Mythosaur

The Mandalorian revealed one of Star Wars biggest myths is anything but a legend, and that is an omen of hope for all Mandalorians.

[Star Wars #](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(1977)_69) [69](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(1977)_69) [: Death in the City of Bone](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(1977)_69). [Her fellow Mandalorians then named her Mand’alor](https://nerdist.com/article/the-mandalorian-grogu-future-uncertain-mandalore-history-force/) for the second time. [That’s how Bo-Katan Kryze came to possess the Darksaber](https://nerdist.com/article/the-mandalorian-bo-katan-darksaber/). Now that a mountain of a mythosaur in Mandalore’s Living Waters pulled Din deep below and Bo-Katan saw it with her own eyes, the Armorer’s prophecy might be imminent. “The songs of eons past foretold of the mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore,” she said. “If, however, it is not won in combat and falls into the hands of the undeserving,” the Armorer said, “It will be a curse unto the Nation. [became a desert following the wars between Mandalorians and Jedi](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mandalorian_cataclysm). The Armorer also adorned her cave [in The Mandalorian‘s season three premiere](https://nerdist.com/article/the-mandalorian-season-3-premiere-revealed-about-mandalore-bo-katan/) with a small replica of mythosaur skull. But even the Armorer, who serves as the memory of Mandalore and lives by her ancestor’s oldest and strictest creeds, did not think mythosaurs still lived. [episode two of The Mandalorian‘s third season](https://www.starwars.com/series/the-mandalorian) revealed the planet is not an inhospitable, cursed desert. The Empire’s Great Purge left Mandalore a wasteland of glass and buried cities. That mass bombing also turned the home of Star Wars‘ famed warriors into a desolate tomb for millions.

The newest episode of "The Mandalorian" offered fans a glimpse of a legendary creature from "Star Wars" lore when Din Djarin arrived at Mandalore.

While the Mythosaur has now made a brief return to the Star Wars universe it is unclear whether the creature will return. The legendary creature watches them for a moment before swimming away. What Is the Mythosaur?

In The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2, we see a real Mythosaur in the living waters of Mandalore - here's what you need to know.

Mythosaurs were thought to be land-dwelling animals, but with the long-lasting underwater life of one now confirmed, it could forecast another Mandalorian war; be it civil or against the Empire. Upon seeing his Darksaber, she also recalls: “The songs of eons past foretold of the Mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore. “The skull signet was adopted and became the symbol of our planet,” she said. Cast your mind back to The Book of Boba Fett, when The Armorer brands Din an apostate after he confesses to removing his helmet. [Mandalore the Great](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/the-mandalorian-who-is-mandalore-the-great-2080527/) – however, until now, they were believed to be extinct. In its closing moments, we get an epic glimpse of a Mythosaur, a creature no longer relegated to the realms of Mandalorian myth – here’s what you need to know.

The Mandalorian season 3 episode 2 introduced the Mythosaur, a legendary creature with major ties to Mandalore and the Mandalorian race.

For the first time in Star Wars live-action, fans finally get a glimpse of the legendary Mythosaur in season three of The Mandalorian.

As mentioned, this is only a short glimpse of what we hope will be a big debut in the later episodes of The Mandalorian. Though extinct, the mythosaur lived on as a legendary figure in Mandalorian mythology and became a big part of the culture. We have seen the mythosaur – well, more accurately the mythosaur skull sigil – plenty of times in Star Wars. In season one of The Mandalorian, Kuiil teased Din Djarin for not being able to ride his blurrg and pointed out that his ancestors used to ride mythosaurs. A Mythosaur is a large beast that lived on the Outer Rim planet of Mandalore. If you were just as shocked as Bo-Katan to see that the mythosaur is not (pun intended) a myth, you’re not the only one.

Episode 2 of The Mandalorian season 3 saw Mando and Bo-Katan cross paths with a fabled Mythosaur but just what is the legendary creature?

However, the appearance of a Mythosaur in episode 2 of The Mandalorian season 3 proves that this is not the case after all. Following a run-in with a scavenging cyborg in the Mines of Mandalore, Bo-Katan leads Mando to the Living Waters in the final moments of episode 2 of the Episode 2 of The Mandalorian season 3 saw Mando and Bo-Katan cross paths with a living Mythosaur but what exactly is the fabled creature and what does the discovery mean?

