given that the season has finished, there's a couple dangling threads. While some were obvious teases for next season (the feller who tracked down the sniper)... one hasn't been answered in the slightest and possibly won't...
Who were the nikto and other scum that were guarding The Asset in episode 1?
My guess is pirates squatting on a ransom, but this is never directly explained. I was wondering if any of you had a clue.
Edited by thinkbombI think it's like you said, a bunch of random goobers that were guarding "the prize" and there to provide a challenge for The Mandalorian as well as give him a reason to (grudgingly) accept IG-11's help in cleaning out the nest.
My assumption was that this was a prize that some pirates/gang had acquired. A force powered child they could train and raise to help them in their quest for riches and power. Someone in the organization sells info about the force powered kid to imperials or middlemen who talk to imperials. Suddenly the imperials get the same idea as the gang, but they will train the kid to bring back the Empire. Hence The Client (Werner Herzog) decides to hire anyone he can to acquire the target while maintaining a degree of secrecy. (That beskar was just sitting around, might as well spend it).
I don't think that those pirates were ever sitting on a ransom, but its not made clear. I mentioned that I believe that they acquired the kid from someone. They could have stolen The Child from the imperials. That would explain the tracking fob origins (how did the imperials get the info to track him). Or the fob data could have come from the informant I mention above.
Ultimately I don't think it will ever be explained but these are the two best answers:
1. Pirate/Gang had their info sold to the imperials who will stop at nothing to secretly acquire The Child.
2. Pirate/Gang stole from the imperials and took The Child when they realized his value. Imperials try to get him back at all costs.
2 hours ago, thinkbomb said:(the feller who tracked down the sniper)
I forgot about this in the Aftermath books, but the Guardian of the Whils podcast brought this up: someone found Boba Fett's armor on Tatooine and picked it up to be Tatooine Batman (vigilante). I think it was that person since you could hear the spurs as the character walked up to the Imperial sniper's body.
51 minutes ago, andyrross said:I forgot about this in the Aftermath books, but the Guardian of the Whils podcast brought this up: someone found Boba Fett's armor on Tatooine and picked it up to be Tatooine Batman (vigilante). I think it was that person since you could hear the spurs as the character walked up to the Imperial sniper's body.
Well, that would be a huge letdown for the 99% of the audience that doesn't even know Aftermath books exist. Although the person clearly was not wearing Mandalorian anything on his feet.
2 hours ago, andyrross said:I forgot about this in the Aftermath books, but the Guardian of the Whils podcast brought this up: someone found Boba Fett's armor on Tatooine and picked it up to be Tatooine Batman (vigilante). I think it was that person since you could hear the spurs as the character walked up to the Imperial sniper's body.
I too had completely forgotten this detail. The question now is, has the production team?
13 minutes ago, Stethemessiah said:I too had completely forgotten this detail. The question now is, has the production team?
likely not. they did that scene for a reason. we just dont know what that reason is.
Edited by DaeglanI'll give Favreau a bright, shiny quarter (and my undying gratitude) if whoever it is is played by Clark Gregg.
9 hours ago, thinkbomb said:Who were the nikto and other scum that were guarding The Asset in episode 1?
My guess is pirates squatting on a ransom, but this is never directly explained. I was wondering if any of you had a clue.
If they had been Weequay I'm positive it would turn out to be Hondo Ohnaka's people. It's still my best guess it'll turn out to be him.
2 hours ago, micheldebruyn said:If they had been Weequay I'm positive it would turn out to be Hondo Ohnaka's people. It's still my best guess it'll turn out to be him.
Would be funny
3 hours ago, micheldebruyn said:If they had been Weequay I'm positive it would turn out to be Hondo Ohnaka's people. It's still my best guess it'll turn out to be him.
well, they made his live action costume for the comms videos in Disneyland's Smuggler's Run. lol (not the animatronic, an actual suit for when Hondo briefs you by the Falcon's cockpit)
Would be a hilarious quasi-cameo character.
12 hours ago, GM_Needs_A_Xanex said:My assumption was that this was a prize that some pirates/gang had acquired.
Absolutely. The Nikto looked like 50 bad guys dropped in a wild shootout a la The Wild Bunch, which squares with Favreau's ability to resist tying every last plot point and character into an overexplained, setting-shrinking knot.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'm imagining these bandit folks to have either been ex imperials plus hired hands that stole the Yodaling try and get some money out of the empire, or otherwise were bandits who took advantage of the collapsing empire to try and make a big buck. It's likely the Imperial dude knew who took them, but reasons don't matter to a bounty hunter as they are only hired to collect and deliver an target. Not a word more. All that's really clear is that the Yodaling likely belonged to the Empire at some point or other but was stolen before it could be harvested.
