Let's Talk Some Mandalorian Season 3, Ep 2, Ch 18: The Mines of Mandalore 

Din giving Grogu exposition in Season 3 makes a lot of in-universe sense - since Din doesn't have to deliver Grogu anywhere anymore, it's now Din's responsibility to raise him, which involves talking to him and teaching him pretty much everything. Also, talking to a child is the best way to encourage him to speak back.

Din and Bo-Katan are going to have so many super Mandalorian babies they will have their own clan and house led by Grogu for a thousand years. The Way, this will be.

I loved the chemistry between Bo and Grogu.

Anyone else feeling Bo Katan is gonna become Grogu Mom now

I definitely detected some chemistry between Bo and Mando

My dad kept making fellowship jokes too, doing his best gimli impression

Definitively a very good episode. Was really devestating seeing how Mandalore had crumbled down to nothing compared to it's former days.

I feel like Bo needs to talk to Din about Satine, particularly her death. Maul essentially took over Death Watch, which got Satine killed. Din is from some offshoot of Death Watch, so as much as his sect likes to believe in the creed, they are ultimately part of the group that led to their downfall. I’d love to see this conversation between Bo, Din, and the Armorer.

Mythosaur definitely yanked him down. Bo interupted the 'choosing' ceremoney. Heh.

I think it is interesting the way it turned out, that both of them ended up going through the water, one to save the other, thinking also that this will have an effect on Boca Tan..

The Mythosaur shall now just be classified as either an “Osaur” or a “Realosaur”.

Regarding the baptism thing, in Catholicism, you’re baptized as a baby, with your parents reciting the words, but you retake the vows yourself when you’re 14, called Confirmation. That’s kind of the vibe I got with Din purifying himself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. (Purple Rain reference.) I also worry that the lack of any mention of Satine is leading up to a reveal of the Armorer’s identity. It’s a safe bet with Star Wars that they’ll take the dumbest story course, and we’ll be treated to a “Somehow, Satine survived” moment before the season’s end.

Din's proof to the Armorer will be Bo's testimony to such. Will love to see how that conversation goes down!!

There were so many empty shells in that cyborgs layer, how long was it trapping and how many Mandalorians were drained.

What gets me is din has been around multiple Jedi and is yet to practice with his dark sabre

Now when he tames and rides the mythosaur Bo can snap a pic on smart phone and forward it to the Armorer! Lol

Maybe bo katan is better with the dark saber because she had it before a long time ago. She had time to figure out how to wield it. Mando just uses it as a backup weapon.

Satine didn't just got Pacifist, she went scorched Earth and tried to completely wipe out Eons of Mandalorian Traditions. Had she maybe had a more level headed approach and said we will be honorable warriors, no more violent crusades against the Galaxy, Death Watch probably wouldn't've had so many recruits

Between last weeks bad batch and this weeks mando, we got some real SPOOKY vibes going on. I loooooove it. Love seeing the destruction too, its breathtaking and beautiful to see in live action.

I wonder if it was the dark saber that sunk him to the bottom of the water. like the weight of leading or the way it seems to be to heavy when he or some others use it.

That goofy droid also reminded me of Greivous.

Land of the Lost had the Sleestaks which were super scary if you were a kid in the 70s

I watched a review of this episode, after I had seen the episode that is, and there was some really bizarre comments/criticism to this episode. Like for instance that the writers forgot the plot of the episode and he brought up that Mando wanted a droid to scan for toxins and that the astromech couldn't do that according to Mando himself from earlier when he talked to the mechanic who sold the astromech. I would argue that Mando wants a droid that can scout and take samples effectively. On a surface like Mandalore and in caves, legs would be better than tracks. It was also very clear that the guy had not watched the episode too close as he mentions that all it takes to capture Mando is to grab him. He did not notice that Mando was injected with something. He apparently also totally skipped or forgot the part were the mechanic mentions that R5 can fly the ship so he (the reviewer) talks about Grogu being the one to fly the ship to Bo-Katan. I've watched many videos from that reviewer and mostly I agree with him but I have to say when he misses things like that, obvious things, I'm not sure what to think of other reviews he's done for movies and episodes that I have not seen. The plot holes and so on things that he points out could have been mentioned and shown, he just didn't notice them. Then again, he's a bit anti Disney which is understandable, especially with Star Wars but you have to learn to judge each show and episode and not put them all in the "Disney Star Wars bad" category right away. Before seeing something, being skeptical is good, being judgmental is not. Judgment comes after but if you expect to judge a product badly, you probably will do that no matter what.

Best episode so far. I love the interactions with Bo and Grogu and Bo and Din. Bo really does wield the Dark Saber like its true owner. I hope she keeps it in the end.

