The Mandalorian
Summary
The Darksaber choice made inThe Mandalorianseason 3 was controversial , but there ’s one earlier scene inStar Warsthat bode this . The ancientMandalorian weapon known as the Darksabermade its live - action debut inThe Mandalorianseason 1 finale , when Moff Gideon used it to free himself from his crashed TIE Fighter . It was afterward won by Din Djarin inThe Mandalorianseason 2 ’s stopping point , and it change hands once again when Din relinquished it to Bo - Katan Kryze inThe Mandalorianseason 3 by finding a triviality in therules surrounding the Darksaber .
Din ’s decision to hand over the Darksaber was controversial with viewers , who call some sort of contest between Din Djarin and Bo - Katan ; it was generally seen as anticlimactic . This is specially honest given an earlier aspect inThe Book of Boba Fettepisode 5 had seemed to betoken Din Djarin want to hold on to it . Din Djarin ’s determination was , however , foreshadowed in that earlier Disney+ TV show .
Din Wounded Himself With The Darksaber’s Burden
As a Mandalorian warrior , Din Djarin has train with many different weapon , and he typically plow them with accomplishment - even figuring out how to take advantage of artillery he ’s never had to use before . astonishingly , though , The Book of Boba Fettsaw him inflict a serious injury on himself with the Darksaber . It was the weight of the Darksaber that caused this injury , and it acts as more than a display of Din struggling to use it . It ’s a symbolic representation of how heavy the Darksaber ’s burden is , between the chronicle it carry and the way it calls its wielder to the throne of Mandalore . That loading was too much for someone like Din to deal , and it revealed to him that no one person could ever be capable of bearing it alone .
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Din Djarin Knew Bo-Katan Needed Help With That Burden
In bothThe Mandalorianseason 2 and season 3 , Bo - Katan said that " Mandalorians are stronger together . " While she was the one who uttered these news , Bo - Katan was actually the one who needed to take the truth of them . ruckus understand this , particularly once the full weight of the Darksaber fell upon him . He always knew he would attempt to getthe Darksaber back to Bo - Katan , mostly due to his own sense of honor in require to maintain his word that he gave her before they deliver Grogu . When he understood how heavy the burden of it was after passing it off to her , Din stuck by her side in the retaking of Mandalore , make love Bo - Katan would need someone to help her take on that heavy weightiness . This did n’t apply to how Bo - Katan was able to defend with it , but Din knew that the weight of the weapon system move much further beyond its forcible form .
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Din Has Always Been The Key To Mandalorian Unity
While Din did n’t mistreat up astheleader inThe Mandalorianseason 3 , he still grew intoaleader - and it all has to do with his power to unite masses . blare has been a consolidative influence in every season ofThe Mandalorian , from the way he brought the Tuskens and the people of Mos Pelgo together to defeat the krayt dragon to the integrity of all Mandalorians on Nevarro . He ’s always thought this was unintentional or unrelated to himself , butThe Mandalorianseason 3 has storm him to realize that he greatly influence the hoi polloi around him - and that he needs to employ this ability to help Bo - Katan and the rest of Mandalore . Bo - Katan would have never been able to lead the effort to retake Mandalore on her own , which is exactly why it took her , Din , and Grogu to overcome Moff Gideon .
Viewed retrospectively , Din ’s hurt inThe Book of Boba Fettis a monition of what could have pass off to Din and his fellow Mandalorians if he tried to take the incumbrance of the Darksaber by himself . He do it he could n’t do it , and even when he passed it on , he still love the burden of it was too much for just one person . cacophony understand at that moment , then , why the expiration of the Darksaber has brought demolition to Mandalore for so long . When Bo - Katan returned to her plans to retake Mandalore inThe Mandalorianseason 3 , Din waited until just the right present moment to lead the Darksaber and its incumbrance to her , knowing she was quick to trust him to help her carry the system of weights of it . Din ’s injury was n’t a mirror image of his impuissance , but rather a reminder that no one Mandalorian can handle the responsibility of leading Mandalore alone .
