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In “The Mines of Mandalore,” Mando returns to Tatooine to visit Pelli. She can’t get the part for IG-11 and sells him an astromech. On Mandalore, he sends the droid to take an air sample. When the droid goes missing, Mando fights off mysterious creatures. The air is breathable, so he and Grogu head into the mines. Mando is attacked and trapped by an organic droid and sends Grogu to Bo-Katan for help. She defeats the droid, rescues Din, and shows him the way to the waters. 

We get some decent backstory on Din in this episode, specifically that he is from the system of Mandalore. He’s from Concordia, the planet Mandalore’s moon. Concordia was where Death Watch was based and led by governor Pre Vizsla in The Clone Wars. This makes sense, as Bo-Katan has previously...