The Mandalorians in this thing were pretty disappointing. No jetpacks ( and they could have been useful in a lot of those areas! ) and seemingly little to no beskar either, at least for the disposable mercenaries. At that point they're pretty much interchangeable with any other hired gun. The OS and the wiki both claim that Rook's armor is beskar, which isn't contradicted by Shadow Lord, but I don't recall seeing it deflect any shots.
I guess in the end it may have been about consistency with the other cartoons ( and Ahsoka! ) in which Mandalorians being easily cut down by lightsabers was a thing. Was beskar simply very hard to come by during this time period?
I guess in the end it may have been about consistency with the other cartoons ( and Ahsoka! ) in which Mandalorians being easily cut down by lightsabers was a thing. Was beskar simply very hard to come by during this time period?
Not as good of quality beskar armor. More durasteel in it than what the Armorer would make. Remember these are Death Watch, who were outsiders in society. The Children of the Watch were split off from them, but they kept older traditions alive, including beskar smithing it seems.
I am trying to remember how good Din's armor was at the start of the Mandalorian. It got beat up pretty good during the quest to get the Baby before he got his new shiny armor.
I am trying to remember how good Din's armor was at the start of the Mandalorian. It got beat up pretty good during the quest to get the Baby before he got his new shiny armor.
And the Mudhorn stomped the chestplate into garbage.
I just had a similar conversation with a friend myself. Oh well, what are you gonna do?
For a while my brain kept changing the title of this thing to "Shadow Hunter".That's accurate. At one point it looks like the one guy got to safety, but at the end, nope.
That was a thing in TCW.
I got spoiled by youtube thumbnails.
I didn't think so, but I guess they had to use somebody. I would have preferred a closer imitation of Bettany's voice.
Have you commenced the hat eating yet? Would you like suggestions for seasoning and/or sauces?
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Damnit, I thought I was in the clear!
I don't think they've ever explicitly spelled it out, but the implication seems to be that pure beskar armour is exceedingly rare, and typically only the more powerful/wealthy clan leaders and families of noble houses like Bo Katan, Ursa, Sabine, etc. tend to have the high quality beskar, though even then it's finite and strictly hereditary, needing to be re-forged with each generation (not entierly unlike valarian steel in GoT.)
Indeed there's probably a sliding scale where increased rank means a purer beskar alloy; from the common soldiery who's armour contains about as much beskar as one would expect to find in a glass of water, to veteran non-coms that have earned enough for at least a decent beskar alloy. I tend to assume that the Fett armour for example is of the higher quality, earned through Jango's service in the civil war.
I might even go so far as to propose that in the old days when Mandalore was an expansionist power fielding large armies for conquest, it's possible that a standard soldier's pay included coins that contained some amount of beskar. So they could in time, save up enough to have their armourer (for a tithe) melt it down and turn into an armour piece. It was probably also standard practice to strip the armour off the dead and claim it as a spoil of war.
I'm honestly surprised they haven't gone into more detail with this kind of thing already as I can imagine all sorts of cultural world building based around Mandalorian armor. Like say for example if a warrior dies in battle, the tradition isn't to retrive the body and return it the their family, just the armour, blood stains and all.
Reading "Son of the Law" above made me think of Judge Dredd saying "I am the Law."
