The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale: “The Return”
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The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale: “The Return”

The action-packed conclusion to The Mandalorian brings laughs, drama, and really closes 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.

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The Mandalorian, Chapter 23: “The Spies”
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The Mandalorian, Chapter 23: “The Spies”

“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.

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The Mandalorian, Chapter 11: “The Heiress”
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The Mandalorian, Chapter 11: “The Heiress”

In this week’s episode, “The Heiress” (The Mandalorian, Chapter 11) we tell the entire bloody tale of Mandalorian history: Tracing the Darksaber’s path through Mandalorian society, tracing Bo-Katan’s journey from radical to royal, and asking how Din Djarin ended up in a religious extremist splinter cell.

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