The big Disney+ premiere week comes to a close with another big treat for Star Wars fans: episode 2 of The Mandalorian. It’s only been three days since the show premiered and fans are already clamoring for more Mando action–especially after that big cliffhanger! SPOILERS AHEAD for The Mandalorian Episodes 1 and 2, by the way.
In Episode 2, the Mandalorian tries his damnedest to get off this rocky planet and back to his high-paying client, with (adorable) target in tow. But as is often the case in the Star Wars universe, nothing is easy. He runs into other hunters tracking his bounty and a roving band of scavengers that Star Wars fans know very well. The episode is a tight half hour of action, propelled by this strange (and kinda sweet) new dynamic between a bounty hunter and his prey.
As with the first episode, the second chapter of The Mandalorian contains a bunch of shout outs to past Star Wars lore as well as a few hints of what could be on the way. In case you were too focused on all the adventure or too distracted by the cutest character since BB-8, here’s a rundown of the five things you may have missed.
3Offworld Jawa
In episode 2, The Mandalorian comes up against a band of aliens during his quest to leave the planet, a band of aliens that will be very familiar to Star Wars fans: the Jawas. The scavengers ransack the Mandalorian’s ship Razor Crest, rendering it incapable of flight, and definitely incapable of space travel.
It’s worth pointing out that these aren’t your typical Jawas, even if they generally look the same and have all the same catch phrases (“Utinni!”). These are, as their new Star Wars Black Series action figure reveals, Offworld Jawas. Why “offworld”? Because Jawas are native inhabitants of Tatooine, and the planet featured in The Mandalorian Episodes 1 and 2 is not Tatooine. It’s Arvala-7 (in true Star Wars fashion, this name was not mentioned in the episode but rather… somewhere else!). So while it’s not Tatooine, it’s definitely a planet that a group of Jawas have claimed as their own to pillage.
