Got a big Wages of Fear/Sorcerer vibe from Chapter 15. Also really cool to get to see things from within the Imperial Remnant. This is episode is very much what I hope Andor will be like; suspense mixed with action, and it’s always fun to have characters within the SW universe discuss the moral grey zones of the Rebellion/New Republic and the Empire. It’s the kind of thing that the movies rarely has time to get into but is perfect for the series.

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I really like how Favreau/Filoni has been treating Din’s character development relating to his dogmatic views. Last season touched on it by letting IG-11 take his helmet off, but it was a little bit of a cop-out as he was a droid (which was important for other reasons and made sense at that point), but having Din be forced to take it off again, and keep it off for so long while Mayfeld and several Imperials were watching, that was a great moment. If it had been Cara, Greef or another Mandalorian I don’t think it would have had the same impact. He’s loosening up and realizing that the code is not all that important compared to simply doing what he feels is morally right.

Now that we’ll get two parallel series with The Mandalorian I’m more and more sure that this series will culminate in the re-taking of Mandalore (the planet) and Din becoming an important uniting figure in their culture, perhaps even becoming the new Mandalore (i.e. the leader) instead of Bo-katan.

Also nice to finally get a proper(-ish) look inside Slave 1. We only saw the cockpit in Episode 2 so I always wondered what would happen to the passenger section when the ship rotated.