ItвЂ™s a sort of clarity weвЂ™ll likely get more of next week: a hero going to save his imprisoned, adopted child from an armor-clad villain with a sword doesnвЂ™t leave much room for gray areas anymore.Turn into one of the most iconic characters in the galaxy with these original Stormtrooper costumes. ItвЂ™s fitting that itвЂ™s Mayfield himself who answers the question: when faced with his former superior officer, who commanded the murder of thousands of his own troops as part of the EmperorвЂ™s destructive contingency plan following his death, the former Imperial sharpshooter isnвЂ™t able to just sit there and toast with the man who ordered it.Д«ecause the Empire and the New Republic arenвЂ™t the same - even if the former has its virtues, and the latter, its flaws. And the soaring fighters and battalion of stormtroopers gun them all down so that they can perpetuate the fighting. The вЂњpiratesвЂќ attacking their transport are natives, trying to defend their home against the ravages of the Empire.

Mando and Mayfield arenвЂ™t bringing desperately needed supplies to a village under siege theyвЂ™re transporting raw materials to make explosives. ItвЂ™s a moment that reframes the вЂњheroicвЂќ victory before. But the Empire? The Empire plans to use its newly acquired rhydonium to create weapons that would make the planetary destruction of Operation: Cinder (the EmperorвЂ™s final order, designed to bring down the galaxy should he perish) look small.

вЂњSomewhere, someone in this galaxy is ruling, and others are being ruled,вЂќ Mayfield muses.Д«ut itвЂ™s what those in power do with that position that matters.ДЄnd at the end of the earlier episode, the New Republic officers do swoop back and save Mando and his ship from hordes of ravenous ice spiders. Is the world more peaceful since the revolution? I see nothing but death and chaos.вЂќДЄnd yet, despite the reversed framing, The Mandalorian rejects MayfieldвЂ™s hypothesis that everyone is the same underneath the different flags and uniforms. Compare Imperial rule to what is happening now. вЂњJudge by any metric: safety, prosperity, trade opportunity, peace. Werner HerzogвЂ™s Client back in season 1 makes a similar case: вЂњThe Empire improves every system it touches,вЂќ HerzogвЂ™s character ponders. ItвЂ™s an argument that The Mandalorian has explored before. ItвЂ™s what those in power do with that position that matters Deep down, Mayfield argues, вЂњWeвЂ™re all the same.вЂќ Hero? Villain? ItвЂ™s just a matter of perspective. The scene is almost an inversion of one earlier in season 2, when Mando faces off against two New Republic officers, whose X-wings shift menacingly into attack mode in a scene that paints the heroic Star Wars ships in an almost chilling light. We see troopers and officers cheering, all but high-fiving each other at the success. Our hero stands as the lone survivor, triumphant in his stormtrooper armor. In вЂњThe Believer,вЂќ itвЂ™s not an X-Wing swooping in triumphantly to save our heroes itвЂ™s Imperial TIE Fighters - a symbol that fans have come to associate with the forces of evil in the galaxy, potent symbology that The MandalorianвЂ™s first season finale relied on to great effect.ДЄnd director Rick Fukuyama works to really sell the audience on the victory of the Empire: soaring music plays in the background, as the baseвЂ™s garrison rushes out to protect the battered truck, the only one to make it through the nativesвЂ™ blockade. ItвЂ™s all the same to these people,вЂќ comments Migs Mayfield (Bill Burr) in the latest episode of The Mandalorian.ДЇor a while, it seems that the show believes it, dressing Mando up in stormtrooper armor as he goes to desperate lengths to save Baby Yoda (neГ© Grogu) from Moff Gideon.

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