Grogu's Future Can Repeat Star Wars' Rey Skywalker Trick (But Better)
The Mandalorian is gradually hinting at a possible future for Grogu that may be considered an improved version of Rey's adoption of the Skywalker name in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Like Rey, Grogu has emerged as a core figure in the Star Wars universe. Not only are they both Force-users, but their presence holds great weight in recent canon entries.
In The Book of Boba Fett season 1, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) gives Grogu an ultimatum: the choice of returning to his adopted father, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and ending his training as a Jedi or continuing his training but never seeing the Mandalorian again. His subsequent decision to end his training echoes and inverts the final scenes of The Rise of Skywalker. At the Lars homestead on Tatooine, Rey (Daisy Ridley) chooses to adopt the name Skywalker, turning her back on her genetic lineage as the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine to honor her mentors, the Skywalker siblings, Luke and Leia (Carrie Fisher), instead.
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The significance of these character choices may signal something important for Grogu and in the understanding of who the title character of The Mandalorian might actually be. As such, Rey's choice at the end of The Rise of Skywalker should not be viewed as mere fan service. Despite its flawed execution, Rey Skywalker is the only good ending for the Skywalker saga, partly because it offered a logical story and character choice based on using the Skywalker name as an honorific title. The title of «The Mandalorian» may also be viewed like this, and by choosing to be a Mandalorian, it is possible that Grogu could eventually be revealed as the real title character of the
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