Thursday, November 16, 2023

Chapter 4: Sanctuary (The Mandalorian, S1, E4)

 


The Mandalorian Chapter 4: Sanctuary (directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, written by Jon Favreau and George Lucas, original air date November 29, 2019) finds our two friends locating a safe place to hide from the Bounty Hunters Guild and Imperial Remnant. 

The Mandalorian: Let's see... Sorgan: looks like there's no starport, no industrial centers, no population density -- real backwater skuggle-home. Which means it's perfect for us. Ready to lay low and stretch your legs for a couple months, you little womp rat? Nobody's gonna find us here.

We meet more great characters, like the wonderful Carasynthia Dune. Omera and Winta, the mother-daughter duo who (in another life) could become Mando's new family. We see baby Yoda playing with other children, including (almost) eating a huge frog (with all of the other kids shocked and disgusted). Great fun. 

It seems some bad Klatooinian dudes are raiding a small blue shrimp fishing village, threatening the inhabitants and their production of blue drink: spotchka.

Teaming up, Cara and Mando get to have an A-Team training montage, whipping the villagers with a motley collection of Mando's backup blasters and some sharpened sticks into an effective fighting force.

Mando is still on the disintegration binge. These guys deserve it, I guess, but it still seems way too harsh.

According to IMDB Pedro Pascal did not appear on screen at all during this episode; his double wore the costume. Pedro's voice was used when Mando spoke, however.

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