18:06- Actually, the intense heat from the exploding ship is more than enough to render even beskar useless since the armor doesn't cover the entire body and Moff Gideon would be cooked from the inside as it doesn't have A/C and he didn't take off with his jetpack as if something wasn't letting him escape. I think Grogu held the Moff in place long enough for the flames to engulf him before he then shielded Din and Bo.

Damn the last episode of the third season of the mandalorian was EPIC!! This season was incredible, Star Wars is getting better and better, I thank Disney who saved Star Wars from limbo!!

DISNEY : WE THE STAR WARS FANS.....ARE DONE.

Of course it was Bacta. Remember when IG11 sprayed it on Din when his head was split open? First time Din removed his helmet.

That was adorable. He remembered that IG-11 “fixed” him that way, and he was going to make sure that he “fixed” him too. 🥹

yup, callback to s1 where ig11 healed Dins head with that spray :)

callback to Iron Man - the dummy robot spraying extinguisher Tony unnecessarily

Yes, I lol'd at that and went "that's now how bacta spray works, buddy!" 🤣

100% this. Fans got bogged down in theorizing who would show up to save the day but the whole point of the season comes down to Bo’s line, that “Mandalorians are stronger together.” They needed to do it on their own to forge a new Mandalore.

@@chastitykolb9643 Yep. That was the whole point of their journey. Bring their fractured people back together as one and they did.

@@chastitykolb9643 Yeah, and it actually made me less bothered about the damage to the Darksaber. Leading Mandalore is about more than a weapon or a creature. I’m sure both will come back around in the future, but for now it’s Bo’s character uniting their people.

This series setups interesting possibilities for Din's emotional and spiritual journey that wind up doing nowhere. Like the Darksaber being too heavy for him to wield that felt like it had some great potential for some character development to learn about himself and connect with the blade (just like Sabine did in one of the absoloute best episodes of Rebels) but he casually passes it to Bo instead. Or there's the removal of his helmet to let Grogu see his face that put him at odds with the Armorer and the rest of his clan. We could have dug into his relationship with a group this series has labeled a cult in its own words but he just goes to redeem himself and then sees the acceptance of Bo and her Mandalorians and just continues to leave his helmet on. Having Din recused so quickly in the season finale where Din usually experiences some new level of personal growth it makes me wonder what the plan is with his character if there is one at all, because it seems like he's just spinning his wheels. IMO it would have been more powerful if Bo destroyed the Darksaber herself. This is another thing this season that just happened to her ... she accidentally joined a cult, she was ordered to take her helmet off, then she was given the Darksaber and then it was taken from her. I think it does show character growth that she no longer thinks she needs to Darksaber to lead but I wish she decided to set it aside herself rather then having her enemy make that decision for her. As for the final scene in the Living Waters, I don't know what to make of it. It seemed like a chance for more development for Din but the biggest emotional breakthrough was Din saying he'd adopt Grogu ...I mean yeah duh I thought we were already on the same page with that. The Armorer said Din was Grogu's father back in season 1 so that moment didn't really land for me. And I don't know what to think of the Children of the Watch anymore. I feel like the Armorer's story has been bouncing back and forth. To me there seemed like a lot of emphasis placed on strict adherence to rules that didn't matter. Throughout the season I wanted Din to decide that being a Madalorian didn't mean wearing your helmet all the time, it meant living with honor. I feel like there's this tension between the removal of his helmet in Season 2 and then his immediate desire to redeem himself as if it was some kind of mistake. I don't think he regrets showing his face to Grogu, I think he knows where there are moments where the helmet should come off so I was hoping for more of a change on a personal level for Din.

@@donnamj59 The only one I was slightly hoping for was Boba, but I'm okay with him chilling on Tatooine sipping spotchka with Fennec and Krrsantan. As long as they bring him in for the movie!

Yeah, the spies are the Mandos. It's a reference to Moses' spies in the bible

Omg you’re right !! Lol!

New Rockstars. People have to stop acting like they're always right.

Oh jeez. I rolled my eyes when someone in my office told me that. No, just, no. What a dumb theory.

​@@TheFiddleFaddle the only thing that made me think it was even slightly true was that Gideons helmet had the same horns as the armorer

Yes. The time with Luke taught Grogu how to channel the Force in a more efficient manner, avoiding the energy crashes that limited his ability to protect/defend.

YES, using the Force offensively leans toward the dark side and he’s very young and still learning . That would be dangerous for him

That's some nice character development, Grogu has become more mature, he dislikes and avoid violence whenever possible. An interesting choice, considering he is Mandalorian and the Children of the Watch are big fans of "violence first, questions later", but the right choice considering he has also trained under Luke

I also thought he used it in a way that allowed it to make sense for Djarin to defeat three Praetorian Guards. He essentially ran interference/crowd control by keeping them off-balance and disarmed. They’re very well trained, but not immune to being beaten when disadvantaged.

