Star Wars fans tuning in to the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian at midnight on Friday expected to see what becomes of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu after their separation on Tython — but viewers quickly began reporting error messages that prevented the anticipated episode from playing. During the outage, which lasted for about five minutes, frustrated viewers received the following notice when “Chapter 16” went live at midnight: “We’re currently experiencing slow internet connection speeds. Please check to see that you are still connected to the internet, and try again (Error Code 76).”
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In “Chapter 14: The Tragedy,” Din is helpless to stop a squadron of Moff Gideon’s (Giancarlo Esposito) droid Dark Troopers from abducting Grogu on Tython. The planet is home to the ruins of an ancient Jedi temple where Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) said Grogu could reach out through the Force and alert one of the last-surviving Jedi of his presence.
It’s there that Din allies himself with Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and his indebted companion Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), who agree to help rescue the Child after Din returns Fett’s armor previously salvaged by Cobb Vanth (Timothy Olyphant).
“Chapter 15: The Believer” sees Din and Cara Dune (Gina Carano) recruit ex-Imperial sharpshooter Mayfeld (Bill Burr) to steal coordinates directing them towards Gideon’s light cruiser, which is under guard by a platoon of Gideon’s near-invincible droid troopers. In “Chapter 16: The Rescue,” Din’s crew adds fellow Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado) to take on the Darksaber-wielding Gideon and rescue Grogu with the help of one of the galaxy’s greatest heroes.
Error Code 76
did we crash @disneyplus? #TheMandalorian pic.twitter.com/2lvZk7PfFc
— alex medina (@mrmedina) December 18, 2020
Error Code 41
— Alex Hitchens (@akhitchens) December 18, 2020
Fan Fury
Disney + is giving me an error code on the newest episode of The Mandalorian and lemme tell you I’m FURIOUS. I’ve been watching this shit at midnight for the past SEVEN weeks and if this is the week I dont do that I will throw hands with Mickey Mouse himself
— Mike Quotes (@Real_Mike_Meade) December 18, 2020
Errors
WTF I keep getting an error for the new episode of #TheMandalorian @disneyplus
— Tabor Brown (@taborbrown) December 18, 2020
Slammed
Looks like @disneyplus is slammed. Getting error messages when trying to start #TheMandalorian
— Lords of the Long Box (@timvo) December 18, 2020
Refresh
Anyone else get error messages trying to watch #TheMandalorian ? Logged out and signed back in, works now. Never had that happen but of course it had to happen right now for this finale. 🙄 #DisneyPlus
— NikkiLA22🍕 (@NikkiLA22) December 18, 2020
Execute Error Code 76
ERROR CODE 76… more like ORDER 66 #TheMandalorian
— Mike Smigielski (@mike_smigielski) December 18, 2020