Will receiving the shock of her life at the end of 'The Mines of Mandalore' lead Bo-Katan Kryze to question everything she's ever known about Mandalore?

Add to that the conflict over who should wield the Darksaber and the future of Mandalore looks pretty complicated indeed. Beskar being pretty heavy, he's sunk all the way to the bottom by the time Bo-Katan finds him, and it is on the way back to the surface that she gets the surprise of her life. But the episode also revealed that she's filled with regret most likely, as was covered in The Clone Wars, because she had such a part to play in the fighting of the past, undermining her own sister, Duchess Satine Kryze, because she didn't believe in her pacifistic leadership. With the remnants of fallen Mandalorians all around him and trapped in a tight cage, Mando dispatches Grogu to get Bo-Katan's help. [Katee Sackhoff](http://ew.com/person/katee-sackhoff)) spied a very alive Mythosaur in the depths of the living waters in the mines of Mandalore. Before they make it to the mines, Mando gets caught in a trap by a half-robotic spider, half-alien creature that we'll call Chitters, for lack of a better name.

A giant beast known as the mythosaur made its first appearance right before the end of The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2.

Even during the events of the rise and fall of the Empire, warriors such as Boba Fett displayed a mythosaur skull emblem on their armor. According to the legend, Mandalore the Great tamed and rode a mythosaur, which had a lair in the mines of Mandalore, the same place where Mandalorians extracted their precious beskar. The second installment in the latest The Mandalorian season brought the titular hero back to Mandalore, the abandoned home planet of all Mandalorians.

We need to talk about Mandalore, the mythosaur, and how The Mandalorian just changed Star Wars lore forever.

But as the return of the mythosaur proves, nothing is ever really what it seems when it comes to these Mandalorians. Not only is he the rightful wielder of the Darksaber, which allows him to claim the throne of Mandalore according to warrior tradition, but he’s also found the mythosaur that was foretold. But beyond how the return of the mythosaur affects these characters on a personal level, there’s now something even bigger afoot, and it goes back to a Mandalorian prophecy that predicts a revival for Mandalore and its people. Was Boba Fett, whose armor is emblazoned with the skull of the mythosaur, destined to unite the Mandalorian clans and lead them back to their home world? And while this may just seem like [a fun easter egg](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-wars-the-mandalorian-season-3-episode-2-chapter-18-easter-eggs/) to the casual viewer, the arrival of the mythosaur to The Mandalorian has huge implications for the future of Mandalore and the [Star Wars](https://www.denofgeek.com/star-wars/) galaxy. [The Mandalorian](https://www.denofgeek.com/the-mandalorian/) season 3 isn’t just bringing [purrgil](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-wars-the-mandalorian-purrgil-ezra-bridger-thrawn-ahsoka/) and giant space alligators to live-action.

"Your ancestors rode the great Mythosaur!" he said, giving the Mandalorian the boost he needed. They are the ultimate symbol of Mandalorian culture and religion ...

As the leader of the Children of the Watch, she is the guardian of the legends and traditions of the Mandalorians, but, during her time, Mandalore is in ruins, destroyed by the Empire and turned to glass. From now on, whatever happens with them, we can be sure they will play a big role in the Mandalorian renaissance that's to come, and, who knows? [Mandalore](https://collider.com/mandalorian-season-3-trailer-breakdown/) and its people, the Taung were terrible for the Mythosaurs. Everything that was written up to that moment is now defined by the Legends label, and they tell us a bit more about the mythic Mandalorian beasts. [The Mandalorian](https://collider.com/tag/the-mandalorian/) has finally given us our first glimpse at a real Mythosaur in this week's episode, "The Mines of Mandalore". This means that, from here on out, the creators of The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, are breaking new ground, and whatever comes next is brand new to the franchise, and has precedence over any other media that can use Mythosaurs to tell a story.

'The Mandalorian' Season 3 Episode 2 revealed a new monster, the Mythosaur, on Mandalore. Here's what the creature is and what it means for Star Wars' ...

