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Is Grogu the same species as Yoda?
Ahsoka says within "Chapter 13: The Jedi" that he's the same species (or type of "being"):
He was raised at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Many Masters trained him over the years. ...
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Is Grogu the same species as Yoda?
The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau confirmed in a Hollywood Reporter interview that they are the same species.
What can you tell us about the creation of Baby Yoda?
He’s mostly a puppet. When it’s ...
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What are these symbols in the corridors of star destroyers?
3D Photogrammetry markers
At first I thought these were Scomp Link symbols, indicating the presence of a computer access port, but thought it was a bit odd that they were on blast doors and on the ...
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Are midi-chlorians still canon, despite not being mentioned since Episode 1?
Midi-chlorians are fully canon. They exist in the Star Wars universe and have been mentioned in a wealth of other canon works including;
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
“According to the legend,” ...
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Pre-Disney, did Darth Vader express any opinions on slavery in the Empire?
This comes up in the 2006 Dark Times comic series, set shortly after Revenge of the Sith. In Issue 2, Vader learns that the Empire is selling civilians into slavery as part of their occupation of New ...
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Was the Star Wars capital planet named "Coruscant" after this passage from Pebble in the Sky?
Zahn supposedly just liked the name because it literally means "glittering", a word that matched George Lucas' earlier description of the planet.
"Just to make it clear, I did not ...
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What's the retcon for what Leia says in her R2-message, given the events of Kenobi?
There's no retcon needed.
At the end of Kenobi, the following exchange happens:
Leia: Will I ever see you again?
Kenobi: Maybe. Someday. If you ever need help from a tired, old man. But we must be ...
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How did the Death Star 2 stay in orbit above Endor when it did not have functional ion engines nor a functional hyperdrive system?
Repulsorlift generators
This is addressed by the canon reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations (2016). While the second Death Star was being constructed, it was at first held up by a repulsorlift ...
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What fluid was the Rebel ground crew pumping into the starfighters?
Life support
According to the Canon Rebel Starfighters: Owners' Workshop Manual, the hoses seen in the Rebel base are plugged into the life support recharge ports:
This comports with the X-wing ...
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Is Grogu the same species as Yoda?
In the article Sav Malagán Returns and More Concept Art on Star Wars: The High Republic Show on the official Star Wars website, this is mentioned about Yaddle:
The Force-user is the same species as ...
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What specifically made it so that a TIE fighter wouldn't be out near Alderaan by itself?
Your comparison to an X-Wing is not actually a great comparison. That’s like comparing a Citroën Méhari to a Hummer H1. They’re both utility vehicles, and they have a handful of other similarities, ...
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Extreme use of the Force by Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series
Rey performs a similar feat in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
She’d been here before, standing helplessly as sand blasted her skin, watching a ship carry away someone she loved.
Where there had ...
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When Lando refers to the “north tower” in “Return of the Jedi” how can one determine the cardinal points in center of a sphere?
From Star Wars: Complete Locations (2016):
1 The primary stage focused on assembling components necessary for construction of the main reactor core—approximately one-tenth the diameter of the entire ...
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What factors led to Disney retconning Star Wars Legends in favor of the new Disney Canon?
Keeping the EU canon would have alienated the intended audience.
While there are a lot of diehard Star Wars fans who love the EU, they are vastly outnumbered by the number of people who have only ever ...
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What specifically made it so that a TIE fighter wouldn't be out near Alderaan by itself?
The film's official novelisation gives us a little more insight. Han sees the TIE and guesses (rightly) that this is the short-range version, one known to not have a hyperdrive. Kenobi then scans the ...
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Mando's Mandatory Meandering?
Immediately before the pirates attacked, Mando had been teaching Grogu about how to navigate in space. From the episode's transcript:
MANDO: Being a Mandalorian's not just learning about how to fight,...
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Has there ever been a piano in Star Wars?
We see someone playing what looks very much like a double-keyboard piano at the Canto Bight Casino in The Last Jedi
And there's an upright piano being played in the Lego Star Wars special Bombad ...
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What did Han Solo experience while frozen in Carbonite?
Canonically, carbonite freezing someone without preparation seems to leave them in a semi-conscious state and subject to extreme pain.
The peculiar stasis qualities of carbonite have been known in ...
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What are these people doing in these transparent balls?
Those are (alien) prostitutes. The episode's audio description makes it abundantly clear that they're 'on display' and given that this is the 'Leisure Zone', it doesn't seem likely to be a zoo.
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What makes you a Sith Lord?
"Sith Lord" is a title bestowed by a person with the proper authority. This would be someone who already is a Sith Lord, specifically the Sith Master (not just the Sith Apprentice) due to ...
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How did Luke get back to Echo Base after crashing?
He got a ride
This is addressed in Complete Locations, both the 2005 Legends edition and the 2016 canon edition. On the map of the Battle of Hoth, there are illustrations of Luke's route through the ...
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Which was the first Star Wars book/comic book/cartoon/tv series/movie not to involve the Skywalkers?
This list provides a chronological order of all expanded universe (legends and cannon) novels that have been published.
Han Solo at Star's End published 1st April 1979 is the first work not to include ...
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What did Han Solo experience while frozen in Carbonite?
Apparently, a scene was cut from Return of the Jedi (1983) where Han Solo says he had been conscious all the time. Here is the December 1, 1981 third draft version of the script that contains the ...
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Is "Dank Farrik" an exclamatory or a cuss word?
It's definitely a curse.
“Dank farrik,” the other woman cursed softly under her breath.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel
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“Dank farrik!” Fennec cursed, and they ran out of the ...
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Are midi-chlorians still canon, despite not being mentioned since Episode 1?
While midi-chlorians have not really been name-checked explicitly since the prequels, The Mandalorian had an "M-count" mentioned by Dr. Pershing that is likely regarding midi-chlorians.
One ...
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Who is Palpatine's Wife?
Rey's father Dathan is a clone of Palpatine. He was made in a cloning chamber. There is, by definition, no mother. There are, however, indications that Palpatine may have included foreign DNA in order ...
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At what point in the prequels is it revealed that Palpatine is Darth Sidious?
The confrontation in Episode III that you mention is the first time in the prequels that there is definitive proof that Palpatine is also Darth Sidious. Even the scripts for Episode I, Episode II, and ...
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What factors led to Disney retconning Star Wars Legends in favor of the new Disney Canon?
It's important to remember that Lucas made Star Wars canon up as he went along (major example of that in the movies themselves here). Lucas himself even made things that are no longer canon (and that ...
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What makes you a Sith Lord?
Null’s answer covers the basics for the current Disney Canon.
This answer is intended to cover the old pre-Disney lore based on the extended universe, now known as ‘Legends’, because it both gives ...
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Who is the woman next to Palpatine during his speech?
Sly Moore.
According to the canon reference guide Ultimate Star Wars, Sly Moore was the Chief of Staff for Palpatine during the final days of the Republic, and continued to serve in an advisory ...
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