The Mandalorian must ferry a passenger with precious cargo on a risky journey.The Mandalorian must ferry a passenger with precious cargo on a risky journey.The Mandalorian must ferry a passenger with precious cargo on a risky journey.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Passenger and Dr. Mandible were both previously seen in the Mos Eisley cantina in Chapter 5: The Gunslinger (2019).
- GoofsThe Mandalorian cannot use hyperspace for his trip and so goes to another star using 'sublight'. But if this means 'slower than light', the trip would take years.
- Quotes
Captain Carson Teva: We ran the tabs on the Razor Crest. You have an arrest warrant for the abduction of prisoner X-Six-Nine-Eleven. However, onboard security records show that your apprehended three priority culprits from the Wanted Register. Security records also show that you put your own life in harm's way to try to protect that of Lieutenant Davan from the New Republic Correctional Corps. Is this true?
The Mandalorian: Am I under arrest?
Captain Carson Teva: Technically, you should be. But these are trying times.
The Mandalorian: What say I forego the bounties of these three criminals, and you two help me fuse my hull so I can get off this frozen rock?
Captain Carson Teva: What say you fix that transponder, and we don't vaporize that antique the next time we patrol the Rim?
- Crazy creditsThe concept art seen during the end credits, in order of appearance:
- Ice Spiders attack by Christian Alzmann.
- Persued by X-Wings by Ryan Church.
- Ice cavern spa by Christian Alzmann.
- A game of Sabacc by Christian Alzmann.
- Boarding with the Passenger by Christian Alzmann.
- X-Wing attack by Anton Grandert.
- Chased by the Ice Spiders by Christian Alzmann.
- Confronting the mother by Ryan Church.
- Razor Crest cockpit breached by Ryan Church.
- Saved by the Republic by Ryan Church.
- ConnectionsEdited into Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian: Making of Season 2 (2020)
- SoundtracksGet the Child
Composed by Ludwig Göransson
This is an effective monster-of-the-week episode that diverts from the show's main plot to give some action-horror-suspense with a little bit of dark humour.
The basic theme running through the episode is parents protecting children and this is present from the cool opening fight sequence right through to the end. The Child in this series might look cute, but has natural instincts that get him and the Mandalorian into plenty of trouble, which to me feels relatively funny and a bit sick at the same time.
There's not much in the way of performance in this episode as the characters with the most screen time are either heavily costumed, animatronic or computer generated, and of these the Child is definitely the most expressive. There isn't much to the dialogue either but The Mandalorian isn't really noted for that.
Where it succeeds is in its oddness and spectacle. There are a number of suspenseful action sequences that work very well and the parts where Child eats a number of things it shouldn't works for me in a weird way, particularly as a parent where this rings true in life.
As in all episodes the production values are excellent and the show continues to produce highly cinematic spectacle easily worthy of the big screen.
- snoozejonc
- Nov 8, 2020
Details
- Runtime40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1