Mandolorian Chapter 14: “The Tragedy”
Summary:
We’re setting down on Tython, where Mando and Grogu have an appointment at the Seeing Stone, and an unexpected meet up with Slave One and Boba Fett! Expectations are naturally high, with Robert Rodriguez in the director’s chair for an action-packed 33 minutes. Helder and Edward break it all down with the usual attention to detail.
Twitter:
@heldermira
@edwardodell
Notes:
This episode marks the formal return of New Zealander Temuera Morrison in a speaking role as Boba Fett. It's not long before he name checks his dad, trades up from his cloak and barbed staff and emerges in his original armor with moves that are both classic callbacks and “fresh and funny” killshots.
Of particular interest: Morrison played opposite Marlon Brando in the ill-fated production of The Island Of Dr. Moreau. The original, uncredited director Richard Stanley was infamously fired and replaced by John Frankenheimer, but this didn’t stop Stanley from sneaking back onto the set, as covered in the documentary Lost Soul.
Boba’s return happily includes a classic ship from the original series: the problematically named Slave One. Here’s some notes on the original concept art:
A PopSugar (sigh, yes, we know) article on the origin and etymology of “Dank ferrik”:
Katy O’Brian (you may know her from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is the Imperial Officer serving directly under Moff Gideon, and her Twitter is pretty cool:
A collection of…interesting tweets about the episode
https://twitter.com/VyceVictus/status/1335043446193655808?s=20
https://twitter.com/Mericam49/status/1334899722163793922?s=20
