Chapter 3 (“The Sin”) is the Star Wars debut for director Deborah Chow, who will be spearheading another sad boy Western for Disney+: the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. This episode was a delight to watch and had something for everyone.

I know Yoddle has been referred to as “he,” but I don’t think these people care enough about her to properly gender her. It’s that media thing where all frogs are boys and all pigs are girls. Also, why can’t she be a girl? Please let her be a girl.

Things I Loved

• The extremely long shot of Mando and Yoddle looking longingly at each other as Dr. Pershing is taking Yoddle away. It was so dramatic and almost seemed over the top, but it was really perfect.
• How much you could tell exactly what Mando was thinking only by the way his hand moved as he was powering up his ship and screwed the ball back on the lever. The subtle way he pulled away and moved his fingers said so much, and it was barely still in frame. Pedro Pascal deserves an award.

Things I Could Do Without

The mention of the twi’lek healing baths. The way Greef said it, and the way twi’leks have been overly sexualized in Star Wars (especially on the outer rim), only leads me to believe it is something absolutely seedy.

I Could Not Stop Laughing When

• We finally saw some live-action vibroblades. In all the books, they seem so threatening and scary, but in reality, they looked absolutely ridiculous. It was supposed to be a pretty tense moment when the heavy infantry Mandalorians and our Mando fight, but those ruined it for me.
• When Mando, the Mandalorians hanging out behind the armorer, and the heavy-infantry Mandalorians kept repeating, “This is the way.” The first time was effective; then it became a little creepy culty.

Best Fighting Moment Besides the Whistling Birds

I love watching close hand-to-hand combat, so my favorite move was when Mando used his tension line to hook a Stormtrooper, pull them in close, and then knife them between the armor. I was also very happy for him that his flamethrower finally worked like it should.

The Biggest Mood

My friends always hassle me for doing too much and having too many projects, and they try to impart to me the importance of rest. I felt represented by Star Wars when Mando goes to Greef and asks for the next job and Greef tries to get him to relax, but Mando just wants to work.

Some Serious Talk

Whatever else I think of Jon Favreau, I think it was inappropriate for him to play the role of the heavy-infantry Mandalorian. I know directors have a long-standing history of making cameos, but this wasn’t a cameo – it was as big a role as Dr. Pershing or Werner Herzog. It was a role that was given to a white man (who didn’t have to audition), and Favreau even revealed that his character has a name: Paz Vizsla.

Meanwhile, the armorer – the only woman who has had a speaking role in the series so far and the spiritual leader of this particular Mandalorian coven – doesn’t have a name. I don’t think this is intentionally done, but it does prove why more diverse people need to be in the room for the entire conception of a thing.

At the end of this episode, Mando is probably going to become as wanted as Yoddle for breaking the Bounty Hunter Guild code. Greef is still out there, now most likely with a personal grudge. Alas, things aren’t going to get any easier for our tiny family.