The Mandalorian:  A Cautionary, Yet Hopeful Tale for the Children of Europe

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I acknowledge that most readers and listeners will discount this article as it relates to a modern Hollywood creation, especially one that is co-written, produced and directed by Jon Favreau, who is half-jewish, and is streamed by a morally bankrupt global media corporation.  However, there are some interesting ethnic and cultural themes as well as group survival strategies being explored in the Disney+ show, The Mandalorian, which may be worthy of our Volks’ attention or, at least, may be found interesting to some in our milieu.  

I am in no way advocating for anyone to patronize Disney or it’s subsidiaries (in truth, I encourage you to do the opposite because of their anti-White social and political agendas) even though I regrettably admit to casually consuming their content but in a very measured and critical fashion.

The popular show, regarded as a “space western” is set in the Star Wars universe about six years after the events of the Original Trilogy and began airing in November of 2019.  It is currently about halfway through its third season at the time of the writing of this article.  The following synopsis of the plot so far should be considered spoilers for those who wish to watch the show and have not already.

The episodic series follows the adventures of its titular character, the Mandalorian, (later revealed to be named, Din Djarin) as he navigates the galactic backwater as a bounty hunter and devoted observer of his faith, The Way of the Manda’lor.  

However, recent plot elements showcased in the later portions of the second season, his featured episodes in The Book of Boba Fett and the the current third season see him possibly undergoing the archetypal “Heroes Journey” to become the reluctant leader of his scattered people.  The show, as most people know it for, centers around his care for Grogu, a Force-sensitive child belonging to Jedi Master Yoda’s species.  Though this is the most marketed and seemingly significant pop culture aspect of the series, it is the least consequential one in regards to the subject of this article, which are the similarities between the Mandalorians and European descended people, our current predicament and the potential strategies for group survival in the face of system oppression.

The main character is played by Pedro Pascal, a Chilean who’s family has ties to radical leftist militants in his home country and liberal socialist activists in the United States.  However, the character he portrays is extremely conservative and White-presenting, which bucks the norm of the current Hollywood trend.  I would argue that this implicitly contributes to the massive popularity of the show, though the Disney and Lucasfilm executives might disagree on that point.

The origin story for Din Djarin begins with his rescue by a Mandalorian warrior following the death of his parents when their planet is attacked by Separatist droids during the Clone Wars.  The Mandalorian who adopts him as a war orphan (a common practice in their culture) belongs to an “extremist,” ultra-nationalist paramilitary group and political faction called, the Death Watch.  Their goal is to rid their home world of Mandalore of the pacifist and progressive elements who denigrate their ancient traditions and warrior identity.

This Mandalorian faction is exiled to Mandalore’s rural-esque moon, Concordia, where they walk “The Way of the Mandalore” as demanded by the creed which most voluntarily swear to at the age of reason whilst the lukewarm, degenerate and spiritually adrift normies on the urbanized planet below fear and despise them.  The creed that the faithful cling to is, as follows:  

“I swear on my name and the names of the ancestors… That I shall walk the Way of the Mand’alor… And the words of the Creed shall be forever forged in my heart. This is the Way.”

It demands reverence towards one’s ancestors and the strict adherence to their traditions, most notably the prohibition of removing one’s helmet in the presence of another living being, or else suffer excommunication.  As seen in the third season, the ceremony where a child nearing adulthood takes the creed and is baptized with water after being presented with a helmet made of impervious steel crafted from “Beskar” iron which can only be obtained from the mines of Mandalore.  This is an obvious allegory for orthodox Christianity and perpetuates the notion that there is an inextricable link between blood and soil.

Their culture also contains peculiar myths and prophecies that may strike a chord with those of dissident attitudes. One prophecy mentioned early in the series that frames the Mandalorian people’s struggle within the setting of the story is their genocide as a consequence for the majority of their nation failing to observe the creed.  This is referred to by the faithful as “The Great Purge” and occurs sometime during the reign of the Galactic Empire where Mandalore is firebombed similarly to Dresden in “The Night of a Thousand Tears” for resisting imperial rule.  Only those that followed tradition on the pastoral moon of Concordia escaped annihilation.  An acute parallel can be drawn for those of us who place our faith and race above all else and who live in flyover country.  If and when a collapse of our decrepit system occurs it is safe to assert that the liberal, coastal cities that dictate the attitudes of our wayward nation will be the first to succumb to chastisement for our collective disregard of natural law.

Another myth that dovetails with the aforementioned one is that the “The Great Purge” is triggered when the Darksaber, a unique, black lightsaber crafted by one of the earliest leaders of Mandalore and gives the bearer rights to lead their people, falls into underserving hands.  This occurs when a female Mandalorian, by the name of Bo-Katan Kryze, who’s ruling elite family became lukewarm with regards to following The Way, was gifted the Darksaber instead of winning it in mutual combat as tradition demands.  This certainly is reminiscent of our own, current volatile times where women inculcated with woke ideology have been handed the reigns of government and business without any qualifications other than their ideological adherance to a degenerate system.  They make decisions with an inclination toward compliance-based management not true, objective leadership that only a meritocratic society ran by virtuous men can provide.  

