Greef Karga quotes from The Mandalorian

Greef Karga

[to the Child] Come here, little one! Has Mando been taking good care of you, huh? Have you been takin' good care o' him? Yeah? Yeah! He said "yeah!" Oh, yeah.

I'll give you 20 credits for the helmet.

Greef Karga

Ha! Not a chance! That's going on my wall.

The Mandalorian

On your wall?

Karga

Go with it.

The Mandalorian

He knew my name... I haven't heard that name spoken since I was a child.

Greef Karga

On Mandalore?

Mando

I was not born on Mandalore.

Karga

But you're a Mandalorian.

Cara Dune

Mandalorian isn't a race.

Mando

It's a Creed.

Cara Dune

We should go.

Mando

You go. Take the ship. I can't leave it this way. [to Greef] Did you know about this? Is this the work of your bounty hunters?

Greef Karga

No. When you left the system and took the prize, the fighting ended and the hunters just melted away. You know how it is. They're mercenaries. They're not zealots.

Mando

[confronts Greef] Did you do this? DID YOU?!

Karga

No!

Armorer

It was not his fault. We revealed ourselves. We knew what could happen if we left the covert. [puts a piece of armour from the pile onto a floating cart] The Imperials arrived shortly thereafter. This is what resulted.

Mando

Did any survive?

Armorer

I hope so. Some may have escaped off-world.

Mando

Come with us.

Armorer

No. I will not abandon this place until I have salvaged what remains. [goes to the forge, and the others see her melt down armour pieces] Show me the one whose safety deemed such destruction.

Mando

[IG-11 reveals the Child] This is the one.

Armorer

This is the one you hunted, then saved?

Mando

Yes. The one that saved me as well.

Armorer

From the mudhorn?

Mando

Yes.

Armorer

It looks helpless.

Mando

It's injured, but it is not helpless. Its species can move objects with its mind.

Armorer

[keeps working] I know of such things. The songs of eons past tell of battles between Mandalore the Great and an order of sorcerers called "Jedi" that fought with such powers.

Mando

It is an enemy?

Armorer

No. It's kind were enemies, but this individual is not.

Mando

What is it?

Armorer

It is a foundling. By Creed, it is in your care.

Mando

You wish me to train this thing?

Armorer

It is too weak. It would die. You have no choice. You must reunite it with its own kind.

Mando

Where?

Armorer

This, you must determine.

Mando

You expect me to search the galaxy for the home of this creature and deliver it to a race of enemy sorcerers?

Armorer

This is the Way.

Mando

I'm staying. I need to help her, and I need to heal.

Armorer

You must go. A Foundling is in your care. By Creed, until it is of age or reunited with its own kind, you are as its father. This is the Way. You have earned your Signet. [welds a mudhorn-shaped Signet to Mando's right shoulder pauldron] You are a clan of two.

Mando

Thank you. I will wear this with honour.

Greef Karga

[as explosions occur nearby and Stormtroopers are coming in] We should go.

Armorer

IG, please guard the outer hallway. A scouting party draws near.

Cara Dune

[not comfortable with the Child in her arms] Hang on. I don't do the baby thing.

Armorer

I have one more gift for your journey. Have you trained in the Rising Phoenix?

Mando

When I was a boy, yes.

Armorer

Then this [turns around with a jetpack in her hands] will make you complete.

Mando

Thank you.

Armorer

When you have healed, you will begin your drills. Until you know it, it will not listen to your commands.

Mando

I understand.

They will not be satisfied with anything less than the Child. This is unacceptable. I will eliminate the enemy, and you will escape.

Mando

You don't have that kind of firepower, pal. You wouldn't even get to daylight.

That is not my objective.

Cara Dune

We're getting close. Saddle up.

I still have the security protocols from my manufacturer. If my designs are compromised, I must self-destruct.

Mando

What are you talking about?

I'm not permitted to be captured. I must be destroyed.

Greef Karga

Are we gonna keep talking or we gonna get outta here?

