We did it! We finished The Mandalorian! Not just the finale, but the first and second epilogue too!

The action-packed conclusion to The Mandalorian brought laughs, drama, and really closed the loop on the themes of the whole series. We compare two big bads of the empire, Moff Gideon and Grand Admiral Thrawn; and worry about how we still don't know where Big Blue is (or what nefariousness he's up to). We also talk about the future of Mandalore as defined by its past and by its potential.

Next week, our Ahsoka coverage begins with Ahsoka Part 1: Master and Apprentice.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:02:33 Plot Summary

00:10:43 The Rise and Fall of Moff Gideon

00:27:24 Leading Into Ahsoka Season 1

00:35:06 How Will Mandalore Move Forward?

00:51:54 Bae Watch

01:00:41 Closing Thoughts

“The Spies” (The Mandalorian, Chapter 23) presents a real good news/bad news situation for the Mandalorians.

• The good news: Mandalore is habitable! The tribes have united! There are only a few terrible megafauna left to terrorize the planet!
• The bad news: The Imperial remnants have formed a Shadow Council following up on allllllll of their predecessors’ special interests, and Moff Gideon is angling to be their boss.

This week, we’re talking through the good (the Child piloting IG-11’s corpse) as well as the bad and ugly (the rise of fascism throughout the galaxy once more). Our heroes have their work cut out for them.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:01:58 Plot Summary

00:11:27 Scaling Up Fascism (Again)

00:26:55 Jewish Diaspora and Native American Colonization

00:39:27 Project Necromancer (Back Again)

00:51:36 Bae Watch

01:01:47 Closing Thoughts

Is Plazir-15 a fully automated, luxury gay space utopia? More importantly, is it the first solarpunk Star Wars community??

In the Mandalorian’s Chapter 22, “Guns For Hire,” we parse the depth and breadth of droid rights while we try to figure out if Plazir-15 (ruled over by Duchess Lizzo and Captain Jack Black Bombardier) actually is the yogurt commercial utopia of our dreams.

We also get mad Clone Wars callbacks to the Mon Calamari civil war, film noir detective stories, and roger-roger battle droids. The best part is getting to question our own beliefs about the meaning of work and what it takes to achieve self-actualization.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:02:36 Plot Summary

00:12:05 Three Romantic Entanglements

00:20:25 Is Plazir-15 A Solarpunk Utopia? Also Droid Rights

00:54:09 Bae Watch

00:59:28 Closing Thoughts