The Mythosaur is less a beast or a monster, and more a sign of things to come. But the presence of the Mythosaur makes her second prophecy much more relevant: "The songs of eons past foretold of The Mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore." The image of the Mythosaur goes back a long way in the Star Wars canon. Evan is the culture editor for Men’s Health, with bylines in The New York Times, MTV News, Brooklyn Magazine, and VICE. In one, she mentioned that whoever wields the Darksaber would rule all of Mandalore. Their image and likeness has shown up in The Mandalorian corner of the Star Wars-verse. But after [the events of ](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a43100907/mandalorian-season-3-book-of-boba-fett-recap/) [The Book of Boba Fett](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a43100907/mandalorian-season-3-book-of-boba-fett-recap/), our dear friend Mando could only redeem his transgressions (removing his helmet to share a few moments with cute little Baby Yoda/ [Grogu](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a34806557/the-mandalorian-grogu-baby-yoda-name/)) by heading to Mandalore to bathe in the planet's living waters.So in Season 3, Episode 2, "The Mines of Mandalore," we finally headed there—and saw Mandalore for ourselves. However, when Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, almost all of the Star Wars Expanded Universe up until that point was re-established as "Legends," or: not canon. [Darksaber](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a34530319/what-is-the-darksaber-the-mandalorian/) in the meantime). It was further illustrated in between those films in the Marvel Comics-produced Star Wars #69. These beasts are supposed to be long-extinct, but were believed to roam on Mandalore thousands of years earlier; the first Mandalorians supposedly tamed them and even rode them. This has nothing to do with giant blue people or the planet of Pandora though; Bo-Katan is startled because this is, indeed, a Mythosaur.

Just like we see in movies such as Avatar the taming of a mythical creature is an action of titanic importance. As we see both Bo-Katan and Din Djarin walk ...

Even objects such as the Darksaber are linked to the past, which is where the ‘greatness’ of Mandalore is attributed by the followers of the Creed. When we look into the narrative that surrounds the power that incentives groups such as the Death Watch, or even why the Darksaber is important we see the links to Mandalore’s past. As we see both Bo-Katan and Din Djarin walk through the ruins of Sundari it becomes clear that the myths of Mandalore’s past will soon become its future.

The Mandalorian Season Two TV Still Disney+ Image via https://dtcimedia.disney This is the way: Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian (Photo: Disney+). author avatar ...

After being captured by a enemy droid and saved by Bo-Katan, Din-Djarin to bathe in the Living Waters, which are sacred, so he can atone for removing his helmet in Season 2 and be redeemed. Bo-Katan’s helmet lamp shines on a huge, horned animal akin to a dinosaur, long believed to be extinct. The animal is a sacred, essential part of Mandalorian culture, and the episode marked the first live-action appearance of a living mythosaur.

The latest episode of The Mandalorin, The Mines of Mandalore, introduces a new Star Wars creature to the screen - the Mythosaur.

There are eight episodes in the current season and they will be released weekly. As she saves Din, Bo-Katan gets a closer look at the creature that grabbed Din and realises that it is a Mythosaur, a species believed to be long extinct. Din is captured by the crab creature which begins to harvest his blood - Grogu leaves Mandalore to enlist Bo-Katan’s help in a rescue mission. On arriving at the homeworld of his people, Din encounters several hostile residents including a group of Alamaites, who he dispatches with his darksaber, and a creature in a crablike metal exoskeleton. Mythosaurs are mentioned several times in the latest episode of The Mandalorian - Bo-Katan learns that the Mines of Mandalore used to be a Mythosaur lair, although she remains sceptical of the legends. [Star Wars](/topic/star-wars) universe has expanded greatly since the release of the original trilogy four decades ago.

The end of series 3 episode 2 revealed the mythosaur is not, in fact, a myth after Bo-Katan comes face to face with beast. The Mandalorian Season Two TV ...

After being captured by a enemy droid and saved by Bo-Katan, Din-Djarin to bathe in the Living Waters, which are sacred, so he can atone for removing his helmet in Season 2 and be redeemed. Bo-Katan’s helmet lamp shines on a huge, horned animal akin to a dinosaur, long believed to be extinct. The animal is a sacred, essential part of Mandalorian culture, and the episode marked the first live-action appearance of a living mythosaur.

Episode 2 of The Mandalorian's season 3 introduced a mythical Star Wars monster, yet one never before seen on screen.

