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“This is the way,” or is it? The third episode of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian Season 2 is titled “Chapter 11: The Heiress,” written by series creator Jon Favreau and directed by Bryce Dallas Howard.
Minor spoilers ahead for those who have not yet seen this episode, the Season 2 premiere, its second episode, or episodes of the previous season. If you have not yet done so, get to that now, then return to this article when you can!
This week’s episode of The Mandalorian continues to be a slow burn for the overarching plot (as it tends to be), but it is worth tuning in for. “The Heiress” relies heavily on its storytelling aspect, bringing in familiar faces of the Star Wars universe to set the narrative forward. The titular protagonist Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and the Child succeed in delivering their passenger (Misty Rosas) to her husband (John Cameron) on the estuary moon Trask, but their journey upon the moon is not without trouble after trouble. Eventually, the Mandalorian encounters a small crew of individuals in Beskar armor — consisting of Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), Koska Reeves (Sasha Banks), and Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides) — , revealing that Mando finds his people but perhaps not his people. What we learn here is that although the galaxy is vast, one can still run into crucial characters.
In this week’s story for our beloved characters, Mando is prompted into questioning his supposed Mandalorian way of life. He discovers that he can work with the crew instead of alone. As Bo-Katan says, “Mandalorians are stronger together.” The protagonist makes a deal with the crew in Beskar armor, who plans to take the Mandalore planet from the hands of the Galactic Empire. Mando is sent to yet another planet, where apparently he will find the Jedi who will take in the Child; but he is also given the option of joining the crew. What he doesn’t know is he might be watched… Anyways, isn’t it weird that how he is initially saved from trouble parallels with the moment when the Mandalorians took him in as a child?
This action-packed episode is such a sight, and we would be remiss if we didn’t pay to even its most minuscule details. In the previous episode, “The Passenger,” we broke down the symbolism of eggs and how this could be a reference to the Aliens horror franchise. In “The Heiress,” the Child is given a bowl of soup, in which a small octopus-like creature jumps out and latches onto the Foundling’s face. We also get to see what hatches from the Frog Lady’s eggs, and as it tends to turn out in life around us, it is beautiful.
Overall, this episode of The Mandalorian is a lovely set-up of what will become of the rest of the season, or so it seems. The main character is reminded of the famous mantra, “This is the way,” but what is it really when all you have known is what you were taught? Sackhoff delivers a terrific performance, reprising her role from Star Wars Rebels, which begs us to wonder who else from previous Lucasfilm properties we’ll see in the future. I guess we’ll just have to wait to see it!
The Mandalorian Season 2 is now available to watch!
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Managing editor & film and television critic with a Bachelor's of Arts in English Literature with a Writing Minor from the University of Guam. Currently in graduate school completing a Master's in English Literature.
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