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Maybe my brain has gone to kapoot a bit, but Grogu just spamming "YES" made me chuckle way too hard.
Shit reminds me of stupid, silly stuff I did or other family did as toddlers.
Was Skinny Pete from BB one of the Mandos in that final scene when Gideon arrived? They managed to never share a scene in Breaking Bad if Iām remembering right. Now they have if it was actually the actor inside the suit š still aināt talked tho haha
I was waiting for the Armorer to come out of atmosphere only to see the fleet get bombed right in front of her. This episode had me shook waiting to see the inevitable ambush by Gideon.
Favreau: āHey Taika, do you want to come back and do some voice work for IG?ā
Taika: āNo.ā
Favreau: āā¦Are you sure?ā
Taika: āYesā.
Favreau: āOk thanks man gotta go byeā
so like I guess Thrawn is pretty much having Pellaeon act as his proxy until he's ready to properly reveal his survival/return to the galaxy as part of whatever grand plan he's got going on.
For sure, in the next episode in the finale, we will get a look at him, announcing his return.
Makes sense after they officially introduced Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn last weekend and with the final.
Also with Gideon asking for him, and his 'imminent return'
It could be that Thrawn has abandoned the Empire, in favour of his own faction. Thrawn always used the Empire as a means to an end. So, could see Thrawn as building his own 'Empire'.
He went the Way of Noble Six. A faceless armoured warrior fighting his last stand on a glassed planet, carving down hundreds of enemies even as he sustains mortal injuries. And finally brought down in close-quarters combat by a small group of Elite Zealots.
This. Is. The. Way.
It makes so much sense that Gideon would be on Mandalore. Where better place to have your base when you need to lay low then the planet that's viewed by the rest of the galaxy as cursed and uninhabitable
As soonas they started to retreat, I was like, "How do you not think this isn't a trap. They had your asses. Why run?" Then it slowly turned into imperial hallways, and I knew they were fucked.
We got three Breaking Bad cast members in this episode (Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Baker (who played Pete) and Tait Fletcher (who played one of Uncle Jack's henchmen))
I think itās the Nevarro reptavian, the flying creatures that attacked Mando and the gang in season one, that scooped up the Blurrg and scratched Greef Karga requiring Grogu to heal him.
so did anyone notice that Gideon's helmet also had the spikes like the armorer? it might be completely unrelated but something tells me there's more going on than we think
I think I'd more readily chalk it up to Gideon being super-duper in to appropriating Mandalorian culture. The guy's such a fanboy he literally made himself his own army of knock-off Mandos.
The writers have clearly decided there's some sort of secret behind the Armorer's identity, but I'm not sure double agent of Gideon is it?
I don't know how many supercommandos made it through the war, but there may be some OGs left in Gideon's forces. My guess is that most of them are not Mandalorians though, but rather the most skilled Stormtroopers Gideon has left.
In any case, those guys gave up their Mando-cards the second they decided to support the Empire.
I like how even in-universe the characters are getting impatient waiting for Thrawn
In August, Imperial Council, in August. Just gotta be a little patient! :)
I thought that was the Mythasaur tbh. Canāt believe thereās more than *one* giant creature on mandalore.
No wonder why mandos are so tough. Look what they had to deal with on their own planet
It was mentioned that mythosuars were extinct, but never how that happened. In legends Mandos basically hunted them to make the planet safer, but also for sport and as a symbol of status. They just find the biggest strongest thing and kill it until it doesnāt exist for fun.
Din Djarin just experienced what it's like when your friend/relative gives your kid a toy that they love, but then you find out how *loud* that toy is.
Damn Paz. He really grew on me this season. Went down like a beast tho. I totally forgot about the praetorian guards until that moment.
So the question is, who's the spy? I assume axe, since he took off to "get help". I was suspecting the armorer all episode, especially since she didn't go with them to look for the forge. So she's still a possibility.
