History Recap / TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue

* VillainBall:
** Despite otherwise averting it, Gideon picks it up briefly when he tries to backstab Din with the Darksaber. Rather than aiming low for Din's legs, which only have armor on the front, he swings at Din's midsection, allowing Din to parry the blow by blocking with his jetpack, which has a beskar casing and thus resists the blow. You'd think Gideon, as knowledgeable as he is of Mandalore, would be aware that beskar can block a lightsaber. This one mistake allows Din to mount a defense and ultimately turn the tables.
** In addition, Din almost certainly would have honored the deal he made with Gideon had Gideon not betrayed him, though it's equally possible that Gideon was lying about having what he needed from Grogu and was only trying to get Din to let his guard down.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Gideon attempts to blow his brains out rather than come face-to-face with Luke Skywalker. He gets interrupted by Cara, who knocks away his blaster pistol before knocking him out with the butt of her own rifle.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Luke's lighsaber combat in the climax is a minor one. As it's been half a decade since ''Return of the Jedi,'', Luke has unsurprisingly become more experienced and proficient with his weapon in that interim. His movements and fighting style are easily much more fluid and economical compared to what we saw in ''Jedi''.

* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: When Luke Skywalker shows up to save the day, Grogu visibly perks up, sensing him in the Force.

* FacialDialogue: When Luke and Grogu leave the Light Cruiser, Din and Grogu don't say, "I'll miss you" (or the "Baby Yoda" equivalent) aloud, but the sentiments come through in their forlorn expressions, unbroken stares, and Din's ManlyTears.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Doctor Pershing after he helped Din is left unclear.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Return of the Jedi'']]

** And for the trifecta, Gideon boasts about his plan for the Dark Troopers to kill Team Djarin so he can reclaim Grogu. That plan falls apart the moment Luke Skywalker shows up.

* AbsenteeActor: Axe Woves is absent from the team of Mandalorians in this story.

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

** Tying into the above, Boba referring to Koska as "little one", when he's barely taller than her, though he is likely a fair bit older.

** Tying into the above, Boba referring to Koska as "little one", when he's barely taller than her. (

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Luke's combat style in the climax is a minor one. As it's been half a decade since ''Return of the Jedi,'', he has unsurprisingly become more experienced and proficient with lightsaber combat. His movement and style's much more fluid and economical compared to what we saw in ''Jedi''.

* EvilDetectingDog: Dramatically Subverted; every Dark Trooper -- the "evil" and the "dogs" here -- all shift their focus on the arriving lone pilot from the X-Wing instead of continuing their efforts to enter the bridge, as though all the Troopers sense the much more powerful threat coming and are suffering a collective MassOhCrap

* ArmorIsUseless: Eventually. No amount of durasteel armor plating that a humanoid battle droid can mount can withstand the cut of a Lightsaber. The Dark Trooper armor that previously shrugged off blaster bolts, a flamethrower, and a torrent of [[MacrossMissileMassacre Whistling Birds]] might as well have not even been there once Luke gets to work on the Dark troopers.

* InsufferableGenius: Gideon is basically confirmed to be this, even snarking to Din, "''Assume'' that I know ''everything''." He plans for virtually every contingency, except [[DidntSeeThatComing Luke Skywalker]].

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