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Mandalorian, The Season 2

Chapter 16: The Rescue

Star Wars: The MandalorianWith the help of Boba Fett, Bo-Katan, Cara Dune, and Fennec Shand – and with a little bit of information gleaned from the Imperial scientist captured en route to continue his experiments on Grogu – the Mandalorian plans a two-pronged attack on Moff Gideon’s cruiser. His objective is to rescue Grogu, while Bo-Katan wants to recapture the Darksaber and regain control of Mandalore. Standing in their way is an entire platoon of Darktroopers – droid stormtroopers impervious to the weaknesses of either Imperial recruits or clones – and taking out even one of them is almost more than the Mandalorian can handle on his own. Bringing Moff Gideon to heel is somewhat easier, but once the entire team is trapped on the cruiser’s bridge with Gideon and Grogu, with Darktroopers crowding on the other side of the blast door, it seems a new hope is needed.

The Mandalorianwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Peyton Reed
music by Ludwig Goransson

Cast: Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Omid Abtahi (Dr. Pershing), Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Gina Carano (Cara Dune), Mercedes Varnado (Koska Reeves), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Thomas E. Sullivan (Co-Pilot), Luke Baines (Pilot), Gabriel Ebert (Gunnery Officer), Katy O’Brian (Comms Officer), Matthew Wood (Bib Fortuna)

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 1: Stranger In A Strange Land

The Book Of Boba FettFresh from the belly of the Sarlacc, Boba Fett fights his way to the surface of the Dune Sea on Tatooine, but the injured bounty hunter is an easy target of everything from Jawas to Tusken Raiders. Stripped of his armor and weapons, Fett faces a series of trials with nothing but fierce determination to stay alive.

Fresh from helping a fellow Mandalorian carry out a daring attack on an Imperial cruiser, Boba Fett has returned to Tatooine, killed Bib Fortuna – heir to the criminal empire of Jabba the Hutt – and has assumed the throne that once belonged to Jabba. With Fennec Shand, a particularly capable assassin, at his side, he begins accepting “tributes” from the locals, but when he dares to step outside of his fortress without a large retinue of armed guards, Fett discovers that moving in on the Hutts’ old territory in and around Mos Espa won’t be accepted easily.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Robert Rodriguez
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Matt Berry (voice of UK2-B), David Pasquesi (Mok Shaiz’s Majordomo), Jennifer Beals (Garsa Fwip), Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett), Wesley Kimmel (Tusken Kid), Xavier Jiminez (Tusken Chief), Joanna Bennett (Tusken Warrior), Dawn Dininger (Rodian Prisoner), Barry Lowin (Garfalquox), Robert Rodriguez (voice of Dokk Strassi), Frank Trigg (Gamorrean Guard), Collin Hymes (Gamorrean Guard), Marlon Aquino (Twi’lek Server), Andrea Bartlow (Twi’lek Server), Stephen Oyoung (Dokk Strassi performance artist), Chris Bartlett (UK2-B performance artist), Leeanna Vamp (Droid Server performance artist

The Book Of Boba FettNotes: Since Jabba’s sail barge is still smoldering from its destruction in Return Of The Jedi (1983) and ripe for the picking by Jawas, it’s fair to assume that Fett’s escape from the Sarlacc happened in a matter of hours rather than days (and certainly a long way from Threepio’s thousand-year estimate, though that figure may have been dictated by Jabba’s PR department). Jabba’s presence at the Boonta Eve podrace at Mos Espa in The Phantom Menace (1999) suggested that his palace is in close proximity to that city. Daniel Logan, as young Fett, appears only a scene from Attack Of The Clones (2002).

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 2: The Tribes Of Tatooine

The Book Of Boba FettNot long after escaping from the Sarlacc and being captured by a tribe of Tusken Raiders, Fett discovers that their tribe is frequently targeted by aggressors who run a speeder train on a route through their territory, and offers to tip the balance back in the Tuskens’ favor. Doing so earns their trust – and earns Fett a place among their tribe.