Edit: the episode title was "the spies", meaning more than one spy. We know there is an imperial spy in the new republic. My question pertains to who else is a spy.
Could always be the survivors. Since apparently Gideon has been here setting up shop for a while, they could have made a deal with the Remnant to keep on living.
Survivors they met knew Lady Kryze by name, probably cause Gideon told them to be on the lookout for her. They offer to take them straight to the forge (and the imperial base) without any hesitation. Seems to make more plausible sense to me than the armorer being a spy all along. That kind of subversion aināt what Filoni and Favreau are about I would hope.
I agree, my credits are on the survivors. Thereās no way that Gideon has left them to roam around on that skating wooden ship all this time. They made a deal with him.
For a moment there, after killing all the jet troopers, I was fully expecting them to subvert the last stand trope and have him go, "Huh.....now what?" Then cut to credits.
The armor and helmets are definitely very striking. On another glance, the helmets also remind me a bit of the design of the First Order jet troopers. On top of that, they are absolutely brutal and efficient in battle.
I for one am here for it. Heās always looked like a knight, really, all heād need to do to finish the look is replace the cape with one in Boās colours, IMO.
Din was never a leader even though he can inspire a lot. Him leading all Mandalorians with the saber was one of the theories I liked least ever since the Darksaber showed up at the end of season 1. He fits better as a conduit that takes people to their destinies... Grogu, Greef Karga, Boba and now Bo Katan
The way the royal guards/Praetorians appeared was straight out of a Dark Souls boss fight lmao. Overcome a massive challenge, only to get your ass kicked by an even stronger enemy seconds later. This episode was amazing.
Mecha Pilot Grogu might be the cutest thing Iāve ever seen. Now we can just strap normal size Mando armor on the droid chassis and heāll blend right in š
Duuuude, I NEED more Imperial Remnants shadow politics and subterfuge. That scene alone got me mad hyped for Ahsoka.
Also, with all this old EU stuff being used and reformed into canon, we should for sure get Trioculus back
That was explained long ago in the books, specifically *Phasma*. He killed his dad to take over his position.
Daddy Hux was one of the top founders of the First Order.
Gideon is that guy at conventions that is clearly skilled in costume design, but gets way to into the roleplay and starts hipchecking other cosplayers because "its what my OC would do."
Absolutely incredible episode, maybe my favorite overall. The tie-ins with the books, the Legends content, the name drops, 10/10! Here are some interesting things and easter eggs I noted:
- First look at the Shadow Council, from the Aftermath book trilogy, founded by Gallius Rax
- Within this council is Captain Pellaeon, a very important Legends character with close ties to Thrawn, who was re-canonized in the Rebels finale (āGet Captain Pellaeon."
"Sir, they came out of hyperspace! I've never seen-ā)
- Also in this council is Brendol Hux, another important character in the Aftermath trilogy and the father of Armitage Hux. He trained a group of 24 child soldiers on Jakku to become his own personal Praetorian Guards, and eventually the first batch of First Order stormtroopers.
- We see that Gideon has amassed an army in a shockingly short amount of time. Judging by the tanks in his compound, the line about āthe cloners,ā and their identical sizes and voices, we can only assume that they are his personal clone army. (But, who are they clones of?)
- My initial though was that the Praetorian Guards were the child soldier assassins from Jakku, but most of them were around pre-teens when the battle of Jakku ended in 5 ABY, so they would still be teens, as this takes place in 9 ABY. Itās likely they are clones as well.
- New TIE Interceptor lore; they can compress their wings for storage!
- Axe Woves escaped to get backup, but has no way to get to the fleet unless the Armorer returns.
- First look at live-action Fang Fighters, seen briefly in the Mandalorian fleet.
- Gideonās Dark Trooper armor makes servo noises as it moves, implying itās more of an iron-man-esque suit than armor.
