03x08 - Chapter 24: The Return

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Mandalorian". Aired: November 2019 to present.*
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Set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and 25 years prior to the events of The Force Awakens, it follows the title character, a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Din Djarin, and his exploits beyond the reaches of the New Republic. It's the first live-action series in the Star Wars franchise.
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03x08 - Chapter 24: The Return

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What has become of Doctor Pershing?

Doctor Pershing was
captured by the New Republic.

You held Pershing and were attempting

your own experiments on Nevarro.

The creation of clones is
your obsession, not mine.

OFFICER G : Bo-Katan Kryze
lead a squadron of Mandalorians

alongside Din Djarin and his covert.

This cannot be. Those two
factions are sworn enemies.


I shall deal with our
Mandalorian friends.

BO-KATAN: It is time to
retake our home world.

(WHOOSHING)

(WHIRS)

CAPTAIN: Is that the voice
of Lady Bo-Katan Kryze?


We have failed you, but our
blasters remain in your service.

THE MANDALORIAN: Where are we?

AXE WOVES: This is what's
left of the Great Forge.


This was once the heart
of our civilization.

- (JETPACKS WHOOSHING)
- THE MANDALORIAN: Jet packs?

Those aren't Mandalorians.

AXE WOVES: They're Imperials!

I can make a run for the fleet
and get us reinforcements.

There's a split in the ceiling there.

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

- (DOORS HISS)
- THE MANDALORIAN: It's an ambush.

BO-KATAN: No!

Thanks to your planet's rich resources,

I have created the next
generation Dark Trooper suit

forged from beskar alloy.

In but a few moments, The Purge
of Mandalore will be complete.

(PAZ VIZSLA GROANING)

- (CRACKLING)
- (PAZ VIZSLA EXHALES)

(GROANS)

BO-KATAN: Axe, come in.

- (WHOOSHING)
- AXE WOVES: I copy.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

BO-KATAN: Moff Gideon is alive.

He's gathered his forces and he's
using our home world as his base.

They're sending up fighters
to destroy the fleet.


Evacuate everyone!

Use the capital ship as a decoy.

We can't b*at them in the air. We
have to b*at them on the ground.

- (WHOOSHING)
- AXE WOVES: Understood.

I'm entering upper atmosphere
but I have my orders.

- (THUNDER BREAKING)
- I'll return... With the troops...

- (COMMS STATIC)
- Can you hear...

BO-KATAN: Axe? Axe!

- (WHOOSHING)
- (THUNDER BREAKING)

MAN: Come on. Come on. Come on!

(expl*sive TRILLING)

(WHOOSHING)

(expl*sive BEEPS)

(THE MANDALORIAN BREATHING HEAVILY)

- (THE MANDALORIAN GRUNTING)
- (COMMANDOS GROAN)

- (CLANKS)
- (THE MANDALORIAN GROANS)

(WHOOSHING)

(COMMANDO SCREAMING)

(THE MANDALORIAN STRAINING)

(THE MANDALORIAN GROANS)

(BOTH STRAINING)

(WHIRRING)

- IG- : No. No. No. No. No.
- (COMMANDO GROANING)

- (THE MANDALORIAN PANTING, COUGHING)
- (SPRAY HISSING)

(HOARSELY) I'm okay. I'm okay.

(THE MANDALORIAN COUGHING)

Help me up.

(WHIRRING)

(THE MANDALORIAN GRUNTING)

- (COOING)
- (GROANS)

(PANTING)

Will you cut me loose?

IG- : Yes.

Thank you for your help.

(PANTING)

Grogu, I'm going to need
you to be brave for me, okay?

(BABBLING)

We can't keep running.

If we don't take out Moff
Gideon, this will never end.

(BABBLES)

You with me?

(RUMBLING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(RUMBLING)

THE MANDALORIAN: (ON COMMS)
Bo-Katan, come in.

BO-KATAN: Received. Where are you?

THE MANDALORIAN: We're safe.
I escaped. I've got the kid.

I'm going after Moff Gideon.

Do you have a location?

BO-KATAN: No.

We are under att*ck. I have
to get the troops to safety.

- THE MANDALORIAN: Understood.
- BO-KATAN: Stay safe.

CAPTAIN: If we escape to the
surface, I know where we can hole up.

SCOUT: Let's go, this way!

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(DOOR HISSES)

COMMANDO: Sir, the fighters
and bombers have launched.

