Bo-Katan’s plan is to seize weapons, retake Mandalore, then install a new leader on the throne. Boo!) Then it’s time to discuss more Mandalorian politics. (“Now I’m gonna kill your pet,” their leader threatens.
He owes her double when she saves him from a group of angry Quarrens who ambush him and the Child on the dock.
If nothing else, Mando owes Bo-Katan better than just flying off with the Child, repelled by her suggestion that he might be a religious fanatic and that there are other acceptable ways to be a Mandalorian. There’s no need to leave one’s helmet on all the time. He’s a Child of the Watch, which, from her perspective, makes him a zealot dedicated to returning Mandalorian society to its original, purest form. She was born on Mandalore and fought the Empire during the Purge. (Sackhoff provided her voice on The Clone Wars and Rebels, so this is something of a live-action homecoming for her.) Bo-Katan first shocks Mando by removing her helmet, then more or less brings him up to speed about his past and hers. Their Mandalorian rescuers: Koska Reeves (WWE star Mercedes Varnado), Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides), and Bo-Katan ( Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff), the latter another character with deep Clone Wars ties. Soon the cavalry arrives in the form of three Mandalorians wearing sharp, colorful beskar armor of their own. How they plan to obtain it after he’s been eaten raises some uncomfortable questions, but, fortunately, they never become pertinent. The Quarren want their fearsome pet to devour their passengers in order to steal Mando’s beskar armor. Aboard the Quarrens’ ship, the Mandalorian and the Child get invited to watch a mamacore - a hungry aquatic creature they keep in a watery hold in the middle of the ship - eat, only to find that they’re the intended meal.
Either camp can still enjoy the episode.įor a moment, however, it looks like there might not be much more of the series to enjoy at all. The Quarren, and some of the characters the Mandalorian meets shortly after setting out to sea with them, might be familiar to those steeped in Star Wars lore but new faces to others. But it also seems to have been written so that any knowledge of The Clone Wars (where the Quarren play a significant role) is purely optional. At this point, it becomes clear that “The Heiress” will have even deeper connections to Star Wars lore than most previous episodes of The Mandalorian, connections that will only thicken as the action progresses. Is this problematic? Discuss.) To find other Mandalorians, Mando strikes a deal with a Quarren, a member of the squid-faced species that seems to share Trask with the Mon Calamari. Could this prove significant, and soon? (Answer: yes.)Īt the inn, the Child finally gets some food in the form of squid chowder dispensed from a tube running up to the ceiling. This leads to an emotional reunion between the Frog Lady and her Frog Man, after which Mando sets off to a nearby inn recommended by Frog Man to obtain some information - but not before spotting a hooded woman observing him on the dock. Indeed.Īfter leaving the Crest in the hands of a Mon Calamari who promises only to “make it fly,” not fix it, Mando and his passengers set off to explore Trask. Though they all look cozy sleeping together in the cockpit, the need to make a hot landing wakes them up and leaves the Razor Crest in even worse shape than before when it topples into the bay. Mando, the Child, the Frog Lady, and her delicious eggs are already barely limping before they arrive and have to make a hot landing. But to meet other Mandalorians, he first has to land the Razor Crest at Trask’s main trading port, no mean feat given the damage it sustained in the previous episode, thanks to the attack of the space spiders. It’s also home to unscrupulous sailors, Imperial holdouts, and, as the Mandalorian has been told, others of his kind.
That means there’s no shortage of slimy, tentacled delights for the Child to consume. “The Heiress” is set almost entirely on Trask, the watery moon the Frog Lady calls home. But fans of watching the Child eat upsetting things will still have plenty to cheer in “The Heiress,” the third episode of The Mandalorian’s second season. Let’s answer the most pressing question about this episode first: Does the Child eat any more of the nice Frog Lady’s eggs, and does she find out about his past transgressions? Fortunately, the answer is no on both counts.