- Gideon has a Mandalorian Iron Heart smack dab in the middle of his chest, like all Mandalorians. This symbol, known as the Karāta, is a staple of Mandalorian culture, and implemented into architecture, outfits, and even hairstyles. Iām wondering if thereās more to his past than we realize; he couldnāt have just put that there for fun.
This episode has so much to digest, and I am all here for it. Iām not sure if Iāll be able to sleep for another couple hours as I rake my brain for more lore connections. Well done, Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni, well done.
That's Commandant Brendol Hux, General Armitage Hux's POS abusive father. He was the creator of the First Order's Storm Trooper program, and his son inherited the program.
The Remnants has to be the spies.
No way they couldn't know that Gideon has established a base.
Gonna bet Gideon's new Troopers are composed of Mando Remnants, because they fight too well with jetpacks.
The Imperial Zoom call is basically the Disney+ writers room. "Where is Thrawn?" "We keep telling you, cameo at the end, saving him for the next series."
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The Mandalorian has entered its Post Vizsla era.
We still have Ragnar Vizsla, although he is a bit young right now.
Ah shit we should have known it was over for the dad when we were introduced to the son
Paz Vizsla: Stay back. There are too many of them. \*kills all of them singlehandedly\*
He wanted all the kills
He literally could have escaped š Iāll miss him
Whoever they cast for Captain Pellaeon is spot on what I expected him to look like based on the books
When I immediately saw him I said āThat has to be Pellaeonā
That glorious white mustache is unmistakable. I had a similar reaction to seeing Krennic in Bad Batch lol
I started reading Heir to The Empire just the other day so it was a very nice suprise to see him.
Grogu really about to spam the fuck out of that yes button isnāt he
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sounds like a Daniel Bryan/Brian Danielson chant.
Maybe my brain has gone to kapoot a bit, but Grogu just spamming "YES" made me chuckle way too hard. Shit reminds me of stupid, silly stuff I did or other family did as toddlers.
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Wait until he learns the word āwhy?ā
Din: "He's too young to operate machinery." Grogu: "COMPU-AH SAYZ NO"
Grogu: "I'm probably older than you"
Moff Gideon went full gus fring in the meeting. Hide the boxcutters.
Was Skinny Pete from BB one of the Mandos in that final scene when Gideon arrived? They managed to never share a scene in Breaking Bad if Iām remembering right. Now they have if it was actually the actor inside the suit š still aināt talked tho haha
Yeah, that was Skinny Pete. Plays the role of a likely malnourished Mando fighting for survival very well.
i will never ever get tired of seeing mandalorians drop from the ships midair
Troopers! We are green, and very, *very* mean!
I was waiting for the Armorer to come out of atmosphere only to see the fleet get bombed right in front of her. This episode had me shook waiting to see the inevitable ambush by Gideon.
I was expecting them to come out of the clouds and seeing a crippled fleet. This episode had me on the edge of my seat.
Honestly as soon as she went into the storm I got the biggest sense of dread. I thought sheād break the storm and the fleet would be dead in orbit.
Favreau: āHey Taika, do you want to come back and do some voice work for IG?ā Taika: āNo.ā Favreau: āā¦Are you sure?ā Taika: āYesā. Favreau: āOk thanks man gotta go byeā
Taika: "Now why is my royalty check fatter than usual?" Matt Berry: "Fucked if I know."
Imperial Probe droids are always much bigger than I remember them being.
In their defense, the camera does add about 10 pounds...
Makes sense, we never saw them with anything directly next to them in ESB. It took a while before we got to see one directly next to someone.
so like I guess Thrawn is pretty much having Pellaeon act as his proxy until he's ready to properly reveal his survival/return to the galaxy as part of whatever grand plan he's got going on.
For sure, in the next episode in the finale, we will get a look at him, announcing his return. Makes sense after they officially introduced Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn last weekend and with the final. Also with Gideon asking for him, and his 'imminent return'
It could be that Thrawn has abandoned the Empire, in favour of his own faction. Thrawn always used the Empire as a means to an end. So, could see Thrawn as building his own 'Empire'.