In the present, Fett questions the would-be assassin captured by Fennec Shand. With a little persuasion, the assassin reveals that his services were paid for by the Mayor of Mos Espa, who is the next person Fett and his party visit. But the Mayor admits to nothing, and tells Fett he should visit Garsa Fwip for more information. It is then that two Hutt twins – cousins of the late Jabba the Hutt – arrive to lay claim to what once belonged to their kin. Though they leave after nothing more than a terse exchange of verbal threats, there is little doubt that the dispute remains unsettled.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Steph Green
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Matt Berry (voice of 8D8), David Pasquesi (Mok Shaiz’s Majordomo), Jennifer Beals (Garsa Fwip), Carey Jones (Black Krrsantan), Paul Darnell (Night Wind Assassin), Frank Trigg (Gamorrean Guard), Collin Hymes (Gamorrean Guard), Galen Howard (City Hall Clerk), Robert Rodriguez (voice of Mayor Mok Shaiz), Andrea Bartlow (Twi’lek Server), Marlon Aquino (Twi’lek Server), Murphy Patrick Martin (Drummer), Joanna Bennett (Tusken Warrior), Wesley Kimmel (Tusken Kid), Xavier Jiminez (Tusken Chief), Mandy Kowalski (Camie), Skyler Bible (Fixer), Alfred Hsing (Pyke Traveler), Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett), John Rosengrant (Mayor Mok Shaiz performance artist), Chris Bartlett (Droid Server performance artist)

The Book Of Boba FettNotes: The Star Wars deep cuts are strong with this one – from the first live-action appearance of popular Wookiee comic character Black Krrsantan, to just about the deepest cut imaginable, characters who were entirely deleted from the original 1977 cut of Star Wars itself. The couple in the cantina which Boba Fett rids of raiders is Fixer and Camie, two characters who would have appeared in Star Wars as friends of one Luke Skywalker, skeptical of his hopes to leave Tatooine and become part of something greater. But their original filmed appearances alongside Luke and Biggs were left on the cutting room floor; they would have appeared in close proximity to Biggs’ declaration to Luke that he was leaving to join the Rebellion (another scene cut in its entirety), and Luke spotting the firefight between the Star Destroyer and Leia’s ship. (Both characters were recast for their appearance in this episode.)

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 3: The Streets Of Mos Espa

The Book Of Boba FettFett’s remembrance of his time among the Tuskens closes on a tragic note; having returned from trying to establish a business relationship with the Pykes on behalf of the Tusken tribe, Fett discovers that his tribe has been completely wiped out.

After hearing complaints of a gang of young speeder bike riders who have added droid parts to their bodies, Fett ventures into Mos Espa, but instead of taking on the gang, he recruits them as his personal guards. Back at his palace (formerly Jabba’s palace), Fett’s latest visit to the bacta tank is interrupted by an unannounced – and nearly fatal – visit from Krrsantan, sent by the Hutt twins to kill their rival. Fett’s new recruits prove instrumental in saving his life, and the Wookiee assassin is trapped in the pit formerly used to house Jabba’s Rancor. The Hutts arrive to declare an awkward truce with Fett before retreating to Nal Hutta because another crime syndicate has laid claim to Mos Espa: the Pykes.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Robert Rodriguez
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Matt Berry (voice of 8D8), Stephen Root (Lortha Peel), Sophie Thatcher (Drash), Jordan Bolger (Skad), Carey Jones (Black Krrsantan), Danny Trejo (Rancor Keeper), David Pasquesi (Mok Shaiz’s Majordomo), Frank Trigg (Gamorrean Guard), Collin Hymes (Gamorrean Guard), Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett), Xavier Jiminez (Tusken Chief), Joanna Bennett (Tusken Warrior), Wesley Kimmel (Tusken Kid), Phil Lamarr (voice of Pyke Boss), Murphy Patrick Martin (Drummer), Galen Howard (City Hall Clerk), Jamie Alexander (Pyke Boss performance artist), Chris Bartlett (Traffic Protocol Droid performance artist)

Notes: Fett has indeed ridden beasts larger than his new Rancor – notably in his very first appearance, in the animated segment of Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 5: Return Of The Mandalorian

The Book Of Boba FettMandalorian Din Djarin has returned to the life of a bounty hunter – a bounty hunter who wields the Darksaber…or wields it clumsily, at any rate. Seeking the help of fellow Mandalorians after he accidentally injures himself with the weapon, he encounters the Armorer he knew from the Mandalorian covert on Nevarro. At her insistence, he surrenders his beskar spear to be melted down, but asks her to turn it into a suit of armor for Grogu. But when Djarin reveals to the Armorer that he has been seen without his helmet, he is excommunicated from the covert and told that he must reclaim his honor in the the water beneath Mandalore’s surface, even though the planet is now considered uninhabitable.

