#mandito

babies do all these things and more and it’s so presh

-fart every time they cough or sneeze

-smoosh their faces into you to scratch their nose or look for food (it’s called rooting and it’s adorable and will make you cry) (seriously imagine the goobers and snot on mando’s armor YOU’RE WELCOME)

-cross their ankles and weegle their toeses while they try to turn over

-lose control of their hands and grab everything like an octopus (Mandito is too big for this but one could totally translate this into the force)

-we taught my baby to go feral and go “rawrawrrawr” when you put a knuckle in their mouth

-toddlers will use two hands to grab things and IMMEDIATELY put it in their mouths, they usually do one hand for mandito but i think it’s just because it’s easier to animate/puppeteer (???)

-toddlers just before speaking age will chatter almost intelligibly if you pretend to understand them, which would be just... so cute with din and mandito

Okay so there are two dates that are absolute with information:

Order 66 - 19 BBY

Under Order 66, all Jedi (and people who might be Jedi) are branded as traitors who are to be hunted and executed. Because of this order, the Jedi Temple on Coruscant is destroyed. Grogu is one of the few known survivors as he was hidden and kept safe.

The Mandalorian - 10 ABY

Din discovers Grogu and effectively takes him out from the darkness, thus beginning their journey. Grogu is stated to be 50 years old.

With those two dates in mind, in-between Order 66 and when The Mandalorian begins, a total of 29 years have passed. By subtracting the time that’s passed from his age, Grogu was approximately 21 years old when he was taken from the temple.

Ahsoka mentions that many masters trained him over the years at the temple before he was hidden away. If I remember correctly (please do correct me if I’m wrong), children began their training as young as 4 years old which means it’s safe to assume Grogu spent at least 17 years of his life in the Jedi temple.

So it goes like this:

Grogu (4yo) begins his training - 36 BBY

Note that this is just when he could’ve possibly began his training, he could have arrived at the temple earlier, but no later than 8 years old (the age max for Jedi younglings)

Grogu (21yo) is taken from the temple - 19 BBY

Grogu (21-50yo) spends his life hidden away - 19 BBY-10 ABY

In the context of what Ahsoka mentioned, I’m assuming Grogu spent a majority of these years in his crib as this is when his memory becomes dark

Grogu (50yo) is discovered by Din Djarin - 10ABY

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that by the time Chapter 13 rolls around and they meet Ahsoka, Grogu’s been with Din for about a year.

Therefore, between the ages 4-21, Grogu spent 17 years of his life at the Jedi Temple, was then taken and kept hidden for about 29 years of his life, and finally got to be free again at the age of 50.

He spent roughly 33% of his life at the temple, 57% of his life shut away in the crib, and only 2% of his life with Din.