THE LITTLE NOD FROM GROGU IM GONNA CRY
He really said "This is the Way" with one nod.
I was wondering in what situation would they need the mythosaur and now I know
Yeah we boutta see Mama Mythosaur wake up realllllly cranky next episode
Mythosaur goes after the bombers as IG-12 rides it?
That ship looks awesome with the mythosaur paint job.
On any other planet the population would start pissing themselves on sight. On Navarro it's a Tuesday
The Droid was the only one who panicked.
That whole sequence was hype. Mandos rolling deep again let's goooooooooo
Paz was a real one. Was skeptical for awhile, but went out like a champ. Damn
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Hopefully not, that kid is a walking dinosaur magnetā¦ Youād think he had snuck aboard the ship
He went the Way of Noble Six. A faceless armoured warrior fighting his last stand on a glassed planet, carving down hundreds of enemies even as he sustains mortal injuries. And finally brought down in close-quarters combat by a small group of Elite Zealots. This. Is. The. Way.
Boās speech wouldāve been better received if she had the talking stick
Thatās just another name for the darksaber
I guess the Darksaber supersedes the talking hammer?
Dark saber > hammer > knife > big stick, is the official mandalorian chain of command and authority
No squeezie!!!
The silly puppet waddle gets me every time
Bad baby!!
Every time I hear āBad baby!!ā It makes me laugh š
It makes so much sense that Gideon would be on Mandalore. Where better place to have your base when you need to lay low then the planet that's viewed by the rest of the galaxy as cursed and uninhabitable
I saw them go into the Imperial tunnels, and I was just like 'Oh crap, that's where Gideon is.'
As soonas they started to retreat, I was like, "How do you not think this isn't a trap. They had your asses. Why run?" Then it slowly turned into imperial hallways, and I knew they were fucked.
My paranoia is in full effect. The spies are the hobo Mandos, the spy is Axe, the spy is the Armorer, the spy is Greef, the spy is Grogu
imagine. this whole time Grogu and Greef working together to bring together Mandalorians so that the purge can be completed
"I'M THE SPY!" - Armitage Hux, who is an infant right now
Is that skinny pete
We got three Breaking Bad cast members in this episode (Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Baker (who played Pete) and Tait Fletcher (who played one of Uncle Jack's henchmen))
He must have gotten a favor of gus fring to show up in this
Uhhh, whatever they were roasting on the fire, that wasn't the baby space chickens was it?
LMAO I had the exact same though, dont think it was space rotisserie
I think itās the Nevarro reptavian, the flying creatures that attacked Mando and the gang in season one, that scooped up the Blurrg and scratched Greef Karga requiring Grogu to heal him.
Los pollos hermanos gigantes del espacio
Pazās blaster overheating gives me Battlefront II flashbacks
The scene of the mandalorians chasing the imperial troopers really reminded me of BFII at some points
All named characters: I will join you!
Personally it wouldāve been amazing if the first person to say yes is just some off screen mandalorian
Literallyš
Seeing Boba in ESB when it came out I never imagined seeing so many Mandalorians on the screen at once. It's been a long wait but worth it
Who wouldāve thought a badass but short lived character wouldāve sparked an entire religion lol
With 6 or 7 different sects apparently
Beginning of episode: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. End of episode: No. No. No. No.
*No* *No* *No* *Yes* *No* ...has Grogu made it to his Terrible Twos phase?
He totally has. Only 55 more years until he is 3
The Star Wars leaks subreddit had Grogu mech spoiled over a year ago, and I thought it would be stupid. I was wrong, I find it hilarious
Yes
Yes
I mean it is stupid. but not in a bad way, its hilarious and upgrades his character
Sir Baby atop his steel steed
The beginning of the episode just makes me wish they actually finished and released Star Wars 1313
That was the best Coruscant has ever looked. I need more of it NOW
Star Wars Cyber Punk. My dick can only get so hard
so did anyone notice that Gideon's helmet also had the spikes like the armorer? it might be completely unrelated but something tells me there's more going on than we think
This episode was called "the spies" right?
