He was born around the year 41 Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY). In the Star Wars timeline, the events of "The Mandalorian" take place about five years after "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," which is set in 4 After the Battle of Yavin (ABY). This would mean "The Mandalorian" is set in 9 ABY.

Where is Grogu on the timeline?

Grogu was born in the year 41 BBY and was raised at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant as a Jedi Initiate of the Jedi Order and was taken into hiding by Jedi Master Kelleran Beq after the Galactic Empire was formed.

Where does Baby Yoda fit in?

The Mandalorian takes place in 9 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin), and Baby Yoda was born in 41 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), so he is only an infant, since Yoda's species can live almost a millennia.

Does Grogu come before or after Yoda?

Despite his pop culture sobriquet, he is in fact not the baby version of Yoda. This is due to the fact that the alien toddler is introduced in a series that takes place after the events of Return of the Jedi, in which the 900-year-old Yoda passed away.

What age is Baby Yoda in human years?

He rides around in a floating stroller. He even sticks random objects in his mouth. But this wide-eyed child in Star Wars' The Mandalorian is a whopping 50 years old. This makes sense, given that one of the only other known members of his mysterious species — Yoda — lived to the ripe old age of 900.

Baby Yoda's Entire Timeline Explained

How old is Grogu when he dies?

Grogu is said to be 50 years old. The Mandalorian takes place a mere five years after Return of the Jedi when Yoda died. If we take the Client on his word and assume Grogu is precisely 50 years (as opposed to 50-ish), then he was born in 41 BBY, the same year as Anakin Skywalker.

How is Grogu related to Yoda?

Din Grogu (/ˈɡroʊɡu/), colloquially referred to as Baby Yoda, is a character from the Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. He is a toddler member of the same species as the Star Wars characters Yoda and Yaddle, with whom he shares a strong ability in the Force.

Is Yoda Grogus' dad?

Given that Grogu, Yoda, and Yaddle are the only known canon members of their species, it makes sense why some would try to draw a connection between the three of them. While Star Wars hasn't disproved the theory, it's highly unlikely that Yoda or Yaddle were Grogu's biological parents.

Is Grogu a clone of Yoda?

One popular fan theory says Grogu is a clone of Yoda. While there is circumstantial evidence to support that possibility, Grogu's age would seem to contradict that idea. The Jedi Council didn't even know about Kamino's clone army until Attack of the Clones set in 22 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope).

What happens to Grogu after Luke died?

It was believed that Grogu would eventually become a victim of Kylo Ren's destruction of Luke's Jedi Order. However, The Book of Boba Fett revealed that Grogu chose to follow the Way of the Mandalorian rather than become a Jedi, sparing him from Kylo Ren's wrath.

Is Baby Yoda a Sith or Jedi?

Over the last few years, Grogu has taken the world by storm after appearing in "The Mandalorian." The young Jedi was affectionately named Baby Yoda by viewers until his real name was revealed in season two.

Why isn't Grogu with Luke Skywalker?

In The Mandalorian season 2, Ahsoka Tano explained that Grogu needed to choose his own path, and it may be with the Mandalorians rather than the Jedi (showing Tano may be a little wiser than Luke, to boot). Thus, Grogu choosing his family over the asceticism of the Jedi Order made for incredibly engaging storytelling.

What time period is Baby Yoda?

He was born around the year 41 Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY). In the Star Wars timeline, the events of "The Mandalorian" take place about five years after "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," which is set in 4 After the Battle of Yavin (ABY). This would mean "The Mandalorian" is set in 9 ABY.

Is Baby Yoda actually Yoda?

Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian season 2. Long story short, Baby Yoda and Master Yoda are not the same character, though they do belong to the same Force-sensitive species.

Why is Grogu so important?

Coupled with the fact that the only other members of his species to have been seen in Star Wars canon were also especially powerful Jedi, this may begin to explain Grogu's true significance. Grogu may be the child of Yoda and Yaddle, potentially conceived purely to help preserve their incredibly rare species.

How old is Grogu in human years?

Yes, in the Mandalorian, Grogu's age is revealed to be 50 in human years, Djin Djardin's age is never revealed but from the final scenes of the final episode of Season 2 of Mando, where Mando removes his helmet, an estimate of his age would be around 35-40 years. By the time of The Mandalorian, Grogu is 50.

Is Grogu older than Yoda?

Grogu appears to be the youngest known member of Yoda's species. He is only 50 years old, and he is still developmentally an infant. For the whole first season of The Mandalorian™, they referred to him only as the Child. It seems that the species is, for whatever reason, quite slow to age.

Is Grogu actually The Mandalorian?

Now that Din Djarin has officially adopted Din Grogu as his son, he has graduated from being a Mandalorian foundling to becoming Din's Mandalorian apprentice. He is still too young to speak the Creed, so he isn't a true Mandalorian yet.

Who is Grogu's biological mother?

Given the rarity of his species in the galaxy, along with the fact that the only other two known members of Grogu's species were both living in the Temple when he was born, it seems likely that Grogu is the child of Yoda and Yaddle and was born to help preserve their rare species.

Does Grogu get Yoda's lightsaber?

Yoda in his self-imposed exile, decided not to wield a lightsaber anymore. Skywalker offers the lightsaber to Grogu. After Yoda's death in 4 ABY, the lightsaber with its accompanying storage box ended up in the possession of Yoda's last Jedi apprentice, Luke Skywalker.

Who was Yoda's padawan?

The Grand Master's apprentice

At one point in time, Dooku was the Padawan of Yoda, the Grand Master of the Jedi Order.

Is Grogu a Jedi or Sith?

Through their adventures and journeys through the galaxy, young Grogu is honing remarkable abilities. Although he previously trained as a Jedi, Grogu has chosen to return to Din's side and continues to share his adventures as they take a stand against the Imperial remnant.

Why is Grogu not a Jedi?

Grogu refused to be a part of Luke's Jedi Academy because Luke wanted him to forego attachments, like the old Jedi Order. That's on its way out, as the future of the Star Wars universe dictates. Grogu didn't want to give up his adoptive father, so he returned to Din on Tatooine.