The Mandalorian Mythosaur is going to be a big part of season 3 and Mandalore
There’s a sense of foreboding in the opening of The Mandalorianepisode 3. “Did you see anything alive?” Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) asks Din Djarin in the depths of Mandalore. He doesn’t know what she means, but we do.
The Mandalorian season 3 is only three episodes in, yet the Disney Plus show has already dropped some major shoutouts to Star Warslore. Of these, one of the biggest arrived last week in episode 2, “Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore,” when Bo-Katan came eye-to-eye with a Mythosaur — a legendary creature never before seen on screen.
It’s enough to get a die-hard Star Warsfan’s pulse racing; however, casual viewers probably have a few questions. These queries will range from the basic (What is a Mythosaur?) to the decidedly more involved (Why are these gigantic beasties such a big deal?) — luckily, we can answer them all.
The guide covers everything you need to know about Mythosaurs, including their biology and ties to Mandalorian society. It also touches on the Mythosaurs’ previous appearances in Star Warscanon and rounds up every reference to them in The Mandalorianto date.
As their name suggests, Mythosaurs are fabled beasts of enormous size. They’re covered in dark yellow scales and have thick, hornlike tusks protruding from either side of their mouths. While the Mythosaur glimpsed in episode 2 chose the Living Waters of Mandalore as its lair, the species itself is amphibious and therefore equally happy on land or underwater.
According to legend, Mandalore the Great fought a Mythosaur and somehow defeated it. He then tamed the beast and rode it into battle (as you do); other ancient Mandalorian warriors soon followed his lead. Unfortunately, the Mandalorians’ glorious, monster-mounted heyday didn’t
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