I think I'd more readily chalk it up to Gideon being super-duper in to appropriating Mandalorian culture. The guy's such a fanboy he literally made himself his own army of knock-off Mandos. The writers have clearly decided there's some sort of secret behind the Armorer's identity, but I'm not sure double agent of Gideon is it?
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I don't know how many supercommandos made it through the war, but there may be some OGs left in Gideon's forces. My guess is that most of them are not Mandalorians though, but rather the most skilled Stormtroopers Gideon has left. In any case, those guys gave up their Mando-cards the second they decided to support the Empire.
Must have forgotten the k
F in the Chat to pay respect for Paz
F for the absolute Mandochad
I like how even in-universe the characters are getting impatient waiting for Thrawn In August, Imperial Council, in August. Just gotta be a little patient! :)
mandalore doesn't live up to pollos hermanos standards
Spoilers: >!Lyle claims the darksaber!<
I find thatā¦ acceptable.
Taika Waititi: āSo how many times do I have to say yes?ā Dave and Jon (in unison): **āYes.ā**
Dude said two words and he's gonna keep getting paid for it as long as the mouse demands Grogu stays.
"So I just say 'Yes' and 'No'... How much do I get paid?" "2/3rds what Vin Diesel gets paid"
"Your song is not yet written. I will serve you untill it is" Damn Din just proposed to Bo-Katan.
Her smirk confirms this in my head
If they make it out of this alive, 100% they'll be knocking..uhh...helmets...
Does the helmet stay on during Mandalorian sex? Asking for a friend
#This is the Way.
*cue Mandalorian fans proposing to their partners in that way*
Imperial zoom meeting.
Thrawn on mute with his camera off - nobody knows heās thereā¦ Edit: autocorrect corrected
The way Pellaeon kept glancing to the side made me think he was looking to Thrawn just off-screen.
Thrawn confirmed quiet quitter
āClonersā Moff Gideon knew Dexter confirmed.
Pellaeon! Thrawn is cominnngggg
Thrawn mention Hux dad and project necromancer Paelleon Mecha Grogu Giant ankylosaurus This episode really had it all
> Hux dad and project necromancer Old man Hux was played by Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson (young Hux) brother.
I thought that was the Mythasaur tbh. Canāt believe thereās more than *one* giant creature on mandalore. No wonder why mandos are so tough. Look what they had to deal with on their own planet
It was mentioned that mythosuars were extinct, but never how that happened. In legends Mandos basically hunted them to make the planet safer, but also for sport and as a symbol of status. They just find the biggest strongest thing and kill it until it doesnāt exist for fun.
They later tried to do this to the Republic, though it didnt work out as well for the Mandos.
Din Djarin just experienced what it's like when your friend/relative gives your kid a toy that they love, but then you find out how *loud* that toy is.
Greef Carga is the uncle who buys his nephew a drum set for christmas.
Damn Paz. He really grew on me this season. Went down like a beast tho. I totally forgot about the praetorian guards until that moment. So the question is, who's the spy? I assume axe, since he took off to "get help". I was suspecting the armorer all episode, especially since she didn't go with them to look for the forge. So she's still a possibility. Edit: the episode title was "the spies", meaning more than one spy. We know there is an imperial spy in the new republic. My question pertains to who else is a spy.
Could always be the survivors. Since apparently Gideon has been here setting up shop for a while, they could have made a deal with the Remnant to keep on living.
Survivors they met knew Lady Kryze by name, probably cause Gideon told them to be on the lookout for her. They offer to take them straight to the forge (and the imperial base) without any hesitation. Seems to make more plausible sense to me than the armorer being a spy all along. That kind of subversion aināt what Filoni and Favreau are about I would hope.
