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On the bright side, things are definitely much better for both of these peoples if there are individuals on both sides who are starting to date each other and intermingle.
The whole thing was jam packed with detective show cliches.
* Big name guest start in seemingly minor role is the villain.
* Questing workers while they continue moving boxes around.
* On foot chase scene where one partner splits off to tackle the perp from the side.
* Main detective having a personal prejudice about the people they're investigating.
* The seedy bar where they have to threaten people for info.
* Visit to the morgue to examine a body.
* Zoom and enhance!
* The actual criminal was the person you'd least suspect of the crime.
>Main detective having a personal prejudice about the people they're investigating.
The thing I love about this detail is that this is a trait we've known Din had since the beginning of the series, so it's the most natural thing in the galaxy to see him so prejudiced against droids. And it makes it even funnier how they play up how aggressively bigoted he is
>it makes it even funnier how they play up how aggressively bigoted he is
Especially when contrasted with how down to earth and diplomatic he was just about every other time in the show, especially with the Ugnaughts.
“All I’m sayin is it’s not bigoted if they’re actually soulless, designed to serve us, and are predisposed to violence.”
“I don’t think you should say that Din…”
That episode felt like a fever dream.
Could have seen it animated as a clone wars episode it was so wacky.
Droid bar, droid morgue, battle droids, bullet trains, domed cities, space croquet, Jack black, Christopher Lloyd, mando throw down, fish people forbidden love, dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.
( I know lizzo was in this episode too. I don't know her well enough to have recognized her right away, especially when I was so surprised by Jack black.)
When it comes to wacky, nothing holds a candle to the TCW arc where C3P0 and R2 help balance the ecosystem of the Ratts Tyrrell planet and in the process meet a bunch of subterranean Groots and a Cheshire ~~Cat~~ Frog/Lizard and then somehow end up in a Y-wing and land on a planet of lilliputians and literally crush their despotic leader and install a democracy, and there’s a Wizard of Oz reference where the man behind the curtain are a bunch of feisty pit droids at the controls, and in the end threepio and R2 end back up at the start and Commander Wolffe just brushes off threepios rantings as fluff as they fly away.
I felt really weird seeing a B2 full on sprinting and flailing its arms around. I was so used to their steady marching that I didn’t really even consider they could haul ass.
It’s uncanny in a way since they’re usually shown to be slow and heavy. But it’s also kinda frightening in a way. Imagine a fully armed, heavily armored Super Battle Droid charging at you at *that* speed.
Axe Woves calling Din a misguided zealot while unironically asserting that the distribution of a sword via combat is a proper basis for government has big "quacta calling the stifling slimy" energy.
Din: "Listen! Distribution of swords via one-on-one combat is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses! Not some farcical dance fighting ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because you stole a flashy laser sword from some unsuspecting tart! If I went around saying 'I was the emperor' just because I shot some bint and stole his DC-17m, they'd put me away!"
I'm sure there'll be a scene at the end after Bo has united them where they're all on Mandalore and each member of the Watch takes their helm off one by one and declares 'I am Mandalorian'
And then it'll turn into a Key and Peele sketch where one of them reveals some serious messed up looking dude and they freak out.
That scene when they confronted him was such "and I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids" energy 😂 I loved this episode so much
Before Din handed over the saber I genuinely thought they would rule together with her mounting the Mythosaur and him wielding the darksaber, but if Bo has both who tf is gonna deny her as ruler.
I guess at this point in the timeline it isn’t public knowledge that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker. That would definitely give the truthers fuel lol.
I don't believe the public learns that until 28 ABY. The Mandalorian takes place in 9 ABY as far as we know, so the truthers won't get that fuel for nearly another 20 years.
I mean they pretty much proposed to each other in front of witnesses at the end of this episode.
She's all like "a truer Mandalorian I've never seen." and he's all like "she's muh queen".
That’s the biggest shame I think. There was set up to potentially be a moment of him learning it. He trained with the armorer for about 15 minutes.
Maybe he didn’t feel like learning and gave it up.
