Spoiler warning! If you’ve not seen Chapters 15 and 16 of The Mandalorian yet, stop reading now, and go watch them.

I’ve combined the last two chapters in a single write-up, as there wasn’t much to talk about. Well, there’s a lot of stuff to talk about, obviously, but I want to stay focused on the aliens here.

In Chapter 15, “The Believer”, we visit the Karthon Chop Fields that we already saw mentioned in the prisoner database in Chapter 14. The crew is here to spring Mayfeld, in the hope he can lead them to Gideon. In the background, several aliens can be seen that we’ve already seen in different Star Wars sources before. There’s a Hassk (The Force Awakens), an Aqualish (Chapter 12), and what appears to be a Trandoshan from the very first episode of season 1, although he’s rather blury, so I may be mistaken. There’s also an unnamed alien we saw before in Solo: A Star Wars Story, aboard the First Light (Solo sp. #2).

Later, on the planet Morak we see two groups of species. One of them is a village of humans, the other is a group of pirates, who have been identified as the “Shydopp pirates” in a feature on the Disney Media Center. It’s not entirely clear if this is a species name or just the name of their group. Interesting to note is that these pirates are not really stealing anything, but rather just blowing up Imperial tranports of rhydonium. Seems odd for pirates, no? Maybe they are native to Morak, and want the Imperials to leave.

In Chapter 16, “The Rescue”, the crew visits an unnamed planet to enlist the help of Bo-Katan and Koska Reeves. They are eating in a shady bar. I love shady bars in Star Wars, they usually have aliens in them! This one has at least four Aqualish, two Caskadags (The Force Awakens), and a Rodian (same mask as in Solo). Sorry for the blurry shot, but the camera pans rather quickly.

On the menu behind the Mandalorians are a few familiar dishes, including several fruits/vegetables we know from the Star Wars univers (topato, meiloorun), and several creatures that are commonly found on menu’s, such as the one in Galaxy’s Edge (Gornt, Kaadu, Nuna, Shaak, Tip-Yip and Yob[a]shrimp).

We also get a few new expressions that sound nice and outlandish. The Star Wars version of the pot calling the kettle black apparently is “the Quanta calling the Stifling slimy”. Not sure if these are meant to be names of species, but since both names are capitalized in the subtitles, I’m inclined to think these are likely species or creatures.

The next “alien scene” is all the way at the end, after the credits. We go back to Tatooine, where Boba and Fennec make a visit to Jabba’s old palace. Seems like Bib Fortuna survived the battle at the Pit of Carkoon, and also didn’t fall victim to the B’Omarr Monks (Tales from Jabba’s Palace). He’s gained a bit of weight, and his lekku have become much larger, a nice nod to the corpulent Orn Free Taa from the prequel movies. He sits on a throne adorned with Rancor head statues, on top of Jabba’s old throne (which still has the Abyssin heads on it). Another nice detail is they gave him the staff of the old Bib Fortuna vintage action figure. The crowd in the palace isn’t as big as it used to be, but includes several familiar species, such as Gamorreans, Twi’leks, Weequay, Nikto, Quarren and newly introduced in this series, the Gran and the Theelin.

I’m intrigued to see where this new “The Book of Boba Fett” show is going to take us, hope we get to see some more scum and villainy, many seedy bars, and more denizens of Jabba’s Palace. In about half a year from now The Mandalorian: The Ultimate Visual Guide will be out, so hopefully we get the names of the unnamed species and creatures from the show (and the recurring ones from the movies that remain unnamed). I will post a Compendium to season 1 and 2 when I get the book. Take care and stay tuned!