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What Is a Mandalorian? Your Guide to the Mysterious ‘Star Wars’ Character
Who is the nameless Mandalorian at the center of the events of the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian? Sure, it’s cool to have a show named after you but, uh, what do we really know about this guy? Well, we know the Mandalorian is played by Pedro Pascal and we know that there is a small number of Mandalorians who have survived the Empire’s reign of terror. But before we can even look ahead to future episodes of The Mandalorian, it might do us some good to break down who this Mandalorian is that we’re following in the show as well as what his personal history is and the history of his people.
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As far as we know, the Mandalorian we’re following in the Jon Favreau-created series does not have a name. He is an orphan from Mandalore, the Mandalorians’ home planet. Through flashbacks, we know the Mandalorian lost his parents when he was a child during an attack and presumably grew up in a Mandalore orphanage. We’ve seen other adult Mandalorians hiding out on their makeshift new home planet where our Mandalorian returns to have meetings and get new armor forged. We also know Mandalorians are forbidden from taking off their helmets, with the implication being the Mandalorian hasn’t taken off his helmet for years. The logistics of always wearing a helmet haven’t been discussed (does he take it off to eat or sleep or bathe? Does it get sweaty under there?) but it will surely, hopefully be addressed in the coming episodes. Luckily, the helmet hasn’t prevented us from learning that the Mandalorian does, in fact, emote and he’s got a strong moral compass thanks to his setting aside of money for other Mandalorian foundlings and his soft spot for the Child, a.k.a. Baby Yoda.
