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Star Wars: Here's Why The Empire Wants Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian


In case you missed it, The Mandalorian has changed the game in its awesome third episode. In addition to blessing Star Wars fans with an epic battle sequence, Chapter 3 also made it clear that Baby Yoda is one of the most important characters right now. But what could the Empire possibly want with the Child?

In Chapter 3: The Sin, the titular bounty hunter immediately took Baby Yoda to the Client, who refused to tell Mando what they plan to do with the Child. Although the Mandalorian initially thought of leaving the planet, he ultimately decided to come back and rescue Baby Yoda.

There's a lot of things that were revealed when Mando sneaked back into the bunker looking for the Child. He overhears the Client telling Dr. Pershing to "extract the necessary material and be done with it." However, the scientist insists that someone (perhaps their boss) "explicitly ordered us to bring it back alive."

So what does that mean? It has already been suggested that the Child is actually a clone of Yoda created in Kamino since Dr. Pershing is clearly a Kaminoan. Alternatively, there's a possibility that the Kaminoan scientist was brought in to clone Baby Yoda as it might be the last member of its species.

But why clone such a powerful albeit tiny being in the first place? The Empire (or at least, the remnant of the Empire) might have big plans for Force-sensitive creators that may or may not have something to do with resurrecting a Sith Lord. However, it's important to point out that this has not yet been confirmed so take it with a grain of salt.

Do you think the Empire is trying to clone Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian? What could the Client possibly want with the Child? Sound off in the comments below.

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