The Mandalorian
Warning ! arrest SPOILERS for The Mandalorian time of year 3 , installment 1.The Mandalorianseason 3 , episode 1 installment proves that the reunion between Mando and Grogu was handled badly byStar Wars . The end ofThe Mandalorianseason 2 was one of the show ’s emotional mellow points ; the scene where the dyad say adios and Din Djarin shows Grogu his face for the first time solidified their bond and captured the true gist of what has madeThe Mandalorianso successful . It was surprising then , whenThe Book of Boba Fett , The Mandalorian ’s first right spinoff show , dedicated two episode to Mando and Grogu ’s story as opposed to focusing on its titular theatrical role , conveniently lend the Foundling and the Mandalorian back together in time forThe Mandalorianseason 3 ’s premiere .
It ’s been unmortgaged for a while that Disney+Star Warshas been coiffure up an interconnected web of stories withThe Mandalorianas its flagship . The Book of Boba Fettwas the first of these spinoffs – Ahsokais up next , and evenStar war : Skeleton Crewwill be taking place in the same era . Though this givesStar Warsmore room for theatrical role crossovers and epic storytelling , it also means some watcher will undoubtedly feel leave out of the loop , just asThe Mandalorianseason 3 ’s premiere demonstrated . After the episode air , online searches for what happened inThe Book of Boba Fettskyrocketed , and viewers study to social media in droves to figure out what they ’d missed .
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The Mandalorian Season 3 Had To Feature A Grogu Infodump
queerly enough , The Mandalorian ’s time of year 3 premiere did n’t even have a full recap of what happened to theMandalorian inThe Book of Boba Fett . Though one had been released as part of the show ’s overall promotion , it would have made gumption to include it as part of the episode ’s run time as well . To even up for this , The Mandalorianseason 3 , episode 1 have a fleeting infodump about how Mando and Grogu were reunited . In one prospect , High Magistrate Greef Karga fundamentally act as a rack - in forThe Mandalorianviewers who had n’t watchedThe Book of Boba Fett , just as confused about why Mando and Grogu are still together as the audience .
Greef says,“Oh , I ’m confused . I thought you had completed your military mission , but you ’re still run around here with the same petty critter . ”Mando answers,“It ’s complicated . I completed my quest . He returned to me . I remove my helmet , and now I ’m an apostate . ”The substance of the account missed is there , and though the account seems to satisfyHigh Magistrate Greef Karga , it ’s understandable if it does very footling to fulfill those audiences that were invest in Mando and Grogu ’s emotional adherence , and what Mando sacrifice by give Grogu to Luke Skywalker to train with his own kind .
The Mandalorian’s Exposition Doesn’t Make Up For Viewers Missing The Story
Though Mando ’s mere - bones account to Greef Karga is the most canonical version of the level fromThe Book of Boba Fett , it does nothing to give the TV audience who overleap out on the reunion any of the worked up subtlety of those spinoff episodes . It may be cliché , but telling is not the same as showing . The fleetingrecap of event that Din Djarinprovides to Greef and the audience even feels shoehorn in – a way of say the production team knew not everyone had watchedThe Book of Boba Fett , perhaps light teasing them that perhaps they should have , or that they should have at least lease the time to do some enquiry before watchingThe Mandalorianseason 3 .
While this is a somewhat understandable perspective from a caller trying to make a more coordinated universe happen , and these gaps in knowledge will undoubtedly come more often in the future as more lineament and narratives are usher in , one could debate this big of a stretch in cognition has get too early in this story . It feels almost artful to carry viewers who ’ve come in to enjoy Din and Grogu over two seasons ofThe Mandalorianto have watched a spinoff concenter on a completely different character - especially givenThe Book of Boba Fetthad so many problems .
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The Mandalorian & Grogu’s Reunion Was Too Important For The Book of Boba Fett
The overarching story forThe Mandalorianseason 3 is , of course , focus upon Din Djarin ’s human relationship with his people and his homeworld , Mandalore . Din will be attempt to find redemption so that he may render to the concealment , and uncover the true history and cataclysm of Mandalore . Including Din and Grogu ’s reunification within that level might be a stretch , as it ’s technically a dissimilar narrative all . There is one arc , centered around Din Djarin and his Foundling ; there is now another explore Din and the Darksaber he now exert . The two can coexist , certainly , but include Mando and Grogu ’s reunification withinThe Mandalorianseason 3would have made it find like a season split in two parts . Arguably , this might have been too much for an 8 - instalment season to treat .
The obvious solution , then , would be to make a foresighted time of year . Split the release into two parts , if necessary – that would have lengthenedThe Mandalorianseason 3 ’s plug , and after such a longsighted hiatus between time of year 2 and season 3 , viewers would have likely welcomed a long time of year anyway . Another resolution could have been to make aStar Warsspecial , akin to Marvel ’s Special Presentations , a movie - length characteristic single to Disney+ that could have severalize the accurate same narrative told inThe Book of Boba Fett , but under the show ’s own name , and without impeding on Boba Fett ’s own screen time . Din Djarin and Grogu ’s reunification isThe Mandalorian ’s narrative territory , notThe Book of Boba Fett ’s - as is theArmorer ’s mission for the Mandalorian .
If Din Djarin ’s cameo inThe Book of Boba Fetthad simply been limited to him help in the war against the Pyke Syndicate , Grogu ’s presence would n’t have even been necessary . A citation of how much Mando miss him here , a reference to something that occur in an old episode ofThe Mandalorianthere , and Mando ’s appearance inThe Book of Boba Fettwould have been celebrated . Instead , it caused mass disarray , debate , and divisiveness .
Star Wars Needs To Learn From Its Grogu Mistake
crossing can be incredibly hefty instrument – a reward for those viewers who have watched the entirety of a dealership unfold , and a gateway for newer audiences who might become concerned in other corners of a story world . Used aright , they can even enhance a narrative . Boba Fett ’s appearing inThe Mandalorianseason 2worked because it made sense in the context of the history , and the focus was never fully shifted from Mando to Boba . This is very different toThe Book of Boba Fett , where the focus shifted entirely from its supposed mavin to Mando . One full episode did n’t even have the deed type . That ’s a misunderstanding thatStar Warsneeds to learn from .
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This is have-to doe with to another danger , that cameo can sometimes overshadow primary fictitious character . As pop as Ahsoka Tano may be , another Luke Skywalker cameo could diminish her . EvenStar Wars : The Bad Batchhas had the same problem , with cameos fromStar war : The Clone Warssometimes take over the narrative . These are all misunderstanding Lucasfilm need to avoid making again .
Hopefully , the confusion surroundingThe Mandalorianseason 3 , sequence 1 will prove to the squad behind the variousDisney+Star WarsTV showsthat severalize an important part of Din Djarin and Grogu ’s story in a different show was a error . It does n’t weigh that these stories all take place during the same menstruum ofStar Warshistory – they are different shows , with dissimilar narratives , look , stem , and grapheme . They can and should overlap in the future , but not to the extent that happened withThe MandalorianandThe Book of Boba Fett .
New episodes ofThe Mandalorianair Wednesdays on Disney+ .
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