Which Ice Planet Was In The Latest ‘The Mandalorian’ Episode?
In the recently-aired season 2, episode two ofThe Mandalorian,“Chapter Ten: The Passenger,” Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and the Child crash land on a mysterious, deserted ice planet. An ice planet that was teased in the trailer forThe Mandalorianseason 2, and which sent the minds ofStar Warsfans' racing: was it Ilum, the future location of the Starkiller Base inStar Wars: The Force Awakens? Or was it yet another familiar ice planet? The answer was hidden in the episode itself, and while it is in fact an ice planet that has appeared onscreen before, it may not be the one you expect.
Spoilers forThe Mandalorian, season 2, episode 2, “Chapter Ten: The Passenger” follow.
Leading up to the premiere ofThe Mandalorianseason 2, there was a lot of speculating involving the identity of the unknown ice planet that appeared in the trailers. Din Djarin and the Child finally land (or crash land) on that world in “Chapter 10: The Passenger,” but their time on the planet seems to go by without actually revealing where they were — unless you know Aurebesh, the written language of theStar Warsuniverse.
A user on theStar Wars Leakssubreddit (viaCBR) translated the display screen on Din’s spaceship, the Razor Crest, which identified the ice planet as Maldo Kreis in Aurebesh. Does that name sound familiar? That’s because Maldo Kreis is the same planet that Din traveled to in the very first episode ofThe Mandalorian, as he hunted down a Mythrol with a bounty on its head.
A few fans may be disappointed to learn that the ice planet in “The Passenger” is Maldo Kreis and not Ilum, but that may be for the best — it keepsThe Mandaloriancontained within its small corner of the universe, disconnected from the largerStar WarsSkywalker Saga, apart from the Child’s ties to the Jedi. Making the ice planet Ilum may have felt too much like an effort to shoehorn in a reference toStar Wars: The Force Awakens, and this way, the show maintains that feeling of being the wild west of theStar Warsgalaxy.
The Mandalorianis created by Jon Favreau, and stars Pedro Pascal, with guest stars Gina Carano, Carl Weathers and Giancarlo Esposito. New episodes air every Friday on Disney+.
