The Mandalorian Sand Dragon Egg
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The mandalorian sand dragon egg. The krayt dragon in the mandalorian actually connects all the way back to the very first star wars movie. They came in two species and despite their fierceness were hunted for the precious pearls found in their bodies. Cobb vanth and the people of tatooine in their plan to defeat the krayt dragon.
Jon favreau and dave filoni are both lifelong star wars fans with the latter. The dragons inclusion in the mandalorian is a nice throwback to the original trilogy. Lets take a look at how disney brought a funny obi wan easter egg full circle.
The mandalorian season 2 featured an appearance by a beast known as the krayt dragon including the legendary pearls found in the creatures body. Krayt dragons were large carnivorous reptiles that hailed from tatooine a desert planet in the galaxys outer rim territories. Entertainment weekly acknowledges that c 3po walked past the skeleton of one of them on a sand dune in 1977.
The mandalorian winds up working with vanth to kill the krayt dragon which has been attacking not just mos pelgo but also the tusken raiders who live in the surrounding desert area. Chapter 9 of the mandalorian features the tatooine creature the krayt dragon a sand worm which terrorizes the tuscan raiders and the people of mos peglo. The mandalorian revealed a krayt dragon in the season 2 premiere paying off an easter egg first seen in a new hope.
1 biology and appearance 2 behavior 3 history 4 behind the scenes 5 appearances 51 non canon appearances 6 sources 7 notes and references krayt dragons. The mandalorian is an american space opera web television series which premiered on disney on november 12 2019. The mandalorian is full of wonderful easter eggs for star wars fans of all levels.
Spoilers ahead for the mandalorian season 2 episode 1. The sand people appeared in a new hope.