Why was Grogu kidnapped in the first place? When baby Yoda was taken by Luke Skywalker to some kind of Jedi nursery, the question that started the journey of The Mandalorian has not yet been answered. Throughout both seasons I send, little by little we learn a little more about Grogu, the Mandalorian sect to which Din Djarin belongs, and the general politics of the postReturn of the Jedi galaxy. However, the turning point that set everything in motion has yet to be revealed.
How did Grogu find himself in that strange warehouse in Nevarro, and what did Moff Gideon want with him? Yes, Gideon said openly that it was about taking some of Baby Yoda’s blood, but for what?
Regardless of what happens to Luke Skywalker, Bo-Katan or Mando himself, season 3 of The Mandalorian will have to address this issue. See how it could happen.
What was Gideon’s plan? Incredibly, the most popular theory to explain Moff Gideon’s scheme is that the events of The Mandalorian represent the beginning of Palpatine’s infamous resurrection in The Rise of Skywalker. Poe Dameron said that “somehow” Palpatine has returned, and perhaps the “how” in that statement is that Moff Gideon harvested enough midichlorians from Grogu to prepare a decent Sith clone for a reborn version of Palpatine. Presumably, the problem with a regular Palps clone is that it could the midichlorians needed to sustain all that action on the Dark Side of the Force are missing. Dr. Pershing often refers to Grogu as “the giver”, which means that there are someone who is receiving this blood. Good money seems to be in that someone being Palpatine.
Will Palpatine appear? At the point where Luke Skywalker appeared in Season 2, and Ahsoka is talking about tracking Grand Admiral Thrawn, the answer to that question could be simply, “Why not?” If there is a Palpatine clone that lives to “old age” at the time of The Rise of Skywalker, so we could be dealing with a middle-aged Palpatine clone, sitting in a lab somewhere during the events of The Mandalorian. Before The Rise of Skywalker came out, several fan theories have suggested that Matt Smith may be playing a younger clone of Palpatine in Episode IX. Obviously, this ended not to be the case. But, the notion of a young Palpatine in Mandalorian The third season is interesting and, if you look at it in a certain way, it’s not entirely unlikely.
What does this mean for baby Yoda? The fact that there is a Mandalorian The third season somewhere on the horizon should make one thing quite obvious: Baby Yoda and Mando will be reunited. There is no version of Mandalorian Season 3 where Baby Yoda is simply not mentioned, and Mando treats his business like a bounty hunter or king of Mandalore or whatever. The heart and soul of the show are Mando and Baby Yoda.
So, how could they be brought together? Well, what if Gideon was telling the truth? And if the imperials did to extract all the midichlorians who needed Grogu? If that’s true, they could really lowered Grogu’s midichlorian count? In other words, was the ability to use the Force effectively stolen from Baby Yoda? If so, you can quickly imagine a reason because Mando and Baby Yoda could be together again. After several months or even a year, the new full-time nanny, Luke Skywalker, may notice that Grogu is getting weaker and weaker, mainly because the midichloroids have been extracted. This could require a new mission for Mando: Find the lost blood!
But in the meantime, it could also mean that perhaps Luke thinks that training Grogu no longer makes sense. If you don’t have a high median count, you can’t be a Jedi, right? This is a detail that the Star Wars canon has discussed since 1999. But, if Grogu loses his ability to use the Force, or even has diminished the powers of the Force, then suddenly there is good reason for him to return to his best father ; Din Djarin.
Mandalorian Season 3 is set to debut in 2022.