Star Pedro Pascal reveals the Mandalorian’s real name

On Tuesday, Disney+ finally went live, and although there were some issues, it was worth it to finally get a look at The Mandalorian, the service’s flagship show.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch it, here’s a quick spoiler-free synopsis: Set directly after the fall of the Galactic Empire, The Mandalorian follows a lone bounty hunter (Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal) as he plies his trade throughout the Outer Rim. He’s ruthless, but as we saw at the end of the premiere, he also has a heart. And now you’re caught up.

Pascal interviewed around to promote the show. During one talk, he seems to drop the name of his mysterious character. That bomb falls around 2:30, but the whole video is worth a watch.

“The Mandalorian, whose name is Din Jarrin…” And there you go!

The show is selling the Mandalorian as a loner warrior, but we did learn a little about him in “Chapter 1.” He’s an orphan — or “foundling” — and maintains ties with the surviving Mandalorian people.

Speaking of “Chapter 1,” Star Wars fans surely noticed lots of Easter eggs. Let’s pick out some! If you’ve yet to see the episode, turn back now lest you be exposed to SPOILERS:

The big finish to “Chapter 1” involved the Mandalorian finding his “mark,” a baby who was clearly part of the same species as Yoda. Before this, we’d only seen two other members of that species, including Yoda himself…

…and Yaddle, who had some fleeting appearances in the prequels.

And baby makes three.

So what does Werner Herzog’s character, known only as the Client, want with the adorable, 50-year-old infant? A patch on Dr. Pershing’s (Omid Abtahi) outfit may hold a clue.

His sleeve bears a Kaminoan emblem. In the prequels, the clone army was created and grown on the planet Kamino. Knowing that Yoda and Yaddle are strong Force users, perhaps the bad guys in The Mandalorian are trying to create their own Force-using clone army?

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“Chapter 1” opens with the Mandalorian finding a blue-skinned alien bounty and promptly freezing him in carbonite. Carbonite, of course, is how Boba Fett transported Han Solo to Tatooine to face Jabba the Hutt.

Speaking of the Mandalorian’s first bounty, remember how he was wondering out loud if he would make it back home for Life Day? That’s the holiday celebrated in the Star Wars Holiday Special. Cleary, showrunner Jon Favreau simply could not help himself.

The Mandalorian made rather a lot of the Beskar steel the Client gave him as a down payment on his bounty. What makes Beskar steel so important? The Mandalorian armorer — who I definitely need to know more about — said it was “gathered in the Great Purge.”

She’s talking about the Seige of Mandalore, where the newly anointed Emperor Palpatine had his Imperial army take control of the planet, harvesting the rare and valuable Beskar steel in the process. Beskar steel, as you might have noticed, deflects blaster shots.

Also, did you happen to notice a certain other Mandalorian in the hallway that led to the armorer’s forge? It’s probably just an Easter egg, but it looked an awful lot like Boba Fett.

Another Boba Fett connection: in the original trilogy, he had the symbol of the Mythosaur — an animal native to Mandalore hunted to extinction — on his shoulder. You could see the very same symbol in the armorer’s place.

Nik Nolte’s character — the kindly Ugnaught the Mandalorian met on his way to his mark — mentioned that the Mandalorian people rode the great Mythosaur, so he shouldn’t have problems riding a blurrg.

“Chapter 2” of The Mandalorian airs this Friday.

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