The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2 has arrived on Disney+ and it has left us with a bit of a cliffhanger rescue that revealed a monster in the depths of the Living Waters of the Mines of Mandalore. In fact, that episode had a few new beasts to add into the mix, but it’s the monster at the end with the big eye and the mech-suit creature that attacked Din with the giant robot spider that are the most interesting.
The other new entrants were the creatures that ran off with scaredy-cat astromech droid, R5-D4, and ambushed Din when he went to find him. They’re called Alamites and they’re essentially savage humanoid inhabitants of Mandalore that lived in the wasteland of the planet before the Empire scorched the planet with all it’s might.
AdvertisementTheir presence proves that survival on the Mandalorian home planet is possible. However, the other two creatures mentioned above seem to be far more instrumental to the story. Season 3 Episode 2 is a big step up in terms of action and intrigue compared to the opener and it’s the arrival of the mech-suit alien with the robot spider that kicks things off in a big way.
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What is the robot alien creature with one eye?
It’s hard not to look at this alien in its robot suit and think immediately of General Grievous. He too was a sentient alien inside mechanical armor and while he was blasted to a fiery husk by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode II it’s easy to imagine that it might just be another of the same species.
The problem with this is that it doesn’t actually look anything like the Kaleesh when they don’t have their helmets on. They have two eyes and a reptilian body. The only reason Grievous has mechanical arms and legs is because he was transformed into a cyborg, to gave him advantages over the Jedi.
AdvertisementIf it’s not a similar cyborg to the General then the question is what is it? If you look at the creatures that have featured in Star Wars and it’s spin-offs there have been a fair amount of one-eyed beasts with everything from the Dianoga in Episode IV to the Abyssin in the Mos Eisley cantina and the Octeroids from Solo A Star Wars Story.
The problem is that none of these look remotely like the creature that captures the Mandalorian with its giant robot spider. We’re also discounting Gallusians (also from Solo), which fit the bill in terms of size and need for an exosuit and specialised liquid container, but they have two eyes.
With all of the possible contenders taken out of the equation, we’re left to assume that the one-eyed creature is something entirely new to the Star Wars universe. Maybe there are cyclopes Gallusians, but if not then it’s a whole new species to add to the compendium for The Mandalorian.
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What about the eye monster creature at the end of Season 3 Episode 2?
It was possible that we might have a similar answer to the one above for the monster at the bottom of the Living Waters of Mand’alore at the end of The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2, but later episodes confirm that not to be the case. It’s clearly huge and while it appears to be the reason why Din got pulled into the deep we don’t know for sure if it’s hostile or not.
AdvertisementOne possible answer to begin with was that it’s some kind of super-species that helps to fortify the Living Waters. If that’s the case then it could also be the reason we have Beskar in the Mandalorian mine. This would explain why the ridiculously durable metal is only found on the planet.
However, another option is that the monster in the deep is a Mythosaur, which also originates on Mand’alore. They used to be tamed and ridden by Mandalorians, but have since been considered extinct.
Maybe this is the last one. It also has a fairly significant place in Mandalorian culture, as its return is meant to signify a huge shift in the balance for the people of the planet.
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We’re not discounting the possibility that the two theories could combine to form one super-creature that explains both Beskar’s origins, the power of the Living Water and the fate of the Mythosaur. It’s definitely shaping up to be an incredible return for the Mandalorian and with more episodes after Season 3 Episode 2 we sort of know a little more.
Firstly, the monster with the eye is definitely going to be a Mythasaur, because Bo-Katan tells the Armorer that she saw it in Episode 4. We don’t know if this changes the properties of the Living Waters or contributes to the formation of Beskar on the planet, but hopefully we’ll find out more with the rest of The Mandalorian Season3.
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