‘The Mandalorian’ Recap – ‘Chapter 10: The Passenger’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 202 of ‘The Mandalorian’.
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When we last settled in to discuss the wondrous Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, Din Djarin found himself in quite the solid place. After all, he was able to defeat the Krayt Dragon and save countless lives in the process, and he got his hands on some iconic Mandalorian armor. Since Boba Fett’s gear was part of the prize for putting down that monstrous dragon. But alas, while it was nice to see Din save the day and continue to grow into a true galactic hero, he was sadly no closer to uncovering any information regarding the Jedi and The Child’s home world and native people. 

A sad reality that clearly is beginning to create and air of desperation for Din, as evidenced in the next episode of this magnificent series. For ‘Chapter 10: The Passenger’, made it clear early on that Din is ready to do whatever it takes to get The Child home and quickly, because his mission matters above all else. Which is why he was fine with taking on a passenger to transport to a nearby world, simply because his guest could lead him to information regarding the whereabouts of his people. But it didn’t take long for this particular mission to slip into outright chaos. Because the New Republic had questions about the whereabouts of his ship and that led to a frenetic chase through the skies of an icy world, one that ended with the Razor Crest in bad shape. 

Which put Mando in a tough situation. Wherein he either had to decide to abandon the mission and figure out how to get off this rock in one piece, in order to get the ship to a safe harbor for major repairs. Or push the ship to its limits in order to get his passenger where she needed to go, and with a little prompting to his better nature, he decided upon the latter. But getting the ship out of this icy tomb was no easy task. For this world had some hostile life to go with its hostile environment and the unfortunate discovery of the ice spiders that call this frozen nightmare home, led to one horrific battle. One where our hero was victorious of course, thanks to an assist from the New Republic, but this is a fight that definitely left his ship in utter ruin for the time being.

But at least this pyrrhic victory wasn’t a total loss. Simply because he is one step closer to finding more Mandalorians and reuniting The Child with its own kind and well, in the end, that’s really all there is to say about the plot in regard to this tale. Because there was no deeper meaning to be found within these events, nor was there anything revelatory. It was just an action-packed adventure, one that definitely entertained. In fact, The Child's antics added to this particular story, since his hunger for frog’s eggs made for some incredibly hilarious moments for certain and the whole battle with the ice spiders and their giant momma made for some epic sequences as well, the kind that undoubtedly gave arachnophobes nightmares.

If anything, perhaps the only surprise of note in this tale, is the sheer fact that it featured the New Republic. Because they’ve been nonexistent in this part of the galaxy, so it was quite nice to see them pop up in this story, since it helps to fill in some of the blanks in this part of the Star Wars timeline and really, that’s all there is to say, when it comes to this particular chapter. Because this was nothing more than an adventure through the stars and there is nothing wrong with that. Since a sense of adventure is one of the many reasons that so many of us fell in love with this franchise in the first place and now that Din is back on the task, it should be interesting to see where this story takes him next, now that he's going to be without a ship for a while. Until next time. 

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