Sure, quite a few not-on-your-bingo-card things happened in this week's episode of The Book of Boba Fett. First of all, it was actually just a new episode of The Mandalorian. Boba Fett did not appear whatsoever. Mando commissioned a gift for Grogu, which he solemnly stared at during his trip to Tatooine. And Amy Sedaris's Peli Motto dated a Jawa. Don't act like that didn't happen.

But in your heart of hearts, did you ever think that we'd see the man gleefully glide around the old podracing course that Anakin whipped through back in 1999?

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All nostalgia aside, we aren't here to talk about what this episode means for The Mandalorian's next season, or the future of Baby Yoda plushie sales. We're here to take you through the history of Mando's new whip, formally known as a Naboo N-1 starfighter. In English, of course, since Sedaris hilariously spews Star Wars jargon for a good 15 minutes of this episode of The Book of the Mandalorian. (We're running with that from now on.)

Here's everything you need to know about the successor to the Razor Crest—and how it might help Mando going forward.

If you missed the slight exposition dump in this episode about the vehicle, it was originally commissioned for the Queen of Naboo's Royal Security Force. The Queen of Naboo, of course, was a title once held by Padmé Amidala, played by Natalie Portman in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The N-1 starfighter's biggest moment in Star Wars lore came during The Phantom Menace's battle of Naboo, when young Anakin Skywalker hopped in a starfighter and gunned down a Trade Federation ship. The N-1 starfighter, as Peli Motto tells us, is so ancient that it'll be undetectable to other flying vehicles, plus it has its own hyperdrive engine. In other words, Mando's new ride is really, really fast. When The Mandalorian Season Three fires back up, bet that Mando will fly that thing straight to Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy.



If you ask us, we're happy that Mando downsized. If you think back to past seasons of The Mandalorian, it always felt like the ship was either exploding and/or sinking in rather large bodies of water. Plus, the droid compartment in the N-1 starfighter looks like a perfect seat for our favorite foundling.