
What Dr. Pershing didn’t say speaks volumes. In The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 3, “The Convert,” a mystery that has pervaded the show since the beginning was just given a new wrinkle. If Dr. Pershing’s cloning research wasn’t specifically commissioned by Palpatine, what was his research for? Mando Season 3 may finally be setting up an answer to the show’s oldest question. Spoilers ahead.