Introduction

“Chapter 4: Sanctuary” is the fourth episode of the first season of the American web television series The Mandalorian.

The episode stars Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian, a lone bounty hunter who goes into hiding with “The Child”.

It also stars Gina Carano as Cara Dune.

It is the first live action series in the Star Wars franchise.

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Outline

On Sorgan, a sparsely populated forest planet, a village of farmers is pillaged by raiders. The Mandalorian soon lands on Sorgan looking to hide from the Guild with the Child. In a local restaurant, they come across a suspicious mercenary (Gina Carano). The mercenary identifies herself as Cara Dune, a former Rebel shocktrooper who had left her position and is hiding on the planet, which she asks the Mandalorian to leave. Back at the Razor Crest, the Mandalorian is approached by two of the villagers hoping to hire him to drive off the raiders. He accepts in return for lodging in the isolated village and uses their payment to hire Dune for extra help. Once at the village, a widowed mother named Omera (Julia Jones) takes them in and offers them food. Dune and the Mandalorian find a set of tracks in the mud outside the village and identify that the raiders have an Imperial AT-ST, a small armoured walker with heavy guns. Dune insists the villagers leave and make their home elsewhere, but they refuse and decide to fight.

The Mandalorian and Dune show the farmers how to defend themselves and then set up traps in the krill ponds for the AT-ST. The Mandalorian and Dune infiltrate the raiders’ camp to provoke them into attacking. The AT-ST then chases them back to the village but stops short of the krill ponds. The Klatooinian raiders then attack the villagers, while the AT-ST shoots the village with artillery fire. Dune then gets beneath the AT-ST, shooting into one of the viewports. The AT-ST takes the bait and steps into the pond, sinks, and then falls over. The Mandalorian then throws a thermal detonator into the walker, blowing it up, and the raiders flee back into the forest. With peace having returned, the Child plays happily with the other children. The Mandalorian tells Dune and Omera that he plans to leave the Child there as he feels it would be a better life. However, a Kubazi bounty hunter from the Guild takes aim at the Child from the trees. Before he can fire, Dune shoots him from behind. The Mandalorian realises the Child has to stay under his protection. He bids farewell to Omera and Dune, and leaves the village.

Trivia

• The episode was directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, who is the second woman to direct a live-action Star Wars project.
• Dallas Howard stated Pedro Pascal was not present during filming due to other commitments and the role of The Mandalorian in this episode was performed by stunt actors Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowde.

The Mandalorian Series

You can find a full index and overview of The Mandalorian here.

You can find a full index of The Mandalorian Series 01 here.

• Overview of the Star Wars Franchise.
• Overview of Star Wars Films.
• Overview of Star Wars Parodies.
• Overview of Star Wars TV Series.
• Overview of Star Wars Documentary Series.
• Overview of LEGO Star Wars.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Bryce Dallas Howard.
• Producer(s): Jon Favreau.
• Writer(s): Jon Favreau.
• Cinematography: Barry Idoine.
• Editor(s): Dana E. Glauberman.
• Release Date: 29 November 2019.
• Running Time: 39 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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