I hope there are secrets to Mandalore yet to be uncovered. When I originally saw the city buried, I thought it was some huge mining rig. How cool would it have been if there were zero remnants of the original city and in its place an Imperial mining facility. Could also explain where that Imperial-stamped beskar came from in season one, and would've given Din a new obstacle to overcome. This episode was fine, it just didn't "wow" me or anything. I love seeing Din explaining to Grogu how to become a Mandalorian, even if they're only together from mess that was Book of Boba Fett.

The Mythosaur legend unites Mandalorians and the Dark Saber divide's them.

Zillo the beast and Wayland cloning experiments in latest Bad Batch episodes and now, totally unexpected freakin Mythosaur... just connecting some dots here.

You know what i thought of while watching? I kept thinking about what Ullyses from New Vegas once said: "Who are you who do not know your history?"

No, the key to taming the Mythosaur is Grogu, that same way that he mind-melds with the Rancor in the Book Of Boba Fett, but only it will be for his father, and not Bo. Grogu will probably awaken Din’s latent Force sensitivity to end his struggle with the Dark Saber as well.

So, having achieved his goal in going to Mandalore, does Din head right back to the Armorer, expecting to be re-admitted to the faithful? Will she accept that he redeemed himself? What if she doesn't? I think the ending will be a transformational moment for the relationship between Din and Bo-Katan and it could end up anywhere from them becoming friends and allies to becoming enemies and it will mostly depend on how she reacts to the sight of the Mythosaur because there's no way she just goes back to sulking on throne. I think the question here is does she go back with Din or does she use her knowledge of the Mythosaur to try and reassemble the forces she had?

Weird they blew up Mandalore but left the neighboring planets that Mandalorians lived on pretty much alone?

1:53 "It's stylistically designed to be that way, and you can't undo that, but we can diminish the affects of it" -George Lucas

11:07 Question Man’s comment is very insightful regarding Bo Katan‘s reemergence as a person of faith. Good stuff!

I think it was foreshadowed in season 1 about Din riding a mythosaur when he was learning to ride a blurg. I think Din will ride it and bring them all together. I could also make the same argument for Bo riding it too. Its information the audience needed. I give it a 50/50. I would also like to know more about Korky and who and what happened to him.

Bo-Katan will tame the Mythosuar and that will make all mandalorians follow her. She is really amazing and both her and Din might find a common middle way of this creed. I also can't understand how Gideon could have taken the dark saber from her Sabine will show up

Here's a weird idea -- if Din was not pulled in by the Mythosaur, maybe the Darksaber (which Din was probably still wearing, though I guess he could have taken it off too) was drawn in to the waters, or maybe the Mythosaur was attracted to it. The Darksaber is made from an unusual type of Beskar, so that could be the reason he was pulled down to the bottom so fast.

Agree ! The season opener should have been 1 hour long and a double episode if you will. So was the mythosaur a vision ?

I think the quest of the show is what Bo Katan said, Mandaloreans need to stop fighting amongst themselves.

The end scene Bo is staring past Din. Is she looking at Grogu, maybe he is connecting with the Mythesaur?

17:12 they could have had a 'safe' fight where Din eventually says ''OK OK you've got me, I surrender'' and hands over the darksaber 😆Problem solved.

How does Din show proof that he bathed in the waters? Does he pull out his Mando iPhone and show a selfie? lol

That one comment saying that Mando is always saving Grogu and this time Grogu saved Mando... uhhh weird revisionist history. There has been plenty of times they both saved each other's lives. Grogu is NOT a baby... he is 50+ years old. He trained with Jedi. People need to stop thinking this is literally a baby yoda.

So my theory is that neither The mandatory or bo-Katan Kryze are not going to become the mandalore we have already seen one mandalorian that has ridden the rancor it's going to be boba Fett!!!

Hate to be that guy, but while I thought this was an improvement over the last, I'm left with questions I feel I shouldn't have. SPOILERS For example, why did we get an episode setting up IG-11 only for R5 to go do what Mando needed IG to do. Why all of that? Also, it seems silly that a spaceship does not have a sensor showing atmosphere breathability levels. Kind of like a car not having an engine I would think. Also, maybe nitpicky, but Mando having to be saved twice in the same episode seemed a bit much, especially since the second saving became the way we get the creature. Which was great, don't get me wrong. I'm just asking folks to write it better is all. Mostly an improvement.

I liked a lot about this episode but do find the exposition distracting. Great chemistry between Din and Bo though, some of the best acting we've gotten! I wonder if Bo is experiencing some dissonance around pacifist versus warrior Mandalore... not that it would matter much with the Empire anyways, but Satine, her family legacy... it's a big deal. It's probably confusing and might be contributing to her apathy. Like, was Satine right? Are these cultists right? How would she lead her people? It's a lot!

