This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl are celebrating endings and beginnings! First, they celebrate the season 5 premiere of The Expanse on Amazon Prime. Then, they say goodbye to season 2 of The Mandalorian and speculate on the future of the Star Wars streaming future.

Intro: 0:45

Summary

A Belter faction attacks a science vessel near Venus, killing all aboard. The Rocinante is at Tycho for long-term repairs. Naomi gets word that her son is on the asteroid Pallas and makes plans to go alone. Holden is contacted by Monica Stewart about protomolecule research she’s heard about. Amos is on his way to Earth because an old friend has died and Alex is headed to Mars to try and make amends with his family. Bobbie works with Avasarala to investigate Martian weapons trafficking.

The Expanse

Cast

Steven Strait … James Holden

Summary

Bo-Katan and her fellow Mandalorian Koska Reeves agree to help rescue Grogu in exchange for Bo-Katan getting the Darksaber from Gideon and the Mandalorian considering her offer to help them liberate Mandalore. The group kidnaps Dr. Pershing and uses his shuttle to get close enough to crash land on Gideon’s cruiser, with Fett pretending to attack them in Slave I before attacking the Imperials. Bo-Katan, Koska, Fennec, and Dune fight through stormtroopers to the cruiser’s bridge. Meanwhile, the Mandalorian finds the Dark Troopers, defeats one of them with the Beskar spear, and ejects the rest into space. He fights Gideon with the spear and overpowers the Moff, making him the new rightful owner of the Darksaber. The Dark Troopers return, but they are all destroyed by Luke Skywalker, a Jedi that Grogu had contacted on Tython. The Mandalorian gives Grogu permission to go with Skywalker to complete his training. Later, Fett and Fennec travel to Jabba’s Palace on Tatooine where Fett kills Bib Fortuna and claims Jabba’s throne.

The Mandalorian

Title: Chapter 16: ‘The Rescue’

Cast

Pedro Pascal … The Mandalorian

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