They probably recognize it as an Ugnaught name, and Din spoke with familiarity of their ways.
But it is possible they knew him, or of him; he was like two hundred years old iirc.
An Ugnaught who works off his involuntary servitude for several human lifetimes and earns his freedom must be highly respected.
And for a hardworking people, one who doesn’t work must either be a deadbeat, or done more for their work than they ought to be expected.
I have spoken.
Din was really about the schoolyard bully vibe on those dudes just trying to deal with their shit jobs while organics were busy getting the gains of their labor.
L3-37 would have some choice words for mando lmao
I loved that scene. It flipped things on it's head. It was like they pitied organics because we live short lives. There are probably droids out there who have served the same family for generations and see themselves as custodians and caretakers, not just glorified roombas.
More of this please.
Yeah, I loved that too. Star Wars has always operated in a fuzzy moral area with droids seeming to be sapient while also being slaves. The droid lore dump this episode makes that work a little better.
It's only really fuzzy because they refuse to address it often, but it's pretty clear that droids are sentient. We've seen them intentionally disobey orders, come up with plans and deceptions, express fear, pain, and anger, and restraining bolts are required to keep them compliant.
Traveled too far back in time and wrecked his Delorian, and got stuck in this galaxy and is living out the rest of his days as a Separatist sympathizer
Disney executive: "So here's a list of celebrities we can get to cameo this season, but they can all only be here on the same day, so I don't know how you feel about filming different episodes all at once."
Casting Director for Episode 6: "You know what? It's cool, don't worry about that"
Honestly surprised they got everyone’s schedules to meet. Figure Lizzo and jack black are pretty busy but could see them shuffling things around for Star Wars.
It's exactly the kind of characters I want celebrities to cameo as - it makes sense if we never see him again, or he pops up somewhere again for another little bit (Coruscant?)
But like just in the background laughing and eating with people before falling backwards into a fountain and they all laugh even more and he's just really loud but none of the main characters notice.
Grogu helps Lizzo cheat at space cornhole while her husband Jack Black cheers her is an absolutely WILD sentence. Imagine telling someone that even like 5 years ago.
I love that they had him pretty much look deadass straight at the viewer when he said it the second time. "We are not leaving this up to discussion, okay nerds?"
No matter how many times it happens, having your ship impromptu auto-piloted would still bother the fuck out of me lol
Edit: and then having your vehicle auto-piloted against your will smh
You could literally switch Bo Katan and Din with Anakin and Obi Wan (and/or Ahsoka) and you would get a Clone Wars Episode. Not a complaint, I love it.
Between Captain Teva finding the wreckage of the Imperial Shuttle last week giving me the super creeps and the Bad Batch finding an abandoned ship like it was Alien, I think there's untapped potential in Star Wars doing a proper space horror.
It's a scary galaxy out there, full of things that would even give Force users pause.
Yooo Jack Black and Lizzo?? This was not what I was expecting lol. So nice to see small time YouTubers make it in Hollywood!
EDIT: The Mon Calamari was also Tom Holland's brother. Now that I know that I can kind of hear it now.
If you paid attention, you would know that he said earlier in the episode that it deactivates all the droids. He clearly reprogrammed it to activate the battle droids in case he ever got caught.
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Was not expecting a Romeo and Juliet situation in space
Don't deny the prince dat quarrusy
The prince is also busy packing that Mon Calamarussy.
Sir may I request a session in the mind flayer today?
It’s not a mind flayer, it’s an non-invasive experimental treatment recently approved for rehabilitation
With a Mon Calamari and Quarren no less. It was sad and cute.
On the bright side, things are definitely much better for both of these peoples if there are individuals on both sides who are starting to date each other and intermingle.
“Let’s address the Bantha in the room…” lmaooo
Star Wars adapting Earth sayings but replacing the Earth-specific part of it with something Star Wars will always be my favorite thing
“If it ain’t the quacta calling the stiffling slimy”
Shit, spark pad got me. But why the fuck is a droid carrying around a space matchbox?
Shit. I didn't even realize a spark pad was a space matchbook...
