What Fans Of The Mandalorian Miss The Most On The Show
As the Skywalker saga wound down with 2019's "Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker," Disney and Lucasfilm took the franchise in a new direction. "Star Wars" gave the world of streaming a try via Disney+ — an initiative kicked off by the premiere of "The Mandalorian": a series set after the collapse of the Galactic Empire that follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his surrogate son, Grogu, on various adventures across the cosmos. The first season had action, drama, and Easter eggs aplenty, and fans couldn't get enough.
Unsurprisingly, the resounding success of "The Mandalorian" Season 1 opened the door for a second batch of episodes. Beginning in October of 2020, Season 2 really kicked the show into high gear in more ways than one. Not only did it bring "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and "Star Wars Rebels" favorites Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) into live-action for the first time and host the returns of Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Luke Skywalker (Max Lloyd-Jones and Mark Hamill), but it also saw a lot of life changes for both Din and Grogu alike.
While most audiences were happy with the direction of "The Mandalorian" Season 2, some of what it had to offer left some fans upset. Here's what many still miss the most from the show that was taken from them in the second season.
Fans miss the Razor Crest
Every great bounty hunter needs a ship, and Din Djarin is no exception. Introduced in Season 1, his ride of choice was an ST-70 class Razor Crest M-111 Assault Ship, but that's a mouthful, so it's typically shortened to just the Razor Crest. For the entirety of that season and most of the second, it served as Din and Grogu's main mode of transport and often a punching bag for Imperial TIE fighters, giant Knobby white spiders, and more. Nevertheless, it endured it all until Season 2's "The Tragedy," where Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) blew it to smithereens as it sat parked on Tython.
With its unique design and cool name, it should come as no surprise that the Razor Crest has earned a place in the "Star Wars" fandom as one of the most beloved ships out there. Thus, many fans, especially el-man-sin-name, dicerollingprogram, and others on Reddit, are still heartbroken over its destruction. As it turns out, Pedro Pascal is of a similar frame of mind, as he revealed to Empire in 2022. When asked if he preferred the Razor Crest to Din's new modified N-1 Naboo Starfighter from "The Book of Boba Fett," Pascal admits that he misses the old ship but is quite happy with the replacement.
The Razor Crest was undoubtedly a cool ship, but Gideon didn't leave much behind to potentially repair. Therefore, Din Djarin had no choice but to find a new vehicle, and while it's not the Razor Crest, his N-1 Starfighter is pretty awesome, too.