With so much buzz about "easter eggs" in The Mandalorian, I was super delighted about the ACTUAL eggs in Episode 2 of this second season. I love how this baby Yoda puppet character is so mysterious... he has magical powers, which we associate with deep mythical gravitas and, of course the mystical Yoda himself. And there are so many unanswered questions about him. So when we see the child's fascination with the canister of glowing eggs, near the top of this episode, we think... oh.. this is a clue to his mysterious origin?... does his kind have eggs like this, perhaps?... maybe they are force-powerful eggs? or..... and then he just EATS them. Yes. Lunch. He spends the rest of the episode sneaking these eggs like grandma's stashed-away purse candy, thus confirming that it's WE who are silly for assuming they are meaningful, he's just a kid. Haha you oh so serious Star Wars fan. The puppet has the last laugh (see final frame of episode).
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Colette SearlsNotes as I write my book, A Galaxy of Things: the Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and Beyond (forthcoming Routledge Press, 2022). ArchivesCategories |