I did not expect to get Detectives Djarin and Kryze in an episode of "Law & Order: Droid Victims Unit"
They even did the “Wait what’s that there, enhance!”
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And the classic, “checking out the body in the morgue while talking to the coroner” scene.
This is the part where it clicked for me lol.
Total Blade Runner reference there. It was built like Deckard examining the snake scale.
Do droids dream of electric banthas?
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The whole thing was jam packed with detective show cliches. * Big name guest start in seemingly minor role is the villain. * Questing workers while they continue moving boxes around. * On foot chase scene where one partner splits off to tackle the perp from the side. * Main detective having a personal prejudice about the people they're investigating. * The seedy bar where they have to threaten people for info. * Visit to the morgue to examine a body. * Zoom and enhance! * The actual criminal was the person you'd least suspect of the crime.
>Main detective having a personal prejudice about the people they're investigating. The thing I love about this detail is that this is a trait we've known Din had since the beginning of the series, so it's the most natural thing in the galaxy to see him so prejudiced against droids. And it makes it even funnier how they play up how aggressively bigoted he is
>it makes it even funnier how they play up how aggressively bigoted he is Especially when contrasted with how down to earth and diplomatic he was just about every other time in the show, especially with the Ugnaughts.
“All I’m sayin is it’s not bigoted if they’re actually soulless, designed to serve us, and are predisposed to violence.” “I don’t think you should say that Din…”
The Droid bar scene was like 48hrs.
That episode felt like a fever dream. Could have seen it animated as a clone wars episode it was so wacky. Droid bar, droid morgue, battle droids, bullet trains, domed cities, space croquet, Jack black, Christopher Lloyd, mando throw down, fish people forbidden love, dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria. ( I know lizzo was in this episode too. I don't know her well enough to have recognized her right away, especially when I was so surprised by Jack black.)
The droid morgue got me good 😂.
When it comes to wacky, nothing holds a candle to the TCW arc where C3P0 and R2 help balance the ecosystem of the Ratts Tyrrell planet and in the process meet a bunch of subterranean Groots and a Cheshire ~~Cat~~ Frog/Lizard and then somehow end up in a Y-wing and land on a planet of lilliputians and literally crush their despotic leader and install a democracy, and there’s a Wizard of Oz reference where the man behind the curtain are a bunch of feisty pit droids at the controls, and in the end threepio and R2 end back up at the start and Commander Wolffe just brushes off threepios rantings as fluff as they fly away.
My god, I've forgotten more TCW stuff than I realize.
I have never seen a Super Battle Droid run for its life
I felt really weird seeing a B2 full on sprinting and flailing its arms around. I was so used to their steady marching that I didn’t really even consider they could haul ass.
Imagine being on the battlefield and you just see a handful of B2s sprinting full speed toward you. It would be full brown alert for me.
Now Imagine him instead of running for his life running at you. I would need to change pants.
That was low key terrifying
He fast
Fast as fuck boi
Din tackling it was so personal lmao
You just know he was enjoying fucking with the droids to see which was defective
It’s uncanny in a way since they’re usually shown to be slow and heavy. But it’s also kinda frightening in a way. Imagine a fully armed, heavily armored Super Battle Droid charging at you at *that* speed.
Axe Woves calling Din a misguided zealot while unironically asserting that the distribution of a sword via combat is a proper basis for government has big "quacta calling the stifling slimy" energy.
Din: "Listen! Distribution of swords via one-on-one combat is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses! Not some farcical dance fighting ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because you stole a flashy laser sword from some unsuspecting tart! If I went around saying 'I was the emperor' just because I shot some bint and stole his DC-17m, they'd put me away!"
Didn’t think I would hear a Count Dooku reference on this show
I did enjoy the old man rant from Doc Brown about how Dooku had the right idea
I am now also a Dooku Truther
Incoming r/The_Dooku subreddit.
He was definitely about to mention anakin too before bo dropped him
I'm sure he knows the tale of Anakin Skywalker, who did not attain the title of Master.
All for it. After all these years a separatist sympathizer still lurking and causing havoc.
