Written by: Benit Shrestha - 21105, Grade XI
Posted on: 15 March, 2020
The Mandalorian is an American web television series that aired on the new Disney Plus streaming service from mid-November 2019. It is a Star Wars spin-off TV series that features a Mandalorian ( A Creed of Skilled Warriors- Mercenaries- Bounty Hunters ) named Din Djarin who is played by the handsome Pedro Pascal, he is well-recognized for playing Javier Pena in Narcos and Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones. This show gives us an intricate look at the risky and thrilling adventures of our protagonist: Din Djarin. Excluding Din, we have characters important to the plot like a green baby alien: conveniently named Baby Yoda, Cara Dune: An old mercenary friend of Din, Greef Karga: The head at the Mercenary Guild and how could we forget our antagonist: one of the imperials of The Empire itself- A inter-galactic fascist organization, Moff Gideon is our bad guy, played by Giancarlo Esposito who is famous for playing Gustavo Fring in the hit ABC TV series Breaking Bad.
Din, an orphaned kid whose parents are murdered by killer droids, is saved by some good-willed Mandalorians. He becomes a Mandalorian himself, ruthless and cold-blooded, he seems to be very good at hunting down his foes. Until one day, one of his bounty hunting missions changes everything. He is ordered to retrieve a “package” which ends up being a psychic alien: Baby Yoda. The rock-solid determination and cold whim of Din is changed forever as the alien once saves Din from unavoidable mortal danger. This leads Din to ultimately break all ties with his employer: The Mercenary guild betraying them. The story keeps progressing as Din starts to learn morality, kindness and the virtue of innocence from the baby alien and other side characters. I think the show is trying to tell us how even the harshest of people will have the softest of hearts if given the right treatment and situation to nurture themselves. The finale is even more epic and heart-wrenching. This is the episode where our hero: Mando finds redemption, and his whole story arc comes to a satisfying end until the show ends with a dramatic cliffhanger.
Overall, The Mandalorian is one of such TV series that can be watched by audiences of all ages and is especially a treat for long time Star Wars fans like me, myself.