I figured the Dark Sabre was so heavy it made him sink so fast. Still not sure Bo is going to prep Din for leadership or Din is waking up Bo to be a decent leader. Both are getting out of there as a changed Mando.

“Childish in a way” maybe because groggy is called the child!!!???

Isn’t it a Basilisk, the famous assault robots that the Mandolorians rode into battle, that traps Din and that Bo fights?

Should’ve done a 2-episode premiere if I’m being honest, it would have been an epic opening to this season

I've found some weird discourse online for this new ep. I feel there has been a rising tide in frustration with the series overall that will not be quelled by a better ep than last week's. I feel there is now a general feeling of the fanbase turning against Mando because of the BTS stuff with studio interference and Grogu's shoving back so soon, and what not. People feel the show is somehow running on autopilot and feels more hollow... but I argue, our expectations for Star Wars has changed and some people are more sus of this new season like I said I was gonna feel before the first ep even aired. I did really enjoy this 2nd ep, particularly more than the 1st but I still have in the back of my mind this feels like it's in a no win situation for the soul of Star Wars

What is it Lassie ? Timmy fell down the well ?!

U know, I wonder, what happened to Korkie? Bo-Katan says she’s the last of her name which, indirectly means that he’s probably dead. But idk. Mandalorian lore feels very fractured at the moment. Like why hasn’t anyone spoken in Mando’a in a show about Mandalorians? The oral part of Mando’a is canon, we saw Sabine speak it in Rebels and heard a dialect from Concordia in clone wars

Are you still working on the Obi Wan rewrite?

Did those creatures that attacked them remind anyone else of The Morlocks from The Time Machine???? Ok I had to edit this comment after watching whole video! Lol

Didn't Mandalore the First and his sucessors hunt the Mythosaur to extinction in Legends? If that is the case, it looks like early Mandalorian history is being rewritten, with Mandalore the Great replacing Mandalore the First and riding the Mythosaur replacing it getting hunted to exctinction.

No more Tatoonie PLEASE!!! 🤦😭

I wonder if the Mythosaur was just a vision given by the living waters. And like you said I hope Bo-Katan becomes the Mand'alore and makes a new more ballanced less dogmatic creed to bind all the Mandalorians and rebuild Mandalore.

Guys, I don't think Bo Katan or Din is going to be their leader... I mean, they're going to be for a while, because Grogu is still a baby. But it's definitely him who's going to dominate the Mythosaur, exactly like he did to the Rancor. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

In a universe of violence, being a pacifist is suicidal. As to Din falling into the water due to currents, there was no indication on the surface of such turbulence that that much power would have made. Perhaps like the Samurai of ancient Japan, the Mandalorians succumbed to PRIDE and let it supplant real honor. The schisms about what a real Mandalorian is shows a fractured culture, and the frankly stupid [yes, I said that] helmet rule versus the other "mortal sins" rules are hypocrisy to the extreme. They are rule-focused on individual letters instead of the WORDS, and even worse, what the words are SAYING!!! That's the failure of these "rules". It was literally IMPOSSIBLE for Din to rescue Grogu without removing his helmet [even though all but Mayfield are dead...but, at the end season 2, he shows Grogu what he looks like and everyone on the bridge saw him.... there are just times where blind adherence to any rule is foolish.

Bo Katan was a teenager during the pacifist time.

Episodes 1 and 2 shoood have been combined

I may be the only one but it really bugs me that Din got saved twice and for all this setup of Mandalore your telling me no one ever just went to the planet and saw was it toxic? Also the mines were just down the city and boom big Dino under the water? I'm sure people would have noticed at one point in time. I can throw away disbelief only for so long. 7/10 lol

Really like Bo but I don’t think she should be the leader of mandalore. It’s Dins story and this would essentially be the third time in three different shows that she has been handed the reins. I won’t be surprised based on the media tour Katie’s been on and that Bo’s helmet is the one being pushed at Disneyland but I will be a bit upset

Could the Cyborg be a Gen'Dai? Also the way it kept going even when missing parts reminded me of The Thing.

Did anyone think that Bo’s makeup was too much? She looked much better, older, and more experienced last season

My only nitpick... was how much they made Din incompetent next to BoKatan this episode. Din is usually quick reflexed and competent, but he was just constantly 'saved' this episode. His capture by the spider? Fine, I love how it brings BoKatan into the story. BoKatan turning the ambush on the aliens in the ceiling instead of blundering into it like Din? Cool, BoKatan is a hardened veteran compared to Din, makes sense. Her taking on spider thing and fighting like a badA with the darksaber? Again... awesome and makes sense for her. But Din falls into the deep end of the pool... and he sinks and knocks himself out so she has to save him again? Sigh. All they needed to do was use what we already knew. Din can pressurize his helmet, falling into the deep end shouldn't be life threatening to Din. If BoKatan had found him standing at the bottom looking around it would have seriously helped keep him not look like a bumbling bafoon next to BoKatan. I understand the story reasons for getting her into the pool to see the Mythosaur and bath in the waters... but it doesn't have to completely come at the expense of Din.