Their capital ship
will soon be destroyed.

MOFF GIDEON: But the
Mandalorian has escaped.

(WHIRRING)

COMMANDO: Shall we engage?

- (HELMET HISSES)
- (ECHOING) No,

I'll take care of him myself.

(IG- WHIRRING)

R . Come in, R .

(BEEPING)

(ON COMMS) I need you, buddy.

You're gonna have to scomp into the base

and get me the location of
Moff Gideon's command center.

(BEEPING HESITANTLY)

I'm sorry, I don't speak Binary.

I'm counting on you.

(IG- WHIRRING)

(WHOOSHING)

- (BEEPING)
- (WHOOSHING)

(BEEPING NERVOUSLY)

- (BEEPING NERVOUSLY)
- (CLATTERING)

(WHIRRING)

(MOUSE DROID BEEPING)

(WHIRRING)

(WHIRRING)

(IG- WHIRRING)

R , how are those schematics coming?

(BEEPING)

(WHIRRING)

(R -D BEEPING ON COMMS)

Got it. Good job, buddy.

That's the command center.

The communications log says
that's where he operates from.

That's where we're goin'.

Ready?

Stay close. Let's go.

(IG- WHIRRING)

(WHOOSHING)

Axe Woves to Fleet Command.

The scouting party has been
ambushed by Imperial remnants.

They're launching fighters
to destroy the fleet.

Received. How shall we proceed?

AXE WOVES: Load the Gauntlets

and send all available
troops down as reinforcements.

Leave the capital ship behind as a decoy.

Bo-Katan needs our help!

(DOOR HISSES)

I'll take care of the cruiser.

Everyone, go.

Move! Go. Go! Move!

(MANDALORIANS SHOUTING)

Move!

Load everyone onto the drop ships. Go.

(DOOR HISSES, CLANKS)

(BEEPING)

(WHOOSHING)

(GRUNTING)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(RUMBLING)

(TURRETS WHIRRING)

(GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(STRAINING)

- (GRUNTS)
- (CRACKLING)

(IG- WHIRRING)

(SHIELD WARBLING)

The command center is down there.

I don't have any weapons
so this might get messy.

- R .
- (BEEPING)

There's some barrier shields.

I'm gonna need you to
deactivate them one at a time.

- (BEEPS)
- On my command.

- (BEEPS)
- Got it?

(BEEPING)

(WHIRRING)

Deactivate the first shield.

(WHIRRING)

(SHIELD DEACTIVATES)

(ALL GRUNTING)

COMMANDO: Open the shield, open the shield!

(GROANS)

COMMANDO : It's not working!

(BEEPING)

- THE MANDALORIAN: R , next shield.
- (CRACKLING)

- (SHIELD DEACTIVATES)
- (GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS, SHOUTING)

THE MANDALORIAN: R , next shield.

(BEEPING)

(SHIELD DEACTIVATES)

(GRUNTING)

- (THE MANDALORIAN GRUNTING)
- (GROANS)

- (R -D BEEPING) -
(MOUSE DROID BEEPING)

(MOUSE DROID SIREN BLARING)

(BEEPING FRANTICALLY)

THE MANDALORIAN: R , next shield.

- (MOUSE DROID SIREN BLARING)
- (R -D BEEPING)

R , next shield!

- R !
- (MOUSE DROID SIREN BLARING)

- (ZAPS)
- (MOUSE DROID EXCLAIMING)

R , next shield.

- (BEEPING)
- (WHIRRING)

(SHIELD DEACTIVATES)

(ALL GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(PANTING)

R , good job, buddy.

(BEEPING)

(MOUSE DROID SIRENS BLARING)

- (CRASHING)
- (R -D EXCLAIMING)

(WHIRS, WHOOSHING)

(IG- WHIRRING)

(DOOR CLANKS, HISSES)

Wait here.

(IG- WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

That's not Gideon.

Those are his clones.

(SHRIEKS)

(GRUNTS)

(BEEPING)

(POWERING DOWN)

Let's go.

- (ALARM BEEPING)
- (EXPLOSIONS)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(WHOOSHING)

SCOUT: We'll be safe down here a while.

We've taken refuge in these
surface caves since the Purge.

(WATER PATTERING)

Do you live here?

We have hideouts and food caches
throughout the surface of the planet.

It's how we survive.

There are predators
above and predators below.

You found underground gardens?

No.

We planted farms.