I have seen that too. Grogu only uses the Force heavily when someone he loves is in danger. He doesn't use it flippantly. Except for snacks.

I think she wanted Din to do this all along

Hard emphasis on the THIS, in “This is the Way”

Yeah, she was kind of happy when he said that, almost as if she really wants to see it happen.

I think the armorer was the person that adopted Din in the first place. Now she's a grandma... Maybe that's why she made that pause...

EXACTLY

I'm really beginning to suspect that the Armorer was Din's "mentor" that took him on as an apprentice and traveled the galaxy with him. Which would explain both his strict values and her slight favoritism of him.

Exactly, the armorer kinda forced Din (or Jarin?) to accept what we already knew.

"Then i will adopt him" "He is over 50 years old - you are to young to adopt him Din Djarin" "For fucks sake Armorer"

He could have cleaned the couple blaster marks off first... Rude.

Pulled up straight to his front door and everything. Even opened a window to aerate the interior!

Yes he did in style, sorry mate your MOT failed😂😂

That's why the episode was called "The Return"

a full return; right to the door. That's dedication !

Nice detail, didn't catch that.

Caught that as well.

great catch

I did noticed she used her left to light the forge but didn't think about her hand being broken

@@mansaalman858 Yeah, right afterwards she is cradling it and doesn't use it to get up off the floor.

I did!

Same. That would be great that Axe takes Ragnar under his wing. As a way to honor Paz’s heroic act.

I love how they characterized fighting styles. Axe really makes the most use of his jetpack. maybe ragnar will take on his dad's strength and axe's speed.

Not only that, the Armorer conspicuously leaves out the line about never removing the helmet when he takes the creed this time. The Children of the Watch are become less cult-like and more accepting of other ways of thinking about the creed.

@@middle-aged-cal I noticed that, too! That was huge.

lmao I figured they got lost in all the hallways and couldn't find anyone to ask for directions. Hell, Gideon had a map and didn't even find Din until Din was in his command room

Wow I know the Bible and i didn’t even put that together 😂

That definition does make more sense. At first I thought the title was to reference Kane after she contacted Gideon and/or the Spy-Network for the Shadow Council

This is complete hogwash and shows just how far you people need to stretch in order for this bad writing to make some kind of sense. You people constantly tell critics of the show to "turn your brain off" but you're going to the literal *Bible* to explain a poorly-chosen episode title that had no payoff.

@@Sangth123 the difference is that multiple episodes have been titled after the Bible so it tracks

@@Sangth123 It wasn't poorly chosen" nothing like that doesn't get planned out, it could literally have been chosen as a misdirect and if it was it did its job perfectly.

Nice catch for that. I wasn't paying attention to words assuming they are the same as before

Yeah, I’m glad they reset to make the show focused on that. This was a story that needed to be told, but in my opinion was kind of a ‘two headed monster’ of a show

Totally agree. Feels like the writers at least wanted to get that right, make sure they let us know the coming seasons will go back to what we loved about the show in the first place. I honestly just feel like the writers were forced to cram in tons of content into season 3 which they never intended to do but higher ups executives didn't give them any wriggle room. I've heard rumours they origionally wrote season 3 to be 12 episodes!

I heard it's supposed to be like the rangers of the new republic show that got canceled because of gian Carlo (probably butchered her name lol) I'm betting it's going to be din and carsa teva buddy cop

Same - all of that.

My kids really enjoyed Grogu holding off THREE Praetorian guards as long as he did!

@@TKG889 well, he was running most of the time, but I enjoyed that they showed praetorian guards to be no joke. They were about to kill everyone in their way all the time, until something distracted them, or - their only weakness - using force against them, which Grogu did, helping Din survive and then taking them down, by stripping them of their weapons, exposing them to Din attacks and so on. Its clearly shown that Din would have died like 3 times against every single one of them, if Grogu didnt use the force.

Me too, I couldn’t believe how much I was sobbing for the exact same reasons.

+1

Absolutely love the ending on it. Plenty of loose threads to follow but also a great place to stop if that's a decision a viewer wants to make. Very cool of them to do it that way - not everything needs obvious cliffhangers to keep people going.

This is the way.

It is better than 1 & 2

@@sackthebastard Matter of opinion, but it's ok to disagree

Yep. Almost got me weepy thinking about that moment in Rebels.

Yeah, that's what I thought, a kind of link to Rebels content and timely due to Ahsoka on the way of course.

Ragnar* and I agree, hope he picks up the Vizsla name after his father

He's going to be the new Boba Fett

Ragnor rocks!

based on him standing next to axe i think axe will honor paz by helping to raise him. could end up being a cool fighting style combination of paz’s strength and axe’s speed and agility

disney+*

Yes!