History Recap / TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue

** Tying into the above, Boba referring to Koska as "little one", when he's barely taller than her (For reference, Creator/TemueraMorrison is 5'7", Wrestling/SashaBanks is 5'4", though her costume probably bumps her up a few inches), though he is likely a fair bit older.
** Bo-Katan refuses to take the Darksaber from Din, no matter how much he insists, because tradition says so. It wasn't so long ago that she was giving him grief over his sect's rigid adherence to tradition.

* CloningBlues: Boba's clone heritage is brought up, and it's clear that he hates being seen as just another clone, insisting that Jango was his father and not a "donor" for his existence. All the more poignant in that Jango really ''did'' consider him his "son", not just another clone. Furthermore, Boba is objectively different than the Clone Troopers, because Jango requested an unaltered clone to raise as his own son -- the Clone Troopers were genetically tailored to be less independent and age at twice the rate of a normal human. But all the other Mandalorians now deride him as no different than the altered clones who helped the Empire take over their homeworld.

->''"One X-Wing? [[SarcasmMode Great,]] [[TemptingFate we're saved.]]"''

->''"One X-Wing? Great, we're saved."''

This episode was directed by Creator/PeytonReed and written by Creator/JonFavreau.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The Imperial pilot justifies the destruction of Alderaan, which killed billions of civilians, because of the millions of Imperials killed on the Death Star. Never mind the fact the Death Star blew up Alderaan ''first'', and was built with the express purpose of blowing up any world that wouldn't submit to the Empire. The pilot also said that destroying Alderaan was a small price to pay to fight terrorism. He's forgetting the fact that Alderann was a '''loyalist''' planet that Tarkin had destroyed just to prove a point to the rest of the Galaxy without the approval of [[EvenEvilHasStandards Emperor Palpatine]]; [[PragmaticVillainy who had signed off for the Death Star destroying a random backwater world]], but didn't think that Tarkin would use it to destroy an important world like Alderaan, making the whole incident a textbook case of ''[[{{Hypocrite}} Unsanctioned State Terrorism]]''.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The Imperial pilot justifies the destruction of Alderaan, which killed billions of civilians, because of the millions of Imperials killed on the Death Star. Never mind the fact the Death Star blew up Alderaan ''first'', and was built with the express purpose of blowing up any world that wouldn't submit to the Empire. The pilot also said that destroying Alderaan was a small price to pay to fight terrorism. He's forgetting the fact that Alderann was a '''loyalist''' planet that Tarkin had destroyed just to prove a point to the rest; without the express approval of [[EvenEvilHasStandards Emperor Palpatine]], making it a textbook case of ''[[{{Hypocrite}} Unsanctioned State Terrorism]]''.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The Imperial pilot justifies the destruction of Alderaan, which killed billions of civilians, because of the millions of Imperials killed on the Death Star. Never mind the fact the Death Star blew up Alderaan ''first'', and was built with the express purpose of blowing up any world that wouldn't submit to the Empire. The pilot also said that destroying Alderaan was a small price to pay to fight terrorism. He's forgetting the fact that Alderann was a '''loyalist''' planet that the Empire destroyed just to prove a point to the rest, making it a textbook case of ''[[{{Hypocrite}} state terrorism]]''.

* AssholeVictim: The Imperial shuttle pilot who taunts Cara over the destruction of Alderaan earns a much-deserved death.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In TheStinger, Boba Fett coldly kills Bib Fortuna to take over the Hutt Clan. Remember Bib Fortuna had been a close help to Jabba for decades before becoming a crime lord himself, and even before that he dabbled in slavery (including of his own race, the Twi'leks).

* ShootTheHostageTaker: an Imperial true believer shuttle pilot takes the cloning engineer Dr. Pershing hostage when the heroes board the disabled Lambda shuttle. After gunning down his copilot who was trying to surrender, he decides to start punching Cara Dune's Alderaanian Diaspora BerserkButton. He also seems to acknowledge that she's a Rebel drop trooper, not putting two and two together that she would be a proficient pistol markswoman as a corollary. She [[BoomHeadshot drills him in the face]] after she's had enough of his fanatic ranting, with Pershing's ear [[EarAche getting scorched]] in the process.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Bo-Katan thinks that Gideon will be on the bridge, but he's actually guarding the Child--his most important asset. Thus Din ends up fighting him instead of Bo-Katan.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Luke's lightsaber 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''.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The Imperial pilot justifies the destruction of Alderaan, which killed billions of civilians, because of the millions of Imperials killed on the Death Star. Never mind the fact the Death Star blew up Alderaan ''first'', and was built with the express purpose of blowing up any world that wouldn't submit to the Empire.
** The pilot also said that destroying Alderaan was a small price to pay to fight terrorism. He's forgetting the fact that Alderann was a '''loyalist''' planet that the Empire destroyed just to prove a point to the rest, making it a textbook case of ''[[{{Hypocrite}} state terrorism]]''.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[StockShtick Two Mandalorians walk into a bar...]] where there are ''already'' two Mandalorians? All the other bar patrons clear out in a hurry.