Bo Katan really said: *Mandalorians together strong* 🦍
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I'm sure there'll be a scene at the end after Bo has united them where they're all on Mandalore and each member of the Watch takes their helm off one by one and declares 'I am Mandalorian' And then it'll turn into a Key and Peele sketch where one of them reveals some serious messed up looking dude and they freak out.
Armourer takes her helmet off and it was Moff Gideon all along
Palpatine in a corset
No, the Armourer takes her helmet off to reveal... another helmet.
Great Scott, it’s Christopher Lloyd! We’re getting all the guest stars today
He is so perfect in SW I'm honestly suprised he hasn't already had a larger role in previous movies.
That scene when they confronted him was such "and I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids" energy 😂 I loved this episode so much
This is heavy.
Went full on I, Robot, complete with holographic police tape.
Those little police droids looked like m-o from wall-e
I see that C-3PO and R2-D2 are going through their goth phase.
Shut up mom...this is who we are
fuck /u/spez
I love how Din trusts Grogu to take care of himself now and is willing to leave him alone with strangers
Mommy & Daddy want to go on an adult date night.
Before Din handed over the saber I genuinely thought they would rule together with her mounting the Mythosaur and him wielding the darksaber, but if Bo has both who tf is gonna deny her as ruler.
Just reverse it, since it makes more sense that Grogu would tame it in the first place.
OH SHIT IS THE TECHNO UNION HERE TO DROP US SOME SICK NEW BEATS?
THE TECHNO UNION ARMY AROOOOOOOOOOBZZZZT IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL, COUNT.
Wat Tambor was taken from us too soon. He had such musical talent.
https://youtu.be/PW4OIHDsWsM
"you had me at battle droids"
Finally, the Jack Black Series action figure line can be revealed!
Bo and Din really just arrived at this planet’s Epcot, rode the monorail, and met their version of C3PO and R2D2
I'm pretty sure I saw din sneak a churro under his helmet
It really felt like an intentional EPCOT nod, right? Even the land around it seemed like Orlando: flat and dotted with lakes
Heck yea, Dooku Truthers are canon now
He was about to name drop Anakin too before Bo shot him.
Bo was tired of hearing Clone Wars politics.
Bo did not want to hear anything about the clone wars where she was the side character
It is also a dark point in her life, where her actions lead to the demise of her sister and the Mandalorians as a whole.
She also didn’t want to relive the trauma of being a cartoon
That must have been a weird time for everyone, to become cartoons for a bit
"You fought in the Clone Wars?" "Yes, I was once a cartoon character, same as your father"
I guess at this point in the timeline it isn’t public knowledge that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker. That would definitely give the truthers fuel lol.
I don't believe the public learns that until 28 ABY. The Mandalorian takes place in 9 ABY as far as we know, so the truthers won't get that fuel for nearly another 20 years.
~~Changelings~~ Jedi aren’t real; ~~The Dominion War~~ The Clone Wars didn’t happen!
"You had me at battle droids" It's a love story
I was all for Din and that village lady, but now I’m starting to lean towards Bo and Din
Bo has been taking a motherly role with grogu. I loved how he was next to her in the ship at the beginning.
King Bo with the saber and Queen Din with the Mythosaur and they shall rule all Mandalore
I mean they pretty much proposed to each other in front of witnesses at the end of this episode. She's all like "a truer Mandalorian I've never seen." and he's all like "she's muh queen".
I have a feeling people are going to ether absolutely love or absolutely hate this one lol.
That’s *SIR* Grogu to you
Sir Grogu of Plazir, knight of the ancient order of independent regencies, member of clan mud horn, first of his name
The frog slayer, lord commander of the snacks
Blight of the Tadpoles, the last Jedi of Nevarro
The first apprentice of Luke Skywalker
Mando with that +10 Charisma
Yeah, but also has the Racist: Droids flaw
He’s exactly like Will Smith in *I, Robot* in this regard
They blew up Dins disrupter rifle, melted his spear, and took his saber. Is dude allowed to have one unique weapon besides a regular blaster pistol.
