Please note, The Mandalorian is rated TV-14. Many of the characters in The Mandalorian are helpful to us in understanding our role as Christians. Kuiil might be the one we learn from the most. As we hear later in the first season, Kuiil was once forced to work for the Empire. He worked hard to gain his freedom. This is similar to our former slavery under sin. While Jesus is the one who does the work to free us from sin and darkness, we do strive, as Paul says in Philippians, "to make it [our] own." When Kuiil is first introduced, the Mandalorian arrives on his planet for a bounty. Kuiil, after just a few words tells the Mandalorian that he will help him. He claims to do so in order for peace and quiet to return to his planet. However, his willingness to take a great deal of time to ready the Mandalorian speaks to Jesus' words at the end of Matthew 25, that "as you did it to the least of these, you did it to me." Later, Kuiil takes the time to reprogram IG-11, an assassin droid, to become a nurse droid. In a way, he helps IG-11 go through the same transformation he did when he gained his freedom from the Empire. This is also the same kind of transformation we are called to help others go through as Christians. It is the same transformation that the early Apostles helped the early Christians experience too. Finally, Kuiil gives his life to protect the Child, who in Season 1 we see as comparable to the Christ Child. We also are called to give our lives, even to death if we have to, in service of our Lord. The great power of Kuiil is that IG-11 follows in his example in the droid's sacrifice for the Child. Our hope is that we too can follow in the way of Good, the way of our Lord Jesus Christ, while leading others to do the same. A Merry Season of the Nativity! You can read more about The Mandalorian on this website, including a post from Christmas on the year it first came out.
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