Nothing like a good old Kurosawa retelling. "The Magnificent Mandalorian"?
After fleeing Navarro with The Child, Mando travels to a lush arboreal world called Sorgan. While seeking lodgings, he gets into a brief scuffle with Cara Dune, a former shock trooper for the Rebel Alliance who is lying low after going AWOL. He's subsequently approached by a pair of krill farmers whose village is having a problem with raiders. Mando agrees to the job in exchange for lodgings, and hires Cara as an extra gun. After learning that the raiders are in possession of an Imperial walker, and the villagers can't establish new farmland elsewhere, they opt to train the village to fight.
Yeah, it's a familiar story. Not much I can really say about it. That said, we see Mando growing close to one of the villagers, a widowed mother named Omera, to a point where it's suggested that he settles down with her (according to Mando's creed, he can't put his helmet back on if he takes it off in front of somebody). We also see Baby Yoda bond with Omera's daughter Winter and the other village children to a point where Mando is willing to entrust him to Omera's care. Unfortunately, this idyllic plan is scuppered when a bounty hunter targets The Child, forcing him to leave with Mando so he's always on the move. It's a truly poignant scene as he's forced to leave.
The action is still great, with Mando and Cara Dune making a great team as they battle the raiders at their camp in a bid to draw them out. And while Cara is a seasoned veteran, Omera is pretty cool as well, demonstrating some excellent marksmanship during the training sequences and even ordering the villagers to charge during the final confrontation.
If there's one thing that bothers me in this episode (other than the problematic individual playing Cara Dune), it's the plan our heroes hatch to draw the raiders out. If they knew the raiders had the walker, why not take it out of commission at the camp? Granted, the walker provides some tension as its activated, complete with some sinister red lighting, and it provides some cooler scenes at the climax of the episode. But luring it back to the camp rather than knocking it out feels like an unnessary risk. I guess that's a minor issue, and one that just leads to more speculation.
Anyway, see you tomorrow for the next episode. And before anyone asks: Yes, I will be watching The Acolyte. I'll probably post my thoughts when the season wraps up, but that's a review marathon for another time.
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