Mandalorian season 3 episode 3

The Mandalorian feels more like Andor in its third episode, which heads to Coruscant for a gorgeous episode focused on world building and setting up the ...

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Dr. Pershing takes center stage in The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3, as Din Djarin and Bo-Katan face new obstacles in his pursuit of redemption.

He explains that he is bringing Bo-Katan there as a guest, and encourages her to keep her helmet on to keep the peace. As the Mandalorians clap each other on the back and celebrate, Bo-Katan’s focus turns to the Mythosaur sigil mounted on the wall, signaling that perhaps she is on a path now to reclaim what is rightfully hers. It looks even worse when the top of the episode is remembered, and Bo-Katan’s newfound homelessness is considered. She tempts him with offers to break into the Imperial junkyard and find him a mobile lab, which is an offer he refuses—at first. Pershing comes face to face with the mind flayer. But for Elia, her friendship has been a ruse at the behest of the amnesty program to seemingly find weak links like Dr. Pershing is understandably shocked that Elia orchestrated this, and he maintains this all the way to the interrogation room where she trapped him. When Din awakes, she is quick to assuage his concerns and confirms that she witnessed him [bathe in the Living Waters](https://collider.com/the-mandalorian-season-3-living-waters-mandalore/), which means he is once again a true Mandalorian. The amnesty program, which is backed by the New Republic—the good guys—feels sinister at times, especially considering the fact that they have stripped them of a degree of personhood. Despite the initial alarm of seeing a familiar face, Elia and the other members of the program welcome him with open arms. [The Mines of Mandalore](https://collider.com/the-mandalorian-season-3-episode-2-review/)” with Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) waiting for Din to wake up after his unexpectedly dangerous soak in the Living Waters. With the aptly titled episode, “The Convert,” the series brings new blood to not only the director’s chair but the writer’s room too, and this shift is felt across the board.

Season 3 episode 3 is a refreshing mix-up of the status quo. Omid Abtahi as Dr Pershing in The Mandalorian. Disney.

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Is Palpatine really behind it all? 'Mandalorina' Season 3, Episode 3, "The Convert," throws a big wrinkle into the leading Baby Yoda theory.

He seems to genuinely want to help the New Republic with his research, even though we’re still a little iffy on what that research is specifically. He’s been set up by somebody else who used to work for Moff Gideon, Elia Kane — reprising her role from Mando Season 2 where she was only known as a “comms officer.” As Pershing is hooked up to the mind flayer, Kane cranks up the juice, which will either murder him or erase his memories more thoroughly than originally intended. If Pershing really wants the New Republic to trust him, telling them that somehow Palpatine is going to return might get their attention Pershing was working in a program for Palpatine directly, one might wonder why he wouldn’t just admit that in public. Pershing (Omid Abtahi) who used to work for Moff Giedeon, but now, does clerical work in a New Republic rehabilitation program. In [The Mandalorian Season 3](https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-mandalorian-season-3-mandalorians-battle), Episode 3, “The Convert,” a mystery that has pervaded the show since the beginning was just given a new wrinkle.

Episode 3 of The Mandalorian season 3 switches up the formula and spends most of its runtime with Dr Pershing and a new cast of characters.

- Max Fowler as Amnesty Officer M34 - Sunkrish Bala as Amnesty Affairs Commissioner - James Chen as Amnesty Officer G27 - Matthew Bellows as Amnesty Officer M40 - Veanne Cox as Aristocrat 4 - Valarie Pettiford as Aristocrat 1

Disney+'s Cryptic Plot Summary: On Coruscant, former Imperials find amnesty in the New Republic. Main Players: Mando, Bo-Katan Kryze, Dr. Pershing, Elia Kane, ...

