The Mandalorian Confirms Moff Gideon Wanted Grogu's Blood For Force Cloning. The Mandalorian season 3 finale revealed Moff Gideon was creating clones of himself, and he wanted Grogu's blood to make them Force-sensitive.
For all three seasons of Mando, the reason why the Empire wanted to sample Grogu's blood seemed somewhat obvious; clearly, Palpatine's loyal followers wanted to harvest some midichlorians in order to clone their favorite Sith Lord.
The Bad Batch has confirmed that the Empire placed bounties on targets with high M-counts like Grogu, who remained sought after for decades. By The Mandalorian era, Force-sensitive targets like Grogu were extremely rare, making him a prime target for the Empire.
Pair that with his obsession with capturing Grogu as a midi-chlorian "donor," and it's very possible that he's hoping to transfer Baby Yoda's Force abilities to himself and become a full-fledged Sith to restore the Dark Side and the Empire in the aftermath of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine's deaths.
In around 9 ABY, Pershing was sent to Nevarro, where Pershing worked with an individual known as "the Client" to attempt to acquire a Force-sensitive child named Grogu, whose connection to the Force Pershing had been tasked with investigating.
Kane's goal appears to be not helping Pershing finish his research, but to ensure that his work doesn't fall into the hands of the New Republic (not that they seemed eager to take advantage of that asset). If Gideon can't have Pershing's mind, no one can.
At the time of The Mandalorian story, it is pretty clear that Moff Gideon is not a Sith Lord even though he has the Darksaber in his possession nor does he have any links to the Jedi. Moff Gideon is nothing more than one of the Empire's existing bad guys who officially worked for the Imperial Security Bureau.
Is Grogu Yoda? According to the events of "The Mandalorian" so far, Grogu and Yoda are not the same character. They are simply from the same species. The name of this species has never been revealed since "Star Wars" creator George Lucas wanted to give Yoda a sense of mystery.
He was afraid of meeting the legend that was Luke Skywalker. At this point in Star Wars history, Jedi were still scarce, so when he heard that a Jedi was there, he must have known exactly who it was. To an Imperial officer, this Jedi did nothing but inspire terror.
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.
So cute, so interesting, so compelling. So familiar and yet so new." Favreau has clarified that Grogu is not a younger version of Yoda himself, but has declined to comment upon whether he is related to Yoda or otherwise connected to him.
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.
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.
A Star Wars fan theory suggests Grogu was part of a cycle to save the Chosen One, possibly Luke Skywalker. Grogu's sacrifice would be the next link in a chain of powerful Star Wars characters who sacrificed themselves for a greater cause.
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.
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.
The Gideon we know is not the genocidal manic that decimated Mandalore but a clone. The galaxy widely believes that Moff Gideon was executed, but we are led to believe that he faked his execution.
Moff Gideon is the main antagonist of the 2019 Disney+ Star Wars live-action streaming series The Mandalorian, a mentioned antagonist in the 2021-2022 Disney+ streaming miniseries The Book of Boba Fett and a posthumous antagonist in the 2023 Disney+ series Ahsoka.
Gideon survived the crash, and carves his way out of the wreckage with what looks very much like a black lightsaber. And the reason it looks like a black lightsaber is because that's exactly what it is. Gideon is wielding the blade known as the Darksaber.
Pershing is dead, his answer strongly suggests that he had Pershing killed after plotting to get the doctor arrested by the New Republic. Moff Gideon's power and influence in this post-Empire galaxy cannot be ignored, even in sectors where the New Republic is present.
Season 3 starts strong with Din Djarin's mission and introduces clone army based on Moff Gideon's genetic template. Dr. Pershing's cloning research leads to creation of Snoke, with ties to Palpatine's futile efforts for immortality.
