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Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+ offers plenty of new information regarding the state of the Jedi in this era of the Star Wars universe. What would you expect from an episode featuring the return of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Grogu aka Baby Yoda? We’re going to break down all of the new Jedi lore revealed in the episode.
Be sure to check out IGN's review of The Book of Boba Fett, Episode 6!
When the Mandalorian arrives on the unnamed forest planet, he’s greeted by everyone’s favorite astromech R2-D2, who leads him to the construction site of Luke’s new Jedi Academy. Dozens of ant-droids are seen scouring the area for stones to use to assemble a crude building. While waiting to be taken to his Mandalorian Foundling, Ahsoka Tano arrives and tells Mando the structure is the beginning of what will become a great school.
As shown in The Last Jedi, this place of learning will eventually become a place of tragedy when a young Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren turns to the Dark Side and burns down the Jedi Temple after being confronted by his master Luke Skywalker. Knowing this, it does lend a certain sense of irony to Ahsoka’s comment to Mando about Grogu’s safety: “There is no place in the galaxy more safe than here with Luke.”
Many of the lessons that Luke teaches Grogu are the very same that Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi once taught to him.
Luke tells Grogu about his old master, Yoda, and when he tries to help Grogu remember his past using the Force, he triggers a traumatic flashback and gives us some new information about Grogu’s origin. We see a swadling Grogu look on in horror as three Jedi are killed by attacking Clone Troopers. This scene appears to be taking place inside the Jedi Temple on Coruscant after Palpatine commanded the Clones to execute Order 66, as seen in Revenge of the Sith.
We don’t see the faces of the three Jedi, but the long-haired one in the middle could possibly be Cin Drallig. That would mean the other two are his Padawans, Whie Malreaux and Bene. In Revenge of the Sith, these Jedi can be seen fighting Anakin Skywalker in the hologram recording discovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was presumed they died fighting the freshly minted Darth Vader as he laid siege to the Jedi Temple, but perhaps they escaped Anakin, fled to protect Grogu, and were gunned down. In The Mandalorian Season 2, Ahsoka did say that Grogu was taught by many masters, so it could be that Grogu was under the care of Cin Drallig at the time of Order 66.
Grogu’s flashback ends in cliffhanger style with the Clones closing in on him, not revealing how he survived Order 66 and leaving us to wonder who saved Grogu from the Clone Troopers. If we see Grogu again, and we certainly hope we do in The Mandalorian Season 3, then we hope to finally learn the answer to get a complete picture of his backstory.
It was a bit of a surprise to see Ahsoka Tano visiting Luke’s fledgling Jedi Academy given that the last time we saw her she was on the hunt for Thrawn (and presumably lost Jedi Ezra Bridger) and, as Mando recalled, she chose not to train Grogu. Perhaps a meeting between Ahsoka and Luke was too good to pass up, not to mention they want to tease Ahsoka once more before the start of her own Disney+ series.
Given that Ahsoka was trained by Luke’s father, the two would naturally have quite a bit to talk about now that she’s meeting her master’s son. We aren’t privy to what they discussed off-screen, but we do get a tender moment between them when Luke shares his concerns over Grogu’s training and Ahsoka says, “So much like your father.” Perhaps Luke taking on his first apprentice reminds her of when Anakin first started training her.
The final scene shows Luke presenting Yoda’s lightsaber to Gorgu (more on this scene in a moment), which is a surprise given that Yoda’s lightsaber was knocked away during Yoda’s duel with Darth Sidious in Revenge of the Sith.
We never saw Yoda recover his lightsaber, so it was presumed lost, but the same thing could be said about the lightsaber Luke lost (along with his hand) at the end of The Empire Strikes Back, and that somehow found its way to a chest in the basement of Maz Kanata’s castle in The Force Awakens. Marvel Comics eventually told the story of that lightsaber’s journey, so perhaps we’ll one day learn how Yoda’s lightsaber made its way to Luke. Maybe Palpatine kept it as a trophy and Luke came across it while raiding the fallen Empire’s bases after the events of Return of the Jedi.
We learn in the episode that Luke only has one student, and it looks like that student may decide to drop out. Grogu is presented with a choice: either take Yoda’s lightsaber and learn to become a Jedi or take Mando’s Beskar armor gift and become a Mandalorian foundling once more. It’s hard to imagine The Mandalorian series continuing without Grogu by Mando’s side, so we’d like to think Grogu will choose to reunite with his foster father, but we’ll have to wait and see (probably until the debut of The Mandalorian Season 3) to see what choice he makes.
That would leave Luke to start over from scratch, but don’t feel so bad for him. Luke eventually finds numerous Jedi younglings across the galaxy and teaches them the ways of the Force at his school. But as we know, Kylo Ren destroys everything Luke built, so if Grogu does indeed choose to leave and go the way of the Mandalorian, that would mean he will be spared a fiery death at the hands of Kylo Ren and he may have a different, hopefully brighter future ahead of him.
For more analysis of Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett, check out our breakdown on deadly new Star Wars bounty hunter villain, Cad Bane.
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Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+ offers plenty of new information regarding the state of the Jedi in this era of the Star Wars universe. What would you expect from an episode featuring the return of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Grogu aka Baby Yoda? We’re going to break down all of the new Jedi lore revealed in the episode.
Be sure to check out IGN's review of The Book of Boba Fett, Episode 6!
