History Recap / TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue

* {{Irony}}: Bo-Katan dismissed Din's beliefs as extremist and outdated when they first met, yet she refuses to accept the Darksaber from Din (who doesn't want the saber) because of her belief that it has to be earned in combat lest it losses it cultural and political significance and thus ruin her chances to claim the Mandalorian throne, even with Din forfeiting it.

* BittersweetEnding: Grogu is successfully rescued and Gideon is captured. However, a rift between Din and Bo-Katan has been formed because of his possession of the Darksaber as she believes that she has to earn it in combat in order to legitimize her claim to the Mandalorian throne less she be considered a pretender, and Grogu decides to leave with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to be trained, while Din looks teary-eyed as he leaves with Luke and [=R2-D2=].

* ContinuityNod: At the end, Din removes his helmet so that Grogu can see his face just once before they say goodbye. [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Just like another father-son duo.]]

** Bo-Katan explains that the Darksaber, being a lightsaber, cannot cut through pure beskar. This is why Din's armor managed to withstand Ahsoka's lightsabers back in Chapter 13.

* BittersweetEnding: Grogu is successfully rescued and Gideon is captured. However, a rift between Din and Bo-Katan has been formed because of his possession of the Darksaber as she believes that she has to earn it in combat in order to legitimize her claim to the Mandalorian throne less she be considered a pretender, and Grogu decides to leave with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to be trained, while Din looks teary-eyed as he leaves with Luke and [=R2D2=].

* BerserkButton: Mocking Boba Fett's clone heritage will make the normally stoic bounty hunter turn into rage-induced brawler who can stand toe-to-toe with one of Bo-Katan's elite fighters.

* CharacterDevelopment: After spending the entire season being faced with questions on what it means to be a Mandalorian and his decision to remove his helmet in his quest to save Grogu, Din's arc culminates in him removing his helmet as he says goodbye to his son. Not only that, but he also attempts to put aside whatever it means to wield the Darksaber when he tries to return it to Bo-Katan.

%%* CallFoward: Gideon reveals that he now understand Grogu's DNA enough that he doesn't need him anymore. With his research most probably leading to the creation of force-sensitive artificial beings such as the Emperor's clone and Snoke.

** Moff Gideon intercepting Din at the holding cells isn't just to prevent him from saving Grogu. It means that Din will have to fight him, and if he wins, he'll have earned the Darksaber through combat and inadvertently drive a wedge between himself and his current allies.

** Grogu is going with Luke to train, while Din and Bo-Katan have to work out the problem of him winning the Darksaber in combat with Gideon, thereby denying it to her unless they do battle.

* BittersweetEnding: Grogu is successfully rescued and Gideon is captured. However, a rift between Din and Bo-Katan has been formed because of his possession of the Darksaber as she believes that she has to earn it in combat in order to legitimize her claim to the Mandalorian throne less she be considered a pretender, and Grogu decides to leave with Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to be trained, while Din looks teary-eyed as he leaves with Luke and [=R2D2=].

** Luke’s methodical demolition of the Dark Troopers brings to mind his father’s rampage at the end of ''Film/RogueOne''.

* {{Irony}}: Bo-Katan dismissed Din's beliefs as extremist and outdated when they first met, yet she refuses to accept the Darksaber from Din (who doesn't want the saber) because of her belief that it has to be earned in combat less it losses it cultural and political significance and thus ruin her chances to claim the Mandalorian throne, even with Din forfeiting it.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Koska trash talks Boba as Din's "sidekick", leading to a brief scuffle before Bo-Katan calls them off.
* MythologyGag: Pershing calls the current model of Dark Troopers, the "third generation of design", a nod to the multiple phases (from 0 to 4) of the Dark Troopers in ''Legends''.

* TheStinger: After the credits, Fennec and Boba attack Jabba's palace, now being run by Bib Fortuna, and murder him. Boba then takes the chair for himself. Cut to the title card, ''The Book of Boba Fett'', coming in 2021.

* WeNeedADistraction: Fennec, Cara, Bo-Katan and Koska go in guns blazing after crashing the shuttle so Din can sneak out after the fact and get to the holding cells without trouble. Gideon anticipates the strategy and is there waiting for him.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Kosta hits Boba Fett with a Tornado DDT during their brief fight. Appropriate, considering [[Wrestling/SashaBanks who her actress is]].

* WreslterInAllOfUs: Kosta hits Boba Fett with a Tornado DDT during their brief fight. Appropriate, considering [[Wrestling/SashaBanks who her actress is]].

* BigDamnHeroes: Luke Skywalker himself saves the team from the Dark Troopers at the end.
* BittersweetEnding: Grogu is successfully rescued and Gideon is captured. However, a rift between Din and Bo-Katan has been formed because of his possession of the Darksaber as she believes that she has to earn it in combat in order to legitimize her claim to the Mandalorian throne less she be considered a pretender, and Grogu leaves with Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to train him, while Din shed tears upon seeing him leave with Luke and [=R2D2=].

* BittersweetEnding: Grogu is successfully rescued and Gideon is captured. However, a rift between Din and Bo-Katan has been formed because of his possession of the Darksaber as she believes that she has to earn it in combat in order to legitimize her claim to the Mandalorian throne less she be considered a pretender, and Grogu leaves with Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to train him, while Din shed tears upon seeing him leave with Luke and R2D2.

* BigDamnHeroes: Luke Skywalker himself saves the team from the Dark Troopers.

* BackForTheFinale: Din recruits Bo-Katan, Koska, and Axe to help him, Cara, Boba, and Fennec rescue Grogu.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: After capturing Pershing's shuttle, Boba Fett pretends to be a pirate chasing it so they can force an emergency landing.

** Bo-Katan remarks to Boba that as a clone, she's heard his voice a thousand times. She's worked with Clone Troopers in the "Siege of Mandalore" arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', which is also the only time in canon so far that she's interacted with clones.[[note]]She also fought clones in ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' comic "Defenders of the Lost Temple", which despite being a ''The Clone Wars'' tie-in, is now considered ''Legends''.[[/note]]

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Bo-Katan and Koska initially refuse to help Din and Boba rescue Grogu from Gideon, with the former dismissing Din's chances as hopeless and that unlike bounty hunters, they don't just do random jobs. They also dismiss Boba as a "real Mandalorian".
* KickTheDog: Bo-Katan and Koska look down on Boba, not viewing him as a "real Mandalorian" and calling his father "his donor".
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Koska trash talks Boba as Din's "sidekick".
* MythologyGag: Pershing calls the current model of Dark Troopers, the "third generation of design", a nod to the multiple phrases (from 0 to 4) of the Dark Troopers in ''Legends''.
* TheReveal: Dr. Pershing is a clone engineer.
** The Jedi that Grogu managed to contact? ''Luke Skywalker''.

* TheReveal: Dr. Pershing is a clone engineer.

* MythologyGag: Pershing calls the current model of Dark Troopers, the "third generation of design", a nod to the multiple phrases (from 0 to 4) of the Dark Troopers in ''Legends''.

* CallBack: Bo-Katan remarks to Boba that as a clone, she's heard his voice a thousand times. She's worked with Clone Troopers in the "Siege of Mandalore" arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', which is also the only time in canon so far that she's interacted with clones.[[note]]She also fought clones in ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' comic "Defenders of the Lost Temple", which despite being a ''The Clone Wars'' tie-in, is now considered ''Legends''.[[/note]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Koska trash talks Boba as Din's "sidekick".

* BackForTheFinale: Din recruits Bo-Katan, Koska, and Axe to help him, Cara, Boba, and Fennec rescue Grogu.

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