The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 6 is “Chapter 22: Weapons for Rent,” a brand new installment that options Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Bo-Katan Kryze visiting the opulent world of Plazir-15 for a brand new mission. Up to now, the third season has been the weakest by a mile, and followers like myself have been hoping the ultimate few episodes would decide up the tempo. Sadly, this episode is a shining instance of why this season has failed miserably up to now, committing all the issues this season has had whereas including a number of extra into the combo.
The chilly open of this episode reintroduces Axe Woves and Koska Reeves, two characters from season 2, despatched to trace down Captain Shuggoth. The opening scene provides some world-building to the Star Wars galaxy, however having this disjointed storyline a couple of captain in love with the Viceroy’s son feels unusual. The dialogue shared between the 2 is laughable, and it feels contrived. Essentially the most this scene has to supply are the thought of Mandalorians that may commerce honor for credit and that the Viceroy’s son is voiced by Harry Holland, brother of Spider-Man actor Tom Holland.
However the cameos don’t cease there. Djarin and Bo-Katan journey to Plazir-15 to fulfill Captain Bombardier (Jack Black) and the Duchess (Lizzo). It is a jaw-dropping second, and never in a great way. I by no means anticipated Star Wars to be the franchise to drop in A-list celeb cameos. Having Jack Black and Lizzo seem in Star Wars is like having Ed Sheeran in Sport of Thrones (think about if that ever occurred). These don’t work as a result of audiences is not going to see the characters they’re speculated to play – all they’ll see is their celeb personas. For this reason the Star Wars sequel trilogy had the suitable thought by casting largely unknowns to steer the sequence.
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This piece of stunt casting appears like it is just used to generate publicity and conceal how poor the story is. The episode revolves round malfunctioning reprogrammed Imperial droids. Djarin and Bo-Katan have to resolve this, and in the event that they resolve the difficulty, Mandalore will obtain diplomatic recognition. Sadly, the stakes on this season have felt so persistently low, and this episode doesn’t steer issues in the suitable course. It’s not simple to get invested in what appears like a facet quest in a narrative that’s not participating in any respect.
We then have one other celeb cameo when our heroes go to Commissioner Helgait, performed by Christopher Lloyd from Again to the Future. His display screen presence has been welcome for many years, but it surely appears like this episode was made to stack many acquainted faces in it. For the remainder of the episode, we observe Djarin and Bo-Katan on a mission to discover new territory to uncover a thriller. Sadly, this appears like a lower-quality episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which labored nice in animation however didn’t serve The Mandalorian.
After a number of chases and fights, Helgait is revealed because the mastermind, a Separatist who idolizes Depend Dooku. The episode ends with a battle between Bo-Katan and Woves, which ends with Djarin admitting that Bo-Katan saved him, permitting her to win the Darksaber and rule Mandalore. That is an anticlimactic decision to a storyline that might have been crammed with drama. However that’s what this season has been crammed with: motion sequences with out sufficient character drama to look after and a passive protagonist being dragged round from mission to mission. Djarin has change into the least compelling major character in a TV present shortly, with nothing to make him attention-grabbing. Provided that this can be a filler episode in the direction of the tip of an already disappointing season, let’s hope the finale makes it value it.
SCORE: 4/10
As ComingSoon’s overview coverage explains, a rating of 4 equates to “Poor.” The negatives outweigh the constructive features making it a battle to get by means of.