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[texasthrillbilly]

By Pablo Olivera

[rebel-ahsoka]

THE MANDALORIAN Chapter 8: Redemption

[irkinsblog]

When Mando is not on Razor Crest

[nkp1981]

Excerpts from "The Mandalorian and Child", written by Jeffrey Brown. Can be bought later this year.

[nizaen]

incredible, thanks fortnite

[haruki1017]

Read from the right.

Translated by DeepL and chatGPT

[star-wars-forever]

by Nick Gindraux

[star-wars-comics]

The Mandalorian #7 - "The Reckoning" (2023)

written by Rodney Barnes art by Georges Jeanty, Dexter Vines, Wayne Faucher, & Rachelle Rosenberg

[darlin-djarin]

okay but lowkey why was din rebuilding ig 11 kinda like yaoi .... like okay mando i know what you are

[movietimegirl]

✨️5 Years of the Mandalorian✨️

[rebel-ahsoka]

THE MANDALORIAN Chapter 8: Redemption

[burnwater13]

Grogu, with Kuiil looking over his shoulder, shows off the power suit from his new building kit. Various mini-figs observe. LEGO Robot World, Kit # 60421. Image by me.

Size Restrictions

Grogu didn’t understand why his dad was so worried about going back to Biggs BigsBees Balance Garden and Entertainments. Just because Seb gave him a really cool new building set didn’t mean that Grogu wanted to drag his dad back to that facility. Sure it was fun and there had been a lot to see and do and eat. But he was older now and flying around like a hive of bees swarming a person trying to steal their honey was for youngsters. He wanted to go to Droid-O-Rama on Cantonica. Now they had some really cool rides.

Grogu hadn’t realized that this kit was the newest ride that had been built at Droid-O-Rama. But then he used his datapad to check some details on the kit and discovered that it had been created to celebrate the newest addition to the park. He had no idea how Seb had managed to come across the kit. As far as Grogu could tell most folks would only ever see one in a vid because they had sold out immediately. Of course Seb was a Jedi once and maybe that had something to do with his ability to come by such a rare kit?

Grogu didn’t really care, one way or the other. He was happy to start working on the kit and was happy to see the first few things he was making were more little figures and some sort of mech. He expected it was probably a tool they used to inspect the finished ride. It wasn’t easy to just get a speeder bike or even a maintenance hover lift to get everywhere you had to go in order to inspect couplings, transitions, and the amount of debris the ride accumulated. 

Yup. That’s right. Rides accumulated debris. Hats, candy, drink containers, bags of all sorts, and, if his dad had been on the ride, the last meal someone had eaten. It was dangerous to let that stuff build up. For one thing, people wanted their stuff back, usually. Din Djarin didn’t want the stuff he left behind on a ride back, but then Grogu wouldn’t have wanted it either. But a hat? Sure. If he had a hat that was just perfect in size, style, and fit, he’d want it back. No one had ever made that hat as far as Grogu could tell but if he ever found one he’d want to retrieve it from a ride, no matter where it got lost.

But those few things were easy to build and didn’t really send his story telling senses into high gear. He needed the droid. Yup. This kit had a droid and he really hoped it had a power supply for it because he really wanted a little droid of his own. R5 was great, but to Grogu’s annoyance the astro-mech knew which side of its circuits the oil bath was accessed from and didn’t help him as much as the pit droids or R2-D2 had. R5 always had to check with the Mandalorian first and that meant that the answer was ‘no’. It was just that simple. 

With his own droid, Grogu could make sure that orders for ration packs prohibited the kind that involved a lot of veggies, meats made from veggies, and desserts that contained veggies. He’d also make sure that the Mandalorian didn’t get up before dawn. R5 was afraid of that part of the night that came just before dawn. Something about shadows and low power levels. Whatever it was afraid of, it woke Din Djarin up out of a sound sleep and that caused the Mandalorian to declare it time to do some exercises. It was as bad as being at Luke’s Jedi Sleep Away Camp. Uff. 

Well, Grogu couldn’t just day dream about what would be great in having his own little droid. He needed to get to work on building it. So with a grin on his face and the certainty that only good things could come of this build Grogu focused on the project in front of him and started to build the small droid. Of course, that made him wonder why some things were called ‘droids’ and others were called ‘mechs’. He’d never really considered it before, but now he wanted to know. 

