History Recap / TheMandalorianS3E6Chapter22GunsForHire

*** The Duchess and Captain Bombardier are a little bit of an UnequalPairing. She's a member of independent Plazir-15's royalty who has been elected leader now, whereas her husband is a member of the former Empire's military. Likewise, Bo-Katan is a princess from a noble Great House who soon becomes Mand'alore thanks to some LoopholeAbuse in the rules around Darksaber ownership, then is followed for her honor and sense of duty rather than any inherited title. Din has worked with Imperial remnants despite many Mandalorians hating them for the Purge, and is a member of [[TheFundamentalist the Children of the Watch]], both of which make him disliked by many outside his immediate tribe. By marrying a former Imperial and showing how happy and prosperous they are together, the Duchess has helped her people integrate with former members of the Empire far better than the New Republic's "amnesty program," much like how her friendly relationship with Din has helped Bo-Katan unite the different factions of Mandalorians and a PoliticalMarriage might just be a very expedient way to resolve lingering tensions between them. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint One of them is also significantly lighter in skin tone than the other.]]

** The [[Main/{{Cthulhumanoid}} Quarren]] half of the InterspeciesRomance couple in the ColdOpen is named "Captain [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Shuggoth]]".

** The Quarren of the StarCrossedLovers in the ColdOpen is named "Captain [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Shuggoth]]".

* VerbalTic: It turns out Kuiil's "I have spoken" wasn't unique to him, but a part of general Ugnaught vocal protocol.

* WholePlotReference: The episode is mostly done as a crime drama in the vein of shows like ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', ''Series/{{CSI}}'', and ''Series/LawAndOrder'', complete with forensic investigations (yes, they even have an EnhanceButton) and special guest stars, one of whom [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize is the guilty party]].

** Although his old prejudices against droids were eased considerably by his positive experiences with IG-11, Pelli's pit droids, and R5, Din still isn't well-disposed towards them, acting with hostility toward the droids he and Bo-Katan interrogate, because they're the same models that traumatized him as a child.

* HypocriticalHumor: Bo-Katan disdainfully comments "Politics..." after tasing Helgait in mid-monologue. That's a bit rich coming from a member of the royal family of Mandalore, who has for a long time aspired to rule their planet. Politics is, in many ways, all she has ever done.

** The Aurebesh seen during the analysis of the battle droid includes the line "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads...", referencing [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]].

* AntiGravityClothing: On her introduction, the Duchess is seen with a large holographic train hovering behind her, the centerpiece shaped like a flower and reminiscent of a carnival feather backpack.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Bo-Katan and Axe Woves engage in their duel using live weapons with no concern for the fact that there are spectators that can and do get caught in the crossfire (granted, they're all wearing armor, but most aren't wearing helmets). At one point, a group of Woves's crew is sent scattering to dodge a stray rocket launched in their direction. Given that everyone is [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorians, no-one bats an eye at this.]]

* BigFun: The Duchess and Captain Bombardier come across as this: jovial, welcoming, flamboyiant and hedonistic. Despite this, they are still attentive to the issues of their domain; specifically the seemingly random berserk labor droid problem.

* CaughtMonologuing: After Din calls Commissioner Helgait a Separatist, he launches into a rant calling it a "pejorative term" and praising Count Dooku as a "visionary", all while his hand hovers over the BigRedButton that supposedly would shut off all the labor droids but actually would revert them to KillerRobot mode. Bo-Katan seizes a split-second moment of inattention towards her specifically while he rants to let fly a taser dart from her [[SuperWristGadget Mando gauntlet]], sending Helgait stiff-bodied to the floor.

* DisappointedInYou: The Duchess says this of Commissioner Helgait after his treachery is revealed, and it actually seems to get to him.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The Ugnaughts have at least some understanding that the droids are being deliberately sabotaged, enough so that they can accurately predict where the next incident will occur. However, their cultural norms and isolation keep them from communicating this to the leadership of the planet. When Bo-Katan asks about the "malfunctions", it carries the accusatory implication of poor workmanship on the part of Ugnaught droidsmiths in the context of their culture, so they immediately clam up. It's only because Din understands their way of thinking that he and Bo-Katan are able to make some headway, and even then the Ugnaughts still refuse to simply explain what they know.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: Plazir-15 could shut off all droids with the push of a button but the citizens voted against it because they're dependent on them for pretty much everything.

* VerbalTic: It turns out, Kuiil's "I have spoken" wasn't unique to him, but a part of general Ugnaught vocal protocol.

* OddNameOut: The first episode of the season to not follow the "The [Blank]" title formula, and the second of the series to have a title of more than two words (after [[Recap/TheMandalorianS3E2Chapter18TheMinesOfMandalore "The Mines of Mandalore"]]).

** Creator/ChristopherLloyd plays Commissioner Helgait as the episode's ArcVillain.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Bo-Katan and Axe Woves engage in their duel using live weapons with no concern for the fact that there are spectators that can and do get caught in the crossfire(to be fair, they're all wearing armor). At one point, a group of Woves's crew is sent scattering to dodge a stray rocket launched in their direction. Given that everyone is [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorians, no-one bats an eye at this.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Bo-Katan and Axe Woves engage in their duel using live weapons with no concern for the fact that there are spectators that can and do get caught in the crossfire. At one point, a group of Woves's crew is sent scattering to dodge a stray rocket launched in their direction. Given that everyone is [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorians, no-one bats an eye at this.]]

* WholePlotReference: The episode is mostly done as a crime drama in the vein of shows like ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', ''Series/{{CSI}}'', and ''Series/LawAndOrder'', complete with forensic investigations (yes, they even have an EnhanceButton) and special guest stars.

* OddNameOut: The first episode of the season to not follow the "The [Blank]" title formula, and the second of the series to have a title of more than two words (after [[Recap/TheMandalorianS3E2Chapter18TheMinesOfMandalore "Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore"]]).

* OddNameOut: The first episode of the season to not follow the "The [Blank]" title formula, and the first of the series to have a title of more than two words.

* HypocriticalHumor: Bo-Katan disdainfully comments "Politics..." after tasing Helgait in mid-monologue. That's a bit rich coming from a member of the royal family of Mandalore, who has for a long time aspired to rule their planet. Politics is what, in many ways, she has ever done.

* FreudianExcuse: Possibly. As pointed out with DidntThinkThisThrough, Din kicking the B2 Super Battle Droids to see which one will violently react wasn't exactly brilliant, and was probably motivated by FantasticRacism. However, when you remember that, according to Season 1, his village and probably his biological family were slaughtered by B2s, and the most terrifying childhood memory of the whole ordeal was staring down the barrel of a B2's arm cannon as it prepared to execute him, it's understandable that Din chose violence against them. CharacterDevelopment can only take you so far so fast.

* FreudianExcuse: Possibly. As pointed out with DidntThinkThisThrough, Din kicking the B2 Super Battle Droids to see which one will violently react wasn't exactly brilliant, and was probably motivated by FantasticRacism. However, when you remember that, according to Season 1, his village and probably his biological family were slaughtered by B2s, it's understandable that Din chose violence against them. CharacterDevelopment can only take you so far so fast.