Dangerous Mandalorian designing
Bringing the animated version of Mandalore to live-action was a challenge. Knowing what the story says happened to the planet, the production design team looked at nuclear test sites as inspiration. There, they realized the surface got so hot, sand crystalized into glass, which became a core design idea. The team even bought actual radioactive trinitite, a name for that substance, to reference, which could only be handled with gloves.
