The Mandalorian 2.6 Review - 7 Ups And 1 Down From Chapter 14
3. The Dark Troopers Arrive
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But Chapter 14 isn't all sunshine and rainbows. It's still called "The Tragedy", after all, and it doesn't take long for the Empire to swoop in and really take Din Djarin's day from bad to worse.
Moff Gideon, who is in orbit, dispatches the dark troopers to retrieve Grogu, who at this point has passed out from being enveloped in his Force trance for so long. They swoop in, pick him up and jet back to Moff Gideon's cruiser.
Sad times it's true, but (but but but) the troopers themselves look fantastic, and while we don't get to see them in action fighting Din and the gang, it is great to see them flying about and doing... evil... Empire-y things.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