Likely we won't get an explanation as not everything in life is explained; we from the bounty hunters perspective know very little about the Imperial scheme or why they want the kid. He doesn't really care either, since before he was only doing it for the money, and after that was saving the life of someone who he cared for. He never asked questions as he's a man of action, leave the decade wasting debates on ethics and science for the scholars on the core worlds.
13 hours ago, micheldebruyn said:If they had been Weequay I'm positive it would turn out to be Hondo Ohnaka's people. It's still my best guess it'll turn out to be him.
I would pay good, cash, money to see Hondo be a recurring character in S2 of "The Mandalorian."
I mean, I already have my subscription to Disney+ for the next three years, so I guess I already did.
I see 2 possible explanations.
A band of pirates raided some lightly guarded Imperial facility expecting to haul away armor, weapons, resources, stuff to sell on the black market. This happened to be a research facility that had the child, and they took the child also. While this makes sense for a set up, it doesn't make sense for why they'd still have the kid or have taken the child in the first place. Who cares. It took us awhile for the child to show any ability, and in the heat of a smash and grab raid, why would you want to take some random alien child with you.
2nd option would be someone hired the gang/pirates/thugs to protect the child. Someone (ex-jedi on the run?) found the child, perhaps even broke into the facility to steal the child. They knew about the species due to their jedi past and decided they needed to keep the child out of Imperial hands. But as they are being hunted by Imps/First order/who knows what, they decide the safest thing to do is dump the child on some band of pirates they can pay to protect the child. I could see Mando and the child running across this person in a future season and having the guy explain that he had a vision of an armor clad warrior protecting the child in a way that they couldn't, so he left the child with the pirates. A bit more far fetched in the explanation, but it makes more sense that these pirates are paid to take care of the child than them wanting to steal a child themselves.
53 minutes ago, kmanweiss said:I see 2 possible explanations.
A band of pirates raided some lightly guarded Imperial facility expecting to haul away armor, weapons, resources, stuff to sell on the black market. This happened to be a research facility that had the child, and they took the child also. While this makes sense for a set up, it doesn't make sense for why they'd still have the kid or have taken the child in the first place. Who cares. It took us awhile for the child to show any ability, and in the heat of a smash and grab raid, why would you want to take some random alien child with you.
2nd option would be someone hired the gang/pirates/thugs to protect the child. Someone (ex-jedi on the run?) found the child, perhaps even broke into the facility to steal the child. They knew about the species due to their jedi past and decided they needed to keep the child out of Imperial hands. But as they are being hunted by Imps/First order/who knows what, they decide the safest thing to do is dump the child on some band of pirates they can pay to protect the child. I could see Mando and the child running across this person in a future season and having the guy explain that he had a vision of an armor clad warrior protecting the child in a way that they couldn't, so he left the child with the pirates. A bit more far fetched in the explanation, but it makes more sense that these pirates are paid to take care of the child than them wanting to steal a child themselves.
Im thinking 1st
and since the container was closed they may not have know what they had...
5 minutes ago, Daeglan said:Im thinking 1st
and since the container was closed they may not have know what they had...
Well... they could've just clicked the button?
2 minutes ago, P-47 Thunderbolt said:Well... they could've just clicked the button?
have you seen the kind of people that Hondo hires? Im not thinking these guys were any better or more skilled....
Just now, Daeglan said:have you seen the kind of people that Hondo hires? Im not thinking these guys were any better or more skilled....
Not skilled enough to click a button!?
Just now, P-47 Thunderbolt said:Not skilled enough to click a button!?
they got beat up by children once...
11 minutes ago, Daeglan said:they got beat up by children once...
Jedi children. With lightsabers.
10 minutes ago, P-47 Thunderbolt said:Jedi children. With lightsabers.
Shhh
11 hours ago, Daeglan said:Im thinking 1st
and since the container was closed they may not have know what they had...
Maybe they just thought he was cute. Lol.
16 hours ago, kmanweiss said:A band of pirates raided some lightly guarded Imperial facility expecting to haul away armor, weapons, resources, stuff to sell on the black market. This happened to be a research facility that had the child, and they took the child also. While this makes sense for a set up, it doesn't make sense for why they'd still have the kid or have taken the child in the first place. Who cares. It took us awhile for the child to show any ability, and in the heat of a smash and grab raid, why would you want to take some random alien child with you.
Come to think of it, there was a ton of assorted gear, guns, and ramshackle equipment here (along with the hover E-Web). Adds more plausibility to this one.
Also, Given they're pirates, it's likely they just grabbed the steel egg while trying to get everything they could - then found out about the baby inside later ... then found out they were getting idiot bounty hunters with fobs targeting the baby ... sure, why not squat on the prize and try to get some good ransom money out of your little green wrinkly pet.
I did consider the other jedi angle previously, as well. (well, probably fallen jedi given the tactics) ... possible?
Edited by thinkbombWasn't there something about the Hutt empire falling after Jabba died and the Nikto took over their empire?