The Mandalorian finally made good on this season’s dangling plot thread

polygon.com:

A lot of major events have happened during this season of The Mandalorian. After our hero Din Djarin took a bath because he’s a dirty, filthy apostate (boo!) and rejoined the loving embrace of his fellow Mandalorian cultists, the season dedicated an entire episode to exploring the bureaucratic banality of evil and the “difficult” (not that difficult) question of whether all space Nazis are bad, and hey, even everyone’s favorite big furry Lasat star pilot from Star Wars Rebels, Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios, showed up in the fifth episode! Everyone loves Zeb!

Another major upset occurred at the end of this week’s episode, “Guns for Hire,” that spells big movements for the future of Mandalore. Let’s talk about the mythosaur in the room.

[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 6, “Guns for Hire.”]

Bo-Katan Kryze, former leader of the Nite Owls Mandalorian unit, and now-apparent member of the Mandalorian religious sect the Children of the Watch, is the rightful owner of the Darksaber and leader of… all of Mandalore? Who could’ve seen that coming?

Some laser sword backstory: In theStar Wars Extended Universe, the Darksaber is a black-bladed lightsaber that was created and wielded by Tarre Vizsla, the first Mandalorian ever inducted into the Jedi Order. The Darksaber was passed down through the generations of Vizsla’s family and used to unite the warring factions of Mandalore under one banner. Whoever wields the Darksaber is considered the rightful heir to the throne of Mandalore, but to attain the weapon, one must defeat the previous wielder by either killing them or otherwise convincing them to yield. However, as seen in “Guns For Hire,” there appears to be a loophole in the rules of that