The Mandalorian's Baby Yoda: The Child’s SHOCK connection to Star Wars The Phantom Menace?

Today Disney+ UK launches and Star Wars fans are finally able to watch The Mandalorian after an almost half year wait. The first episode introduced The Child, a 50-year-old infant of the same species as Yoda. Fans will know the species has never been named and at this point in the timeline, after Return of the Jedi, this “Baby Yoda” is the last of its kind.

But who abandoned it before The Mandalorian came across it? 

And who are and where are The Child’s parents?

Well, there could be a big clue way back in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. 

The prequel trilogy movie is set around 42 years before The Mandalorian takes place.

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This could suggest that she survived Emperor Palpatine’s Order 66 to purge the galaxy of the Jedi, just like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

However, the official Darth Vader comics by Charles Soule appears to allude to Yaddle having been murdered by the Sith Lord.

After all, Darth Vader has visions of Jedi Masters of the Republic that include her, and he insists all the individuals mentioned are dead. 

Of course, he could be mistaken and Yaddle may have outlived Yoda, who died in Return of the Jedi, a decade before The Mandalorian is set.