The Mandalorian: Axe Woves and the Season 3 Reunion That Adjustments the Collection

“I believe that when she meets Axe, there’s ache there with him,” Kassianides tells Den of Geek over Zoom. “I believe he cares deeply, they’ve a deep historical past these two. And it’s fairly evident within the efficiency, which we gave within the episode by way of it’s not nearly violence and combating, it’s inside the two of them, but it surely’s additionally about how they arrive collectively and what they discuss. And I believe his loyalty means a hell of a fantastic deal to her.”

Finally, Bo-Katan a lot challenges Axe to reclaim her clan and its fleet of ships. Not as a result of she’s essentially trying to assert dominance, however as a result of she is aware of that fight is the best method to get by way of to a different Mandalorian. Axe and Bo-Katan’s combat is emotionally charged, with each swing channeling the shared historical past of loss that these warriors have been by way of because the Nice Purge.

“I believe that he misplaced, I think about that,” Kassianides reveals. “Really, a part of my backstory, which we talked by way of, he went by way of lots of ache, I believe he misplaced family members. I wish to say that you simply see that within the efficiency, I believe there’s a depth there, you already know, inside that ache, which is multifaceted, which I’m desperate to discover extra. And I hope you get to see that.”

Bo-Katan is lastly in a position to discuss to Axe after gaining the higher hand, however he’s nonetheless reluctant to imagine in a united future for Mandalorians. He presses her to combat Din to reclaim the Darksaber, however Bo-Katan reveals why she hasn’t fought more durable to take it from him, insisting that “sufficient Mandalorian blood has been spilled by our personal fingers.”

For a quick second, these two warriors are at a standstill. With out the Darksaber, Bo-Katan won’t ever be capable to really lead the Mandalorians again to their homeworld. As Katee Sackhoff defined, Bo-Katan has made a option to do issues otherwise than she has previously, which is why she gained’t combat Din for the blade, even when it means giving up on her dream to steer a united Mandalore as soon as once more. It’s what pushes Axe to return the clan to a lifetime of bounty searching, working for the best bidder and wandering the galaxy and not using a residence. Bo-Katan’s given up in Axe’s eyes, so why ought to he proceed on her mission?

“Like many individuals on this season, the preliminary lengthy held perception is that there isn’t a Mandalore, that there’s nowhere to return to, that this was a pipe dream,” Kassianides says. “I simply assume that what’s nice about this season is that you simply’re assembly folks that maintain on to their histories in several methods. And I believe that once they come collectively, Bo definitely has to persuade [him to] overcome these perception techniques.”