Returning to Tatooine, he visits Peli Motto, who claims to have found a worthy successor to the Razor Crest – in this case, a Naboo N-1 starfighter to which she makes some custom modifications. Returning from a test flight that convinces him that the fighter, while an Old Republic relic, could prove handy for either fight or flight, the Mandalorian is accosted by Fennec Shand, recruiting him to Boba Fett’s cause.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Emily Swallow (The Armorer), Amy Sedaris (Peli Motto), Ardeshir Radpour (Kaba Baiz), Helen Sadler (Ishi Tib Guild Master), Arden Voyles (Rodian Child), Leilani Shiu (Jawa), Max Lloyd-Jones (Lieutenant Reed), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Captain Carson Teva), Chris Bartlett (Glavis Caskadag performance artist), Safiya Fredericks (Ishi Tib Guild Master performance artist)

Notes: The cryogenic density combustion booster requested by the Mandalorian and Peli looks exactly like one of the pole-like items used by Han, Luke, and Leia to attempt to stop the trash compactor in Star Wars. Though credited, Temuera Morrison does not appear in this episode beyond the recap of previous episodes.

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 6: From The Desert Comes A Stranger

The Book Of Boba FettMarshall Cobb Vanth interrupts a Pyke spice exchange near Mos Pelgo; when three of the four Pykes try to draw down on him, he drops them where they stand, and sends the surviving Pyke home – without his spice shipment – to tell the syndicate to stay out of Mos Pelgo.

The Mandalorian, in his new fighter, visits the planet where Jedi Master Luke Skywalker already has a school for new Jedi under construction. Luke is already attempting to teach Grogu the ways of the Force, and Ahsoka is there as well, seemingly to dissuade the Mandalorian from seeing Grogu. She offers to deliver the gift of Grogu’s armor, but warns that seeing the Mandalorian in person will sabotage Grogu’s immersion in the Jedi tradition of detachment. The Mandalorian reluctantly allows Ahsoka to deliver the armor and leaves without Grogu seeing him. On Tatooine, he sits in on a briefing at Fett’s palace, learning that Fett lacks any kind of army for the coming conflict with the Pykes. The Mandalorian goes to Mos Pelgo – renamed Freetown by its citizens – to recruit Vanth and his townsfolk into helping rid Tatooine of the Pyke scourge. But after the Mandalorian leaves, another visitor walks into Freetown to deliver a very different message to Vanth from the Pykes.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni
directed by Dave Filoni
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Timothy Olyphant (Cobb Vanth), Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano), Jordan Bolger (Skad), Sophie Thatcher (Drash), Carey Jones (Black Krrsantan), David Pasquesi (Mok Shaiz’s Majordomo), Corey Burton (Cad Bane), Jennifer Beals (Garsa Fwip), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Frank Trigg (Gamorrean Guard), Collin Hymes (Gamorrean Guard), J.J. Dashnaw (Deputy Scott), W. Earl Brown (Weequay Proprietor), Karisma Shanel (Jo), Marlon Aquino (Twi’lek Server), Andrea Bartlow (Twi’lek server), Graham Hamilton (Jedi performance artist), Dorian Kingi (Cad Bane performance artist), Chris Bartlett (Droid Server performance artist)

The Book Of Boba FettNotes: Grogu’s flashback to the purge of the Jedi Temple does not include even so much as a glimpse of who got him to safety. (Interestingly enough, it places him at the Temple at the same time that Reva and her fellow padawans were trying to escape in flashbacks seen in Obi-Wan Kenobi.) In addition to playing Cobb Vanth’s short-lived deputy, J.J. Dashnaw is also the series’ stunt coordinator. This marks the first appearance of Cad Bane in live action Star Wars after many appearances in The Clone Wars animated series. Mark Hamill’s face and voice are synthesized here, though he was on set to provide reference performances. Max Rebo picked a very lucky night not to be sitting in on keyboards at Garsa’s.