When he had a break in the build, he needed a snack and to use the privy, Grogu decided that he should ask R5. The astro-mech shouldn’t need Din Djarin’s permission to tell him that sort of thing and Grogu figured that it was better than just trying to look the information up on his datapad. After he took care of necessities, he trotted out to the N-1’s landing pad. The Mandalorian had put a shed out there to keep all the tools and parts he needed to keep the classic starship operational. It was Grogu’s opinion that the shed was almost as big as the cabin, but he didn’t tell his dad that. He didn’t want the Mandalorian to feel bad for playing favorites. 

R5 was there, but he was connected to a charger. Womp rats! So much for getting first hand information. He’d just have to go back to the cabin and look things up and hope it made sense to him. 

He hadn’t gotten two meters when he heard the mechanical voice of the Marshal, IG-11M.

“Youngling Grogu, were you looking for Mandalorian Bounty Hunter, Din Djarin?”

Grogu shook his head. He hadn’t even realized that his dad wasn’t there, he was so focused on speaking with R5.

“Very good. He asked me to remain here until he returned. He went to see a man about a ship. Is there some way I may of service to you?”

IG-11M spoke and he stepped over to Grogu. The droid’s long legs were able to cover the distance between them in just one step. Grogu wished that he had long legs like that. Then he wouldn’t have to trot everywhere. 

“Mechs not droids?”

Grogu asked, knowing that IG-11M didn’t mind his horrible accent in Gal Basic. 

“If I understand your question correctly you wish to know the difference between mechs and droids?”

Grogu nodded his head.

“There has been some disagreement between the various makes and models of manufactured systems that are currently referred to as ‘mechs’ and ‘droids’ as to which came first and what the naming conventions should be to address that disagreement. Mechs for example suggest that their true first name was ‘mechanical assistant’. That term connotes any sort of mechanical device that is capable of assisting in any type of activity. According to their theory, ‘droids’ are a subset of mechs that appear more like humanoids, than not. Droids do not agree with that perspective because it suggests that being bi-pedal in design is the most critical feature of the category as opposed to the activities and actions that a droid is able to independently undertake. As I understand things, the two groups are at an impasse and suffer with the current naming with some ill-humor.  I have found that it doesn’t create significant impact in my work to simply allow people to call me ‘Marshal’ and not correct them. May I ask why you are considering this point as neither a mech, nor a droid?”

Grogu sighed and then instructed the Marshal to follow him back to the cabin. He showed his friend the building kit.

“I see. This is neither a mech nor a droid. It is a power suit. It is designed to allow another being to operate it. I suppose that being could be a mech or a droid or even a life form such as yourself, with some modifications to the design. I hope that satisfies your need for information.”

Grogu nodded his head. It did. Satisfy his need to be disappointed just when he planned to use that little droid to a lot of things for him. 

“As I recall, before my new circuit card was installed, you were able to use my framework in much the same manner. I’ve checked the data sets and you seemed quite adept at manipulating the controls. You could make similar controls for this unit, but operate it remotely due to its size restrictions.”

Finally a time when size restrictions didn’t keep him from doing what he wanted! Yippee!

[sleepdeprivedartboi]

Every piece of good star wars media, has had, without fail, an absolutely top tier droid companion. Like over the years we've gotten so many great original droids. (Won't be putting clone wars on this list cuz there's no focused droid sidekick throughout besides R2 and 3PO from what I can remember.)

Andor : B2emo

Fallen Order games : BD-1

KOTOR : HK-47

Movies - R2, C3PO & BB-8

Rogue one : K-2SO

Rebels : Chopper & AP-5

Bad Batch : AZI (Introduction in clone wars)

Mandalorian : IG-11 & R5

Ashoka : Huyang (Again, introduction in clone wars)

Kenobi : LO-LA59

Skeleton Crew : SM-33

Even Acolyte had Pip although he's more of a self aware tool i guess.

Like no matter the quality of series, the droids are always awesome.

[iamsherlocked-1998]

𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝

Summary: Only memories saved in.

Words: 1000.

Din Djarin x GN! Reader: Just something Sweet. Maybe some moral dilemma.

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It was a hot day, spring weather was sliding inexorably towards summer, light filtered through the window, filling the room. Your duties at the Nevarro library had ended and you were unfortunately picking up Karga's dispatch after the Magistrate had recently passed away.

Grogu was in the other room playing with his friend IG-11, who had followed you inside after round against crime in the city. Then the sound of the boy's laughter filled the air.