This may be widely known, but does Pedro Pascal do the voice for Mando? Cos it certainly doesn't sound like him. It's just weird, Mando may as well be played by any random dude, I can't tell it's Pedro at all.

I want to know whos brain and eye were inside that droid. I got major tantis/bad batch/dark trooper vibes from it. I also feel like Bo and Djin would make for a solid power couple.

Episode was pretty good overall

I love Star Wars as much as the next guy but I feel like half of the episode felt like a parody of the mines of moria

I'm wondering if the title of the show, The Mandalorian, is purposely misleading. what if, the new leader of mandalor will be a force user like the first mandalor. and grogu regains his memory and he is not as baby like as he seems. he uses the force to subdue the mythasaur and he rides it

Is "the eye" the same type of creature that's inside of a Dalek?

I havent been thru your entire video, but it was awfully convenient that grogu conveyed "din is in trouble!", But not "Din was poisoned & is dean on the planet & grogu was sent to her to spare grogu". Good episode, but some issues are paper thin...

I think she is finally breaking Pre Vizla's poison of mandalore. She sounds more like satine to me.

Adhering to the Code as it is (in its current form) is what is holding the Mandos back as a society. "Systems Adapt or Die" as Deidra has said and it's true. Wearing their helmets all the time (especially in their interactions with each other) makes it easy for them to de-humanize one another, hence the constant state of warfare amongst themselves. I submit a better adapted version would be that the Mandos need to helmeted ONLY in their interactions with Non-Mandos.

Everyone has been raving about the mythosaur, but I’m just over here going how the hell does this massive creature have enough food to survive? Kinda ruined the reveal for me.

Just because Bo Katan swam in the living waters of Mandalore does not suddenly baptize her or absolve her of sins because that was not handed down as a requirement from the Armor... she is not yet of their ways. All this tradition is quite convoluted and I get you want to read into something deeper to give Bo some kind of weird arc to join "The Way" but it's a bit out there.

Chekovs droid

It's weird to me that Thor thinks that the cultists and their creed are right.

Mandelore was weak because it was divided.

I think its obvious why they don't live there A: the Mandalorians destroyed the planet first. They lived in Domes because the planet was sand. And B: Giant tombs, who lives In sacred areas where millions die, that's like living in a former concentration camp. Bad juju..

What about R5-D4's motivator sparking on Tatooine? I figured out why it felt kind of quest fetchy. All that back and forth in the ruins of Mandalore. How long before Twitter saying it was a woke Chapter since Din needed Bo to save him. Bo also said Din would never find the Living Waters without her. So, the Mythasuar is why the Waters are Living? I can see Chapter 19 starting off with the Mythasuar jumping out of the Living Waters. I think the steps crumpled beneath the weight of the Beskar.

The bar for SW is so low at this point that people actually think this is good.. Dear god...

My new worry about the rest of the season is how any episode could top this. Strong "peaked in high school" vibes.

I really don’t want Bo to get wrapped up in the Creed because that stinks of fanaticism and zealotry and I’m instantly behind the more grounded, cynical view that she already has. I mean, the way Din speaks sometimes as if he’s rolling daft dogma off his tongue just sounds so silly and stilted (“…so I may bathe in the living waters”…). Do we really want that to be sort of thing all Mandalorians become now? Do we want Bo to shove her helmet and never take it off? No! I want Din to learn that he needs to relax on this creed and take his bloody helmet off ffs.

Grogu's presence annoys me more and more. It was OK to have him in S1, but he overstayed his welcome.

Hey Thor, Dave Filoni had some L takes on par with Rian Johnson recently. He demonized fans for thinking Boba Fett was cool, keeps taking dumb cheap shots at Luke Skywalker fans. He's not some "last of what Yoda considers a Jedi" like Filoni and clearly Rian think when he literally defies Yoda and Ben in the movie and proves them wrong. They thought redemption of Anakin was impossible, so he's not following in their footsteps, he's literally "the first of the new." Timothy Zahn clearly understands the OT better than the guy who spent 10 years of his life in revisionist history to fix the PT, now he can't help himself but overanalyze and misinterpret the OT. Filoni literally got a brainrot from talking too much with Rian Johnson, and not enough with George Lucas. Clearly he seems more interested in his own fanfiction characters than legacy of Lucas.

Bo can't just war with Din if it is to unify all Mandalorians. It would just be another civil war type of problems to divide their people.