Skip to main content

5 questions we have after The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6

Most of episode 6 of The Mandalorian season 3 is dedicated to a side quest. The episode, titled Guns for Hire, sends Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), and Grogu to the opulent planet of Plazir-15, where they hope to convince Bo-Katan’s former Mandalorian followers to rejoin their cause to retake Mandalore. Before they can do so, however, they have to perform a task for the planet’s leaders, a former Imperial officer named Captain Bombardier (Jack Black) and his wife, The Duchess (Lizzo).

As its guest stars suggest, Guns for Hire is a surprisingly silly installment of The Mandalorian. However, that doesn’t mean it didn’t leave us asking a few important questions.

Recommended Videos

Are there more Mandalorian privateers?

Three Mandalorian privateers pilot an Imperial ship in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6.
Lucasfilm

In its first scene, Guns for Hire reintroduces viewers to Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides), Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado), and the other remaining members of Bo-Katan’s former squad of Mandalorian resistance fighters. When the episode catches back up with them, it’s revealed that Axe Woves has not only become the group’s new leader in Bo-Katan’s stead but they have also become full-time privateers, a.k.a. mercenaries for hire.

By the time Guns for Hire ends, Bo-Katan and Din Djarin have successfully convinced the group to leave their privateering days behind. Nonetheless, the group’s role in the episode does force us to wonder whether or not there are other Mandalorian privateers operating throughout the galaxy at the time of The Mandalorian. If so, that may help explain the still-unresolved final moments of episode 5 of The Mandalorian season 3.

Was that Jack Black and … Lizzo?

Lizzo holds Baby Yoda while standing next to Jack Black in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6.
Lucasfilm

Yes, it was. And yes, that was Doc Brown himself, Christopher Lloyd, as Commissioner Helgait. Guns for Hire also, notably, features guest vocal performances from Tom Holland’s brother, Harry Holland, and veteran character actress, Dale Dickey.

Frankly, we have no idea why there are so many cameos in Guns for Hire, but that won’t stop us from wondering why The Mandalorian’s creative team chose to call in so many celebrity favors for this specific episode.

Did Axe Woves and his privateers free Moff Gideon?

Axe Woves stands near some of his fellow Mandalorian privateers in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6.
Lucasfilm

At the end of its previous episode, The Mandalorian revealed that there were traces of Beskar steel found in the wreckage of the ship that Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) was presumably extracted from following the events of the series Season 2 finale. At first, it seems like Guns for Hire is going to reveal that it was Axe Woves and his fellow Mandalorian privateers that potentially saved Moff Gideon from his New Republic trial, too.

The episode never goes that far, though. In fact, it isn’t revealed one way or the other whether Axe and his privateers had anything to do with Moff Gideon’s rumored extraction. Unfortunately, it seems like viewers will just have to wait to find out if it was, indeed, Bo-Katan’s former followers who rescued Gideon, another faction of rogue Mandalorians, or another group altogether.

Will Din Djarin get a new weapon?

Din Djarin stands in front of Bo-Katan in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6.
Lucasfilm

After getting more than his fair share of upgrades in The Mandalorian season 2, Din Djarin has spent quite a lot of time since then giving many of them up. He gave up his Beskar spear in The Book of Boba Fett and, at the end of Guns for Hire, he gives his Darksaber to Bo-Katan. As noble as these sacrifices have been, they do leave us wondering: Is Din Djarin going to get a new upgrade of his own sometime soon?

He’s certainly in need of one, at least, because his weapon supply is starting to run surprisingly low.

Who is the lead of The Mandalorian?

Bo-Katan holds the Darksaber while standing next to Din Djarin in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 6.
Lucasfilm

In its early episodes, The Mandalorian season 3 did a fairly good job of splitting its focus between Din Djarin and Bo-Katan. In recent weeks, however, the show has begun to seem more invested in Bo-Katan’s current emotional journey than Din Djarin’s. The show’s title, of course, leaves the door open for other Mandalorians to be its lead instead of Din Djarin.

That said, it’s hard not to feel like The Mandalorian will have to choose between Bo-Katan and Din Djarin’s stories at some point. While it’s impossible to say which direction the Disney+ series will ultimately take, too, the final shot of Guns for Hire certainly seems to suggest that it’s Bo-Katan who is in the driver’s seat of The Mandalorian now.

New episodes of The Mandalorian premiere Wednesdays on Disney+.

Alex Welch
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Alex is a writer and critic who has been writing about and reviewing movies and TV at Digital Trends since 2022. He was…
The final battle heads to the Valley in the Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 trailer
Daniel and Johnny stand on stumps and kick in Cobra Kai season 6.

All roads lead to the Valley in the Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 trailer.
"We need to go back where it all began," Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence say in the trailer. At the end of part 2, the Sekai Taikai unraveled into madness, as the tournament became an absolute brawl featuring students and coaches. The chaos even led to a student's death. Needing a winner, the Sekai Taikai moves to where the story of Cobra Kai began: the All Valley Karate Tournament.

"We need to face those enemies and take them all down, once and for all," Johnny says as Miyagi-Do prepares for battle.
Ralph Macchio and William Zabka return as Daniel and Johnny, respectively. Cobra Kai's ensemble includes Martin Kove as John Kreese, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, Jacob Bertrand as Hawk, Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Peyton List as Tory, Gianni DeCenzo as Demetri, Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso, Vanessa Rubio as Carmen, Dallas Dupree Young as Kenny, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen, Alicia Hannah-Kim as Sensei Kim Da-Eun, Griffin Santopietro as Anthony, Oona O’Brien as Devon, Patrick Luwis as Axel, and Lewis Tan as Sensei Wolf.

Read more
Andor cost how much? Disney+ show is most expensive Star Wars project ever
Cassian riding off with Luthen on a speeder in Andor.

Andor is one of the best Star Wars projects ever created by Lucasfilm. It also carries a hefty price tag.

According to a report from Forbes, Disney has spent $645 million to make Andor, including over $290 million on season 2 alone. That is the new record price for a Star Wars project, passing the $400-million-plus budget on Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Read more
Disney co-chairman reveals why The Acolyte was canceled after one season
Sol wields his lightsaber in The Acolyte episode 8.

Lucasfilm may be in the midst of experiencing a wave of positive attention and success thanks to its latest TV series, Skeleton Crew, but the Jude Law-starring sci-fi show isn't the only Star Wars title that has premiered on Disney+ this year. This past summer, Lucasfilm also debuted The Acolyte, a Sith-centric show set around 100 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Across its eight episodes, the series proved to be critically divisive, and it was only a month after The Acolyte's finale aired that Disney and Lucasfilm announced they would not be bringing the show back for a second season.

In a recent interview with Vulture, Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman shed some light on the behind-the-scenes decision to cancel The Acolyte after just one season. "As it relates to Acolyte, we were happy with our performance, but it wasn’t where we needed it to be given the cost structure of that title, quite frankly, to go and make a season 2," Bergman revealed. "That’s the reason why we didn’t do that."

Read more