These are the old species
indigenous to Mandalore.

They've been dormant since
before the centuries of Civil w*r.

Once the planet was abandoned,
they sprouted in spots.

We cultivated farms.

Life persists.

I've only ever seen
gardens in the domed cities.

I never knew the surface
could still sustain plant life.

All they need is room to grow.

(COMMS STATIC)

ARMORER: (ON COMMS) Lady Kryze,
your reinforcements have arrived.


(WHOOSHING)

(HELMET HISSES)

Let's take back our planet.

(HELMETS HISS)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHIRS)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(THRUMMING)

(BO-KATAN GRUNTING)

(ARMORER GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(ARMORER GRUNTING)

(DOOR HISSES, CLANKS)

(WARBLING)

(IG- WHIRRING)

(DOOR HISSES, CLANKS)

(IG- WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

(DOOR WHIRRING)

MOFF GIDEON: My clones were
finally going to be perfect.

The best parts of me but improved
by adding the one thing I never had.

(ARMOR WHIRRING)

The Force.

I was isolating the
potential to wield the Force,

and incorporating it
into an unstoppable army.

And you smothered them before
they could draw their first breath.

(CLANKING)

(m*ssile WHOOSHING)

(GROGU YELPS)

- (HELMET HISSES)
- (ARMOR WHIRS)

- (WHOOSHES)
- (BOTH GRUNTING)

(ARMOR WHIRRING)

(GROANS)

(ARMOR WHIRRING)

- (CLANKING)
- (GROANING)

(THE MANDALORIAN STRAINING)

- (MOFF GIDEON GRUNTS)
- (GROANS)

(MOFF GIDEON GRUNTS)

(CRACKLING)

(ALL GRUNTING)

- (THE MANDALORIAN GROANING)
- (CRACKLING)

(BABBLING)

IG- : No, no, no.

No!

(GROANS)

(THE MANDALORIAN STRAINING)

(GROANS)

- (DOOR WHIRS)
- (CRACKLING)

(GROANS)

(WHOOSHING)

(COMMANDOS SHOUTING)

- (COMMANDOS GROAN)
- (ARMORER GRUNTING)

(COMMANDO GROANS)

(WARBLING)

(BABBLES)

(CRACKLING)

(BABBLING)

(GROGU PANTING)

(LAUGHS)

- (WHIRRING)
- (THE MANDALORIAN GROANING)

- (CLANKING)
- (BOTH GRUNTING)

(STRAINING)

(GROANS)

- (CLANKS)
- (GROANS)

(COMMANDO SCREAMS)

(COMMANDOS SCREAMS)

- (GROANS) -
(BO-KATAN GRUNTS)

(WHOOSHING)

(BO-KATAN GRUNTS)

I've got this. Go save your kid.

(ARMOR WHIRRING)

MOFF GIDEON: Bo-Katan Kryze.

What's it gonna be this time?

Surrender or fight?

(WARBLING)

(CRACKLING)

(BO-KATAN GRUNTING)

(CRACKLING)

(YELPING)

(WHIMPERING)

- (CRACKLING)
- (ALL GRUNTING)

(WARBLING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(MOFF GIDEON GROANS)

(BO-KATAN SHOUTING)

(WHOOSHING)

(COMMANDO SHOUTING)

(ALL GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(WARBLING)

(GRUNTS)

You did good, kid.

(BABBLING)

(THUNDER BREAKING)

(WHOOSHING)

(ALARM BLARING)

Bo, Koska, come in!

I'm coming in hot. Clear everyone out.

I'm going to take out the base.

- (BOTH GRUNTING)
- (CRACKLING, WARBLING)

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

(THUNDER BREAKING)

Hand over the Darksaber and I
will give you a warrior's death.

(BO-KATAN SCREAMING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

- (MOFF GIDEON GRUNTING)
- (GROANS)

(CRACKLING)

(GROANS)

(BO-KATAN GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

The Darksaber is gone.

(GROANS, GASPS)

- You've lost everything.
- (GROANING)

(ARMOR WHIRRING)

Mandalorians are weak once
they lose their trinkets.

Mandalorians are stronger together.