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Book Of Boba Fett, The Season 1

Chapter 7: In The Name Of Honor

The Book Of Boba FettBoba Fett, the Mandalorian, and Fennec Shand survey the ruins of Garsa’s Sanctuary, recently bombed by the Pykes. With the Mandalorian’s assurance that Cobb Vanth and the people of Freetown will be en route to provide reinforcements shortly, Fett sends his closest allies – Krrsantan, the Mods, and his Gammorean guards – to keep an eye on strategic locations in Mos Espa to watch for a build-up of Pyke troops. But the three families with whom Fett thought he had reached a truce turn on those allies, and the Pykes attack the Sanctuary in force. Fennec is sent to take out the head of the Pyke syndicate in Mos Eisley, stopping to help the Mods out of their predicament on the way. After the arrival of the residents of Freetown, the Mods and even Krrsantan manage to reach the Sanctuary to join the fight. This seems to send the Pykes to ground, a worse problem surfaces: Pyke-controlled Scorpenek droids, deadly relics of the Clone Wars, scatter Fett’s forces and begin laying waste to the city. Fett leaves the Mandalorian to defend the townsfolk while he rockets back to his palace to fetch his rancor. A new distraction arrives for the Mandalorian, however: Grogu, apparently having chosen not to walk the path of the Jedi, has been returned to him at what is either the most dangerous time possible, or the best time possible. But even if the droids can be defeated, Cad Bane is lurking in the background, and his duel with Boba Fett is personal.

The Book Of Boba Fettwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Robert Rodriguez
music by Joseph Shirley
music themes by Ludwig Gorannson

Cast: Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Sophie Thatcher (Drash), Jordan Bolger (Skad), Corey Burton (Cad Bane), Amy Sedaris (Peli Motto), David Pasquesi (Mok Shaiz’s Majordomo), Carey Jones (Black Krrsantan), Matt Berry (voice of 8D8), Robert Rodriguez (Mayor Mok Shaiz / Dokk Stassi), Phil LaMarr (Pyke Boss & Klatoonian Boss), Frank Trigg (Gamorrean Guard), Collin Hymes (Gamorrean Guard), Barry Lowin (Garfalaquox), W. Earl Brown (Weequay Proprietor), Karisma Shanel (Jo), Dorian Kingi (Cad Bane performance artist), John Rosengrant (Mayor Mok Shaiz performance artist), Ardeshir Radpour (Klatoonian Boss performance artist), Jamie Alexander (Pyke Boss performance artist), Andres Saenz-Hudson (Pyke Capo performance artist), Stephen Oyoung (Dokk Strassi performance artist)

Mid-Credit Scene: In Fett’s palace, as Cobb Vanth soaks in the bacta tank, the Modifier prepares to get to work.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part I

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiTen years after the fall of the Republic and the birth of the Skywalker twins, exiled Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi ekes out a minimal existence on Tatooine under the assumed name of Ben, working an ordinary job and keeping as low a profile as possible. When Imperial Inquisitors land in Mos Eisley in search of any Jedi Knights who survived the Empire’s purge of the Jedi order, they immediately finds not Kenobi, but a former youngling who has been using his abilities with the Force to aid a local saloon owner in exchange for shelter. The young Jedi seeks out Obi-Wan to ask for assistance, but Kenobi’s advice is to forget the Jedi order and survive by leading a normal life. The young Jedi does not heed this advice, and is killed by the Inquisitors in a grisly public display. The Inquisitors continue their search, with the Third Sister, Reva, threatening to kill moisture farmer Owen Lars if the whereabouts of other Jedi are not revealed. Owen doesn’t divulge Kenobi’s presence, though he harbors little affection for the Jedi. Reva, obsessed with finding Kenobi, is brought to heel by the Grand Inquisitor, but she simply changes her tactics. Reva hires a bounty hunter to abduct the young princess of Alderaan, Leia Organa, whose father is a known associate of Kenobi from the days of the Republic. Bail Organa pays Obi-Wan a visit to ask for the Jedi’s help to recover his daughter, leaving Obi-Wan little choice but to reluctantly resume his role as a guardian of peace and justice from a more civilized age.

teleplay by Joby Harold and Hossein Amini and Stuart Beattie
story by Stuart Beattie and Hossein Amini
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Rupert Friend (Grand Inquisitor), Sung Kang (Fifth Brother), Moses Ingram (Reva), Benny Safdie (Nari), Joel Edgerton (Owen Lars), Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars), Simone Kessell (Breha Organa), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Flea (Vect Nokru), Jimmy Smits (Senator Bail Organa), Ming Qiu (Jedi Master Minas Velti), Aiden Arnold (Jedi Youngling), Jonathan Ho (Jedi Youngling), Yonas Asuncion Kibreab (Jedi Youngling), Mila Lavin (Jedi Youngling), Ayaamii Sledge (Jedi Youngling), Derek Basco (saloon Owner), Kingsley Hao (Local Mos Eisley Boy), Heath McGough (Foreman Groff Ditcher), Chad Parker (Worker Padu Chend), Leilani Shiu (Teeka), Grant Feely (Luke Skywalker), Molly Miller (Handmaiden Agira), Hossein Mardani (Dardin Shull), Karen Constantine (Local Anchorhead Woman), Gabe Fonesca (Duke Kayo Organa), Roberta Sparta (Duchess Celly Organa), Ian Inigo (Cousin Niano Organa), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Aviel Ayoung (Mercenary #1), Amy Sturdivant (Mercenary #2), Sonia Jackson (Attendant)