** Din manages to defeat a Dark Trooper by [[AttackItsWeakPoint going for its exposed parts]], similar to Obi-Wan ripping General Grievous's chest cavity open before shooting it in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Luke's lightsaber 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''.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Bo-Katan might have ''told'' Din she needed to be [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou the one to defeat Gideon to earn the right to wield the Darksaber]] ''before'' the start of the mission. She has no one to blame but herself for Din winning it instead of her.

* XanatosGambit: Gideon went to the brig knowing that he would face Din alone. Either he would win the battle, killing Din and escaping with Grogu, or he would lose to Din, making Din the Darksaber's new owner. This would cause a fight between Din and Bo-Katan as she needs to win the Darksaber in combat in order to legitimize her claim to Mandalore. That looked likely to happen until the Dark Troopers reboard the ship to rescue Gideon. Even then, he might have been able to pull off a win had Luke Skywalker himself not come onboard and wrecked the entire platoon of Dark Troopers.

* NeckSnap: Din does this to one of the Stormtroopers guarding Grogu's cell with his spear, after thoroughly strangling the trooper.

* EvilDetectingDog: Inverter; 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

** Luke Skywalker vs. all the Dark Troopers. The part in the corridor outside TheBridge looks a lot like Darth Vader's rampage near the end of ''Film/RogueOne''.

** When Koska tries to belittle Fett by insinuating that he's Din's "sidekick", the bounty hunter aptly responds by quoting Star War's equivalent of the "pot calling the kettle black" idiom. And to add irony to this exchange, Boba Fett is not even close to being a subordinate of Din's whereas Koska is most definitely one to Bo-Katan.

* WrongGenreSavvy: When Din asks Fennec to open the bridge doors for Luke, she says, "Are you crazy?!" Because having seen Luke subject the Dark Troopers to a MookHorrorShow, her conclusion is that she's in a horror movie.

** Boba Fett stands on the trap door over Jabba's rancor pit, though Bib Fortuna doesn't try to trap Fett in it. He may have thought better of trying to use it on someone familiar with the mechanism, and Fennec would have shot him had it worked in any case. It's also questionable if Bib would have had the time or resources to get another Rancor. To say nothing of the fact that Boba has a jetpack and could avoid falling in anyways.

** Grogu is going with Luke to train, and Din promises they'll meet again one day.

** Boba Fett and Fennec take over Jabba's palace, setting up his own series in 2021.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Gideon points out that the Darksaber must be won in combat, not just taken as an offering, Din simply says "I yield," and tries to give it to Bo-Katan. She can't bring herself to take it, despite his insistence.

* ShootTheHostageTaker: an Imperial true believer shuttle pilot takes the cloning engineer Dr. Pershing hostage when the heroes board the disabled Lambda shuttle. After gunning down his copilot who was trying to surrender, he decides to start punching Cara Dune's Alderaanian Diaspora BerserkButton. He also seems to acknowledge that she's a Rebel drop trooper, not putting two and two together that she would be a proficient pistol markswoman as a corollary. She [[BoomHeadshot drills him in the face]] after she's had enough of his fanatic ranting, with Pershing's ear [[EarAche getting singed]] in the process.

* ShootTheHostageTaker: an Imperial true believer shuttle pilot takes the cloning engineer Dr. Pershing hostage when the heroes board the disabled Lambda shuttle. After gunning down his copilot who was trying to surrender, he decides to start punching Cara Dune's Alderaanian Diaspora BerserkButton. He also seems to acknowledge that she's a Rebel drop trooper, not putting two and two together that she would be a proficient pistol markswoman as a corollary. She drills him in the face after she's had enough of his fanatic ranting, with Pershing's ear getting singed in the process.