The Mandalorian (TV Series)

Chapter 9: The Marshal (2020)

Timothy Olyphant: Cobb Vanth

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• The Mandalorian : They say it lives in there. They say it sleeps. It lives in an abandoned sarlacc pit.

  Cobb Vanth : Lived on Tatooine my whole life. There's no such thing as an abandoned sarlacc pit.

  The Mandalorian : There is if you eat the sarlacc.

• Cobb Vanth : I've never met a real Mandalorian. Heard stories. I know you're good at killing.And probably none too happy to see me wearing this hardware. So... I figure only one of us walking out of here. But then I see the little guy... and I think, maybe I pegged you wrong.

  The Mandalorian : Who are you?

  Cobb Vanth : I'm Cobb Vanth, Marshal of Mos Pelgo.

  The Mandalorian : Where did you get the armor?

  Cobb Vanth : Bought it off some Jawas,

  The Mandalorian : Hand it over.

  Cobb Vanth : Look, pal, I'm sure you call the shots where you come from, but 'round here, I'm the one who tells folks what to do.

  The Mandalorian : Take it off. Or I will.

  Cobb Vanth : We gonna do this in front o' the kid?

  The Mandalorian : He's seen worse.

  Cobb Vanth : Right here, then?

  The Mandalorian : Right here.

• Cobb Vanth : You don't understand what it was like. The town was on its last legs. It started after we got news of the Death Star blowing up. The second one, that is. The Empire was pullin' outta Tatooine. There was blaster fire over Mos Eisley. The occupation was over. We didn't have time to celebrate. That every night, the Mining Collective moved in. Power hates a vacuum and Mos Pelgo became a slave camp overnight.

• Cobb Vanth : I've never met a real Mandalorian. Heard stories, I know you're good at killing.

  [Regarding his armor] 

  Cobb Vanth : And probably none too happy to see me wearing this hardware.

• The Mandalorian : [notices a bomb-rigged Bantha]  I've got an idea. Get its attention.

  Cobb Vanth : [fires a missile at the krayt dragon]  I got its attention! Now what?

  The Mandalorian : You still have that detonator?

  Cobb Vanth : Take it! What's the plan?

  The Mandalorian : Take care of the Child.

  Cobb Vanth : What are you gonna do?

  The Mandalorian : I don't know, but wish me luck.

  [strikes Cobb's jet pack, sending him flying in the sky] 

• Cobb Vanth : [after the krayt dragon rampages through Mos Pelgo]  Maybe we can work something out.

• Cobb Vanth : I hope someday our paths will cross again.

  The Mandalorian : As do I.

• Cobb Vanth : What are the bones?

  The Mandalorian : That's the krayt dragon.

  Cobb Vanth : And those little rocks?

  The Mandalorian : That's us.

  Cobb Vanth : It's not to scale.

  The Mandalorian : I think it is.

  Cobb Vanth : Can't be. That's too big.

  The Mandalorian : [signing with a Raider]  It's to scale.

  Cobb Vanth : I've only seen its head and neck. It's a whole lot bigger than I guessed. Might be time to re-think our arrangement.

  [after signing with Mando, a Raider adds more little rocks] 

  Cobb Vanth : That's more like it. Where are they getting the reinforcements?

  The Mandalorian : I volunteered your village.

• Cobb Vanth : I guess every once in a while both suns shine on a womp rats tail.

• Cobb Vanth : [Speaking to the townspeople]  This here is a Mandalorian, you know what that means?

  Weequay Proprietor , Mos Pelgo Villager : We've heard the stories.

  Cobb Vanth : Then you know how good they are at killing. Now, this one's got a problem: I got a suit of salvaged armor and the Mandalorian creed says it's his to take.

  Cobb Vanth : [Townspeople murmur and scoffs]  But I've got a problem too. A krayt dragon has been peeling off our pack animals and sometimes taking our mining haul with it. It's just a matter of time before it grows tired of banthas and goes after a couple of you townsfolk or even, so help us, the school.

  Cobb Vanth : [People murmur concerned]  As much as I've grown fond of the armor I'm even more fond of this town. The Mandalorian is willing to help us slay the leviathan in exchange for returning the armor to its ancestral owners.

  Weequay Proprietor : Well, that settles it

  Cobb Vanth : There's more. We can't take on the krayt alone... and the sand people is willing to help.

  Mos Pelgo Villager : [People clamor indignant]  They raid our mines!

  Weequay Proprietor : They're monsters!

  The Mandalorian : I've seen the size of that thing. It will swallow your entire town when the fancy hits it. You're lucky Mos Pelgo isn't a sand field already. I know this people, they are brutal, but so is the dune sea. They've survived for thousands of years in these sands and they know the krayt dragon better than anyone here.

  The Mandalorian : [the townspeople listens in silence]  They're raiders, it' true, but they also keep their word. We've struck a deal. If we are willing to leave them the carcass and its ichor, they will stand by our side in battle and vow never to raise a blaster against this town until one of you breaks the peace.

• Cobb Vanth : [watching Mando sign with Tusken Raiders]  Hey, partner, you want to tell me what's going on?

  The Mandalorian : They wanna kill the krayt dragon, too.

• Cobb Vanth : What brings you here, stranger?

  The Mandalorian : I've been searching for you for many parsecs.

  Cobb Vanth : Well, now you found me. Weequay, two snorts of spotchka. Why don't you join me for a drink?

• Cobb Vanth : That creature's been terrorizing these parts since long before Mos Pelgo was established. Thanks to this armor, I've been able to protect this town from bandits and Sand People. They look to me to protect 'em. But a krayt dragon is too much for me to take on alone. Help me kill it, I'll give you the armor.

  The Mandalorian : Deal. I'll ride back to the ship, blow it out of the sand from the sky, use the bantha as bait.

  Cobb Vanth : Not so simple. The ship passes above, it senses the vibrations, stays underground. But I know where it lives.

  The Mandalorian : How far?

  Cobb Vanth : Not far.

• Cobb Vanth : [taking something a Tusken Raider offers]  What am I supposed to do with this?

  The Mandalorian : You drink it.

  Cobb Vanth : It stinks.

  The Mandalorian : Do you want their help?

  Cobb Vanth : Not if I have to drink this.

• The Mandalorian : [translating a Tusken Raider]  They know about Mos Pelgo. They know how many Sand People you killed.

  Cobb Vanth : They raided our village. I defended the town.

  The Mandalorian : Lower your voice.

  Cobb Vanth : I knew this was a bad idea.

  The Mandalorian : You're agitating them.

  Cobb Vanth : These monsters can't be reasoned with. Sit back down before I put a hole through ya! I'm not gonna say it...

  [blasting his flamethrower, Mando then converses in Tusken] 

  Cobb Vanth : What are you telling 'em?

  The Mandalorian : The same thing I'm telling you. If we fight amongst ourselves, the monster will kill us all.

  [signing to the Raiders] 

  The Mandalorian : Now, how do we kill it?