Grogu

**Grogu**, known to many simply as "**the Child**", was a male Force-sensitive Jedi Initiate and Mandalorian foundling who belonged to the same species as Jedi Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Yaddle. Grogu was born in the year 41 BBY, and was raised at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

## Backstory

Born in approximately 41 BBY, during the era of the Galactic Republic, the mysterious alien known as Grogu was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and trained by several masters until the Jedi Order fell in the Great Jedi Purge at the end of the Clone Wars. During Siege of the Jedi Temple, Grogu witnessed the death of three Jedi at the hands of the 501st Legion and was subsequently taken into hiding after the Galactic Empire rose to power. During the Imperial Era, he remained undetected by concealing his Force powers.

## Bio

### Personality

Grogu formed an attachment to Djarin, who became a father figure to him. Ahsoka Tano sensed fear and anger within Grogu as well as his emotional bond to the Mandalorian. Grogu was initially uncooperative with Tano's attempts to test his connection to the Force; Djarin believed it was due to Grogu's stubbornness. Tano wanted to see if Grogu would listen to Djarin, to which Djarin responded that would "be a first."

Though Grogu survived by concealing his powers, he occasionally utilized his connection to the Force to obtain what he wanted, whether it was food or the control knob from the *Razor Crest*. He was also willing to use the Force to protect his Mandalorian caretaker.

Grogu's diet was influenced by his taste for a variety of meals, including living creatures. In his time with Djarin, Grogu devoured frogs, unfertilized frog eggs, a spider egg, a creature with tentacles, blue macarons, worms and many different kinds of soups/broths.

One of Grogu's most notable traits was his constant cooing. While he appeared to not understand things and only responded with his cooing, according to Tano he could understand most basic speech and directions; though this varied as seen when he was trying to fix the Razor Crest, he kept plugging and removing the wrong wire, and accidently shocked himself.

## Physical Appearance

Grogu was a male alien who belonged to the same species as Grand Master Yoda. Although he was fifty standard years old when Djarin found him, Grogu had the appearance and behavior of a toddler. At that time, he was a wide-eyed youngling who stood 0.34 meters tall. He also had small strands of white hair over his wrinkled head, brown eyes, green skin, and two long ears that could move with his emotions. He also wore a baggy youngling's robes as his main attire, which contains pockets allowing him to hold smaller things than him, like eggs or his favorite control knob. Since choosing to return to Clan Mudhorn, he wore his chain mail armor underneath his robes.

## Skills and Abilities

Grogu was able to harness the mystical energies of the Force on account of being Force-sensitive. One notable display of his power was when he telekinetically lifted a giant mudhorn into the air for a brief time to save Djarin from the charging beast. However, performing this feat was very strenuous for Grogu as he subsequently fell unconscious for several hours afterward. He could also use the Force when he became angry, such as when he telekinetically strangled Cara Dune because he believed she was harming Djarin while they were arm-wrestling. He later revealed the ability to heal serious injuries and even cure poisoning by touching the injury and then using the Force, though the act, much like levitating the mudhorn, was incredibly draining. In another notable display of telekinesis, Grogu created a strong barrier using the Force to protect his companions by both blocking and redirecting a stream of fire from an attacking Incinerator trooper.

Grogu had grown more skilled in his use of the Force, as Moff Gideon observed, by the time of his capture on Tython. By then, he was capable of tossing around two stormtroopers with telekinesis until his Force powers ran out. He could also manipulate small, nearby objects with ease, such as pulling cookies towards himself or unscrewing a knob from one of the *Razor Crest's* levers.

After spending sometime training with Master Luke, Grogu was able to use the Force to enhance his reaction times, as well as use it to swiftly jump large distances (relative to his size). He was also able to calm down a rancor that attacked Din Djarin in Mos Espa. Taming the rancor exhausted Grogu, and he fell asleep cuddled with the beast.

## Trivia

* Grogu will meet The Backyardigans, Rockhopper Crew, and Miao siblings in *The Backyardigans meet The Mandalorian*.