“The Mandalorian”: everything you need to remember and key points for the third season

On March 1, the third season of “The Mandalorian” debuts on Disney+, a space western that follows the adventures of Mando (Pedro Pascal) and the lovable Grogu, popularly known as Baby Yoda. More than two years have passed since the release of the second season and a certain project of this important fictional universe has been released to continue the story of the duo, so From eCartelera we compile everything you need to know and remember so that the beginning of the third installment does not take you by surprise.

How did the second season end?

In the season 2 finale of ‘The Mandalorian’, Mando saves Grogu from the evil Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), who had kidnapped him. However, this rescue means the separation between father and son, because after a heartbreaking scene in which the Mandalorian takes off his helmet to say goodbye to Grogu, the little boy left with Luke Skywalker himself to be trained in the Force. Another of the key moments at the end of “The Mandalorian” for the beginning of the third season is that Mando, after defeating Gideon in combat, is the new owner of the Dark Saber. This has a number of important consequences for the future of Din Djarin and his planet, Mandalore.

The meeting between Mando and Grogu

Let’s delve into “The Book of Boba Fett”, a crucial project to understand the beginning of the new season of “The Mandalorian”, but which perhaps not all viewers have seen. In the last three episodes of ‘Boba Fett’ a storyline is born starring Mando, Grogu, Ashoka and Luke which directly affects the third season of ‘The Mandalorian’.

It’s in “The Book of Boba Fett” that we’re shown how Mando and Grogu meet again and are reunited, thus reuniting their destiny. In 1×05 of this series, the Mandalorian visits the armorer, who is angry with him because the character of Pascal took off his helmet and showed his face in public, which is forbidden according to the culture of both. After a good beating from the armourer, he explains that to make amends Mando must make a pilgrimage to Mandalore, his homeworld, but decides that rather than ask his race for forgiveness, she is in a hurry to find out how Grogu is . And for this, in “The Book of Boba Fett” 1×06, he heads to the planet where Luke trains Baby Yoda. There he meets Ashoka, who tells him that he can’t see his baby because it would negatively affect his training, which itself isn’t going very well. Mando agrees not to see him, but in exchange leaves Ashoka a gift for him forged by the armorer: a mini beskar armor. Luke, aware that Grogu is missing the person who protected him from so many dangers, offers Baby Yoda two options: baton with beskar armor or a lightsaber, but before making him understand that, if he chooses the first, he would abandon the path of the Force indefinitely to live with Mando. Conversely, if he decides for the saber he would not see the Mandalorian again, but would be Luke Skywalker’s first Padawan and would become a powerful Jedi Knight.

To the delight of most Star Wars fans, in 1×07 and the last chapter of ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, Grogu decides to return to Mando and, in the midst of a huge pitched battle on Tatooine, they meet. After the conflict, in which Baby Yoda himself participates by making a huge beast sleep, both characters leave Tatooine and set off on an adventure across a galaxy far, far away.

Bo-Katan and the Dark Saber

Looking ahead to season 3, one must also take into account one of the great consequences of Mando being the wielder of the legendary Dark Saber. Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff), a Mandalorian we met in Season 2, is angry at the destruction of her home, Mandalore, and blames the tragedy on the Sons of the Guard, a fanatical Mandalorian cult who she says allowed the Empire to destroy the planet. The fact that Mando, a member of a group spun off from the Guard, is the new owner of the Dark Saber puts him in Bo-Katan’s sights. This saber has special significance for Mandalore, as it was created by a Jedi member who was the planet’s ruler for a time. Traditionally, the Darksaber wielder is the true leader of Mandalore, so currently that position should be held by Mando, but he has no interest. Conversely, Bo-Katan has it and believes he must possess the saber to unite all of Mandalore. Our protagonist can’t just give it to him, One can be worthy of this saber only by defeating its owner in real combat. It’s very likely that we’ll see how that front plays out in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3.

Visit to Mandalore

As we’ve seen in the trailers, Mando is heading to the remains of Mandalore, a planet we’ve already visited in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” but it’s the first time we’ll do it in real action. The main reason Din Djarin travels to Mandalore is, as they explain in “The Book of Boba Fett” 1×05, make it up to his own and stop being a renegade, since he is no longer considered a Mandalorian for having committed the grave sin of taking off his helmet and revealing his face. The only way to redeem himself is to bathe in the living waters of the mines of Mandalore, a feat that will not be easy considering that the planet is in ruins.

