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01 Dec

What The Mandalorian Means for Ahsoka Tano’s Future in Star Wars

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Despite never appearing in the flesh in any of the movies, former Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano is undoubtedly one of the most popular characters in Star Wars. A hero in every sense of the word, Ahsoka’s journey spans almost the entire film saga, just in animated form. First introduced as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice in The Clone Wars animated series, Ahsoka quickly became one of the main protagonists of the series, as we watched her grow as both a Jedi and a commander who led clone forces for the Republic. And even though her time with the Jedi came to an…
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30 Nov

Best Mandalorian and Baby Yoda Gifts: A Star Wars Holiday Buying Guide

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Presented by: On Nov. 12, 2019, pop culture was forever changed when Disney+ launched The Mandalorian. Although the Star Wars saga had already established a presence on TV thanks to cartoons like The Clone Wars and Rebels, there had never been a well, good, live-action attempt to bring a galaxy far, far away to the small screen. (And no, The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Ewok Adventure, and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor don’t count, but at least the latter had Wilford Brimley). The Mandalorian changed all this. The series is packed with motion picture-level production values, A-List talent on…
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28 Nov

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5 Easter Eggs Explained

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The Mandalorian brings a fan-favorite Jedi from Star Wars animation to live action in “The Jedi,” which takes us to the wasteland planet of Corvus, where an Imperial warlord rules with an iron fist. Along the way, we learn more about Baby Yoda’s origin as well as where the show might be headed. We also get some pretty neat callbacks to the classic films of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa. Here are all of the easter eggs and Star Wars references we’ve found in “The Jedi” so far: Ahsoka Tano – Fan-favorite Jedi hero Ahsoka Tano finally makes her live action…
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27 Nov

The Mandalorian: Who Is Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth?

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. “The Jedi” is an action-packed episode of The Mandalorian that takes many of its cues from classic samurai and Western movies, two of the genres that heavily inspired George Lucas’ vision for the first Star Wars. Here, we see as two brave warriors take down a cruel warlord hidden within the walls of an oppressed city, all while covered in the thick fog that’s undoubtedly meant to evoke the look of an Akira Kurosawa film. At the center of the episode’s story is Ahsoka Tano, a former Jedi who needs information from…
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27 Nov

The Mandalorian: Tython Explained

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian Chapter 13, “The Jedi,” gives us answers to many of the biggest questions surrounding Baby Yoda, the former Jedi youngling whose actual name is Grogu, while also introducing new mysteries about the ancient order. In fact, the episode has just set the stage for what will likely be an explosive conclusion to the second season, as Mando and Grogu set off to find what could be the birthplace of the Jedi. While Mando manages to locate Ahsoka Tano on the planet Corvus, this proves to be just another stop in…
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27 Nov

The Mandalorian’s Grogu: Baby Yoda’s Real Name and Star Wars Origin Explained

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. After a year of speculation, Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, suitably titled “The Jedi,” has finally given fans some of the answers they’ve been searching for. Not only does the episode reveal what fan-favorite hero Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) has been up to since the end of the Rebels animated series but it also gives Baby Yoda/The Child a proper name. Meet Grogu! The straightforward way “The Jedi” answers so many of our questions is actually a bit shocking. In the Disney era, we’ve all gotten pretty used to toybox mysteries in…
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27 Nov

The Mandalorian Season 2: Ahsoka Tano’s Return Explained

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers. Just hours after Ahsoka Tano had returned to the small screen in the final season of The Clone Wars, Variety confirmed one of the biggest Star Wars rumors circulating the internet: that Rosario Dawson would play Ahsoka in the live-action series The Mandalorian, bringing the Jedi out of the realm of animation for the first time.   Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice who left the Jedi Order just in time to escape the Jedi Purge, was herself a much-discussed addition to the story of the Prequels. Introduced in 2008 as the break-out star of the animated…
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27 Nov

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5 Review – The Jedi

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This STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN review contains spoilers. The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5 Gorgeous cinematography, lots of action, and plenty of actual answers to the show’s biggest mysteries — The Mandalorian Chapter 12, “The Jedi,” has everything. Drawing on his love for Japanese cinema and his deep understanding of the Star Wars canon he helped create, writer and director Dave Filoni has truly become a master. The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda arrive at the city of Calodan on the planet Corvus, as Bo-Katan instructed in “The Heiress.” It’s a downtrodden place. Frightened citizens hide away from the punishment they might draw…
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25 Nov

The Mandalorian: How Carl Weathers’ Star Wars Directorial Debut Brilliantly Evokes A New Hope

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. In many ways, The Mandalorian episode “The Siege” is a love letter to George Lucas’ original Star Wars movie: the episode draws heavily from classic scenes from the original film for its own action sequences and set dressing. The combat in particular nods at scenes straight out of the Original Trilogy. “The Siege” marks the Star Wars directorial debut of actor Carl Weathers, who also plays Greef Karga on the show. Weathers’ first attempt at capturing what made Star Wars so great in 1977 is largely successful, an energetic episode full blaster…
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24 Nov

Will Star Wars Make The Mandalorian Jeans Guy Canon?

