‘The Mandalorian’ Season Three Sees Shockingly Poor Viewing Figures and Grogu Might Have Just Said His First Words

Star Wars fans were thrown a curveball with this week’s episode of The Mandalorian. After an excellent battle in which Bo-Katan and Din Djarin took down a squadron of TIE Interceptors, we abruptly switched gears to focus on Omid Abtahi’s Dr Pershing, who was trying to get hold of Grogu’s blood in season one and was last seen in the season two finale.

We followed him as he entered the New Republic’s Imperial rehabilitation scheme, though its outwardly friendly and therapeutic exterior proved to be a mask for some deeply disturbing mind control technology. Along the way, we got a welcome taste of what life was actually like under the New Republic.

With The Mandalorian mostly taking place on remote worlds it was nice to finally take a trip back to Coruscant, though what we saw has some fans wondering if the New Republic is really all that better than the Empire. Here’s hoping we continue the explore this theme and return to Pershing, as we want to see what that brainwashing machine did to him.

But, in an unexpected twist, we’re now wondering whether The Mandalorian might not be the Disney Plus smash hit it once was.

The Mandalorian sees shock decline in viewing figures for season three

After the dreadful The Rise of Skywalker, the Disney Plus Star Wars shows have reinvigorated the franchise. The Mandalorian has led that charge, with Din Djarin and Grogu’s adventures popular all around the world. But, according to new data from analytics company Samba TV (via The Wrap), season three hasn’t exactly…