The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 7 Summary and Ending Explained | Chapter 23
The Mandalorian The 23rd chapter was released on Disney+ on Wednesday, April 12. With the seventh episode (there will be 8 in total) we are approaching the grand finale of the third season of the series set in the Star Wars universe. The title is “Le spie” (in English: “The Spies”) and is full of announcements of new characters arriving and twists. “It’s time to take back Mandalore“. Who knows if Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni also thought of this sentence, while writing the seventh episode of the third season of The Mandalorian, perhaps the Star Wars series par excellence, which in this new cycle of episodes seems to have made no inroads like a time.
The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 7: Plot Summary
The restoration of Mandalore is nearly complete (catch up on the latest events in The Mandalorian 3×06 review). Bo-Katan has regained her fleet and nonetheless has regained possession of the dark sword thanks to the words of Din Djarin, who convinced The Mandalorian people to recognize Kryze as their rightful leader. For the rebirth to be complete, however, the two opposing factions of Mandalorians must put their differences aside and join forces to return to their home world and reclaim their inheritance. The seventh installment of The Mandalorian Season 3 lasts almost an hour and takes us alongside Bo-Katan, Din and the new fleet toward an inexorable showdown. But the real danger for The Mandalorians awaits them at the gate: the introductory part of 3×07 confronts us with sensational revelations and incredible returns, with various storylines already mentioned at the beginning of this season that begin to converge towards a conspiracy that it will shock the fans.
Indeed, it is not a hundred percent perfect episode, with a less rhythmic central segment than the prologue and the conclusion, but still pleasant and overflowing with fanservice. There is also room for the vivacity and tenderness of Grogu, the protagonist of some of the most hilarious gags of the whole series, in a moment that will probably represent the absolute pinnacle for all fans of the adorable Baby Yoda. And here, with only one episode missing from the season finale, the narrative direction undertaken since 3×01 makes sense. Not without stumbles, net of a general pace that has struggled a lot, but which promises entertainment starting from this very episode. And the sensational returns in The Mandalorian 3×07 already mentioned during the Star Wars Celebration presentation event are just the tip of the iceberg, because the last portion of episode 7 offers an absolute spectacle, both in narrative terms and above all in terms of its concerns the technical part.
This seventh episode, entitled The Spies, does everything to surprise the viewer and prepare the ground for the finale that promises to be quite explosive. Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) is alive and, together with a group of Empire nostalgics (including an old acquaintance of ours who appeared in the sequel trilogy), is preparing a definitive attack against the New Republic. One problem remains to be resolved: the army of Mandalorians who seem more determined than ever to take back their home planet. Indeed, several clans of Mandalorians, under the leadership of Bo-Katan, manage to put aside their frictions and their differences to travel to Mandalore, a planet that seemed cursed, whose expanses hide regrets and feelings of guilt, and reconquer it.
With the help of Greef Karga (who will give little Grogu an interesting instrument), The Mandalorians arrive on their planet of origin, but they will find a surprise: an imperial base ready to ambush them tragically. Favreau and Filoni, who co-wrote the episode, want to please fans of the series. Between references to the cinematographic saga and the animated series, Spies takes on an unprecedented weight for this season: that of keeping the mythology of Star Wars on its shoulders, of bringing together the threads of an increasingly extensive macro-plot and, at the same time, press on the accelerator ahead of next week. Paradoxically, surprises can be called surprises up to a certain point, because everything proceeds as tradition dictates, with the heroes having to face the most difficult moment of their quest and an enemy that appears truly dangerous.
The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 7 Ending Explained
The episode begins with Elia Kane on Coruscant reporting to Moff Gideon, confirming the Imperial hand behind the pirate attacks on Navarro. The scene then cuts to an underground base. And here come the first surprises: soldiers with new armor, clones in the tanks, and, above all, a group of imperial officers called the Shadow Council. No, it doesn’t end there. Within seconds, the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn (one of the main characters in the Star Wars Rebels animated series) and a mysterious Project Necromancer are announced. And we return to Nevarro, with Din and Bo-Katan bringing together the two factions of the Mandalorians (the two Ways, easily distinguishable between those who always wear a helmet and those who don’t). The tension is very high, but the Armaiola intervenes and calms spirits.
Meanwhile, Greef Karga, the High Magistrate of Navarro, has a gift in store that Din and Grogu: the combat droid IG-11 has been modified and has become IG-12, a pilotable robot. Grogu immediately jumps in now he can run and talk (although he only says “Yes” and “No”, pressing buttons). And finally, here we are. The Mandalorians decide to recapture Mandalore and embark on the fleet. A team composed of members of the two tribes, plus Grogu with his new armor and the Weaponeer, descend on the planet to find the Great Forge, once the center of Mandalorian civilization, and secure the area before the rest of the disembarkation of the Mandalorian. settlers.
Once on the surface, the warriors encounter Mandalorian survivors of the Great Purge and the Night of a Thousand Tears (the attack by the Galactic Empire that turned the planet into a desert). And here several important things happen. The first is the story of how Moff Gideon obtained the dark sword (Bo-Katan surrendered and gave the dark saber to the imperial in exchange for saving her people, but Gideon betrayed her by killing everyone), and the second is that Grogu, aboard his new robot armor, interrupts the duel between Ax Woves and a Mandalorian from the other tribe. The third is the discovery that in the heart of Mandalore, near the Great Forge, there is an imperial base. And not only that: the soldiers now wear armor made of beskar, the Mandalorian metal capable of resisting blasters. The vanguard for the reconquest of the planet falls into a trap and the pursuit ends with a door that closes and divides the landing party.
And so, we come to the end. Din stands on the wrong side of the door and is captured by Imperial soldiers. Moff Gideon reappears wearing the beskar armor of the “Dark Soldier” (yes, it’s a new generation Darth Vader). He wants the sword back and announces the formation of a new Imperial army with Mandalorian armor and clones. Meanwhile, the imperial ships take off to go and shoot down the fleet in orbit above the planet. Bo-Katan and the vanguard manage to escape with the dark sword, while the last remaining warrior covering the retreat is slaughtered by the Imperial Praetorians (Supreme Leader Snooke’s guard, who appeared in the film The Last Jedi).
