[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Mandalorian” Season 2, Episode 2, “Chapter 10 – The Passenger.”]The second episode of “The Mandalorian” Season 2 is… fine.That’s probably not what fans of Disney’s mega-budget “Star Wars” series are hoping for, but for all of the show’s endless hype, teases, and the boundless possibilities allowed by the franchise’s storied history, “The Passenger” is just more of the same.Here’s the plot: The Mandalorian is ambushed in a desert by some bad guys who want to take The Child, aka Baby Yoda (in stores now!).
Then there’s a trip to the Mos Eisley Cantina, where Mando receives another mission that could help him reunite Baby Yoda with the creature’s species.
Baby Yoda does some social media-friendly gesticulations, there’s a chase scene with New Republic pilots, and the Mandalorian crashes his ship on an ice planet and is forced to fend off the Villain of the Week.
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