It is rare that I'll use the first concept art shot as a title shot. This one however won the case hands down. So I'm going in blind, not really knowing what will happen. Except, I know that Carl Weathers shot this one.
Let's see how it develops...
Stupid daddy said, "It's time to put down the rocks and join the other Foundlings..." as he clearly didn't see "the rocks" having legs. Daddies never learn, they are too busy with their grown up lives...
But seriously it was cool to see the Creed training at the beach and going at each other seriously. Even shooting the water as if the megacroc were making its next invasion. Speaking of which, it's also interesting to see that none of the carcass were anywhere to see, even though I really doubt that they would have done away the head. At least, I'd expect to see it hanging above the cave entrance like a trophy, because originally the Mandalorians were hunters and they developed a warrior culture after the original Mand'lorian had dealt with the mythosaurus.
According to the daddy the foundlings moves through the ranks after the initiation through a serious of challenges. The judge claimed that Groku was "too small." Din didn't hear nothing of it, even though mum candidate questioned his wisdom on putting a 50+ year-old kid in the play. He even made the first one a bit harder instead of allowing ninja yoda to do his tricks by allowing the youngest foundling to choose the weapons in the competition, the training darts.
When the boy asked, "Why he isn't wearing to speak?" daddy answered, "He's too young to speak the Creed, therefore he's too young to wear a helmet."
It was interesting to watch mum candidate to rub her fingers nervously and watch Din questionably as he put the kid in all the way into the deep end. The only thing she did reveal that Bo's dad, the old king, was the same way, before she added, "I'm proud of you."
She didn't know about the force powers until Groku was forced to use Force Jumps quite naturally to dazzle the boy and score the points to win the competition. Anakin was the same way as he used Force to pilot vessels dangerously before Kenobi dragged him into the Jedi Temple to learn the ways.
Master Luke was the opposite, as he needed suggestions before he started to believe and give his instincts to the Art of the Force. Hence, we have the saying: "Use the Force," when you need to roll hard sixes.
Rock Wyvern closing in the Creed beach. Like the original Mandalore, their hideout world seems to be teaming with all sorts of terrible beasties that could be all classified as being megafauna. And they don't seem to be minding about the settlers doing a serious training with weapons to snatch the boy from the Creed Beach, as it was the easiest prey of the year.
Paz Vizla told the shooters to not react because they could hit the boy, instead he followed the beast with Din until they ran out of rocket pack fuel. Bo was wiser. She used her ship to track the beast to its lair and then went back to get a proper hunting party. And she picked up the boys and their toys.
With the lair being on top of a mesa pillar, their only option was to climb it, which reminded Bo of her basic training. So the armourer chose her to lead the party, while remained at the Creed Beach with the other foundling.
"You are too young to join them," the Armourer said. "All in good time," without knowing that the kid yoda had already handled and tamed other megafauna all on his own. Instead, she needed an apprentice in her foundry. Which in itself is strange, because it's the first time we've witnessed it happening.
I guess she wanted to put the Creed ideology into the kid, to fabricate him into being one of them as she recited one of her things and told Groku that the way through the Creed is through a series of challenges and trials. Just like it would have been in Luke's Jedi Academy.
It was also intriguing to see her using a somewhat traditional power hammer to produce chest armour plate pieces, before Groku recalled the battle in the temple. He lost four jedi guard pretty quickly to be save by ... and I'm speculating Mace Windu's apprentice. He were able to take down two lots of clone troopers, before they escaped the temple with a hoverbike, and ultimately the Heart of the Imperium in a Naboo cruiser.
Man, that ship looks still so slick and nimble to escape Clone War era interceptors without a scratch, only losing the crew, who defended the ship until it was off the starport.
"It is a tradition in our culture," the Armourer said. "For each to donate a small portion of what they earn to the foundlings. It is with these 'scraps of beskar' that I forged your next piece of armour."
Man it looks cool, and it also seems to incorporate mando tech as it sticks to beskar chain mail without any sorts of straps or hooks. "Mandalorian steel to keep you safe as you grow stronger. You will grow into this rondel as you grow into your station, foundling Groku."
I wanted to say Bo and the boys, but there's another female in the background that's clearly in the party. The climb on the rock face looked challenging, and she didn't want to lead the party throughout the night. Instead, they camped at the bottom of the pillar. And even made fire without thinking that the smoke vapour travel upwards ... into wyvern nostrils.
It was amazing to see them using grabbling hooks before they switched to traditional rock climbing while carrying all the kit, including the rocket packs without the safety rope, hammer, the hooks or ever a chalk bag.
At the top, Paz Vizla revealed that the boy was his son and he'd named him Ragnar.
Without thinking, he went into the nest, found the young wyverns before Mum came back to offer still alive Ragnar to the babies for dinner, as if there was a reason why she hadn't done it before. Why she would have waited for so long?
Another notable thing is that there was a mando helmet in the nest already, and the Creed had done nothing to track down the beast. Like a stupid dad, he launched himself hilariously into the beast's maw, and mum then went and grabbed the boy as well from the nest while Paz tried to burn her mouth.
I should have guessed that it did nothing. And nothing seemed to work until Bo attacked the beast with a vibroblade and the hunts grabbled the beast with their lines to fall into the waters and getting eaten by a megacrock.
This is the Way. The Armourer was so impressed the Bo brought back the hatchlings for training that she immediately offered to fix her broken armour with one of her own design. And she didn't no longer wanted to be just a Night Owl. Instead she wanted to wear Mythosaur symbol on her shoulder.
Only the Armourer didn't seem to believe that Bo had seen a real one during her bath trip. Why?