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. No character captured the spotlight in last week’s episode of The Mandalorian quite like Admiral Jeff Blue-Jeans, who literally stole the scene when an eagle-eyed viewer caught him in the background of an action sequence in “The Siege.” If you missed it the first time around, the cunning admiral can be seen in the bottom left corner of a shot, scheming while Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), Cara Dune (Gina Carano), and Mando fight off a platoon of stormtroopers inside the Imperial base on Nevarro. Stream your Star Wars favorites right here! Judging…
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23 Nov

The Mandalorian: Horatio Sanz’s Mythrol Brings SNL Spirit to Star Wars

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This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2 episode 4. Though Disney+’s first Star Wars live-action series The Mandalorian is only a year old, the series is already starting to circle back on its own mythology. In season 2 episode 4 “The Siege,” the show brings back a secondary character who factored heavily into the series’ very first scene. That’s right: Horatio Sanz’s “The Mythrol” is back and he’s just as useless as ever. Longtime (well, if November 2019 was a long time ago) Mando fans will remember Sanz’s unnamed Mythrol as the first bounty that the show’s titular…
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21 Nov

The Mandalorian May Want More Cara Dune But Many Star Wars Fans Want Less Gina Carano

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian‘s latest episode, “The Siege,” is a mostly entertaining action romp through Nevarro that gives fans more clues as to what the Empire is planning for the Outer Rim. The episode is also an opportunity for Mando and Baby Yoda to reunite with season one allies Greef Karga (Carl Weathers, who also directed the episode) and Cara Dune (Gina Carano). But, while the “getting the band back together” feel of the episode generally works in its favor, many Star Wars fans are dismayed by Carano’s return to the show. The actor…
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20 Nov

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 4 Easter Eggs Explained

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This STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN article contains spoilers. “The Siege” evokes A New Hope in its star fighter battles and brings back some season one characters to The Mandalorian. The episode is heavy on the Original Trilogy overall, with some shots taken directly from iconic scenes. Mando returns to Nevarro for some repairs to his ship but ends up mopping up the last Imperial holdout there. But the Imperial base isn’t all that it seems on the outside, and the gang now has another clue as to what Baby Yoda actually is and what Moff Gideon is planning. Stream your Star Wars…
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20 Nov

The Mandalorian: Dark Troopers Explained

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian may have just dropped a huge clue about Moff Gideon‘s plans for the Empire in “The Siege,” as well as re-canonized a surprising piece of Legends lore. We’re of course talking about those mysterious troopers teased at the very end of the episode. Throughout “The Siege,” which mostly takes place in an Imperial lab on Nevarro, we get more hints about the experiments the creepy Dr. Pershing was conducting on the planet and what he intended to do with Baby Yoda in season 1. At one point, Mando, Greef, Cara,…
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20 Nov

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 4 Review – The Siege

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This STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN review contains spoilers. The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 4 The Mandalorian goes dark in an episode that has range but lacks heart.  In the first episode directed by actor Carl Weathers, Mando and his team infiltrate an Imperial facility, find a glimpse of the cloning project Baby Yoda used to be a part of, and have to fight their way out. In theory, the stakes are established well. The town on planet Nevarro where much of last season took place) is gradually turning from a hive of scum and villainy to a peaceful place thanks to bounty…
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18 Nov

Link Tank: Pro Wrestler Sasha Banks Landed Her Mandalorian Role Thanks to Hot Wings

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Pro wrestler Sasha Banks apparently got her Mandalorian cameo gig thanks to a plate of chicken wings. “Professional wrestler Sasha Banks has followed in the footsteps of Dwayne Johnson, Dave Bautista, and so many others, making her (small) screen debut in season two of The Mandalorian. But it wasn’t just her time in the ring that got her the gig. It was a plate of hot wings.” Read more at Gizmodo. When we think of the turkey, we generally think of the bird cooked. However, live turkeys, especially these turkey attack stories, make for hilarious Thanksgiving dinner conversations as well.…
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16 Nov

Star Wars: How Old Is Bo-Katan in The Mandalorian?

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In “The Heiress,” The Mandalorian finally brought a fan-favorite animated series character of The Clone Wars and Rebels to live-action. Played by the brilliant Katee Sackhoff, Bo-Katan comes to life as a seasoned Mandalorian leader who is as deadly on the battlefield as she ever was. Joined by her Nite Owl lieutenants Koska Reeves and Axe Woves, Bo-Katan is on a mission to steal black market weapons from the Imperials stationed on the ocean moon of Trask, where she also runs into Din Djarin and Baby Yoda. While we don’t learn much about what’s happened to Bo-Katan since we last…
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14 Nov

The Mandalorian: Titus Welliver Cameo Reminds Us of Lost’s Man in Black

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian season 2 continues its streak of entertaining episodes with “The Heiress,” which brings in elements from The Clone Wars as well as gives us a clear sign of where the show is headed. Along the way, we’re treated to even more guest appearances, including Battlestar Galactica legend Katee Sackhoff, who brings Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze to live-action for the first time, as well as Mercedes Varnado (better known as the WWE wrestler Sasha Banks), who portrays the gun-toting Nite Owl soldier Koska Reeves. Two major cameos in one episode is…
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14 Nov

The Mandalorian: Bryce Dallas Howard Proves She Has a Big Future with Star Wars

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. Director Bryce Dallas Howard’s two episodes of The Mandalorian — last year’s “Sanctuary” and season 2’s “The Heiress” — show her deep knowledge of what makes Star Wars tick. In particular, she knows how to deftly deploy the influences that make up the saga’s backbone. Star Wars began as a patchwork of classic sci-fi stories that inspired George Lucas. He originally wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but couldn’t secure the rights, which is why it’s such a big influence on the original films. Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress is another…
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13 Nov

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 3 Easter Eggs Explained

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This STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN article contains spoilers. “The Heiress” introduces several characters from other parts of the Star Wars saga to The Mandalorian, including two from The Clone Wars that will make fans jump in excitement. Din Djarin also meets another group of Mandalorians, one quite different to the tribe that raised him. There’s also a heist on an Imperial cruise that, as per usual, doesn’t go quite as planned. But at the other end of the mission is a clue as to where Mando and Baby Yoda have to go next on their quest to find those “ancient sorcerers” known…
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