In Mandalorian Season 3 Din Takes his son Grogu on the Journey Home

Gary Kon March 1, 2023

The Mandalorian season 3 picks up right where Book of Boba Fett left off and sees Din finally accept his role as Grogu’s father and takes him on a journey home to Mandalore.

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The first two seasons saw Din slowly opening up to Grogu and coming to care about the child in spite of himself. Now, having fulfilled his task of delivering Grogu to the Jedi only for Grogu to choose Din instead, Din is free to more fully embrace his parental role. He takes to the task with touching gusto, holding Grogu in his lap to point out this map or that control as they zip across the galaxy in his starfighter.

Poignantly, Din also begins the work of passing his culture down to his kid. “That’s Mandalore, the home world of our people. Every Mandalorian can trace their roots back to this planet, and the beskar mines deep within,” he tells Grogu as they approach the planet. Never mind that, as Din acknowledges in his next breath, he’s never actually been there, and neither has Grogu; as members of diasporas on our own planet know, community and culture are about more than a physical location. It’s a graceful touch that deepens the characters and their universe at the precise moment the story demands it — because if the first two chapters are any indication, The Mandalorian‘s third season is poised to dive headfirst into the ins and outs of Mandalorian lore.

Watch the trailer below.