Who is Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian and how is he connected to the original?
BABY Yoda has intrigued and bewildered Star Wars: The Mandalorian fans since debuting on the Disney+ series.
Many have been left wondering who this green flesh creature is, so here we gather the theories doing the rounds.
Who is Baby Yoda?
Like any series, Star Wars: The Mandalorian viewers have questions they need answering, for example: When exactly does The Mandalorian take place?
However, the biggest question of them all is who is this bite-sized, green-coloured creature, known by fans as Baby Yoda?
Some have speculated Baby Yoda is the lovechild of Yoda and Yaddle, which seems like the most plausible explanation.
Baby Yoda is said to be 50-years-old and ‘Big’ Yoda was approximately 900 years old at the time of his death in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
What’s more The Mandalorian takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi.
To be more specific, The Mandalorian is set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
The timeline seemingly matches up for Baby Yoda to be the illicit child of Yoda and Yaddle, who was a member of the Jedi Council circa The Phantom Menace.
Is Baby Yoda connected to the original Star Wars?
Little is known about Baby Yoda but some Star Wars fans suspect he may have come into exist shortly after Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released.
Yaddle was introduced when Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace came out but had disappeared by .
She has not been mentioned since and a few fans believe she may have left the Jedi Council before Clone Wars to raise a child – Baby Yoda.
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When is Star Wars: The Mandalorian released?
Star Wars: The Mandalorian launched on Disney + on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 – the same day the new streaming service arrived.
However, the platform is not available in the UK until Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - several months after the premiere.
The first two episodes of the series dropped during the premiere week but it has since been released every Friday.
Below are the launch dates of the remaining episodes:
Episode 3 – 22nd November
Episode 4 – 29th November
Episode 5 – 6th December
Episode 6 – 13th December
Episode 7 – 18th December
Episode 8 – 27th December
Jon Favreau, who has worked on the remakes of The Lion King and The Jungle Book, is behind the mini-series.
He has joined forces with a number of prominent people Taika Waititi, Deborah Chow and Bryce Dallas Howard to put this production together.