Obi-Wan KenobiNotes: Based on, and expanded from, what was originally intended to be a future entry in the curtailed series of self-contained Star Wars “anthology” films, this series brought back numerous familiar faces from the prequel trilogy, most notably star and executive producer Ewan McGregor, Jimmy Smits, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Simone Kessell, and – in later episodes – Hayden Christensen. The ties to the prequel trilogy are strong with this one, including a flashback to younglings attempting to escape from the Order 66 purge of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, but the ties to the animated series Rebels are also numerous, including the first live-action Inquisitors.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part II

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan arrives on Daiyu, searching for the kidnapped young Princess Leia Organa. He learns on the street of a Jedi who helps those in need, but, following that lead, finds a con man named Haja posing as a Jedi, his help to the downtrodden costing his marks everything they have. Obi-Wan turns the tables on Haja to get his help at a substantial discount. This leads him to a building where illegal substances are prepared for sale on the street – and, in a secluded room within, he finds two things: the missing Princess, and bounty hunter Vect Nokru and his thugs. Leia doesn’t know or trust Obi-Wan, and runs from him – and runs face-first into trouble, until Obi-Wan proves that he truly is a Jedi Knight. But this only brings more attention to him, and reveals to the Grand Inquisitor that Reva is pulling the strings to draw Kenobi out for reasons of her own. With an entire city of stormtroopers bearing down on them, Obi-Wan and Leia are unexpectedly given a new escape route by Haja, but Reva is waiting to try to cut off their escape – and reveals to Obi-Wan that Anakin Skywalker still lives, though not in a form that his old teacher would recognize.

teleplay by Joby Harold
story by Stuart Beattie and Hossein Amini
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Kumail Nanjiani (Haja Estree), Marisé Álvarez (Nyche), Flea (Vect Nokru), Moses Ingram (Reva), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Rupert Friend (Grand Inquisitor), Sung Kang (Fifth Brother), Rya Kihlstedt (Fourth Sister), Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader), Dan Considine (Deck Officer Densin Clord), Temuera Morrison (Veteran Clone Trooper), Esther-Rose McGregor (Tetha Grig), Jecobi Swain (Jayco), Indie Desroches (Corran), Tom O’Connell (Spice Den Guard #1), Cha-Leen Yoon (Spice Den Guard #2), Aviel Ayoung (Mercenary #1), Amy Sturdivant (Mercenary #2), Mackensi Emory (Spice Runner #1), Phong Giang (Spice Runner #2), Mario Filippi (Spice Runner #3)

Notes: The young woman who tries to sell Obi-Wan spice – who was “someone’s daughter once too” – is in fact played by Ewan McGregor’s daughter.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part III

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiFleeing from Daiyu aboard an automated cargo freighter, Obi-Wan finds himself on the receiving end of questions from Leia about the Force. They arrive on a planet in the Mapuzo system, heavily mined by the Empire, where Haja said help would be waiting, though the exact coordinates are behind an Imperial checkpoint, and Obi-Wan’s furtive behavior is enough to raise suspicion and start a firefight. When a second contingent of stormtroopers arrives, they are cut down by blaster fire from their own commanding officer, Tala, who is the contact Obi-Wan and Leia have been looking for. Tala introduces them to the Path, a clandestine network of waypoints and safe houses that have been used to conceal surviving members of the Jedi order. But before they can leave, a new Imperial presence arrives – the Inquisitors and Darth Vader himself, making a spectacle of tormenting to locals in order to draw Obi-Wan out. He tells Leia to go to the next transport on her own, and charges Tala with ensuring the girl’s safety. Obi-Wan sets out to distract Vader from the girl, but even with that as his only goal, the confrontation does not go well for the out-of-practice Jedi. Reva, in the meantime, having engineered her ascension within the ranks of the Inquisitors, finds that her “sisters” and “brothers” are not as accepting of her tactics.

