The Mandalorian is a many-faceted Star Wars series. While on one hand, it's a Lone Wolf and Cub-inspired space-western about a gritty bounty hunter and his Baby Yoda companion, it's also a series that builds on the complicated history of Mandalore and its warriors. Needless to say, it helps to have some familiarity with the larger Star Wars saga outside the scope of the movies.
But if you'd rather not have to study up to appreciate The Mandalorian, fear not. We've already established when The Mandalorian takes place relative to the main Star Wars movies. Now we break down how the series touches on many pieces of the Star Wars timeline, ranging from the titular character's tragic origin story to the fall of the planet Mandalore to the post-Return of the Jedi status quo in the present.
The Birth of Baby Yoda
We don't know much about Baby Yoda yet. We don't even have an official name for the character, though director Dave Filoni has given his blessing to "Baby Yoda." We do know, however, that this character is approximately 50 years old when he's rescued by Mando. That alone reveals an intriguing detail about Yoda's mysterious race. Apparently they live so long because they age incredibly slowly.With the bulk of The Mandalorian taking place five years after Return of the Jedi, this would put Baby Yoda's birth around a decade before the events of The Phantom Menace. Baby Yoda is roughly the same age as Anakin Skywalker and was born in a time when the Jedi were still the designated guardians of the Republic. Given that we've only ever seen two other members of this species before - Yoda and fellow Jedi Master Yaddle - many fans have speculated those two are Baby Yoda's parents. The timeline checks out, and it would certainly explain why this little dude is so strong in the ways of the Force.
The Mandalorian's Childhood
The first three episodes of the series provide brief glimpses of Mando's tragic origin story. Whenever new pieces of his Beskar armor are forged, Mando flashes back to his childhood, when he and his parents were caught in the crossfire of a Clone Wars battle. These snippets show Mando and his family fleeing from a group of Super Battle Droids. The Clone Wars unfolded during the years 22-19 BBY (before the Battle of Yavin). Given the character's apparent age in these flashbacks, it would seem he's a bit younger than Baby Yoda and roughly the same age as fellow armored bounty hunter Boba Fett. Though for the record, given what we've seen now, it's probably safe to assume Mando isn't Boba Fett.The show has revealed The Mandalorian is a Foundling, a term the Mandalorians use for outsider orphans who are inducted into Mandalorian culture. At some point after this destructive Clone Wars battle, the orphaned boy is adopted by a group of Mandalorians. He's not a Mandalorian by birth, but he has assimilated into their way of life and learned to follow their traditions.
The Purge of Mandalore
Based on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, we know Mandalore doesn't fare well during and after the Clone Wars. Led by Duchess Satine Kryze, Mandalore fought to maintain neutrality during the Clone Wars, but that government was overthrown by an underworld alliance known as the Shadow Collective (led by none other than Darth Maul). In a terrible battle known as the Siege of Mandalore (which will be explored in greater depth in the upcoming seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Mandalore is "liberated" by the Republic. Shortly thereafter in 19 BBY, the Republic transforms into the Galactic Empire, and Mandalore finds itself languishing under Imperial rule.The Mandalorian characters in Episode 3 refer to a "purge" on Mandalore. We can infer from this that the Empire made a point of wiping out all potential resistance on Mandalore, slaughtering many warriors and forcing the survivors to either submit to Imperial rule or go into hiding and continue their cultural traditions far from Mandalore. The title character and his fellow Mandalorians seen in the series appear to have taken the latter course, retreating to the lawless Outer Rim of the galaxy to avoid being captured and executed. In the two decades between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Mando hones his skills and begins the long, arduous process of forging his ceremonial Beskar armor and earning a sigil.
After the Empire
The series takes place 9 ABY, five years after the Empire's catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Endor. Based on the final season of Star Wars Rebels, we also know that another Mandalorian exile, Sabine Wren, rallied her people and helped free Mandalore from Imperial rule shortly before the events of A New Hope. Theoretically, this means Mandalore has been free for nine years by the present-day time period of the series.If that's the case, though, Mando and his fellow exiles have yet to get the memo. He's still busy lurking on the far fringes of the galaxy, building his reputation as a bounty hunter and building his armor. It could be that Mandalore is still embroiled in political chaos even after being liberated, with the planet's new government reluctant to take part in galactic affairs after spending two decades ruled by tyrants like Maul and Gar Saxon. Or it may be that Mandalore again fell under Imperial control and still isn't a safe place for exiled warriors to return. As it is, we know very little about Mandalore's fate after the series finale of Star Wars Rebels, and we can only hope The Mandalorian will fill in more of those gaps.
For more on The Mandalorian, check out our review for Episode 3, see our detailed breakdown of Mandlore's history, find out when you can score some sweet Baby Yoda swag and learn what we know about the upcoming Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
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