot on the volume, a 360 AR environment, which means it’s easier to keep the environment in a tighter space [part in obi wan with caverns ep 5-6). Of course later in the episode the action explores outwards, which I’ll talk about in just a bit. Bo Katan uses the narrow hallway to set traps for the beskar-wearing troops, and you know what–these troops may be wearing beskar, but they still fight like the good old incompetent, cannon-fodder stormtroopers.
Over the years, Star wars has introduced troops that are better fighters. The death troopers that escorted moff gideon in season 1, and the sith purge troopers we see in Fallen order and obi-wan. Those troopers were trained to fight Jedi, so they are incredibly badass.
Doug: Maybe these troopers are really good fighters, but the mandalorians are just better.
That’s a good point. Later , Din barely takes them down, where he made mincemeat out of regular troopers in episode 3,
So back to the troopers, it is kind of lame that they only place two guards on Din. or at least, it’s very arrogant of them to think 2 would be enough. When he tries to break free, the dark troopers unload mandalorian weapons on him, like the grappling cables and flame throwers. Now their weapons were originally created to fight Jedi. a jedi could predict and dodge a blaster bolt, but a flame thrower creates a wide attack they have a harder time escaping from, while the grappling cable ties up their hands and neutralizes their lightsabers.
But these weapons also work well against mandalorians. The armor doesn’t cover their necks, so the cable can choke them.
Doug: Why doesn’t the armor cover their necks?
Because if it did they couldn’t turn their heads and they would move like michael keaton’s batman.
Doug: Ah I see.
And the flame throwers will super heat the beskar until they can;t stay inside of it. Like what Killian did to Rhodey in Iron man 3. We also saw in Star Wars Rebels that Beskar is vulnerable to certain types of heat and energy wavelengths that can completely fry the metal and anyone inside it.
My favorite part of this fight is when Din neutralizes this guy, but uses his flamethrower to attack the other trooper. But then, grogu is the one who saves din [no no no]. This season has brought these two full circle in season 1, din saved grogu from the imperials in season 2, din saved grogu form the imperials. In the book of boba fett, din saved grogu from a life of celibacy.
And in this season, grgu has saved din;s life twice. Kind of reminds me of the life debt that chewbacca owed Han…
Doug: or that Jar-Jar owed to qui-gon.
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@9:12 actually that’s TWO mouse droids that fall to…the next level down and are just fine after a little refurb (I can’t stand for animals or droids to get harmed or killed!). 😊
Like the M-She-U this garbage has been cancelled…. you aren't getting a season 4. Pure crap.
Thank you for the great content! And I want to thank Doug for being… Doug!
“There are a lot of needless deaths in imperial bases due to lack of handrails.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😢 you knocked this video out of the park! ❤
Am I the only who smells a romance budding between the armorer and Bo Katan?!
The Grogu as leader of Mandalore eventually had crossed my mind.
:0 really awesome!!! This was a fun episode, but I wish gideon clone arc came into play more -_- you guys did great on this video too!! 👍
A couple things I picked up on! :]
1- moff gideons armor has a digital readout on the left breastplate, like boba's and some other mandos, but, instead of being in mandoa like other mandalorians armor, it seems to be arebesh, gideons armor also seems to glow red when bo holds the saber against it, likely, because it is a "beskar alloy" as moff gideon said, and, not pure beskar gorged by the mandalorians.
2- when din defeats the final imperial commandos guarding the command center, he takes two of their blasters, he drops them and picks them back up throughout his fight with gideon and the preatoreon guards, but, by the end of the fight, he still has them.
After he leaves mandalore, he has these two blasters in cross draw holsters on his waist, additionally, he no longer has his IB 94 blaster or its holster, nor the flamethrower or whistling bird launchers on his wrist, but, we can assume he got his original silver jet pack back, or, that he got a new pack.
Did you notice Trapper Wolf's rank badge? 5 blue dots in an X shape – all I could find is that it's an Admiral or General rank. You can see it at about 32:20 in the episode
I want you to know that I am deeply thankful and appreciate the work that you do. It’s gotta be a bear of task making these videos with the turnarounds you have. I’m honestly astounded at how much content you’re able to pump out.