written by by Joby Harold & Hannah Friedman and Hossein Amini and Stuart Beattie
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Moses Ingram (Reva), Sung Kang (Fifth Brother), Rya Kihlstedt (Fourth Sister), Zach Braff (Freck), Indira Varma (Tala Durith), James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader), Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader), A.J. Troup (Stormtrooper #1), Shane Hartline (Stormtrooper #2), Ardeshir Radpour (Checkpoint Stormtrooper), Melanie Mosley (Safehouse Stormtrooper #1), Will Westwater (Safehouse Stormtrooper #2), Dimitrious Bistrevsky (Darth Vader performance artist), John Rosengrant (Freck performance artist), Dustin Ceithamer (NED-B performance artist)

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part IV

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiSmuggled away from Mapuzo by Tala and her reprogrammed mining droid, Obi-Wan awakens in a bacta tank on Jabiim, at one of the safehouses on the Path. But Leia has been taken to an Imperial complex on Nur, an ocean moon of Mustafar, where Reva shows little restraint in interrogating her, despite the fact that her prisoner is a ten-year-old girl. Obi-Wan tries to convince Tala and a pilot named Roken to assist him in recovering Leia, with Tala noting that Leia knows enough about the Path to destroy the entire underground operation keeping the last few Jedi alive. A small rescue mission is approved, but the entire plan depends on Tala’s cover as an Imperial officer still being intact, and Obi-Wan being able to muster enough of his former prowess with the Force to keep both of them, and Leia, alive long enough to escape.

written by by Joby Harold & Hannah Friedman
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Indira Varma (Tala Durith), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Moses Ingram (Reva), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Roken), Maya Erskine (Sully), Sung Kang (Fifth Brother), Rya Kihlstedt (Fourth Sister), James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader), Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader), Ryder McLaughlin (Wade Resselian), Joss Glennie-Smith (Fortress Inquisitorius Security Guard), David Will No (Fortress Inquisitorius Terminal Officer), Jonathan Ho (Jedi Youngling), Oliver Ho (Jedi Youngling), Helen Day (Fortress Inquisitorius Officer), Dimitrious Bistrevsky (Darth Vader performance artist)

Notes: The disturbing sight of various captured Jedi – including younglings – being kept in the bowels of Fortress Inquisitorius like biological specimens may hint at the Empire’s secret project to harvest midichlorians, which continues as far in the future as The Mandalorian and Moff Gideon’s repeated attempts to capture Grogu, Obi-Wan Kenobiand possibly as far forward as the creation of Snoke and the rebirth of Emperor Palpatine in the sequel trilogy. The vehicles that have been known for over 40 years as Rebel snowspeeders may have been incorrectly identified, as we see them operating in a decidedly non-winter-weather environment here.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part V

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan, Tala, and Roken arrive back on Jabiim with Leia, unaware that Reva has planted a tracking device on Leia’s droid, L0-LA. Vader and Reva are already en route to Jabiim, and this particular safehouse on the Path will need to be evacuated in short order…except that Obi-Wan’s pursuers have already anticipated that. L0-LA, under Reva’s control, seals the launch doors, leaving the transports unable to lift off, and trapping countless civilian refugees in the middle of what seems like an ensuing battle between Vader and Kenobi. Leia works to undo L0-LA’s damage, while Obi-Wan finally realizes that Reva herself was a Jedi padawan who survived Order 66; her grudge is not just with him, but with Vader. In order to use Vader’s impatience against him, Obi-Wan plans to give everyone time to escape, while also evading a confrontation with Vader himself. But the cost of this plan, for many, will be very high.

written by by Joby Harold & Andrew Stanton
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Moses Ingram (Reva), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Roken), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Maya Erskine (Sully), Indira Varma (Tala Durith), Kumail Nanjiani (Haja Estree), Marisé Álvarez (Nyche), Rupert Friend (Grand Inquisitor), James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader), Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa), Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader), Crispian Belfrage (Devastator Captain), Indie Desroches (Corran), Aiden Arnold (Jedi Youngling), Jonathan Ho (Jedi Youngling), Oliver Ho (Jedi Youngling), Yonas Ascuncion Kibreab (Jedi Youngling), Mila Lanin (Jedi Youngling), Ayaamii Sledge (Jedi Youngling), Grant Feely (Luke Skywalker), Dimitrious Bistrevsky (Darth Vader performance artist), Dustin Ceithamer (NED-B performance artist)

