IR TV Review: THE MANDALORIAN - EPISODE 5 (“The Pirate”) [Lucasfilm/Disney+-S3]
Sanctuary can sometimes be in the mind but it also reflects in what can be seen. Home can come in many forms. With Episode 5 of Season 3 of "The Mandalorian" entitled "The Pirate", an underlying threat that still plagues the galaxy continues to show how it eventually comes to bear. It also shows how new heroes come to light. Bo-Katan continues to adjust herself (or rather her actions do) into a different line of thought (which I am sure Katee Sackoff is loving) adjusted with a certain line of mythos. This perhaps takes the story away from Djarin but the aspects of finding peace for him is an interesting quandary. Contentment is within reach. All Mando ever really wanted was to be back in the fold and now seemingly care for Grogu. The irony here is that the crest that he took and the essence of the Darksaber point to something in the future that is inevitable but the notion of change is an unsure one.
There is a great cameo that also starts to bleed in an essence of "Rebels" but the timeline is an interesting quandary right now. The base that was created in "Convert/Covert" continues to build but when Navarre is threatened, an interesting transferrance happens. The beaucracy shows a crack that is beginning to form. Now, the rub is how do all the details fit together without causing an issue. Filoni seems to be trying to give creator Jon Favreau enough details to keep the story balanced but he is also working on "Ashoka" at the same time. The key in all of this is not to stretch things too thin. A specific rehash of a certain droid seemed to come and go without much impact on the story which seemed odd. But with the main crux of the story here being an attack on Navarre by a pirate (which bears a specific ode to "Farscape"), the action almost overwhelms the character work (though it does bears some resemblance to rebel guerilla fighting in "Rogue One" but without a sense of dread). "The Pirate" builds help in a certain way but then like rebellions, resistances are also built on hope. B
By Tim Wassberg