Luke Is Building His Jedi Academy
When the Mandalorian arrives on the unnamed forest planet, he’s greeted by everyone’s favorite astromech R2-D2, who leads him to the construction site of Luke’s new Jedi Academy. Dozens of ant-droids are seen scouring the area for stones to use to assemble a crude building. While waiting to be taken to his Mandalorian Foundling, Ahsoka Tano arrives and tells Mando the structure is the beginning of what will become a great school.
As shown in The Last Jedi, this place of learning will eventually become a place of tragedy when a young Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren turns to the Dark Side and burns down the Jedi Temple after being confronted by his master Luke Skywalker. Knowing this, it does lend a certain sense of irony to Ahsoka’s comment to Mando about Grogu’s safety: “There is no place in the galaxy more safe than here with Luke.”
Luke Passes on the Teachings of Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Many of the lessons that Luke teaches Grogu are the very same that Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi once taught to him.
- Luke leaves Grogu in awe when he lifts numerous frogs from the pond all at once, just like Yoda astonished Luke by raising the X-Wing from the Dagobah swamp. And on their walk through the forest, Luke recalls to Grogu the words of wisdom Yoda gave him in that moment, “Size matters not.”
- As Luke trains by running, jumping, and flipping through the forest, he carries Grogu on his back just like he once carried Yoda on his back during his own training. Only now he’s carrying his apprentice instead of his master.
- When teaching Grogu to Force-jump, Luke says, "You're trying too hard. Don't try. Do." which echoes Yoda's classic, "Do. Or do not. There is no try."
- Luke trains Grogu with a Training Remote, the same kind that Obi-Wan used to teach Luke about the Force while deflecting blaster bolts in A New Hope.
Grogu Remembers Order 66
Luke tells Grogu about his old master, Yoda, and when he tries to help Grogu remember his past using the Force, he triggers a traumatic flashback and gives us some new information about Grogu’s origin. We see a swadling Grogu look on in horror as three Jedi are killed by attacking Clone Troopers. This scene appears to be taking place inside the Jedi Temple on Coruscant after Palpatine commanded the Clones to execute Order 66, as seen in Revenge of the Sith.
We don’t see the faces of the three Jedi, but the long-haired one in the middle could possibly be Cin Drallig. That would mean the other two are his Padawans, Whie Malreaux and Bene. In Revenge of the Sith, these Jedi can be seen fighting Anakin Skywalker in the hologram recording discovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was presumed they died fighting the freshly minted Darth Vader as he laid siege to the Jedi Temple, but perhaps they escaped Anakin, fled to protect Grogu, and were gunned down. In The Mandalorian Season 2, Ahsoka did say that Grogu was taught by many masters, so it could be that Grogu was under the care of Cin Drallig at the time of Order 66.
Grogu’s flashback ends in cliffhanger style with the Clones closing in on him, not revealing how he survived Order 66 and leaving us to wonder who saved Grogu from the Clone Troopers. If we see Grogu again, and we certainly hope we do in The Mandalorian Season 3, then we hope to finally learn the answer to get a complete picture of his backstory.
Ahsoka and Luke Talk About Darth Vader
It was a bit of a surprise to see Ahsoka Tano visiting Luke’s fledgling Jedi Academy given that the last time we saw her she was on the hunt for Thrawn (and presumably lost Jedi Ezra Bridger) and, as Mando recalled, she chose not to train Grogu. Perhaps a meeting between Ahsoka and Luke was too good to pass up, not to mention they want to tease Ahsoka once more before the start of her own Disney+ series.
Given that Ahsoka was trained by Luke’s father, the two would naturally have quite a bit to talk about now that she’s meeting her master’s son. We aren’t privy to what they discussed off-screen, but we do get a tender moment between them when Luke shares his concerns over Grogu’s training and Ahsoka says, “So much like your father.” Perhaps Luke taking on his first apprentice reminds her of when Anakin first started training her.
Luke Has Yoda’s Lightsaber
The final scene shows Luke presenting Yoda’s lightsaber to Gorgu (more on this scene in a moment), which is a surprise given that Yoda’s lightsaber was knocked away during Yoda’s duel with Darth Sidious in Revenge of the Sith.
We never saw Yoda recover his lightsaber, so it was presumed lost, but the same thing could be said about the lightsaber Luke lost (along with his hand) at the end of The Empire Strikes Back, and that somehow found its way to a chest in the basement of Maz Kanata’s castle in The Force Awakens. Marvel Comics eventually told the story of that lightsaber’s journey, so perhaps we’ll one day learn how Yoda’s lightsaber made its way to Luke. Maybe Palpatine kept it as a trophy and Luke came across it while raiding the fallen Empire’s bases after the events of Return of the Jedi.
Grogu’s Choice: Foundling or Padawan?
We learn in the episode that Luke only has one student, and it looks like that student may decide to drop out. Grogu is presented with a choice: either take Yoda’s lightsaber and learn to become a Jedi or take Mando’s Beskar armor gift and become a Mandalorian foundling once more. It’s hard to imagine The Mandalorian series continuing without Grogu by Mando’s side, so we’d like to think Grogu will choose to reunite with his foster father, but we’ll have to wait and see (probably until the debut of The Mandalorian Season 3) to see what choice he makes.
That would leave Luke to start over from scratch, but don’t feel so bad for him. Luke eventually finds numerous Jedi younglings across the galaxy and teaches them the ways of the Force at his school. But as we know, Kylo Ren destroys everything Luke built, so if Grogu does indeed choose to leave and go the way of the Mandalorian, that would mean he will be spared a fiery death at the hands of Kylo Ren and he may have a different, hopefully brighter future ahead of him.
For more analysis of Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett, check out our breakdown on deadly new Star Wars bounty hunter villain, Cad Bane.
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