[puts down the jetpack] I can no longer carry this for you. Nor can I watch over the child. [passing the Child to the Mandalorian]

Mando

Wait. You can't self-destruct. Your base command is to watch the child. That supersedes your manufacturer's protocol, right? Right?

This is correct.

Mando

Good. Now grab a blaster and help us shoot our way out.

Victory through combat is impossible. We will be captured. The Child will be lost. Sadly, there is no scenario where the Child is saved in which I survive.

Mando

Listen, you're not going anywhere. We need you. Let's just come with a-

Please tell me the Child will be safe in your care. If you do so, I can default to my secondary command.

Mando

But you'll be destroyed.

And you will live, and I will have served my purpose.

Mando

[emotional] No. We need you.

There is nothing to be sad about. I have never been alive.

Mando

I'm not sad.

Yes you are. I'm a nurse droid. I've analyzed your voice. [caressing the Child in farewell]

Greef

IG! [sees droid step off the boat into the lava stream] What are you doing?!

Manufacturer's protocol dictates I cannot be captured. [opens breastplate to reveal an active grenade] I must be destroyed. [blows up, killing the Stormtroopers]

Cara Dune

Our blasters are useless against him.

Greef Karga

Hey, let's make the baby do the magic hand thing. Come on, baby! Do the magic hand thing! [the Child only waves at him] I'm out of ideas.

Greef Karga

Nevarro is a very fine planet. And now that the scum and villainy have been washed away, it's very respectale again.

The Mandalorian

As a bounty hunter hive?

Karga

Some of my favorite people are bounty hunters.

Greef Karga

Go off, enjoy yourself. And when you're ready to return, you will have the pick of all quarries.

The Mandalorian

I'm afraid I have more pressing matters at hand.

Cara Dune

Take care of the little one.

Karga

Or maybe it'll take care of you.

Greef Karga

What the...

Cara Dune

I thought you said this was a forward operating base.

Karga

I thought it was.

Cara Dune

No, this isn’t a military operation. This is a lab. We need to get into the system and figure out what’s going on.

What about the reactor…

Dune

Do it!

The Mandalorian

I don’t like this.

Pardon me. [runs console, and a hologram of Dr Pershing appears]

...replicated the results of the subsequent trials, which also resulted in catastrophic failure. There were promising effects for an entire fortnight, but then, sadly, the body rejected the blood. I highly doubt we’ll find a donor with a higher M-count, though. I recommend that we suspend all experimentation. I fear that the volunteer will meet the same regrettable fate if we proceed with the transfusion. Unfortunately, we have exhausted our initial supply of blood. The Child is small, and I was only able to harvest a limited amount without killing him. If these experiments are to continue as requested, we would again require access to the donor. I will not disappoint you again, Moff Gideon.

The Mandalorian

This must be an old transmission. Moff Gideon is dead.

No. This recording’s three days old.

Carson Teva

So, is there anything else you can remember before the base exploded?

Greef Karga

No.

Teva

How long after the Razor Crest jumped out--

Karga

[scoffs] I never said anything about a Razor Crest.

Teva

Your transponder log has a--

Karga

“Transponder log.” Come on, give me a break. The control droid can’t tell apart anything pre-Empire. This isn’t Coruscant.

Teva

Do you have anything else to add?

Karga

Not that I can think of, Officer. But if somethin’ does come to mind, I’ll be sure to send you a ‘gram. That is, if you’re ever out this far again.

Teva

You did a hell of a job cleanin’ up the system. According to records, you’re quite a soldier. We could really use you.

Dune

I’m not a “joiner,” Blue.

Teva

There’s something going on out here. They don’t believe it on the Core Worlds, but it’s true. These aren’t isolated incidents. They need to be stopped before it’s too late. But we can’t do it without local support. Says here you’re from Alderaan. I served during Alderaan. Did you lose anyone?

Dune

[sadly] I lost everyone.

Teva

I’m sorry for your loss.