You approached full of curiosity only to see how the droid was playing a scene like a holovid format, but instead of being a movie it looked like a recording, in which you could see the boy attached to his mechanical protector while itself shot at enemies. They had to be memories from before you met Mando.

-When is this from? It seems like a difficult situation (you asked with a remarkable question mark).

-The imperials attacked, my task as guardian droid was to protect the child.

The metallic voice filled the room, it was a predictable response, but the playback function was unknown to you.

-I didn't know that everything you saw was recorded, especially after…

You were going to say after being destroyed among lava as The Mandalorian told you, but it seemed unnecessary.

-It is the duty of a good guardian to pay attention to everything around. It also helped to know the extent of the Mandalorian's injuries in medical care.

-Di… Did Mando get hurt?

You had always been aware of the danger that the clan of two faced, especially when they first met and following months, but you did not know that the physical damage would have been of sufficient magnitude to be urgently assisted by a medical droid, nor that Djarin would lend himself to it...

-Yes, after the explosion the bacta was essential for his recovery, also the lack of presence of any living being in the reconnaissance.

That last one made your eyebrows rise to your hairline. The only time the hunter used those words was when he explained the importance for his creed of the… the only possible answer is that he took off his helmet in front of the droid.

-Do you have images of Mando without the helmet?

-Again, it was essential for his survival, I believed that it was well known in beings of your condition that to deal with possible concussion is necessary to access the nervous system in the back of the head.

You rolled your eyes at the attempt at sarcasm.

-Do you want me to play the images for any particular reason?

Your heart stopped dead at the mere mention of it.

-I can't do that, it would be against Mando's privacy… his creed forbids it and is very important to him.

-According to the Mandalorian creed in its literal sense, his members cannot remove their helmet or be seen by others, but he is not even present since it is a projection, it's not real.

Your lips parted, trying to refute that logic was extremely complicated. But it still felt like a betrayal. You and Din had known each other for months and shared almost everything that was possible between two people, but the helmet was always present, without a doubt everything worked very well.

You always had a bitter feeling in your throat as to whether he would really have that last act of trust with you later or things stay the same. Not that it was essential, he was too important to you and his personality meant everything, it was still tempting to use this as a last resort and not let anyone know.

-Play the images...please (you let out a slight resigned sigh).

At that moment the mechanism was set in motion. You saw how Mando was lying on the ground and a metal arm accessed the beskar dome to detach it. What you glimpsed was the last thing expected.

The most expressive brown eyes you had ever seen greeted you, anguish and pain were visible in the grimace of his face and was covered in blood. The state he was in broke your heart, but you smiled sadly. Despite everything, of course Din was beautiful.

He was a few years older than you, but he showed a vulnerability that made him look younger, despite all his experiences, an unusual innocence was observed. His unkempt hair curled at the edges of it, as if he had let it grow longer than it should, he had a faint trace of stubble and a small scar on the bridge of his nose. All of this was finished off by luxurious lips.

You heard how Din in the video mentioned something about his brain and the droid responded with a bad joke, making the man raise his eyebrow, but you couldn't process much more of the conversation as you were focused on the speaker of the words. It was incredible how all his thoughts were reflected without a filter to the outside by his expressions.

You hadn't realized but Grogu was next to you, watching with curiosity and his head tilted at the video of his father, a small soft squeal reached your ears. Suddenly the recording stopped.

-Do you already have the information you requested?

You nodded distractedly at IG-11's voice, which brought you out of your reverie.

-Yes, thank you, but no one can know this.

-You are an authorized person. Who and how the records are accessed is confidential.

________________

The three of you walked calmly through the city towards the small cabin, Din's mission was over and at the end of the day he picked you up to go home.

You were lost in thought as the little green one slept in your arms, you couldn't stop thinking about what you saw, looking at your partner in amazement. Of course the hunter noticed, your gaze was so insistent and intense that it burned him.

-Something wrong? (You noticed the slight amusement in his words, oblivious to the events of the day).

-Nothing, just...I'm glad to spend time together, with you.

Din ascend firmly but gently.

-If you want we can put those shows that Grogu likes so much, so you can rest.

-I would like that.

You said with a wide smile as the Mandalorian held your hand.

[ohnakasimp]

Both The Mandalorian S1 and S2 will finally be receiving physical releases in the form of steel book Ultra 4K blu rays. It’s not known yet if special features like a behind the scenes video or alternate takes will be included but it appears three concept art cards will.

Update: Each steelbook will cost $40. Preorders are available at Walmart.

[jltoystories]