‘The Mandalorian’ 3×01 Reiterates Key Season Points as Jon Favreau Messes His Timeline

Try to situate the viewers who have not seen “The Book of Boba Fett”, remember where each character is after the end of the second season that we saw more than two years ago, place the main cards of the new episodes and enjoy. ‘The Mandalorian’ didn’t have it easy for the start of its season 3, but it found its balance thanks to the action and, of course, an adorable Grogu as always.

Chapter 17 – “The Apostate” (“The Renagado”), spends its 38 minutes repeating some vital information for this new galactic adventure: Mando has to bathe in the living waters of Mandalore to get redemption after taking off his helmet, something forbidden among the Sons of the Guard, which is his Mandalorian faction. But said mission is considered impossible because for it Din Djarin would have access to the mines of his house, which were destroyed after the Great Purge, when the Empire devastated the planet in a genocide culminating in the Night of a Thousand Tears. Virtually all key points are mentioned through dialogueso Jon Favreau, who in addition to being a creator is the screenwriter of this 3×01, had to embrace the philosophy of Mary Poppins: with a little sugar that pill they give you will be better.

So while Mando explains the situation to Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), Grogu is playing with the Force, and just before we sit down with the Gunsmith (Emily Swallow) to reexamine what is the only option for Din to obtain forgiveness from his folks, we see a luscious action scene with a handful of Mandalorians pitting themselves against a huge creature. Favreau knows what he is doing when he bets on said alternation and he succeeds. Gogru is cute as ever and a couple of sequences in the purest ‘Star Wars’ style complete the magic. The one starring the Sons of the Guard is particularly noteworthy, not only for how amazing it is in the hands of the director of this episode, Rick Famuyiwa, but also because it serves to hint at how incredibly incredible it would be to see a gathering involving a generous group of Mandalorians.. The visual possibilities offered by his armor, equipped with a jet pack, make the moments of combat very tempting.

Papa Din teaching the ins and outs of his culture to Baby Yoda just before attacking his N-1 to escape the star pirates is also captivating, all the more so for the meteor chase that ends with Mando making the most of his starfighter. The thing is both sequences are as “Star Wars” as you can find in the saga, called action and creatures. The Anzellans, the race to which Babu Frik, character we saw in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ belongs, shine thanks to the point of recognition experienced by many viewers which, together with his interaction with Grogu, reminds us of an essential aspect of the franchise .

Also, this first episode of season 3 got the coconut Cara Dune out of the way. Without too many preambles and with a couple of script sentences, Favreau lets out that tAfter arresting Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), said Alderaan soldier was recruited by the special forces, which is why Karga tries to convince Mando to settle in Nevarro as the new marshal. So we said goodbye to a character who by the end of the second season had gained such prominence that rumors suggested that he would be the protagonist of his own series, “Rangers of the New Republic.” The offensive comments posted on her social networks by the actress who brought her to life put an end to the adventure of this warrior who, in principle, we would never see again. It had already been advanced by Dave Filoni, creative director of Lucasfilm, and Famuyiwa, executive producer of this season: Cara Cune does not have a leading role in the new chapters.

The returner is IG-11 in a logical commitment to his resurrection. From the point of view of Din’s dislike of droids, his insistence on bringing back the automaton voiced by Taika Waititi makes sense, but his end was so heroic and final that his return almost makes sense. of economy. . Naturally, beyond the correctness or otherwise of this creative decision, it must be taken into account contributes positively to Mando’s arc, becoming more connected to the central mission of the season. In this regard, just as IG-11 is at the base, meeting Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) cancels, because that redemption-focused Din suddenly changes his mind showing interest in joining the leader of a faction who not only has nothing dealing with the Sons of the Guard, he disowns them. It is at this moment that Favreau seems to get lost, something that comes as no surprise after the recent mess that has been made with the Mandalorian timeline.

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Jon Favreau has been giving a huge number of interviews ahead of the return of ‘The Mandalorian’, a tour of several countries that culminated in a final round of carpet questions and answers at the series’ third season premiere. So it’s no surprise that this director is danced by dates, which has sparked a heated debate on social networks. The source of the confusion is none other than Favreau himself in statements to the Skytalkers podcast, a promotional opportunity where he neither short nor lazy released that Grogu spent two years training with Luke Skywalker.

“[Grogu] he is definitely someone who has spent time in both worlds. We know he has a past in the Jedi Temple because we’ve seen it in flashbacks, and then we know he was rescued and spent many years with Mando. Then he got back with Luke, and now we’ve been separated from him for two years because he was there training”. The galactic garden Favreau suddenly finds himself in is comical because it is clearly the result of exhaustion: wanting to refer to one thing and ending up alluding to another. But the Internet is unforgiving and the wrong meaning of his words soon transcended, driving some ‘Star Wars’ followers crazy who didn’t understand anything.

Jon Favreau clarifies how much time Luke and Grogu spent together between seasons 2 and 3 of #TheMandalorian. https://t.co/4KvXkzSHQa pic.twitter.com/JBi5HdwKEO

? Variety (@Variety) March 1, 2023

Within hours of Troy getting burned over such a temporal transgression, Favreau attempted to make the matter clear in an even more accidentally hilarious way.. “It’s about the real time that we lived. So when they said goodbye at the end of the second season, we joined ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ like a year ago, a series where they were separated but then get back together [Grogu y Mando]. So it was between 0 and 2 years”he says in statements to Variety, referring to the time shared by Luke Skywalker and Grogu.

Seeing how clear the creator of the series seems to have it, it is better to stay on the basic concepts: ‘The Mandalorian’ takes place 5 years after ‘Return of the Jedi’, between the original trilogy and the sequels, starting with “The Force Awakens”. This is why Favreau himself constantly reiterates that they have a 30-year period to put in not only Mandalorian adventures, but other series like ‘Skeleton Crew’ or ‘Ahsoka’.

* ‘The Mandalorian’ premieres a new episode every Wednesday on Disney+, so 3×02 will be available on March 8th.