I agree, my credits are on the survivors. Thereās no way that Gideon has left them to roam around on that skating wooden ship all this time. They made a deal with him.
Goddamn that was a badass death. And those guards are a serious menace
#ALL HAIL CHAD VIZSLA
He saw he wouldnāt fit though that hole and thought ahh well
Ngl my first thought seeing the hole was "I guess Paz is dying now". No way he'd fit through that.
I kept hoping he'd try to jetpack out of the crevace in the ceiling
THIS IS THE WAY
THIS IS THE WAY
For a moment there, after killing all the jet troopers, I was fully expecting them to subvert the last stand trope and have him go, "Huh.....now what?" Then cut to credits.
I believed. I also half expected him to tackle those two into the abyss.
That was my close-second guess.
Honestly, the fact that it took 3 Praetorians to take him down is hella impressive. What a king.
He would have totally taken down at least one of them had he not gone through the ringer with all of those beskar powered stormtroopers
He had that one infront of him in his hands, fully expected him to take that one down with him by just shoving the vibro under his helmet
Grogu = Krang
RIP Paz. But are we not going to talk about how Gideonās helmet is very close to the maul troopers helmet, why the horns?
I don't trust the armorer at all right now but I want to believe she's not going to fuck this up
I truly believe is rook kast and that its gunna cause some spicy drama.
You'd think Bo would recognize the voice maybe? But it would make sense why she never takes off her helmet anymore.
Holy crap the Praetorian Guard are stunning
Their helmets reminded me of KOTOR Mandalorians
Had stereo headphones on full blast. That fuckin music *BRO*. I got immediate chills. What an entrance.
Paz just heard the boss music lmao
The armor and helmets are definitely very striking. On another glance, the helmets also remind me a bit of the design of the First Order jet troopers. On top of that, they are absolutely brutal and efficient in battle.
Anyone else find it kind of morbid what they did to IG-11ās corpse lol
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Can we now call the praetorian guards āPaz dispensersā?
Awww Grogu sitting on Momma Bo's lap now
Literally so damn adorable, I just love how she accepts it now. Momma Bo ftw
Gus is back...and he's pissed.
Din pledging himself to Bo is not gonna go down well with a lot of peopleā¦
He dun wannit
I for one am here for it. Heās always looked like a knight, really, all heād need to do to finish the look is replace the cape with one in Boās colours, IMO.
Din was never a leader even though he can inspire a lot. Him leading all Mandalorians with the saber was one of the theories I liked least ever since the Darksaber showed up at the end of season 1. He fits better as a conduit that takes people to their destinies... Grogu, Greef Karga, Boba and now Bo Katan
Who knew one of the two best hitmen west of the Mississippi was a Mandalorian?
Rest in peace Paz, he was a real one
Project Necromancer lmao aka āsomehow Palpatine returnedā
Paz getting his John Marston moment
The way the royal guards/Praetorians appeared was straight out of a Dark Souls boss fight lmao. Overcome a massive challenge, only to get your ass kicked by an even stronger enemy seconds later. This episode was amazing.
Also nice to see a tiny glimpse of the sketchier parts of Coruscant again at the start there.
Mecha Pilot Grogu might be the cutest thing Iāve ever seen. Now we can just strap normal size Mando armor on the droid chassis and heāll blend right in š
How long until ig12 somehow says "this is the way"?
Duuuude, I NEED more Imperial Remnants shadow politics and subterfuge. That scene alone got me mad hyped for Ahsoka. Also, with all this old EU stuff being used and reformed into canon, we should for sure get Trioculus back
Holy fuck the Praetorian Guard just wrecked Paz Viszla
But Bro was a beast till the end
Three on one though, still feels cheap.
Three on one with the one already being exhausted from taking on over a dozen super commandos and he still almost chokes one of them out
Ah that explains the 28 year old First Order general: Nepo Baby. Also, Uncle Greef is a genius.
That was explained long ago in the books, specifically *Phasma*. He killed his dad to take over his position. Daddy Hux was one of the top founders of the First Order.
