Din Djarin returns to the hidden Mandalorian covert.

After last week’s lengthy sidestep to Coruscant to witness Dr Pershing’s adventures with the New Republic, we’re back on more familiar ground again as Mando, Grogu and Bo-Katan train with the Mandalorians.

Grogu has a fun moment in a dart duel with a Foundling, though the moment is cut short when a flying beast takes away the child to its lair. Thus follows an exciting take down of the beast in sequences that could have been ripped from the pages of a bank holiday Harryhausen movie.

It does feel a bit inconsequential to the main narrative, though director Carl Weathers is clearly having a ball with Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s short script. Of greater interest is a welcome flashback scene for Grogu, filling in some of his past.

Verdict: Great fun for all the family to enjoy, though far too short and lacking in an obvious season story arc. 6/10

Nick Joy