24:35 Thank you for reminding me that turning down women is a part of Din’s character. Single dad.
Dave and Jon fooled us into believing that Din Djarin was "The Mandalorian" but it was Grogu all along. Grogu and Tarre Vizsla were both trained in the Force, Grogu will tame the Mythosaur the same way he tamed the Rancor in Book of Boba Fett, and he will probably rebuild the Dark Saber.
SC needs to pay respect to The Doug because without him, I'd be on Heavy Spoilers channel.
17:00 – "Paz Vizsla should have tried shooting one"… except, Paz Vizsla had overheated the machinegun, and the barrels were red hot … DUH.
Hypospray = Star Trek, Bactaspray = Star Wars.
Also the Blue electrical device the Storm Trooper is using is not am electro staff. It's a Riot Control Baton like the ones used in the Force Awaken. The device that Gideon was using was a type of Electro Staff which looked like it only had one end instead of two like the Mahnagaurd.
"The More you know."
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Thank you ScreenCrush for your amazing commentary and Easter Egg videos. I would watch them after every episode! Now I refer to you guys when watching anything sci-fi that I want to look further into! Definitely a fan!
"The armor doesn't cover their necks"…
And yet, Mandalorians can fly through space and/or noxious atmospheres just fine??
I actually found this channel trying to make sense of Rings of Power lol. But ever since then I have loved your insights. Pretty much immediately after every episode of Mando, Andor, RoP, and Bad Batch I've gone straight to ScreenCrush to get a closer look and see the discussion around the shows. Thanks so much for your balanced, thoughtful, and insightful videos!
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Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but when Moff Gideon is wearing the helmet and speaking, there is a voice effect that is similar to Kylo Ren's from when he wears his helmet.
The little droid rolling off the platform is the same thing that happens in the video before loading Star Tours at Disneyland. 😊
Doug is screen crushe's version of jar jar Binks.
Did skinny Pete survive?
Thank you for always digging deep into Star Wars!!!
Ryan is getting better and better at the ad read transitions… he's becoming too powerful
Doug is cute.
I don’t normally comment, but everyone is so upset by the title “Spies.” It’s another biblical reference. The 12 spies of Israel sent to scope out the promised land before the Israelites could enter in the Old Testament/Torah.
Great breakdown as always, but major props for giving some screen time and recognition to the folks we don’t always get to see who still contribute to these great breakdowns.
I loved this season!
Loved the many mom jokes, classic
The song that plays in the background when Grogu is parting the flames is nearly identical to Hans Zimmer’s “Red Sea” that plays when Moses parts the Red Sea in The Prince of Egypt (1998), adding to the thematic overlap between Mandos and Jews
Moff Gideon doesn't have helmet with horn, It's the Crown!!!! can you not see?😃
Appreciate your thoughtful analysis Ryan. You presented in a fast-paced format that identified key points of the last episode of season three. Sprinkled in here and there were links to other movies and concepts that amplify or expand or link to other parts of the Star Wars universe. Some of them were a bit obtuse for me, but I suppose many of your subscribers got the connections. The long and short of it, is that for a segment length of 26:40 you kept my attention for most of the time. I would have liked it without the tryfum commercials, but I suppose that does help with your production costs. Thanks again. Looking forward to upcoming segments.
this is the oi vey 😂
Is it possible that Grogu is Din Grogu because they are a clan of two? The clans take the surname from the first name of the clan founder. I dunno, maybe.
Whoa! I love everything You do but JAPANESE do not switch the surname — that is CHINESE (and all the credit cards in Europe now in 2023, apparently — it's too weird: Euro banks imitating China like we are all headed toward Marxism or something — Yikes). CraZY disrespectful to confuse those two mortal enemy cultures. If born in USA (or Japan or almost anywhere else) NBA star Yao Ming would be Ming Yao. Just think of him in order to remember, folks. (Ok, back off the soap box now.) Appreciate the epic content, Braddahz. Stay FREE (read the 10th Amendment — YOU have The Power!) ALOHA is ALL!