One admonition, however, is that Din Djarin’s tribe, “The Children of the Watch,” is seemingly headed by a female Mandalorian known as, “the Armorer.”  Closer analysis may indicate that she is more of a mother figure that safeguards their traditions and provides for the well-being and identity of her folk through her honored vocation as an armor smith while the male Mandalorians leave their “covert” in order to hunt bounties for their tribe’s livelihood.  In reality, this is precisely the role of women in a healthy society: educators and nurturers of children and the patrons of proper moral and social behavior.

As of the latest episode (Season 3, Episode 3, “The Convert”) Din Djarin is in rightful possession of the Darksaber and while on a quest to see if Mandalore is truly inhabitable and to bathe in the “Living Waters” below the mines of Mandalore in an effort to atone for his sin of removing his helmet, another Mandalorian prophecy is revealed to be potentially true:  The rising of a Mythosaur to herald a new age of Mandalore.  Within the depths of the “Living Waters” lurks a towering beast rumored to have either been driven to extinction or to only have existed in the collective imagination of the Mandalorian people.

While Din Djarin did not see the Mythosaur for himself, the disgraced Bo-Katan Kryze did as she saved her male companion upon falling into the depths during the performance of his pious ritual.  While it is yet left unclear why she failed to mention seeing the monster to Din Djarin, the humbleness she experienced from the revelation that her ancestral faith that she had denied for so long is actually true, seemingly caused the conversion of her heart.  However, only time will tell if that conversion will stick and if an equally repentant Mandalorian nation will rise from the ashes of its former, degenerate self.

While serious parallels can be drawn between Mandalorian culture and orthodox Judaism and Zionism, which most likely influences Jon Favreau’s writing direction, the Jewish ethno-religious identity doesn’t champion honor and martial prowess anywhere commensurate to the European tradition.  From a superficial standpoint, Mandalorians wear armor and carry weapons much like medieval European knights and, in the now deposed Legends canon following the franchise’s acquisition by Disney, Mandalorians went on their own religious Crusades across the galaxy.  They were even deemed “evil” by the Galactic Republic for their colonization and brutality of lesser beings’ worlds.  

On another note, Mandalorians have also been likened to Scottish Highlanders because of their society’s clan structure, the obvious connection between the moniker “Death Watch” and the “Black Watch” as well as the similarities in consequences between “The Great Purge” and the Highland Clearances following the disastrous Battle of Culloden in 1746.  Also of interesting note, some of the filming locations for recent episodes utilized the Hebridean coastline for the setting of Bo-Katan’s family castle on the planet Kalevala in the Mandalorian sector, which also has stained glass windows reminiscent of those found in medieval European castles and churches.

Precise parallels can’t and probably weren’t intended to be drawn between Mandalorians and any one real world people, most likely for the sake of appealing to a diverse audience.  This is explicitly illustrated at the end of the first season when it is clearly stated that “Mandalorian isn’t a race, it’s a creed,” leading to the idea that Mandalorian society is based in civic nationalism.  

However, there is no denying that the European influence is stronger due to the rich history, numerous military achievements and its edifying aesthetics across all expressions which the entire world continues to be measured against, despite what progressives believe.  That said, the most damning similarity between Mandalorians and the children of Europe are their susceptibility to crippling infighting which external powers capitalize on to weaken and dispossess them.  There have been many bloody optics debates throughout the history of Mandalore that their enemies have benefited from.  These enemies tend to be the Jedi and Sith which are a more suitable metaphor for left wing and right wing Jews that have our world trapped in their dichotomy.  

Regardless there are some interesting takeaways for European descended people to reflect upon which I will summarize:

1. Our people will only survive if we observe traditional expressions of faith in a daily manner with fire in our hearts.  It is necessary for our posterity to be inspired to preserve orthodoxy and not stray into heresy and apostasy.
2. We must honor our ancestors and never betray their memory by allowing our enemies to sow shame into our hearts and minds for the things our forebears have done in their struggle to ensure that we would be here to carry the torch.  We are nothing but links in a never ending chain that extends into the past and the future.  We cannot be the link that breaks.
3. We must cherish and pass down the myths and folklore that our European ancestors have given us.  There is always some element of truth and wisdom to be found in the old stories.
4. Seek refuge in the rural interiors of our nations so that we may outlast our enemies and the unrepentant who will surely bring ruin upon themselves in their decaying urban centers.  
5. Tribal and clan-based kith and kin groups established upon local and regional subcultural identities and compatible faith traditions may be the ideal level of political organization to ensure survivability of our people in the waning days of the American empire, especially in rural areas.
6. Our people should possess small arms and armor comparable to the agents of the state and criminal elements.  Most importantly, they should possess the will, physical ability and the proficiency to use them in the defense of their family, in-group and property.
7. Our own creed with dire consequences and externally imposed shame from within one’s in-group for straying from the guiding tenets may be a useful tool for the course-correction of White people and possibly the prevention of our current circumstances from arising again in the future.  However, there should always be a penitential means of obtaining redemption in order to return to the fold.

In conclusion – The Mandalorian, while a problematic and genuinely inconsequential piece of escapist spaceshit – does provide insightful commentary on “The Way” for the children of Europe to triumph over a genocidal, foreign elite and rise again to prominence in our homelands.