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As Childish Gambino sings, “Don’t take my baby boy!” The sixth episode of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian Season 2 is titled “Chapter 14: The Tragedy,” written by Jon Favreau and directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Alita: Battle Angel).
Some spoilers ahead for those who have not yet seen this episode, or previous episodes of the series. If you have not yet done so, get to that now, then return to this article when you can!
With two episodes left to go this season, Robert Rodriguez does a mighty fine job at crafting together this chapter of the hit Star Wars television series. “The Tragedy” follows Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and the Child named Grogu as they travel to Tython, as instructed by Ahsoka Tano in last week’s episode. While there, the Jedi foundling meditates atop a mountain, by he and Mando are soon attacked familiar enemies.
This week’s episode title is self-explanatory. Nearly a year ago, Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) was supposedly killed off in Chapter 5, but now she has been brought back with the help of a cloaked individual none other than Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) himself. (This news surfaced earlier this May, and what better way to set up a good finale to Season 2 than an appearance from the galaxy’s most iconic bounty hunter!) Reprising his role from the prequel trilogy, Morrison’s character accosts Mando about claiming back his armor, which was lost from him in the sands of Tatooine. Fett and Djarin have a brief discussion about the Mandalorians and their Beskar armor before the Empire arrives on Tython (via tracking beacon) to take the Child. Djarin, Fett, and Shand get busy with fighting off Clone Troopers, and before they know it — Mando’s Razor Crest ship is blown to smithereens and Grogu is kidnapped!
Morrison and Wen deliver outstanding roles as their respective characters, with Fett shining once again in his classic-looking armor. Wen’s performance — as a powerful woman of color — is great, a mirror reflection of her previous Disney character Mulan.
With a half-hour runtime, “The Tragedy” is quite brisk in terms of its pacing of the plot, but it is definitely worth the watch as its characters undergo some serious development, especially with Djarin beginning to get comfortable with calling the Child by his birth name and training him to be a Jedi. Perhaps the real tragedy here is what happens at the end of the episode. We also see the Child use his Force powers on the bad guys, but not for long. We’ll have to see what happens next in these remaining two episodes of the season. As for now, what we do know is that Bill Burr’s character Migs Mayfeld will return to accompany Mando on his rescue mission of the foundling.
While we wait for Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming superhero film We Can Be Heroes to arrive on Netflix later this month, The Mandalorian Season 2 is now available to watch on Disney+!
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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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