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.
4Disintegration
The Mandalorian loves Star Wars so much. How much? The show takes stray bits of dialogue from the films and turns them into stunning set pieces. For example: when the Mandalorian starts picking off those pesky Jawas one by one, they seemingly disappear into nothing after getting blasted. A little later when he approaches the sandcrawler with his Ugnaught ally Kuiil, the Mandalorian names what he did to those poor Jawas: he disintegrated them.
That line of dialogue will ring so many bells for Star Wars fans, because it makes good on an implicit promise made back in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back. When Darth Vader gives orders to a group of bounty hunters, he specifies that he wants Han and company taken alive. That’s when he pauses in front of Boba Fett and says:
Those two words have stuck with fans ever since. Boba Fett disintegrates people?! How?! What does that look like?! Now we know. It looks awesome.