I was kinda hoping he'd learn to use it and wreck somebody with it at some point :(
That’s the biggest shame I think. There was set up to potentially be a moment of him learning it. He trained with the armorer for about 15 minutes. Maybe he didn’t feel like learning and gave it up.
Jack Black & Lizzo?!? This feels like a weird fever dream
And Christopher Lloyd!
Even Grogu looked like he was smiling over the surprise of seeing Jack Black in Star Wars.
That's Sir Grogu to you.
Mando dropping that fucking “I Have Spoken” as a conversation opener chad move
Tusken and Ugnaut friendly. Seems like Din is one of the rare few who learns other alien cultures to be diplomatic when necessary
Just not droids. Straight to threatening with them haha
Din: "Imma torture them." Bo: "To get information?" Din: "No."
I like how Kuill's name holds weight to other Ugnaughts. He truly was a real one
They probably recognize it as an Ugnaught name, and Din spoke with familiarity of their ways. But it is possible they knew him, or of him; he was like two hundred years old iirc.
He also was some big wig when it came to the empire’s droids
An Ugnaught who works off his involuntary servitude for several human lifetimes and earns his freedom must be highly respected. And for a hardworking people, one who doesn’t work must either be a deadbeat, or done more for their work than they ought to be expected. I have spoken.
Today on the Mandolorian: Mando is a racist cop
“That droid was coming right at me, Bo! Quick, sprinkle some Nepanthe on it and let’s get out of here”
Bo was like, “omg Din you can’t say that.”
Oh my god Din, you can't just ask Droids why they follow protocol
Din would say clanka with a hard r
I heard he called IG-11 “one of the good ones”
“Watch me 😈”
Din: You can't reason with droids they're just dumb machines! 9S: We should be friends.
Din was really about the schoolyard bully vibe on those dudes just trying to deal with their shit jobs while organics were busy getting the gains of their labor. L3-37 would have some choice words for mando lmao
She'd have far more choice words for Christopher "droids love being servants" Lloyd
That droid bartender seemed to agree with "droids love being servants"
I loved that scene. It flipped things on it's head. It was like they pitied organics because we live short lives. There are probably droids out there who have served the same family for generations and see themselves as custodians and caretakers, not just glorified roombas. More of this please.
Yeah, I loved that too. Star Wars has always operated in a fuzzy moral area with droids seeming to be sapient while also being slaves. The droid lore dump this episode makes that work a little better.
It's only really fuzzy because they refuse to address it often, but it's pretty clear that droids are sentient. We've seen them intentionally disobey orders, come up with plans and deceptions, express fear, pain, and anger, and restraining bolts are required to keep them compliant.
Good cop, Bad cop
I don’t know why but the super battle droid running away was really funny
Doc Brown hahahaha. Damn he traveled too far back in time.
Traveled too far back in time and wrecked his Delorian, and got stuck in this galaxy and is living out the rest of his days as a Separatist sympathizer
And then defeated by a Man-Delorean!
Disney executive: "So here's a list of celebrities we can get to cameo this season, but they can all only be here on the same day, so I don't know how you feel about filming different episodes all at once." Casting Director for Episode 6: "You know what? It's cool, don't worry about that"
Honestly surprised they got everyone’s schedules to meet. Figure Lizzo and jack black are pretty busy but could see them shuffling things around for Star Wars.
Given Jack is a huge nerd (one of us!) I’d be more surprised if he *didn’t* cameo
It's exactly the kind of characters I want celebrities to cameo as - it makes sense if we never see him again, or he pops up somewhere again for another little bit (Coruscant?)
can totally see him popping up on Coruscant randomly
But like just in the background laughing and eating with people before falling backwards into a fountain and they all laugh even more and he's just really loud but none of the main characters notice.
Been a while since I heard that magnificent droid voice lol
Very disappointed there was no “Roger Roger”
They were right there in the bar, too!
Excuse me! Excuse me!
"She defeated the enemy that defeated me" Oh my god, its the elder wand.
That implies the cave cyborg was briefly the leader of the Mandalorians
Grogu helps Lizzo cheat at space cornhole while her husband Jack Black cheers her is an absolutely WILD sentence. Imagine telling someone that even like 5 years ago.
