What I thought
Well, I wasn’t looking forward to this episode, or the next
one, which is basically a part two to this one. I’m not excited about Mandalorian
culture or history, aside from that they look cool and have fantastic gadgets.
Sabine for me has been the weakest character in the show in terms of personality
and development. She seems to be there to make up the numbers most of the time,
or to occasionally kick-ass and be a chum for Ezra. Perhaps that’s all about
the change now, as we have her reluctantly take up the mantle to train to use
the darksabre and liberate her people.
This whole episode is about that training. Sure, she’s initially
convinced to do it rather too easily for me, but a show trying to convince someone to do
something wouldn’t have been very interesting, so perhaps it’s good they
skipped that one on quickly. Kanan and Ezra take Sabine out into the middle of
nowhere, or to us who have seen this area before, somewhere very close to where
Bendu hides out. In fact, he shows himself in this episode briefly after Sabine
was hanging around nearby talking to Ezra. Well, he shows himself to us, but
not to them. What’s up with Bendu then? I’ve never trusted him myself. We’ll
see how much of an ally he is going forward. Anyhow, a lot of training has
Sabine using training sticks, much like those I’ve seen in gladiator training
camps in TV Shows. Sabine really isn’t learning all that quickly. Her heart isn’t
in it. Even when Fenn Rau brings her some arm gadgets (lasso and force blast propeller
sort of thing) she’s more into using them as tricks than taking things
seriously. A few heart to hearts later and Kanan introduces her to the
darksaber, revealing how it actually bonds with the holder, which is
interesting to know. He then leads her on a mental assault which brings out the
past in her, leading her to get increasingly angry, but also revealing that she
feels guilty for helping enslave her people, which is the main reason she doesn’t
want to lead her people or go back there. Naturally this unleash of emotion
empowers her. If she decides to lead, Kanan and the gang fully support her.
For a change, this was a totally character driven episode
and considerably better than I thought. I even warmed to the Mandalorian cause
a little more than ever before. Admittedly, I’m still far from won over about
them or Sabine but I did at least start to feel more emotionally attached to
them both than ever before thanks to this episode.
Rating 6/10 (Good)
What I liked: Character
driven, atmospheric music throughout, development of Sabine, more history about
Mandalorian that was actually interesting. Potentially something further
interesting about Bendu.
What I didn’t like: Chopper
was unusually very caring and non-funny this week towards Sabine. Don’t see
that very often. Didn’t mind it, but prefer funny Chopper. Sabine was also
rather too quickly convinced to train but alas I understand that was probably for
sake of plot. Don’t also understand why Fenn Rau didn’t feel like stealing the
darksabre for himself?
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