It goes without saying that Din Djarin and Bo-Katan are not on the best terms, in fact, when Grogu returns she outright wants to dispose of Mando on the spot. Having established that, the Mythosaur represents one more item that could spark conflict between Bo-Katan and Din Djarin, hence another motive for opposing Mandalorian groups to face off in a grueling civil war. That alone helps drive home the idea that Mythosaurs are thought to be extinct, yet they do play a big part in Mandalorian civilization. [canon debut in The Empire Strikes Back](https://gamerant.com/star-wars-jedi-survivor-empire-strikes-back-similar-dark-story/) as the creature depicted on Boba Fett's armor, and since then these dinosaur-like monsters have become a treasured part of The Mandalorian's growing lore. [The Mandalorian](https://gamerant.com/tag/the-mandalorian/) itself has dedicated a few lines to setting up these monsters' entrance into Din Djarin’s story way before Bo-Katan took him to the Living Waters of Mandalore. Long believed to be extinct, Mythosaurs are an important piece of Mandalorian history that could define the series’ path moving forward.

Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) dug too greedily, and too deep, and awoke… well, not a Balrog, but an equally powerful creature.

Now that the mythosaur has risen from the crumbling remains of their home world, is Mandalore fated to return to prosperity? As thousands of years passed, mythosaurs became interwoven through Mandalorian legends to the point that the image of the beast’s skull became synonymous with their culture. If you’ll recall, The Armorer ( You’ll notice that the name “mythosaur” contains a familiar word: “myth.” That’s not coincidence. Lord of the Rings jokes aside, “The Mines of Mandalore” did move The Mandalorian’s story forward quite a bit. Mandalorian ancestors tamed the giant beasts and once rode on their backs, but a great war rendered them extinct…

The Mandalorian returned with another episode this week - with some surprising reveals that left fans asking the same question.

According to ancient folklore, the mines were once a Mythosaur lair. Shortly after the release of the episode fans took to social media to express their shock. It’s fair to say that the first episode cemented the backbone of Mandalorian culture and did not disappoint, from the shocking state of the planet to watching Bo-Katan fight creature after creature.

The inclusion of the Mythosaur in Chapter 18 of The Mandalorian could affect the rest of Season 3 in a big way.

It was confirmed that she will be present in the [Ahsoka](https://thedirect.com/tags/ahsoka-series/) series, but if all of the other Clans are present, Sabine's live-action introduction may just come in The Mandalorian. [The Mandalorian](https://thedirect.com/tags/the-mandalorian-series/) may have a huge impact on the rest of Season 3. When Bo-Katan jetpacks down to retrieve him, she comes face-to-face with the creature on the way up. Surely you can ride this young foal." [Giancarlo Esposito's](https://thedirect.com/tags/giancarlo-esposito/) [Moff Gideon](https://thedirect.com/tags/moff-gideon/) in combat, that means that Din is the rightful ruler of Mandalore for the time being. "You are a Mandalorian. [the Mandalorian Creed](https://thedirect.com/article/mandalorians-remove-helmets-never-why), Din and [Katee Sackhoff's](https://thedirect.com/tags/katee-sackhoff/) [Bo-Katan Kryze](https://thedirect.com/tags/bo-katan-kryze/) couldn't be farther apart. [Sabine Wren](https://thedirect.com/tags/sabine-wren/)), Din could truly become Mandalore's next ruler and fulfill the prophecy by rising up with the Mythosaur to rebuild Mandalore. [The Book of Boba Fett](https://thedirect.com/tags/the-book-of-boba-fett/), it was revealed that the Mythosaur and the ruler of Mandalore go hand-in-hand with each other. [the Mandalorian](https://thedirect.com/tags/the-mandalorian/) stories. [Pedro Pascal's](https://thedirect.com/tags/pedro-pascal/) [Din Djarin](https://thedirect.com/tags/the-mandalorian/) and [Grogu](https://thedirect.com/tags/baby-yoda/) continue their adventure as Din aims to cleanse himself of his "transgressions" in the living waters beneath the Mines of Mandalore. [Star Wars](https://thedirect.com/StarWars/)' flagship series on [Disney+](https://thedirect.com/tags/disney-plus/) is back in full swing as Episode 2 of Season 3 was recently released on the streaming platform.

The Mandalorian season 3 episode 2's ending comes as an absolute shocker as a stunning revelation about the Mythosaur has been made.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Bo-Katan](/topic/bo-katan)Kryze was deeply saddened by the planet's current condition. Moreover, she regained possession of the [Darksaber](/topic/darksaber)that rightfully belonged to her.