(GROANS)

(WHOOSHING)

(GRUNTS)

(RUMBLING)

(THE MANDALORIAN GROANING)

(CRASHING)

(MOFF GIDEON GRUNTS)

(BO-KATAN SHOUTING)

(GROANS)

(MOFF GIDEON GASPS)

(GROANS)

(GROANING)

(MOFF GIDEON SCREAMING)

(RUMBLING)

(WHOOSHING)

(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING)

(DRUMS BANGING)

(DRUMS BANGING)

(DRUMS BANGING)

(CLANKS)

(DRUMS BANGING)

(DRUMMING STOPS)

ARMORER: I swear on my name and
the names of the ancestors...

RAGNAR: "I swear on my name and
the names of the ancestors..."

ARMORER: That I shall walk
the Way of the Mand'alor...

RAGNAR: "That I shall walk
the Way of the Mand'alor..."

ARMORER: And the words of the Creed
shall be forever forged in my heart.

RAGNAR: "And the words of the Creed
shall be forever forged in my heart."

ARMORER: This is the Way.

RAGNAR: "This is the Way."

MANDALORIANS: "This is the Way."

THE MANDALORIAN: Grogu is my apprentice.

He is no longer a foundling.

Add him to the Song.

ARMORER: He is too young to speak
so he is too young to take the Creed.

(BABBLING)

He must remain a foundling.

(BABBLING)

THE MANDALORIAN: If his
parent gave permission,

couldn't he then become
a Mandalorian apprentice?

ARMORER: Yes, but his parents are
far from here, if they are even alive.

(BABBLES)

Then I will adopt him as my own.

(BABBLING)

ARMORER: This is the Way.

THE MANDALORIAN: This is the Way.

ARMORER: Let it be written
in Song that Din Djarin

is accepting this foundling as his son.

(BABBLING)

ARMORER: You are now Din
Grogu, Mandalorian apprentice.

MANDALORIANS: "This is the Way."

ARMORER: You must leave Mandalore

and take your apprentice on his journeys,

just as your teacher did for you.

THE MANDALORIAN: This is the Way.

(BABBLING)

(BELLOWING)

(WHOOSHING)

(ARMOR CLANKING)

AXE WOVES: For Mandalore!

ALL: For Mandalore!

AXE WOVES: For Mandalore!

ALL: For Mandalore!

AXE WOVES: For Mandalore!

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(HISSES)

(LIVELY CHATTER)

Let me buy you a drink, Mando.

Thanks, but I'm here on business.

CARSON TEVA: We really
appreciate what you did.

You made our jobs a lot easier.

THE MANDALORIAN: We've both
been chasing Moff Gideon.

You would have gotten him
eventually I just got there first.

- (CARSON TEVA LAUGHS)
- (CRUNCHING)

CARSON TEVA: Your kid
sure likes the trophies.

(BABBLES)

THE MANDALORIAN: It's not him, kid.

One of them reminds
him of someone he knew.

CARSON TEVA: Mmm.

I have a business proposition.

CARSON TEVA: sh**t.

This youngling is my apprentice.

What does that have to do with me?

I'm a bounty hunter by trade.

Now that he is with me, I'll be
more selective in my assignments.

Go on.

You don't have the resources
to protect the Outer Rim,

let alone hunt down Imperial remnants.

And I need work.

Let me get this straight.

You want to work for the New Republic.

(CHEWING)

THE MANDALORIAN: On a case-by-case basis.

An independent contractor.

CARSON TEVA: Hmm.

You know this is against regulation.

It'll never get approved.

THE MANDALORIAN: Which is
why you won't tell them.

Let me think about it.

- You already did.
- (CHUCKLES)

It's a good deal and you know it.

CARSON TEVA: Is that so?

All I require is a small advance.

What I want in return is that.

CARSON TEVA: A scrap assassin droid head?

I need it for parts.

GREEF KARGA: The people of Nevarro
appreciate all you've done, Mando.

I want to give you this deed
to a cabin just outside of town

where you can lay low with your
new family if you choose so.

Between adventures.

THE MANDALORIAN: Thank you.

(GREEF KARGA CHUCKLES)

And that goes for you too, Din Grogu.

(BABBLING)

And I have a gift for you as well.

- (CLANKS)
- (ANZELLANS EXCLAIMING)

IG- : Greetings, citizens.

I am IG- , your new Marshal.

- Your new Marshal of Nevarro.
- (CROWD APPLAUDING)

I am here to serve and
protect the citizenry.

GREEF KARGA: (LAUGHS) There we go.

- Yes.
- IG- : I am at your disposal

and serve at your pleasure.

(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CROAKING)

(SPLASHES)
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