Coming off his second game-changing episode, the mandalorian Season 3 has returned this week with one of the strangest and most surprising installments of the Disney+ show to date. Picking up after the events of last week The Mandalore Minesepisode 3 of the mandalorian Season 3 spends its runtime following not only Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) and Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), but also Dr. Pershing (Omid Abtahi) and Elia Kane (Katy M. O’Brian), two secondary figures of the series. past seasons.
The episode, titled the convert, divide your focus between those two stories. As a result, the mandalorianThe latest installment raises new questions about the future of Mandalore, as well as the fragile and quietly baffling bureaucratic state of the galaxy’s New Republic.
Why didn’t Bo-Katan tell Din about the mythosaur?
Episode 3 of the mandalorian Season 3 immediately picks up where its predecessor left off. In the aftermath of his unexpected sighting of mythosaurs, Bo-Katan questions a groggy Din Djarin if he saw anything after “falling” into the cavernous depths of Mandalore’s Living Waters. Din says that he didn’t do it and Bo-Katan doesn’t mention the mythosaur that he saw very clearly moments before.
Why not? Is it because Bo-Katan is still struggling to accept what he saw? Or is he trying to decide whether or not he wants to share his new secret with Din, his biggest competitor for the throne of Mandalore? Until now, the mandalorian Season 3 has done an exceptional job of keeping Bo-Katan’s motivations unclear, and his decision to keep his mythosaur sighting to herself only continues that trend.
Why was Bo-Katan Castle bombed?
On their journey back to their home planet, Kalevala, Bo-Katan, and Din find themselves on the receiving end of an ambush by a squadron of Imperial TIE interceptors. After the duo manage to wipe out all the enemy ships, they are again shocked to discover an even larger group of Imperial fighters waiting for them in Kalevala. Afterwards, several TIE bombers destroy Bo-Katan’s castle, and moments later, she and Din are forced to retreat.
the convertIn particular, it does not reveal the reason behind the Imperial Remnant’s attack on Bo-Katan. In fact, the only explanation given in the episode comes when Katee Sackhoff’s Mandalorian warrior points out that she’s “taken off a lot of Imperial warlords.” It’s fair to assume there’s more to the pounce than Bo-Katan’s comment suggests. For now though, fans will just have to wait to find out more about the ambush.
Why did Elia Kane betray Dr. Pershing?
During most of its run time, the convert follows Dr. Pershing and Elia Kane, two former Imperials, as they attempt to reintegrate into society as part of a rehabilitation program run by the New Republic. The process doesn’t go particularly well for Pershing, who is pressured by Elia to continue the same cloning experiments that once made him so important to Giancarlo Esposito’s villainous Moff Gideon. Near the end of the episode, Pershing is shocked to discover that Elia was secretly manipulating him the entire time.
The scientist is captured by the New Republic and subjected to a painful mind-wiping process, one that is monitored and directed by Elia herself. The episode ends minutes later without explaining why Elia chose to manipulate and betray Dr. Pershing in the first place. Is it because he bitterly loathes the Empire and wants to punish anyone who has participated in his crimes against the galaxy? Or is it because tricking his fellow Imperials into breaking New Republic rules gives him the opportunity to further exercise his own fascist impulses?
Right now, the latter explanation seems more likely than anything else, but there’s also no telling where Pershing and Elia’s story will go from here.
Has Dr. Pershing’s mind really been erased?
When Dr. Pershing is attached to the New Republic torture device (known as the “Mind Flayer”), he exclaims in fear that the machine is going to erase his mind. His New Republic captors tell him unconvincingly that won’t actually happen, but Elia’s decision to max out the machine’s power certainly suggests that Pershing’s experience with the Mind Flayer will have long-lasting consequences. However, will the machine really erase his mind?
Unfortunately, there’s no way to know either way at this point. On one hand, it would make a lot of sense that the New Republic (and, to a degree, Elia) would be interested in stealing intelligence from someone like Dr. Pershing. On the other hand, it also seems unlikely that the mandalorian you’d want to make one of your potentially most dangerous characters totally harmless.
Will Bo-Katan become a permanent member of the Tribe?
at the end of the mandalorian season 3 episode 3, The Armorer (Emily Swallow) tells Bo-Katan that her recent experience bathing in the Living Waters of Mandalore has allowed her to become a member of the tribe for as long as she decides to keep the helmet on. . In the moments that follow, Bo-Katan is warmly welcomed into the Tribe by his current members, even as he internally struggles with his decision to keep his recent mythosaur sighting a secret.
Depending on where the episode ends, it’s worth wondering: Will Bo-Katan end up choosing to remain with the Tribe? As much as he seems to look down on the sect and its customs, the mandalorian Season 3 has also made it clear that Bo-Katan needs to find some way to reconnect with his fellow Mandalorians. His induction into the Tribe may well give him the opportunity to do just that.
Like most questions currently surrounding the mandalorianHowever, Bo-Katan’s future in the tribe will depend entirely on the path he chooses to move forward, which remains unclear at this time.
new episodes of the mandalorian Premiere Wednesdays on Disney+.
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