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“They have to figure out how they fit together now that it’s no longer a parent and an infant, but a maturing child that can be useful and an apprentice to him. How does that change the dynamic?”
Bo- Katan Kryze is a ‘ conflicted’ warrior queen
This season, Mando meets new Mandalorians and runs into old allies such as Bo- Katan ( Katee Sackhoff). He has the powerful Darksaber she craves – a symbol of leadership for the Mandalorians – and “Mando and Bo- Katan are together in ways that you wouldn’t expect,” Pascal teases.
“She’s a little conflicted,” says Sackhoff, who first played the character in the 2010s for the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series. “Bo thinks she needs the Darksaber to rule, and he has it, but she also wouldn’t accept it. We find Bo in a really different place than we’ve ever seen her before, and she may be feeling a little sorry for herself.”
‘ The Mandalorian’ continues to explore themes of parenthood
If the first season reflected someone becoming a first- time parent, the second dug into what we do to protect our kids and ultimately, let go, be it putting a child on the school bus for the first time or sending them off to college, as Favreau did when writing it. “It’s amazing how devastating it is to you because your life’s changing so much. Even when things are going good, there’s so much sadness in parenthood, but there’s also so much pride and love.”
Favreau expects a continuation of those themes in Season 3, while new executive producer Rick Famuyiwa sees an expansion of the idea that Mando will be in charge of this youngling for good. “These two characters have now chosen each other,” Famuyiwa says, “and they’re both in some ways going have to deal with the reality of that permanence.”