The Mandalorian's Entire Boba Fett Arc Has Already Been Retconned

The Mandalorian's Entire Boba Fett Arc Has Already Been Retconned

Home TV Features The Mandalorian's Entire Boba Fett Arc Has Already Been Retconned Din Djarin returned in The Book of Boba Fett, but now The Mandalorian season 3’s premiere has completely retconned Mando’s arc in the spinoff series. This article contains SPOILERS for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 1. The Mandalorian season 3 has retconned Din Djarin’s entire The Book of Boba Fett arc. Though a Mandalorian cameo in The Book of Boba Fett was expected, it was surprising to see Mando receive that much screen time on a show about Boba Fett. More than stealing the spotlight from Star...

Home TV Features The Mandalorian's Entire Boba Fett Arc Has Already Been Retconned Din Djarin returned in The Book of Boba Fett, but now The Mandalorian season 3’s premiere has completely retconned Mando’s arc in the spinoff series. This article contains SPOILERS for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 1. The Mandalorian season 3 has retconned Din Djarin’s entire The Book of Boba Fett arc. Though a Mandalorian cameo in The Book of Boba Fett was expected, it was surprising to see Mando receive that much screen time on a show about Boba Fett. More than stealing the spotlight from Star Wars’ original bounty hunter, Mando and Grogu’s roles in the spinoff series were unexpectedly tied to events that would have worked much better in The Mandalorian season 3. Grogu’s reunion with the Mandalorian, for example, was way too big of an event to be placed outside of the characters’ actual show. Likewise, having Din learn the history and responsibility tied with wielding the Darksaber could have been saved for The Mandalorian season 3. The biggest continuity problem regarding The Mandalorian and Boba Fett, however, involves Din Djarin and the Armorer. The Mandalorian Season 3 Flips Din Djarin The Armorer's Role The Mandalorian season 3, episode 1 “The Apostate” flipped the dynamic between Din Djarin and the Armorer presented in The Book of Boba Fett. During Boba Fett episode 5, which was very much a The Mandalorian season 2.5 placed in another show, Din Djarin reunited with the Armorer for the first time after removing his helmet twice during the events of The Mandalorian season 2. Raised in a Mandalorian cult in which removing the helmet in front of others is absolutely forbidden, Din had no choice but to confess to the Armorer what he had done. In Boba Fett, the Armorer specifically tells Din to go to Mandalore's Living Waters to seek atonement. The problem is that, in The Book of Boba Fett, Din Djarin said that he could not go to Mandalore, and it was up to the Armorer to reinforce that this was the only way Mando could restore his honor and earn his place back among his peers. However, in The Mandalorian season 3, Mando is the one telling the Armorer that he needs to go to Mandalore, with the latter now opposing the idea. A significant Boba Fett retcon, Din and the Armorer’s conversation in The Mandalorian season 3’s premiere completely inverts their relationship, as Mando is now in the position of agency. Why Has The Mandalorian Season 3 Retconned The Boba Fett Arc? The decision to have Mando and Grogu’s story continues in The Book of Boba Fett prior to The Mandalorians season 3 is proving to be a confusing one. Resolving the biggest The Mandalorian season 2 cliffhanger before the show even returned for a season 3 in a spinoff series hardly made sense, as not everyone who watches The Mandalorian would necessarily watch The Book of Boba Fett. The result is The Mandalorian season 3 either having to recap and explain things from Boba Fett with exposition dialogue or simply retconning and ignoring moments from the spinoff Star Wars TV show. Mando and the Armorer’s dynamic falls into the second. From a narrative standpoint, having the main character refuse to go on a quest that he absolutely needs to embrace for the story to progress does not work in the long term. Din Djarin has to go to Mandalore looking for redemption for The Mandalorian season 3’s story to work, which is why it is more interesting for Mando to accept his quest and then find some sort of obstacle. Neither the Armorer nor Bo-Katan is particularly fond of Din Djarin and his journey, which adds to the idea that Mando and Grogu cannot trust many people in the Star Wars galaxy. More: Where's Luke Skywalker During The Mandalorian Season 3? The Mandalorian season 3, episode 1 is now streaming on Disney+. New episodes re...