The killer robotic film is a well-worn idea, however it was perfected in “The Terminator” with Arnold Schwarzenegger because the unstoppable pressure, the T-800. Everybody remembers the tense finale of “The Terminator” the place the T-800 follows Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese into an deserted manufacturing facility. The endoskeleton hunts down Sarah via all of the whizzing equipment even after it has been ripped in half by a grinder. The T-800 retains crawling in direction of Sarah, decided to complete its mission to eradicate the mom of John Connor, the longer term chief of the human resistance.

The top and torso of IG-11 in “The Apostate” seems to be remarkably just like the final remnants of the T-800 earlier than it is crushed within the hydraulic press. Din dismantles the statue on Nevarro honoring IG-II’s sacrifice to make use of what’s left of the murderer droid after he self-destructed so as to save Din and Grogu within the finale of season 1. Din reactivates IG-II, solely to search out that his character matrix has been compromised. The droid reverts proper again to its first order given by the Bounty Hunter’s Guild to kill the Youngster, aka Grogu, again within the first episode of season 1. The red-eyed glare indicating that IG-11 is in kill mode is just about a direct homage to the T-800 Cyberdyne Programs mannequin.

IG-11 crawls after Grogu in a lot the identical means because the T-800 does when it is relentlessly searching Sarah Connor. The impact additionally seems to be prefer it’s completed with stop-motion which honors the work accomplished by Stan Winston’s staff in “The Terminator.” “The Mandalorian” in all probability used a VFX method that simulated stop-motion, however the impact pays homage to the work of Ray Harryhausen and legendary puppeteer and Phil Tippett.