‘The Mandalorian’ Recap – ‘Chapter 21: The Pirate’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 305 of ‘The Mandalorian’. To revisit the previous episode, clickhere.
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One particular storytelling decision regarding season three of the wonderful Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, that is quite fascinating… is the sheer fact that it is so broad in nature. For it has taken the time to deeply call back to animated stories in the franchise to further explore the mysticism of Mandalore and it’s even taken the time to offer up a little social commentary on apathy’s impact upon society after great conflict and of course, it’s lightly explored some of the reasons as to why the First Order was able to rise to power. And well… the series is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to these unique explorations, as evidenced by this week’s episode.
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For ‘Chapter 21: The Pirate’ is a story that leaned hard into the Mandalorian mythos and those examinations of the failure of the New Republic and it accomplished that feat, by bringing chaos to Nevarro. For when we caught up with the good people of that planet in this tale, they found themselves under siege from the pirates we met a few weeks ago. For they demanded vengeance and quickly laid the center of the city to waste and that prompted High Magistrate Greef Karga to do the unthinkable and call for help from the New Republic. A call that sadly… mostly went unanswered. But not for a lack of trying.

Because Captain Carson Teva took the call and knew full well that the Republic would ignore a simple digital request from him to head out there and save the day. So, he instead flew to Coruscant and spoke with his superior, Colonel Tuttle, about helping out Nevarro. In part, to build goodwill between the Outer Rim and the Republic, but also to quell the violence out there, the kind that could be related to Imperial Remnant activity. But a cold assist from Elia Kane, helped shoot that down. Giving rise to some fine commentary on how the Republic fell and failed. Because it simply wasn’t inclusive and didn’t really protect its citizens and that absolutely allowed for the First Order to rise to power and bring the Republic down. 

However, not all was lost. For the captain was persistent and knew that if the Republic couldn’t help, others could. So, he swung by Din’s location and asked them to step in and save the day. Something Din thought was a wondrous idea since they all needed a safer home, and a favor to Karga would indeed provide them with solid land. Which led to an epic finale, one where heroes arrived and saved the day, and sent those pirates to the space equivalent of Davey Jones’ Locker. Wherein they got the land and new home they desired and where more of that mysticism was explored in a unique and fascinating manner. Mainly because the Armorer has been pondering upon what Bo-Katan saw on that fateful day, and she realized that it was fate to spot the Mythosaur and fate that brought her here.

So that she could reunite the people of Mandalore, courtesy of a newfound freedom the Armorer granted her, simply because it was obvious to the Armorer that a new era was dawning for the people of Mandalore and that new tactics were needed to preserve their way of life and to reclaim their true home. Setting the stage for a grandiose push to re-take the home world and give these broken people the second chance they’ve hungered for. But before we explore that, we can celebrate another intelligent tale. One that truly did dig deep into the rise of the First Order in a harrowing and unsettling manner, and built upon the mythos, all while hinting at the possibility that these moments set the stage for some grand showdowns later this year, since we now know… Moff Gideon is still out there. Until next time.

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