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Apr 24, 2023 · The Mandalorian's first two seasons, more or less, takes place in 9 ABY – nine years after A New Hope and, interestingly, five years after the Emperor’s defeat in...
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By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Nov 27, 2020 3:37 pm
Posted: Nov 13, 2020 7:03 pm
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian: Season 2, Episode 3!
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' rapidly growing mythology 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.
We don't know much about Baby Yoda yet, although Season 2, episode 5 revealed that his real name is Grogu. We do know, however, that "The Child" 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. As Ahsoka Tano revealed in "Chapt...
The first season provides brief glimpses of Mando's tragic origin story. At various points of the season, 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, with Din Djarin's parents hiding him in a bunker before seemingly being killed by an explosion caused by the 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, who would be in his late thirties at this point in the Star Wars timeline.
The show has revealed The Mandalorian is a Foundling, a term the Mandalorians use for outsider orphans who are inducted into Mandalorian culture. As we see in the Season 1 finale, in the aftermath of this destructive Clone Wars battle, the orphaned Din Djarin is rescued and adopted by a group of Mandalorians bearing the Shriek-Hawk symbol of Clan Vizsla. He's not a Mandalorian by birth, but he has assimilated into their way of life and learned to follow their traditions.
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 forms the basis of the final story arc in Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Mandalore is forcibly "liberated" by the Republic and Maul is driven underground. Shortly thereafter in 19 BBY, the Republic transforms into the Galactic Empire, and Mandalore finds itself languishing under Imperial rule.
Several Mandalorian characters have referred 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.
The Mandalorian takes place in 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 Ma...
But if we've learned anything from the show so far, it's that Mandalore is still struggling to regain its freedom. Season 1 ends with a scene of the resilient Moff Gideon emerging from his ruined TIE Fighter with the Darksaber in hand. The Darksaber is an ancient Mandalorian relic granting its owner the right to rule Mandalore. When the blade was last seen in Star Wars Rebels, Sabine had turned it over to Bo-Katan Kryze, sister of the late Duchess Satine. At some point during the events of the original trilogy or shortly thereafter, Bo-Katan lost the Darksaber to Gideon, and she's made it her mission to reclaim her property and her throne.
Season 2, Episode 3 also reveals that Din Djarin believes Mandalore to be "cursed," implying the Empire may have given up control of the planet after the Battle of Endor but left it in ruins. However, Bo-Katan hints that her new friend may not have all the facts. All we can do is wait until the series finally chooses to show the state of Mandalore after the fall of the Empire.
For more on The Mandalorian, see our detailed breakdown of Mandalore's history and the history of the Darksaber, plus find out when new episodes of The Mandalorian will be released, our theories on how Boba Fett could still be alive in The Mandalorian and why we think Sabine Wren might be joining The Mandalorian. And if you want access to loads of other Star Wars content, here's what you need to know about Disney+ bundles.
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Dec 27, 2019 · Features. Star Wars: The Mandalorian Timeline Explained. The Mandalorian, the new Star Wars live-action series, is set during a generally unexplored era of the canon timeline. Let's...
Nov 18, 2019 · Here's exactly where The Mandalorian, the new Star Wars TV series on Disney+, fits into the larger timeline of the galaxy far, far away.
Apr 21, 2023 · While it has been known that Season 1 of The Mandalorian takes place 5 years after Return of the Jedi, the placement of Season 3 has been very unclear due to the time jump in-between Season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett . Given the nature of Star Wars, where a story falls within the timeline is key to what events and characters are utilized.
