One of the big thoughts that came over me after this episode was that it was almost like they planned a contingency in case the show was going to end after season 2. If Bo-Katan had just taken the darksaber from Din (which would have been consistent with events from The Clone Wars), the show could have basically ended right there. It was almost like they saw how massively popular it is, so they decided to continue it by having the Mandalore plot take over as the main plot instead of focusing on Grogu.
I struggle to see where Grogu's plot goes from here. I doubt we see him training with Luke, but maybe I'll be surprised there. He's too much of a marketing and merchandise home run to let go of entirely. Maybe Ahsoka and the characters from Rangers of the New Republic (Cara?) come back together to save Grogu from a bigger threat (Thrawn?) in season 4.
I suspect the main plot with Din revolves around reestablishing Mandalore and who will lead the Mandalorians in season 3.
I don't know that I've ever been more excited in Star Wars than when I realized it was Luke. I was 80% sure after the X-wing and 100% sure after the gloved hand holding the green lightsaber. I wanted to stand up and cheer, but I was watching early in the morning before the rest of the family was up, so I contained myself.
I wonder if Disney now realizes just how badly they F’d up by not involving Dave Filoni in any of the sequel movies?
Filoni is obviously a Star Wars god, but I still think the issue with the sequel trilogy was lack of unified vision and lack of a plan. I honestly think if JJ Abrams had written and directed the whole thing, it would have been way better. But we don't need to delve into that any more than we already have. Filoni should be the creative head of all things Star Wars going forward, period, end of story. Get Favreau to stick around long term too. Those guys obviously get what people love about Star Wars.