Titled "The Jedi," today's episode of The Mandalorian appropriately kicked off with Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano taking out an army belonging to a villainous Magistrate ruling over Calodan. It's an incredible, action-packed sequence which does a jaw-dropping job of bringing this fan-favourite, iconic character from the world of animation to live-action. Din Djarin, meanwhile, arrives on the planet in search of the Jedi that Bo-Katan Kryze pointed him in the direction of, but ends up being offered a job instead.
That Magistrate wants him to kill Ahsoka, and will pay him with an ancient spear made of Beskar in return. The Mandalorian uses this information to his advantage and manages to track the Jedi down, and after a brief fight, he makes it clear that he's there for her help, not to hurt her.
Due to their connection through the Force, Ahsoka is able to communicate with The Child, learning that he used to live on Coruscant and was trained by "many masters" in the Jedi Temple. That confirms he's not a clone of Yoda (Ahsoka mentions that she's only seen one other creature like him, so sorry about that Yaddle fans), and he even had a name: Grogu. It took thirteen chapters, but there you have it. Conveniently, The Child can only remember that someone rescued him from there and hid him away, but it's all a bit of a blur after that; clearly, this is a story for another day.
Unfortunately, Ahsoka doesn't believe she can train Grogu because there's a lot of fear in him, and she knows what that leads to. Remember, she's all too aware at this point that Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. It's clear there's also a strong bond between Din and The Child, but he manages to get the Jedi to agree to taking the baby in return for defeating the Magistrate and her army. After more awesome action, they're victorious, of course, and it's at this point we learn the villain's "master" is Grand Admiral Thrawn. Ahsoka is on the hunt for him still, and it sounds a lot like he's resurfaced after disappearing alongside Ezra Bridger all those years ago.
As Din prepares to hand over Grogu to his new Jedi ally, she explains that she can't take The Child on as her apprentice; there's just too much anger in him after he's been forced to spend years hiding his abilities. However, the bounty hunter can take him to the planet Tython where there's a Jedi Temple. If he places Grogu on a seeing stone at the top of the mountain, "there's a chance a Jedi might come searching for him." Ahsoka notes that there's not many left, though, so who knows will come to find him, especially as this sounds a lot like it's just a call to anyone who has ties to the Force. With that, they go their separate ways, and there's clearly still big things to come for them both...
What did you think of "The Jedi"?