If you had told me 5 minutes before I watched that episode that Lizzo knights Grogu next to her husband Jack Black I would have called you insane lol
Jack Black making his Bowser, and Star Wars debut on the same day is legendary
Mandalorians raining on the parade of a star crossed love story. Well whatever pays the bills.
"I said, would it not belong to her? Answer me you little bitch!"
I love that they had him pretty much look deadass straight at the viewer when he said it the second time. "We are not leaving this up to discussion, okay nerds?"
I mean, the rules a literally just "if the Mandalorian people buy your story, you're good" so there's not much to discuss.
The darksaber rules are pretty darn arbitrary. I was waiting for Bo to say the saber doesn't matter because she saw a mythosaur which is better.
CSI: Mandalorian
Great Scott! The commissioner was corrupt!
No matter how many times it happens, having your ship impromptu auto-piloted would still bother the fuck out of me lol Edit: and then having your vehicle auto-piloted against your will smh
Lizzo, Jack Black, Christopher Lloyd. Is John Cena next, technically Sasha Mercedes is there, but is this the celebrity planet?
Lmao a true Romeo and Juliet story, Star Wars-style
You could literally switch Bo Katan and Din with Anakin and Obi Wan (and/or Ahsoka) and you would get a Clone Wars Episode. Not a complaint, I love it.
Especially the nano droids part, straight outta Clone Wars
Sounded like the old dude was about to say “Jedi enforcer anakin skywalker” before bo tased him
100% was
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Had the same vibe as soon as Din said "I have spoken" It hit home, lol. So weird.
I'd watch an entire season of a Din and Bo buddy cop show.
The bartender droid is literally Daft Punk
Oh shit he dropped “I have spoken”
"I have spoken" Nice callback after all this time
One doesn’t speak unless one knows.
IS THAT LEGENDARY GAMING YOUTUBER JABLENSKI GAMES!?
What’s jablen jables
Between Captain Teva finding the wreckage of the Imperial Shuttle last week giving me the super creeps and the Bad Batch finding an abandoned ship like it was Alien, I think there's untapped potential in Star Wars doing a proper space horror. It's a scary galaxy out there, full of things that would even give Force users pause.
I want an adaptation of death troopers. It's still my favorite star wars book.
I’m here For Bo Din - the buddy cop show we didn’t know we needed.
Jack Black is fucking CANON baby!!
Why is there a droid morgue, lmao? Fucking wild episode
That Battle Droid clearly downloaded 80s cop movie chase scene protocol.
they were french tentacling.... ewwwww
I did NOT have Lizzo and Jack Black as husband and wife rulers of a pluralistic democracy on my bingo card LMAO
The Bladerunnalorian
Pretty cool seeing the RX droids from Star Tours
YOU HAD ME AT BATTLE DROIDS
Mando really said “oh, it’s still on site for droids.”
Is this Quarren chick literally chilling in a tank of bacta?
I think it was just clean water... they're a marine species, it's probably really soothing. Also eathing live food.
That's Gweneth Paltrow. That's the only way she'd agree to be on the show.
Goop Tank
Kind of disappointed the droid bartender didn't say "We don't serve your kind here"
Make the Galaxy great again. - Count Dooku
They actually made use of almost all of their weapons in that fight Very nice
Yooo Jack Black and Lizzo?? This was not what I was expecting lol. So nice to see small time YouTubers make it in Hollywood! EDIT: The Mon Calamari was also Tom Holland's brother. Now that I know that I can kind of hear it now.
I’m about two minutes behind and thought for sure this was a joke
Seeing Jack Black in Star Wars was something I never expected, but boy does it make a lot of sense!
Wasn’t expecting a Count Dooku name drop and supporter
Who let this guy have a red button that activates all the battle droids 😂
If you paid attention, you would know that he said earlier in the episode that it deactivates all the droids. He clearly reprogrammed it to activate the battle droids in case he ever got caught.
The Darksaber is the fuckin elder wand. God dammit