History Recap / TheMandalorianS2E1Chapter9TheMarshal

** Mos Pelgo is instead called Freetown in the ''Aftermath'' Trilogy, and Jabba's rancor keeper Malakili, a Hutt infant, and a Twi'lek deputy are notable residents of the settlement.

%%* FaceRevealingTurn: Boba Fett.

* NothingIsScarier: We never get a good look at the red eyed creatures that eventually tear Koresh apart and it makes them more terrifying.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The people at Mos Pelgo and the Tusken Raiders have been killing each other and been in conflict for years. But they must set aside their differences in order to defeat the Krayt Dragon together as the animal poses the risk of killing ''both'' their people.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Tusken raiders have copious amounts of screentime (the most they've ever had in any ''Star Wars'' media) and the viewer gets immersed a bit more into their culture thanks to Mando perfectly understanding it, speaking their language and translating.

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

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The Mandalorian offers to fly over in his ship and blast the Krayt Dragon, only to be told by Cobb that it would sense his ship coming and burrow underground to protect itself.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine:
** Creator/TimothyOlyphant (Cobb Vanth) and Creator/WEarlBrown (bartender in Mos Pelgo, later revealed to be named Taanti) had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Deadwood}}''. According to Brown, Creator/JonFavreau was a fan of the show which led to him casting them (also probably the reason why the episode has strong [[TheWestern Western]] vibes whenever the town of Mos Pelgo and its security are concerned).
** W. Earl Brown previously performed with Creator/PedroPascal in a failed pilot for a ''ComicBook/TheSixthGun'' LiveActionAdaptation. After "The Marshal" dropped, Brown [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-aRPwF1Fx/?igshid=103sm7znq1mvd confirmed]] that when Lucasfilm shot Mando first meeting Cobb and Taanti, Pascal wore Mando's suit himself, as opposed to dubbing over a stand-in.

** Creator/TimothyOlyphant (Cobb Vanth) and Creator/WEarlBrown (bartender in Mos Pelgo) had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Deadwood}}''. According to Brown, Creator/JonFavreau was a fan of the show which led to him casting them (also probably the reason why the episode has strong [[TheWestern Western]] vibes whenever the town of Mos Pelgo and its security are concerned).
** W. Earl Brown previously performed with Creator/PedroPascal in a failed pilot for a ''ComicBook/TheSixthGun'' LiveActionAdaptation. After "The Marshal" dropped, Brown [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-aRPwF1Fx/?igshid=103sm7znq1mvd confirmed]] that when Lucasfilm shot Mando first meeting Cobb and the bartender, Pascal wore Mando's suit himself, as opposed to dubbing over a stand-in.

[[caption-width-right:350:''The Marshal and The Mandalorian.'']]

** Mando lands his ship at Peli's docking bay, and she's delighted to see The Child again. This time around, he allows her crew of pit droids to fix the ''Razor Crest'', and she remarks that his attitude on droids has softened since [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E5Chapter5TheGunslinger the last time]] she saw him, no doubt a

result of IG-11's HeroicSacrifice in the last season's finale.

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

* VisualPun: When Koresh and his goons have Din surrounded at gunpoint and Din refuses to surrender his armor, Koresh states he thought Din said he wasn't a gambling man. Din says he's not, and covertly readies his [[HomingProjectile Whistling]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre Bird]] launcher... which are conveniently in the same spot one hides a playing card up their sleeve.

* ExactWords: The Mandalorian promises Gor Koresh that he won't die "by [his] hand". Instead, once he's got the information he needs, the Mandalorian leaves him strung up from a light post and shoots the light so the night critters will eat him.
* FaceRevealingTurn: Boba Fett.

* POVCam: We get to see through Gor Koresh's one eye after Mando hangs him upside-down to interrogate, meaning the viewpoint is inverted.
* RentAZilla: 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.

** The titular marshal is Cobb Vanth from [[Literature/StarWarsTheAftermathTrilogy the Aftermath trilogy]].
** Cobb's speeder is an engine that resembles one from [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Anakin Skywalker's podracer]] with a seat mounted to it. Mos Espa is also named on the map of Tatooine.

** Mando lands his ship at Peli's docking bay, and she's delighted to see The Child again. This time around, he allows her crew of pit droids to fix the ''Razor Crest'', and she remarks that his attitude on droids has softened since [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E5Chapter5TheGunslinger the last time]] she saw him, no doubt a result of IG-11's HeroicSacrifice in the last season's finale.
** Massiffs, the preferred attack pets of the Tusken Raiders, are seen at the village.
** Greater Krayt Dragons, already established for years as the top links of the food chain in Tatooine's ecosystem, finally make their physical on-screen debut in this episode.
** We see the return of the black melons, a Tatooine fruit introduced in ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015''. And likewise, it's undesirable by humans.

** Mando versus Gor Koresh and his goons at the beginning of the episode. Mando drops every last one of them and doesn't break a sweat.

** And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking to a less important matter]], Boba [[AmbiguousSituation may]] have been "born" of Mandalorian heritage, but he was never raised in its culture. Unknown to Mando, Boba's armor was ''also'' scavenged from elsewhere, so technically, Boba is also a pretender.
** And his search for the Jedi brings him to Tatooine, birthplace of the last Jedi Knight. Which Mando doesn't seem to know, and no one else brings up either.

* IndyPloy: Mando is forced to improvise after the plan falls apart
-->'''Cobb''': What are you going to do?\\
'''Mando''': I don't know, but wish me luck!

* {{Kaiju}}: The Greater Krayt Dragon. It's large enough to swallow an entire Bantha whole, and as massive as it appears on-screen, that's only a fraction of it since most of its body is still submerged under the sand.

** When the Sand people travel to meet the villagers, they ride in single file, as Obi-Wan Kenobi noted in ''Film/ANewHope''.

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

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Din leaving Koresh dangling like meat on a rope for the prowling predators in the dark after pumping the crook for info and [[ExactWords promising not to harm him]] may seem pretty malevolent... except Koresh openly admitted to robbing and murdering mandalorians for their beskar armor to Din's face.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Mando gets a nice one just before wiping the floor with Gor Koresh's goons.
-->'''Mando''': Give me the information I want and I'll leave here without killing you.\\
'''Koresh''': (chuckling) I thought you didn't like to gamble?\\
(Mando covertly prepares his wrist-mounted [[FlechetteStorm Whistling]] [[HomingProjectile Bird]] launcher)\\
'''Mando''': I don't.

** 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.

* GiantEqualsInvincible: 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.