Obi-Wan KenobiNotes: Apparently, surviving being run through with a lightsaber, without any apparent immediate medical attention, is a thing that can be done now. It may or may not depend on damage done to major organs. This episode contains flashbacks both to Vader’s assault on the Jedi Temple in Revenge Of The Sith as well as sparring matches between Anakin and Obi-Wan that most likely happen shortly before Attack Of The Clones.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 Star Wars

Part VI

Star Wars: Obi-Wan KenobiHaving narrowly escaped Jabiim, the transport ship of refugees is trailed closely by Vader in the Devastator. But there is a further wild card in the situation – Reva has barely survived her fight with Vader and has discovered the locations and identities of Vader’s children. Having lost Leia, Reva now goes to Tatooine to find young Luke Skywalker. Her unsubtle questioning of the locals gives Owen and Beru time to prepare to fight her when she arrives. Obi-Wan leaves the transport in a dropship, certain that Vader will break off his pursuit to follow him rather than the refugees. A furious lightsaber battle ensues, during which Obi-Wan is able to do critical damage to Vader’s life support suit. Perhaps realizing that, while Vader is dangerous, he remains vulnerable to his feelings and capable of major tactical errors as a result, Obi-Wan leaves him alive but unable to fight. The Jedi then races to the aid of Luke, whose peril he senses through the Force, but it is Reva who brings the boy back to Owen and Beru of her own accord. Ben tries to absolve her of her past, and tells her that her future is for her to decide now; her inability to kill a child as casually as Vader once did is a strength rather than a weakness. After ensuring that Leia has been returned to Alderaan, Obi-Wan returns to Tatooine, agreeing to keep his distance from the Lars homestead, but is surprised when Owen introduces him to ten-year-old Luke despite that promise. And with the recent reawakening of his mastery of the Force, Obi-Wan has one further surprise waiting for him as he goes back into exile.

teleplay by by Joby Harold & Andrew Stanton and Hossein Amini
story by Stuart Beattie and Joby Harold & Andrew Stanton
directed by Deborah Chow
music by Natalie Holt
Obi-Wan Theme by John Williams / adapted by William Ross

Obi-Wan KenobiCast: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Moses Ingram (Reva), Vivien Lyra Blair (Princess Leia Organa), Kumail Nanjiani (Haja Estree), Marisé Álvarez (Nyche), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Roken), Maya Erskine (Sully), Joel Edgerton (Owen Lars), Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars), Rupert Friend (Grand Inquisitor), Simone Kessell (Breha Organa), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine), James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader), Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa), Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader), Hossein Mardani (Dardin Shull), Heath McGough (Foreman Groff Ditcher), Indie Desroches (Corran), Crispian Belfrage (Devastator Captain), Grant Feely (Luke Skywalker), Aiden Arnold (Jedi Youngling), Jonathan Ho (Jedi Youngling), Oliver Ho (Jedi Youngling), Yonas Ascuncion Kibreab (Jedi Youngling), Mila Lanin (Jedi Youngling), Ayaamii Sledge (Jedi Youngling), David St. Pierre (Supply Store Clerk performance artist), Dimitrious Bistrevsky (Darth Vader performance artist), Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn)

Obi-Wan KenobiNotes: The “unmasking of Vader” scene is very similar to a scene that occurs in the Star Wars: Rebels episode Twilight Of The Apprentice Part 2 (2016), in which it is Anakin Skywalker’s former padawan, Ahsoka Tano, who destroys half of Vader’s mask in a lightsaber duel. (At least each of Anakin’s old friends destroyed different sides of the helmet.) The original storyline for Obi-Wan Kenobi featured Darth Maul, not Darth Vader, though it fell to Dave Filoni to point out that a final duel between Kenobi and Maul had already been depicted in the Rebels episode Twin Suns (2017), and there was therefore no need to depict it again (or create a conflicting version of events, something that happened frequently in the early days of the Clone Wars animated series and the related publishing program). Twin Suns, as with most of Rebels, occurs much closer to the events of Rogue One and Star Wars than those of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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Mandalorian, The Season 3

Chapter 17: The Apostate

Star Wars: The MandalorianWhen a Mandalorian initiation rite is interrupted by an enormous, omnivorous creature, even an entire legion of armed Mandalorians is unable to bring it down. The arrival of another one of their number – and a well-timed shot from his ship – ends the danger. Afterward, the Mandalorian informs the Armorer of his plan to redeem himself in the waters of the mines of Mandalore, though she exhibits little optimism that he can actually achieve this. A visit to the revitalized planet Nevarro reunites the Mandalorian with Greef Karga, but when they try to revive IG-11, they discover it has reverted to its original bounty hunter programming and poses a danger to Grogu. The Mandalorian next tries to enlist the help of Bo-Katan, but she rules an empty palace, her followers having abandoned her cause when she did not return with the darksaber. She does, at least, offer a clue as to where the Mandalorian can achieve his goal… with a warning that Mandalore itself has been poisoned.

The Mandalorianwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Rick Famuyiwa
music by Joseph Shirley

Cast: Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), Emily Swallow (The Armorer), Carl Weathers (High Magistrate Greef Karga), Brendan Wayne (Mandalorian Warrior), Lateef Crowder (Mandalorian Warrior), Tait Fletcher (Paz Vizsla), Wesley Kimmel (Ragnar), Parvesh Cheena (Nevarro Copper Droid voice), Taiki Waititi (IG-11 voice), Marti Matulis (Vane), Shirley Henderson (Anzellan Crew voices), Nonso Anozie (Gorian Shard), Mat Fraser (Pirate Coxswain), Chris Bartlett (Nevarro Copper Droid performance artist), Carey Jones (Gorian Shard performance artist), Misty Rosas (Pirate Coxswain performance artist), Ian Goodwin (Warthog Pirate performance artist), Barry Lowin (Klatoonian Pirate Pilot performance artist), David St. Pierre (Trandoshan Pirate Pilot performance artist), Kelly Cruz (Mandalorian Drummer), Joey Gandolfo (Mandalorian Drummer), Andrew Lederman (Mandalorian Drummer), Joe Martone (Mandalorian Drummer), Daniel Mills (Mandalorian Drummer), Robert Murray (Mandalorian Drummer), Lyndon Rochelle (Mandalorian Drummer), Gregory Sadler (Mandalorian Drummer), Ian Wurfl (Mandalorian Drummer)

The MandalorianNotes: It’s a really good idea to have watched The Book Of Boba Fett prior to this season of The Mandalorian, specifically episodes 5 through 7, as this is where the reunion between the Mandalorian and Grogu takes place (as well as the Mandalorian’s admission to the Armorer that he has removed his helmet, her suggestion of how he might redeem himself, and the acquisition of a new ship to replace the Razor Crest). We’ve met Anzellan droidsmith Babu Frik already in The Rise Of Skywalker (2019), although that movie happens many years later than The Mandalorian.

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Mandalorian, The Season 3

Chapter 18: The Mines Of Mandalore

Star Wars: The MandalorianThe Mandalorian visits Peli Motto on Tatooine to try to buy the parts needed to repair IG-11; instead she sells him R5-D4 at a reduced rate, over the droid’s objections. He needs a droid to sample atmospheric toxicity on Mandalore, scouting ahead to see if it’s safe to seek the living waters in the subsurface mines. But Mandalore is neither toxic nor uninhabited; R5 is sent back to wait with the ship while the Mandalorian and Grogu explore the former capitol city. A bio-robotic hunter captures the Mandalorian, and it’s up to Grogu to make his way back to the ship alone, get R5 to pilot the ship to Bo-Katan’s sacntuary, and seek her help. She returns with R5 and Grogu, freeing the Mandalorian with his own darksaber and leading him to the mines. Even bathing in the water in the mines is a treacherous thing to do, and Bo-Katan has to rescue him again, but beneath the water, she catches a glimpse of something alive – possibly the mythosaur at the heart of Mandalorian folklore.

The Mandalorianwritten by Jon Favreau
directed by Rachel Morrison
music by Joseph Shirley

Cast: Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), Amy Sedaris (Peli Motto), Brendan Wayne (Mandalorian Warrior), Lateef Crowder (Mandalorian Warrior), Dawn Dininger (Rodian Customer), Leilani Shiu (Jawa), Ariel Shiu (Jawa)

The MandalorianNotes: Peli claims that R5-D4 served the Rebellion during the galactic civil war and was then sold to her, possibly by Jawas. Despite R5’s nervous demeanor suggesting that he’s not made of the same tyranny-fighting stuff as R2-D2, this story of R5’s post-Tatooine exploits is given some confirmation a few episodes later. The Mandalorian’s visit to Tatooine falls on Boonta Eve, a major holiday on that planet (which also coincided with the podrace that young Anakin Skywalker won in Star Wars Episode I).

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