Chapter 12: The Siege (The Mandalorian, S2, E4)

 

The Mandalorian Chapter 12: The Siege (directed by Greef Karga himself, Carl Weathers, written by Jon Favreau, original air date November 20, 2020) is a great episode wherein some of our favorites: Mando, Greef, and Carasynthia Dune (along with Mythrol, the blue semi-aquatic guy from the first episode- the target of the first utterance of "I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold"... played, interestingly enough, by SNL alum Horatio Sanz) go to finish off a few stragglers at the last Imperial base on Navarro. Except: there's more than just a few stragglers left!

We get to see some cool shoot-outs, we get to see (for the first time, in person) that armored hover vehicle Imperial transport that used to look like this in 1979:

but now looks very respectable (even in updated toy form):

We get to learn a bit more about Moff Gideon's secret science projects, attempting to use baby Yoda's blood to imbue test subjects with "high M counts" (thanks for not saying Midi-chlorians). The tests have been failing disastrously, so we hear. 

Cara Dune: I thought you said this was a forward operating base.

Greef Karga: I thought it was.

Cara Dune: No, this isn't a military operation. This is a lab. We need to get into the system and figure out what's going on.

Mythrol: What about the reactor?

Cara Dune: Do it!