History Recap / TheMandalorianS1E1Chapter1TheMandalorian

* CatchPhrase: When Kuiil wishes to put an end to a discussion, he says, "I have spoken." And he says it ''a lot''.

"Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" is the first episode of ''The Mandalorian'' Season 1 and for the series overall. It is directed by Creator/DaveFiloni and written by Creator/JonFavreau, and released on November 12, 2019 on the launch day of Creator/DisneyPlus.

* IgnoredExpert: A bizarre case of him ignoring his own warning. The taxi driver tells Mando and the Mythrol, “I’d stay off the ice if I were you,” then promptly goes out on the ice and gets himself killed.

* TheDreaded: Ravinaks. Giant walrus like monsters swimming under the ice of the planet in the ColdOpen.

* WorthlessCurrency: Played with. Din Djarin refuses payment for bounties in Imperial Credits, though since Greef Karga says "They spend," it's ambiguous whether this is because of the Empire being reduced to TheRemnant, or the Mandalorian Tribe [[HonorBeforeReason having a grudge against the Empire]] for ThePurge of their home planet. He is told the only other option is ''half'' value in Calamari Flan, but he still chooses that over the Imperial credits. When he takes a job from the Remnant later, they offer to pay in beskar steel ingots.

** The Mandalorian's first bounty in the series is a Mythrol (A [[FishPeople fish-guy]]) being bullied by a bunch of thugs who say that his musk glands will fetch a good price. He later tries to play the "I'm an alien with weird biological needs" card as an excuse to get to use the toilet on his ship ("It might take a while because I'm molting!"), but he's clearly making most of it up so he can stick his nose where it doesn't belong.

* FailedASpotCheck: When the Mandalorian arrives at Arvala-7, he manages to miss a full-grown blurrg getting practically next to his face. It serves as a ShoutOut to [[Film/ANewHope Luke being similarly ambushed by a Tusken Raider]].

* FantasticRacism: On the receiving end, the Mandalorian is subjected to some slurs (i.e. "Mando") by the bar patrons (admittedly, [[CurbStompBattle that doesn't end well for them]]). On the giving end, he makes no effort to hide his distaste for any and all droids he encounters--later revealed to be because his yet-unknown DoomedHometown was massacred by Battle Droids during the Clone Wars.

* HumanPopsicle: While "looking for a bathroom" on the ''Razor Crest'' the Mythrol finds a rack of carbonite slabs containing other bounties, and winds up joining them after the Mandalorian catches him snooping around. Making one wonder what he meant by "I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold."

* NoOSHACompliance: [[DilatingDoor Iris doorways]] like the one seen in the first episode's cold open are apparently sharp enough and can close hard enough to bisect human-size beings.

* ProportionalAging: Yoda died of old age at around 900 years. Members of Yoda's species are still babies at age ''50.''

* ShoutOut: Mythrols (The species of Mando's first bounty) look quite a bit like [[Franchise/StarTrek Bolians]].

* UsedFuture: Even more used than usual for the Star Wars universe, as the Storm Troopers the Mandalorian encounters are... not clean.

!!Tropes in this episode include:

** Kuill reminds the Mandalorian that his people once rode the mythosaurs, a species of {{Kaiju}}-like reptiles from Mandalore in the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends continuity]].

* TheRemnant: The Client, guarded by stormtroopers whose once-pristine armor is