After the birth of the New Republic, a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Din Djarin found Grogu at a compound on Arvala-7, and rescued the Force-sensitive alien from the Imperial remnant.
After being reunited with Grogu, Djarin delivered him to Luke Skywalker, a Jedi who agreed to take the child into his care and train him in the ways of the Force. Grogu renewed his training under Skywalker and spent a relatively short period training with Skywalker on Ossus, where Skywalker was building a Jedi Academy.
The Nikto hideout was an encampment located on the desert world Arvala-7 that was controlled by a gang of Nikto mercenaries in 9 ABY, guarding an infant named Grogu. At that time, the bounty hunters IG-11 and Din Djarin raided the encampment during their search for Grogu.
As depicted in "Chapter 20: The Foundling," Grogu was rescued from the attack on the Jedi Temple by Jedi Master Kelleran Beq. Beq completed the daring escape that got Grogu to safety, then escaped the attack with his life.
He is a mysterious, unnamed leader in the former Galactic Empire and subordinate of Moff Gideon, who plays a key role in setting the show's story into motion by hiring the bounty hunter known as "The Mandalorian" to retrieve a "50-year-old", yet infantile alien dubbed "The Child" (later named as Grogu).
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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.
Once a student at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Grogu survived Order 66 and was hidden away. After the birth of the New Republic, a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Din Djarin found Grogu at a compound on Arvala-7, and rescued the Force-sensitive alien from the Imperial remnant.
Master Yoda is one of the most powerful Jedi to ever live, fighting alongside the other Jedi for hundreds of years and eventually coming to serve as a member of the High Council during the Order's last days.
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.
With Pedro Pascal's Mandalorian pointing out parental permission could allow Baby Yoda to become an apprentice, he decided to "adopt [him] as [his] own" - a decision which received apparent support from The Armorer. What is this? Armorer: "He is too young to speak so he is too young to take the Creed.
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.
Minch Yoda, known by most as simply just Yoda, was a legendary Groglyn male who was regarded as one of the most renowned and powerful Jedi Masters in the history of the Jedi.
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.
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.
Grogu's mother is either Yaddle or some other female member of Yoda's species, but he has no father. Because just like Anakin, Grogu was born off the Will of the Force, with no dad, and that explains why he's so powerful at an age that's considered an infant for Yoda's species.
We don't know much about the origins of baby Yoda five episodes into the series, but we do know mom and dad are nowhere to be seen and he has been left in the care of the Mandalorian for an extended period of time. In fact, Mando has started to care for the child as his own and has effectively adopted him.
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).
The door opens to reveal that it is Jedi Master Kelleran Beq standing there, and he helps get Grogu to safety and off Coruscant. Many audience members likely were wondering who he is, and possibly what was so important about his character to be the one to save Grogu.
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.
A year later, in 4 ABY, with his health rapidly declining, Yoda died of old age when Skywalker returned to see him. He became one with the Force, shortly before Luke redeemed his father Anakin, who fulfilled his destiny as the Chosen One by killing Sidious.
Legend had it that Yoda—a Jedi who became Grand Master—was trained by N'Kata Del Gormo. A Force-sensitive Hysalrian, N'Kata Del Gormo was trained in the ways of the Force and achieved the rank of Master within the Jedi Order.
In the episode, Mando and Grogu find the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano so that she can train him. Using the Force, she communicates with Grogu and reveals his name to Mando. Fans were conflicted about the name at the time, with some saying they'd rather stick to the Baby Yoda moniker.
It's evident the Client works for Moff Gideon—who clearly wants Grogu alive—yet the Client actively tries to have Grogu killed. The Mandalorian season 3 reveals Gideon's true reason for wanting Grogu. Grogu's midi-chlorian-rich blood allows Gideon to create Force-sensitve clones of himself.
He was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and trained by several Jedi before surviving the end of the Clone Wars and Order 66. During Anakin Skywalker's massacre at the Jedi Temple, Grogu was taken offworld and hidden away by Jedi Master Kelleran Beq, and was forced to hide his Force abilities to survive.
