The Tragedy

You guessed it: Spoilers ahead!

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Chapter 14 is so cool! Boba Fett shows up on Tython in Slave One! He gets his armor from the Razor Crest. He is as efficiently brutal as Star Wars fans had hoped he would be. He definitely redeems himself after his ignominious fall into the Sarlaac pit in Return of the Jedi.

Fett had saved Fennec Shand back on Tatooine. Now, the two bounty hunters agree to a trade – Mando will give Fett his beskar armor back, and Fett and Shand will ensure the safety of The Child.

Mando, Shand, and Fett show themselves to be effective killing machines against two shuttles of heavily armored Stormtroopers. Shand takes out Stormtroopers with her sniper rifle. Mando uses his pistol. Fett is especially deadly with his blaster, his Tusken Raider gaffi stick, and his knee rockets. (Who knew Boba Fett had knee rockets?!)

Though it was extremely enjoyable watching the three bounty hunters mowing down Stormtroopers, I had a lot of angst watching this episode. That’s because at the beginning of the episode I read the title of Chapter 14 was The Tragedy.

The first tragic setback comes in the form of a blast from Moff Gideon’s Imperial cruiser that completely obliterates the Razor Crest. The only things Mando is able to salvage from the wreckage are Grogu’s ball and a spear of beskar that he got from the magistrate on Corvus in the last episode.

Through all the fighting, Grogu has been sitting on The Seeing Stone in the crude Jedi Temple on Tython. Grogu has been reaching out with the Force hoping other Jedi will find him for training.

While Mando, Shand, and Fett are picking through the wreckage of the Razor Crest, Dark Troopers deploy from the Imperial cruiser. They descend to The Seeing Stone, grab Grogu, and fly back to the cruiser.

Fett and Shand pledge to help Mando get Grogu back from the Empire. They head back to Navarro to get back-up from Cara Dune. Mando wants her assistance in freeing former Imperial sharpshooter Migs Mayfeld from a rebel prison.

I was thinking this seemed like the lead-in to a big team-up like in an episode of The Super Friends, The A-Team, or The Avengers. I’m fantasizing that the final two episodes will be a big team-up of Mando, Fett, Shand, Mayfield, and Greef Carga. It would be incredible to have Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls show up with Ahsoka Tano!

Since The Mandalorian is heavily influenced by westerns, these next two episodes could be a Magnificent Seven style ending to season 2.

Throughout season 2, there has been a growing familial connection between Mando and Grogu. It’s as if Mando has become Grogu’s foster father. Mando thinks he is watching The Child for someone else, some Jedi. But there is a growing attachment between the foster father and The Child.

Mando’s real name is Din Djarin. His parents were killed by droids when Din was a child. He became a foundling. He was adopted into the Mandalorian way.

Being Mandalorian is more than being born on Mandalore. It is a creed, a way of life.

Boba was the clone of Jango Fett. He was given to the Mandalorian bounty hunter as part of his payment for providing his DNA as the template for all the clones on Kamino. Jango wanted to raise a son as his own, so Boba aged like a normal child, not with sped-up aging like the clones.

We learn in some of the Star Wars graphic novels that Jango Fett valued reputation and legacy. Boba had that drilled into him from little on. He wears his Mandalorian armor because it was his father’s.

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This family theme reminds me of a family in my congregation.

Krista and Craig wanted children badly. But they suffered multiple miscarriages early in their marriage. Krista was more than upset and frustrated. By her own admission, she was downright mad at God!

Over time, God moved Krista into a work environment where she was helping connect open-hearted parents with foster children. Eventually, Krista and Craig became foster parents themselves. They began foster care with two little boys. They grew to love these boys and were blessed to adopt them.

Last year, the baby sister of one of the boys needed foster care. Krista and Craig opened their home to the little girl. They were planning on only doing foster care. God had other plans. Now she is adopted and has two older brothers.

Krista loves to say – and I love to hear her say, “God gave me the children I was meant to have.”

I have been blessed to minister to Krista and Craig and other couples who foster or adopt children who are not biologically their own. I really don’t think Din Djarin is going to end up adopting Grogu. But he is fostering him right now.

If Din Djarin was a member of my congregation, I would give him the same encouragement I give to other parents who are considering fostering or adopting children.

“And whoever receives a little child like this one in my name receives me.”

Matthew 18:5

Jesus reminds us that when Christians receive a little child into their homes in Jesus’ name, they are receiving Jesus into their homes. This is a sweet reminder for parents.

“In fact, you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”

Galatians 3:36

Sometimes there is the feeling of a loss of identity as a child grows up in a new family. Yet this verse is a reminder that no matter who gave birth to us or raised us, through faith in Jesus, we are all children of God.

[Hannah said,] “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked for. So now I have also dedicated him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is dedicated to the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27-28

Many times, parents pray and beg God for a child. The foster or adopted child can be the answer to their prayers and God’s blessing to both parents and child.

This episode of The Mandalorian is full of action. It ends in tragedy. But at its heart, this episode – and really all of season 2 – is about family.

Grogu and Din are becoming a family. Boba Fett is carrying on his father’s legacy. What a blessing in real life for parents wanting to pass on their Christian love and legacy to children through fostering and adoption.

I don’t know if Grogu is the child Din Djarin is meant to have. But when God blesses a family with children through adoption, those are the children God meant for those parents to have.