Mando says he bathed in the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore. The last thing I expected was the return of Charlie Cox's Star Wars variant and the revival of the Baby Yoda Prison Experiment subplot. Then [CGI Luke Skywalker](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a38971109/cgi-luke-skywalker-mandalorian-book-of-boba-fett/) hijacked the Season Two finale. We'll see if this crew's next plotline involves the reawakening of Mando and Bo-Katan's feud over the Darksaber, or if they're on the same team after the outing on Mandalore. [predecessor's exposition dump](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a43236901/the-mandalorian-season-3-episode-2-recap/). Near the end of the episode, Kane inexplicably betrays him, handing him over to the New Republic. This goes on until he gives the Armorer the 23andMe sample, which shows that Mando, in fact, bathed in the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore. Good news for all you [Twister ](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/twisters-release-date-1235466673/) [fans](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/twisters-release-date-1235466673/), but I am disappointed that [Alan Kim](https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a36221675/alan-kim-minari-oscars-2021-thom-browne/) didn't make a cameo in this episode. Is any of this reminding you of a certain Pop on [The Mandalorian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YDKxcdIXBs) [ theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YDKxcdIXBs) and dive in. This episode proceeds to do a lot of legwork to tell us what happens to all of the Imperial grunts when they lose to the good guys. [The Mandalorian](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35013423/the-mandalorian-season-3/).

Now that the Empire is dead, the New Republic allows its citizens to live freely. Or does it?

But in terms of what this week’s story is about, what matters here is that neither “the good guys” or “the bad guys” are doing right by Dr. There is a real “Andor” feel to this unsentimental depiction of the Empire-versus-Republic dynamic, where everyone has their own agendas and is advancing them by exploiting whatever systems are in place. (“We thought we were doing good,” she says.) She encourages him to continue with his research regardless of what the New Republic says, noting — not incorrectly — that “following orders blindly is how we got in trouble in the first place.” But the writers Jon Favreau and Noah Kloor bring their pieces together at the end, by returning to Din and Bo-Katan after they escape Kalevala. The little guy is getting so, so close to talking. Initially, this Coruscant interlude seems a bit out of line with the rest of the episode, which begins with Din and Bo-Katan shooting down TIE fighters on Kalevala (though not before the armada destroys Bo-Katan’s palatial home). (“You’ll see some pleasant colors, hear some light buzzing.”) But when the doctor leaves, Elia stays behind and cranks the mind-flayer dials into the red, while stoically munching on one of those Imperial biscuits. But all of the supervisors and droids assigned to his case are too busy — and too wary — to listen to him. After all, the Empire is dead and the New Republic allows its citizens to live freely. The planet Coruscant is an ecumenopolis: a city-covered world with a trillion residents, where after thousands of years of civilization and construction, only the peak of the mountain Umate is still visible from the original lands and seas. On Coruscant, on the other hand, one of the first people Pershing meets is a wealthy snob who admits that the change in regime has not affected him, because he and his wife try to stay out of politics. The droid picks it up and whisks it away, sternly saying, “No littering.” Meet the new boss …

Bo-Katan and Din visit the Armorer, while the former Imperial cloning scientist Dr. Pershing tries to adjust to life in the New Republic.

As they stroll the streets of Coruscant, they both talk about how good it feels to be working on a cause they know to be good after deluding themselves into thinking the Empire was on the side of righteousness. This is a class of people that lets the struggles for freedom play out at a remove. Close to the peak of Umate, she suggests she might know a way for him to get the equipment he needs to further his studies … Pershing does his best to blend in, even attempting to joke with a fellow passenger (“Taungsdays, am I right?”), but eventually a full-on chase breaks out that forces Pershing and Elia to leap from a moving train. If that is the case, and Bo-Katan is sincere in exploring a more traditional Mandalorian way of life, the title of the episode could have a double meaning. She’s a reminder of the past he’s trying to escape. Speaking to the New Republic Senate, he expresses sincere gratitude for being able to join the New Republic’s Amnesty Program and for earning a shot at redemption. That means leading a humble, sometimes nervous existence in Amnesty Housing with other members of the program, where he has mostly kept to himself. Bo-Katan didn’t ask for this, but — for now, at least — she’s sticking with it, and her meaningful glance at the Mythosaur skull hanging on the Armorer’s wall suggests this might not just be a matter of convenience. He didn’t, and she doesn’t reveal to him that she saw a Mythosaur (if she’s even sure that’s what it was). “The Convert,” by contrast, makes it look like a nice place to live or at least vacation. This may not be the main point of “The Convert,” the third episode of The Mandalorian’s third season, but it’s worth noting that this installment does something we haven’t really seen elsewhere in the Star Wars universe (or at least its live-action depictions): It makes Coruscant look kind of cool.

