“The Pirate” isn’t just the most action-packed episode of The Mandalorian Season 3 to date, but also its most substantial. Across its lean 44-minute runtime, the episode not only sets up and follows through on an action sequence between the Disney+ series’ central Mandalorian covert and Gorian Shard (Nonso Anozie) and his pirate crew, but it also sets up an exciting and surprisingly subversive future for Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff).
