History Recap / TheMandalorianS2E1Chapter9TheMarshal

* NoSell: A fighter punches Din in the head, only for it to basically turn into Din headbutting the Twi'lek grappling him from behind. He then tries again and just hurts his fist. And the dude just keeps swinging! Buy a clue!

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutome: Mandalorian armor is not one-size-fits-all, and Cobb is clearly too big for Boba's armor.

* CallBack:0

* RealityEnsues: Mandalorian armor is not one-size-fits-all, and Cobb is clearly too big for Boba's armor.

* SandWorm: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The Greater Krayt is a massive, NighInvulnerable monster that burrows through sand and rock with ease. Though this is because of its ten massive legs (not that they ever appear on screen) rather than actually being a worm.

** After years of only being mentioned in multiple materials of the franchise with their [[TheDreaded spine-chilling]] reputation being acknowledged, the Greater Krayt Dragon, the definite apex predator of Tatooine, finally makes its physical debut on an installment of the saga and hoo boy, does it live up to the hype.

** The final shot of the episode is of the real Boba Fett observing the Mandalorian driving off with his former set of armor.

* BullyingADragon: A Mandalorian has to ''earn'' his beskar, dude. And this Mandalorian is famous for fighting off half the scum in the Outer Rim, to boot.
* CallBack:

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The massiffs tamed by the Tuskens behave like dogs when the Mandalorian calms them using Tusken language.

* {{Retcon}}: Cobb Vanth's story about how he got the armor differs from the version in Chuck Wendig's ''[[Literature/StarWarsAftermath Aftermath]]'' novel. Specifically, it leaves out the gunfight Vanth gets into with a rival bidder before getting the armor. It may be possible that Vanth is just an UnreliableNarrator and left that part out to sound a bit more heroic, or just to save time.

* BedouinRescueService: In his backstory Cobb explains that he got picked up by Jawas after the Mining Guild ran him out of town and he passed out from dehydration. Apparently they show better hospitality to humans than droids.

* ItCanThink: The Krayt Dragon shows a surprising amount of intelligence, like going for the bait handler instead of the bait, retreating into its tunnel instead of coming all the way out when the townspeople and Tusken mount their assault, tunneling to attack from multiple angles, raining acid spit to attack from a distance, and using high ground to increase the effectiveness of its acid spit (and avoid further explosive attacks).

** For Mando, he realizes that "Boba" isn't a Mandalorian (or at least not his ''kind'' of Mandalorian) when he offers him a drink -- something that would require [[NeverBareheaded taking off their helmets]]. [[FiveSecondForeshadowing Then, a few seconds later]], "Boba" unmasks himself and says that he's never met a Mandalorian before.
*** Of course, the real Boba Fett was ''not'' raised Mandalorian and doesn't have the same creed about unmasking. Which, granted, is not something Mando would know, but EU-savvy audience members would, so that part's mostly FiveSecondForeshadowing InUniverse.

** It seems the Mandalorian is about to meet up with Boba Fett, only to discover that it's instead a man who took Boba's armor for himself after the bounty hunter fell in a Sarlacc pit. Just when it looks like we won't see Boba... the last scene shows us the ''real'' Boba Fett as final WhamShot.

* SandWorm: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The Greater Krayt is a massive, NighInvulnerable monster that burrows through sand and rock with ease. Though this is because of its massive legs (not that they ever appear on screen) rather than actually being a worm.

** We see the return of the black melons, a Tatooine fruit introduced in ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars2015''. And likewise, it's undesirable by humans.

* NighInvulnerable: The Krayt Dragon's hide is so tough that mining explosives can't penetrate even at the weakest point, and blaster fire -- even the Mandalorian's deadly disintegration rifle -- doesn't even scratch it. It takes shoving dozens of charges down the thing's gullet and blowing it apart from the inside to finally kill it.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Tusken raiders have copious amounts of screentime and the viewer gets immersed a bit more into their culture thanks to Mando perfectly understanding it, speaking their language and translating.

** When the Sand people travel to meet the villagers, they ride in single file, as Obi-Wan once noted.

** The Krayt Dragon's roar is a combination of Obi-Wan's roars from the 1977 theatrical edition and [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion the 2011 Blu-ray edition]].

** Creator/TemueraMorrison makes an appearance in the last few seconds of the episode as Boba Fett, marking the first time he played the character in live-action.[[note]]While he overdubbed the character's dialogue in revised editions of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', he never physically played the character until now.[[/note]]

* {{Kaiju}}: Rather than just being a large beast, the Greater Krayt Dragon is a [[Literature/{{Dune}} Sandworm]]-sized monstrosity whose head demolishes the peak of a mountain and vomits corrosive acid that liquefies its prey instantly.

* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: Upon being told there's a Mandalorian on Tatooine, Mando scoffs that he never saw one there, on ''the entire planet''. To be fair, the vast majority of Tatooine is a desert wasteland uninhabited by sentient creatures, other than a couple of small cities and scattered farmstead. And he'd expect to hear about other people in Mandalorian armor from the locals.

* OhCrap: Cobb has two in quick-session: first when he's told the model the Tuskens use to illustrate the size of dragon compared to them is to scale, and then when Mando tells him he volunteered Cobb's townsfolk to help killing the beast.

* {{Retcon}}: Cobb Vanth's story about how he got the armor differs from the version in Chuck Wendig's ''[[Literature/StarWarsAftermath Aftermath]]'' novel. Specifically, it leaves out the gunfight Vanth gets into with a rival bidder before getting the armor. It may be possible that Vanth is just an UnreliableNarrator and left that part out to sound a bit more heroic.

** After years of only being mentioned in multiple materials of the franchise with their [[TheDreaded spine-chilling]] reputation being acknowledged, the Greater Krayt Dragon, the definite apex predator of Tatooine, finally makes its physical debut on an installment of the saga and hoo boy, does it live to the hype.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: One of the Gamorrean fighters, in the beginning, attempts to hit the ropes and onto Din. The Mando simply moves out of the way [[EpicFail and allows him to crash into the bleachers]].

* NighInvulnerable: The Krayt Dragon's hide is so tough that mining explosives can't penetrate even at the weakest point, and blaster fire -- even the Mandalorian's deadly disintegration rifle -- doesn't even scratch it. It takes shoving nearly a dozen charges down the thing's gullet and blowing it apart from the inside to finally kill it.

* EnemyMine: Lacking the numbers to beat the Krayt Dragon with just the Tuskens, the Mandalorian enlists the aid of the residents of Mos Pelgo, who have suffered from repeated Tusken attacks over their perceived theft of Tatooine's water. The Tuskens agree to refrain from attacking the town as long as they get to keep the corpse.

* FaceRevealingTurn: Boba Fett

* RoleReprisal: Creator/TemueraMorrison played ''Jango'' Fett in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', but Lucasfilm latter redubbed Boba's lines in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' with his voice. This is the first time he's actually done it physically.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Mos Pelgo doesn't seem to have any actual government. The only authority figure is Cobb, who killed the slavers and has protected the town ever since.

** The townsfolk of Mos Pelgo and the Tusken Raider have a tenuous peace, perhaps even understanding, after slaying the Krayt Dragon together.