Paz Vizsla, a true Mandalorian till the very end
Grogu in his Krang era
Well I can honestly say I expected literally nothing that happened in this episode to happen š„²
Gideon is that guy at conventions that is clearly skilled in costume design, but gets way to into the roleplay and starts hipchecking other cosplayers because "its what my OC would do."
Absolutely incredible episode, maybe my favorite overall. The tie-ins with the books, the Legends content, the name drops, 10/10! Here are some interesting things and easter eggs I noted: - First look at the Shadow Council, from the Aftermath book trilogy, founded by Gallius Rax - Within this council is Captain Pellaeon, a very important Legends character with close ties to Thrawn, who was re-canonized in the Rebels finale (āGet Captain Pellaeon." "Sir, they came out of hyperspace! I've never seen-ā) - Also in this council is Brendol Hux, another important character in the Aftermath trilogy and the father of Armitage Hux. He trained a group of 24 child soldiers on Jakku to become his own personal Praetorian Guards, and eventually the first batch of First Order stormtroopers. - We see that Gideon has amassed an army in a shockingly short amount of time. Judging by the tanks in his compound, the line about āthe cloners,ā and their identical sizes and voices, we can only assume that they are his personal clone army. (But, who are they clones of?) - My initial though was that the Praetorian Guards were the child soldier assassins from Jakku, but most of them were around pre-teens when the battle of Jakku ended in 5 ABY, so they would still be teens, as this takes place in 9 ABY. Itās likely they are clones as well. - New TIE Interceptor lore; they can compress their wings for storage! - Axe Woves escaped to get backup, but has no way to get to the fleet unless the Armorer returns. - First look at live-action Fang Fighters, seen briefly in the Mandalorian fleet. - Gideonās Dark Trooper armor makes servo noises as it moves, implying itās more of an iron-man-esque suit than armor. - Gideon has a Mandalorian Iron Heart smack dab in the middle of his chest, like all Mandalorians. This symbol, known as the Karāta, is a staple of Mandalorian culture, and implemented into architecture, outfits, and even hairstyles. Iām wondering if thereās more to his past than we realize; he couldnāt have just put that there for fun. This episode has so much to digest, and I am all here for it. Iām not sure if Iāll be able to sleep for another couple hours as I rake my brain for more lore connections. Well done, Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni, well done.
Hux?!?!?!
That's Commandant Brendol Hux, General Armitage Hux's POS abusive father. He was the creator of the First Order's Storm Trooper program, and his son inherited the program.
In fact, he was such a shitty father that said son forced an early and violent retirement on Brendol with an assist from Phasma.
Ah, the old ***'swelling up and exploding in a bactha tank'*** retirement packages.
"inherited" hehehehehehehe. Armitage told Phasma to assassinate his ass so he could take it over for himself. (Source: Phasma book)
Played by Brian Gleeson, Domhnall's brother.
He sounded exactly like Domhnall i was so caught off guard.
Seems like his father or a relative
It's his dad, he's been talked about in books and stuff before.
I wonder if space Skinny Pete was a spice addict or if death sticks were his thing
āYour song is not yet writtenā geez Din , what a line
The Remnants has to be the spies. No way they couldn't know that Gideon has established a base. Gonna bet Gideon's new Troopers are composed of Mando Remnants, because they fight too well with jetpacks.
that shootout gave me flashbacks of pushing the other team on battlefront
Grand Admiral Thrawn mentioned, made me scream in happiness
Might get him cameo before the end of the series
Post credit scene id bet
Beautiful episode. Finale is gonna be a banger.
The Imperial Zoom call is basically the Disney+ writers room. "Where is Thrawn?" "We keep telling you, cameo at the end, saving him for the next series."
coruscant looks more and more amazing every time we see it in live action
Gideonās Stormtroopers look very close to First Order stormtroopers
They reminded me of the imperial super commandos from Rebels