Mandalorian season 3 episode 3 has been described as boring by fans who wanted to see more of Mando, but this experimental shift is actually really ...

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This week on The Mandalorian, we get a glimpse at what life is actually like on Coruscant under the New Republic--and a deep dive shoutout to Alphabet ...

We've seen this guy pop up on The Mandalorian here and there, and this time he's there to challenge Din Djarin and Bo-Katan when they arrive at the home of the Tribe at the end of this episode. This is an Easter egg because of who Pershing was pleading to: a doctor who is of the same species as Admiral Ackbar. The end of that version of the film added several looks around the galaxy at folks celebrating the death of the Emperor, including Monument Plaza on Coruscant, where we see a statue of the Emperor being pulled down. Several locations from Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith and the Clone Wars animated series appear in early scenes with Dr. Back then, the Taung lived on Coruscant before it was a planet-wide city, but they were largely supplanted by humans in ancient times before the Galactic Republic was formed with the planet as its capital. He also rides in an airspeeder taxi that is very similar, if not identical, to those seen in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. In other words, The Mandalorian seems to currently be in the process of finding its sweet spot on these franchise Easter eggs, opting for a mix of low-key nods and meaningful substance this time out. And no Star Wars character had ever mentioned it in-universe before this episode of The Mandalorian. And, as you can probably tell by the image, Obi-Wan has to make one in the Attack of the Clones portion of the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga video game. This character, Yrica Quell, begins the story on a small colony nicknamed Traitor's Remorse that the Republic is using specifically for bringing in former Imperials and rehabilitating them, complete with a droid therapist/parole officer. As is usually the case with these things, Chapter 19 contained a bevy of references to the past of Star Wars--fortunately, though, not really in intrusive or overly obnoxious ways. Chapter 19 of The Mandalorian, "The Convert," pitched us a major curveball this week when it took the focus off of the titular Mando Din Djarin and put it instead on Dr.

Din Djarin, Bo-Katan, and Grogu are barely in “The Convert,” which largely follows cloning scientist Doctor Pershing (Omid Abtahi) and his life on Coruscant as ...

Season 2 of The Mandalorian proved to be one of the most ambitious seasons of television in recent memory, impressively advancing the ongoing story of Mando and Baby Yoda while simultaneously laying the groundwork for three spinoff shows and the seismic shift in storytelling focus that will no doubt come in Season 3. It feels like a more subdued version of the drink shared in the Imperial base in There’s a bit of barb to the note that the Empire wouldn’t have let this many potential enemies congregate together that only becomes sharper at the episode’s resolution. Seeing the world from Pershing’s perspective as he assumes everyone is suspicious of him contrasted with Elia’s casual way of breaking the rules builds tension and demonstrates just how much she’s in control of the situation. The Bad Place may be literal bureaucratic hell, but the naivete of the Good Place is what allowed it to become ascendant. But this episode is set in the symbolic (if not literal, we’re reminded) center of the galaxy on Coruscant and both tonally and aesthetically more closely mirrors an episode of They’re reunited at a gathering of other members of the amnesty program, reminiscing about the things they miss but shouldn’t. Much to the comical dismay of R5-D4 and Grogu, who sensibly seals himself up for the duration of the conflict, Bo-Katan employs a similar tactic to what Din used in the Season 3 premiere to deal with a force employing superior numbers. It’s a critique reminiscent of the divide in It seems unlikely that Bo-Katan will never remove her helmet again, but following the Way of the Mandalore for a while might help give her fresh perspective on a major sect of her people. It’s a classic question of faith, a vision without proof, and one she’ll likely continue to grapple with while finding sanctuary with the Children of the Watch. Din Djarin, Bo-Katan, and Grogu are barely in “The Convert,” which largely follows cloning scientist Doctor Pershing (Omid Abtahi) and his life on Coruscant as part of the New Republic’s amnesty program, providing a rich perspective on just how fragile the new government is.