Bo Katan Not Taking the Dark Saber Makes No Sense in The Mandalorian (Season 2)

In the mandalorian season 2 finale we got a ton of things that I explained in detail in my breakdown. One of the things I’d like to discuss, for today’s episode, is in regards to Bo Katan not being able to take the dark saber from Din after he yielded. In Star Wars Rebels, Sabine got the dark saber by basically stealing it from Maul’s den on Dathomir, and then she gave it to Bo. Bo was reluctant and said the same thing to Sabine that Moff Gideon told Din, that you it’s illegitimate if you just yield the dark saber to someone else, in the sense that you can’t give the dark saber to someone and automatically claim them as rightful ruler of Mandalore. The saber poses no power, but the story does. You have to rightfully fair and square beat the last person who owned it, who fairly beat it from someone else, like Din did to Gideon, like Maul did to Vizsla. Bo eventually accepted the dark saber from Sabine and she took it, becoming the leader of Mandalore, uniting her people. She did it without beating Darth Maul, or even facing him, and without fighting Sabine. So when she can’t take the dark saber in the exact same circumstance from Din Djarrin, is really confusing to me. I guess she couldn’t take it because there was a witness who wasn’t in favour of her taking it, and perhaps he’d blab about her not being the rightful heir to Mandalore if he ever got out of the jail he’s headed to. To me, I am excited to get more clarification on how they’ll explain this in more detail, because right now, it just seems like she could do it in Rebels, but can’t do it now when Din offered it to her. What I think will happen, well in season 3 I think she’ll either serve next to Din on Mandalore, or they’ll have to actually fight, and if she wins, then she gets the saber and rules Mandalore. Otherwise, Din is the rightful heir, his responsibilities now have his hands full with uniting a world that was taken and controlled by the Empire for so many years, now stripped bare. I think he’ll see Grogu again, but for now, we’ll follow the story of Din and Bo taking back Mandalore, while showing Grogu and Luke training as he builds his temple. Let me know what you think about the whole dark saber controversy going around right now, I’d love to know your thoughts because I can’t think of a good reason why there’s an inconsistency here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices