Din Djarin

**Din Djarin**, commonly referred to as "**The Mandalorian**" or "**Mando**", is the main protagonist of *The Mandalorian* and the tritagonist of *The Book of Boba Fett*. He is active around the time of the New Republic, travelling far through the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy.

His main goal was to protect Grogu (until Luke Skywalker took the infant to experience more Force training) who is also known as "The Child".

## Personality

Din Djarin was a lone Mandalorian warrior whose past and identity were a mystery to others, and he remained battle-worn and laconic as a formidable bounty hunter in the galaxy. A human male, he had dark hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. When confronting the Mythrol, Djarin captured his target without hesitation and later froze the Mythrol upon seeing the target tinkering around in the *Razor Crest*. As a hunter, he was considered one of the best by Karga of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, who viewed Djarin as his "most valuable partner" following the Mandalorian's successful capture of the Child. However, Djarin never celebrated his success, choosing to continue on to the next job.

Djarin also displayed a cold personality towards other individuals, such as Caben, Stoke, and people he had worked with before, like Xi'an and Malk. Djarin also rejected a life with the widowed Omera as he felt he did not belong at the village. During the standoff with Davan, Djarin was the only individual to holster his blaster, attempting to defuse the situation between the soldier and Mayfeld's team of mercenaries.

On the contrary, Djarin was close to the Tribe, and had a special interest in the foundlings, as he had been one before. He ensured that they received any of his excess beskar. He took the Creed of his tribe to heart, following its traditions and ways to the letter, most notably his utter refusal of taking off his helmet in front of others regardless of the situation. However, Djarin came to care for Grogu so much that he broke this code once to get coordinates to Moff Gideon’s Ship and have a chance to save the child. Djarin was glad to have become a Mandalorian, and was notably angered to see the discarded armor of his fellow Mandalorians, determined to stay behind at the sewers and fight the Imperials as revenge.

Djarin also served as Grogu's guardian throughout their journey together. He did not allow Grogu to be killed—even when the Client allowed his termination for a smaller reward—and instead destroyed IG-11 before the droid could eliminate Grogu. Throughout his time on Arvala-7, he protected Grogu from various threats, and strictly refused to sell him to a tribe of Jawas.

When he finally delivered Grogu to the Client, Djarin felt remorse upon powering up the *Razor Crest* to depart Nevarro, and returned to the Imperial facility to rescue him, even going close to death in an encounter with the Bounty Guild by shielding the infant from laser fire. Later on, he showed his care for Grogu in searching for a place where they could happily reside away from bounty hunters, and was willing to leave Grogu behind in a remote village on Sorgan for the infant's sake.

When dealing with Motto, Djarin specifically requested that her pit droids stay away from his ship, but later thanked the mechanic when he saw her taking care of Grogu. Upon being reminded of the Way of the Mandalore by the Armorer, which dictated that he had to be responsible for Grogu’s welfare far more than just the infant's protection, he decided to search the galaxy for Grogu’s species.

A strong emotional bond existed between Djarin and Grogu, which Ahsoka Tano sensed through the Force. She described Djarin as a father figure to Grogu. Djarin went to great lengths to rescue Grogu after the Child was abducted by Moff Gideon, to the point of bending and breaking the rules of the Mandalorian creed that he was raised to uphold. Despite his objection to removing his helmet in public, Djarin did so before giving Grogu to Luke Skywalker, allowing the Child to see his face for the first time. Before parting ways, he promised that they would see each other again.

Being a survivor of an attack on his home by battle droids during the Clone Wars, Djarin had a hatred of droids for most of his life, which he demonstrated at times such as when he rejected a brand new speeder driven by a droid for a human-operated one. He made this behavior clear to various individuals, such as a Kubaz ferryman, Peli Motto, and Cara Dune. He was also greatly distrustful of IG-11 despite his reprogramming, insisting on keeping the droid away from Grogu at all costs.

After witnessing IG-11 protect the infant with his life, however, Djarin's outlook on him changed, and he allowed the droid to take off the Mandalorian's helmet and heal his head injury. He was saddened when IG-11 chose to sacrifice himself for Grogu's safety. Following these events, his dislike of droids in general lessened, so he allowed Motto's DUM-series pit droids to conduct repairs on the *Razor Crest*. Nevertheless, Motto ordered her droids to be careful, believing Djarin only barely trusted automatons.

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## Trivia

* He is played by Pedro Pascal.
* The real name of the titular character was revealed by Pascal in an interview conducted by ScreenSlam released on the same day as Chapter 1 of the first season, with the website spelling the name as "Dyn Jarren." He was finally named in the show in the eighth chapter of the first season, with the subtitles spelling "Din Djarin."
* To prepare for the role as Djarin, Pascal watched classic Clint Eastwood Westerns and Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films.