Also, in this world we will meet various Mandalorians, from those who defend the beliefs of the Sons of the Guard to members of the Night Owls of Bo-Katan. Historically, the two factions have clashed and hated each other.Knowing that one blames the other for the destruction of the planet gives us an idea of ​​how tense things are. Between the dispute that can arise between the two parties, added to the fact that Mando should occupy the position of leader of the planet, also a goal of Bo-KatanEverything indicates that Mandalore will be the protagonist of several conflicts in the third season of ‘The Mandalorian’.

The fate of Cara Dune

One of the most important supporting characters in “The Mandalorian” is Cara Dune, a soldier from Alderaan played by Gina Carano. The character had a great weight in the resolution of the final conflict of the second season of ‘The Mandalorian’, where he teamed up with other galactic warriors like Bo-Katan and Fennec to help save Grogu. Also, although she hasn’t become official, the ‘Star Wars’ offices’ trust in Cara Dune was so great that rumors suggested she would be the star of ‘Rangers of the New Republic’, one of the spin-offs of the franchise. However, caused by a publication on social networks that is offensive to certain cultural and religious identities Lucasfilm will not rehire her to play the character, leaving the role with an uncertain fate.

Regardless of what happens with Cara Dune, From eCartelera we can confirm that we will have an answer to the future of the character in the third season of “The Mandalorian”. In an interview with Jon Favreau, co-creator of the series together with Dave Filoni, the director assured us that this question will be resolved in the third season: “We’ve dealt with that on the show, so I don’t want to spoil anything.”

Order 66

One of the key moments in the history of the “Star Wars” universe is Order 66, a command issued by Chancellor Palpatine that resulted in the annihilation of most of the Jedi in the galaxy. But, as we’ve been shown throughout the saga, more than one Force-sensitive being has escaped extermination, including Grogu. But this creature was a baby (even older) when Order 66 was carried out, so how did it survive? In ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, with the help of Luke, Grogu unlocks the memory of that historic event and some scenes from the teases of the new season of “The Mandalorian” seem to reveal that we will revisit these memories. Will we find out how Baby Yoda survived this massacre unscathed? Who saved him? Season 3 might answer our questions.

cloning continues

Part of the danger Mando will face appears to be related to Dr. Pershing (Omid Abtahi), a scientist working for the Empire. As we saw in ‘Star Wars: The Bad Shipment’ and previous seasons of ‘The Mandalorian’, Imperial cloning operations have become a popular clandestine project. The development of this front, which is the protagonist in more than one moment in the trailers of the new season, could be important not only in the third chapter of “The Mandalorian”, but also in the future of the saga in general..

In the first season of “The Mandalorian”, before being saved by Mando, it is revealed that Dr. Pershing, following the orders of the Empire, wanted to experiment on Grogu, a Force-sensitive being, to fulfill a mission related to this gift. . From 2×04 onwards, we discovered that at the time they were extracting blood very rich in midichlorians (more midichlorians, more sensitive to the Force) to give transfusions to test subjects. However, the experiments were unsuccessful, and in addition, the Empire is running out of blood, which is why they want to kidnap Grogu, a being with blood with a high concentration of midichlorians. This underscored that the Empire is conducting an investigation, still unclear in what exact direction, related to the Force. While it’s official, there were two possibilities in his time as to what the Empire is doing that has gained a lot of strength. One such and very sensible one is that, with these experiments, the Empire seeks to make beings of non-Force-sensitive birth sentient. Recall that Finn (John Boyega), a character we met in the most recent Star Wars film trilogy (set 25 years after the events of “The Mandalorian”) was a Force-sensitive Imperial soldier.

Whatever the plans of the Empire, in the trailers of the third season of “The Mandalorian” we see Dr. Pershing againwhich makes us think we might know more about the purpose of these experiments.

Disney+ reminds us what’s important

In addition to the answer to the future of Cara Dune, Speaking with eCartelera, Favreau confirmed that Disney+ will be releasing content on the streaming platform to update audiences easily: “We’ll leave some catch-up videos on Disney+ so no one gets lost in case they don’t want to do their own research and we’ll point out which episodes you need to watch if you want to get all the info… So I hope everyone is able to continue the series “.

To get an idea, even if we still don’t know exactly what these videos will look like They may be similar to ‘Legends of Marvel Studios’ episodes, chapters focusing on different characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe that aim to remind the audience of their career at the MCU in view of the new releases in which they are protagonists. Thus, people who have not seen ‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’, for example, can fully understand Wanda’s motivations in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ if they watch the ‘Legends’ episode dedicated to her. It wouldn’t be strange if the “Star Wars” videos Favreau talks about were similar in style and served the same function.

* “The Mandalorian” premieres a new episode of its third season every Wednesday starting at March 1 on Disney+.