{"id":10685,"date":"2022-02-02T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1577950"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:51:08","slug":"the-book-of-boba-fett-includes-major-character-cliffhanger","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-book-of-boba-fett-includes-major-character-cliffhanger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Boba Fett includes major character cliffhanger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 02 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s official \u2013 The Book of Boba Fett<\/a> is basically just The Mandalorian<\/a> season 2.5, with the last two episodes of the Disney Plus series largely leaving the titular bounty hunter in the background as we caught up with Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and other characters from The Mandalorian.<\/p>\n

And this week, that meant the return of everyone\u2019s favourite modern Star Wars character Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, aka that green guy on the merch sold absolutely everywhere.<\/p>\n

In this episode we\u2019re shown a montage of his training with Luke Skywalker (a digitally de-aged Mark Hamill), though Luke has his doubts about his new pupil\u2019s commitment.<\/p>

Sure, he\u2019s picking up some cool flipping tricks and regaining some of his traumatic memories \u2013 but Luke also thinks his \u201cheart isn\u2019t in it\u201d, instead hankering for the life he\u2019d been leading with The Mandalorian. And by the end of the episode, Luke offers Grogu a choice, represented by two objects.<\/p>\n

On one hand is the Beskar steel chainmail forged for him by Din Djarin, representing his status as a Mandalorian \u201cfoundling\u201d. On the other, a lightsaber once wielded by Master Yoda (Frank Oz) representing the path of the Jedi. If he picks the former, he has to give up his new training; the latter, and he\u2019ll have to wave goodbye to his Mandalorian pal for good.<\/p>\n

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Grogu and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in The Book of Boba Fett (Disney)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The episode leaves Grogu\u2019s decision unclear, cutting to the credits as he eyes up both objects. From a viewers\u2019 perspective, the chain mail seems the clear choice \u2013 there\u2019s no Mandalorian without Baby Yoda, so it makes sense the duo would be reunited before season 3. Plus, this way he\u2019d dodge the eventual massacre of Luke\u2019s Jedi students that took place between this point and 2015\u2019s The Force Awakens.<\/p>\n

But perhaps that would be too obvious, and perhaps Grogu\u2019s Jedi training storyline still has some road to cover before we (inevitably) see him popping up inside the little droid area of Mando\u2019s new spaceship one day.<\/p>\n

Which path will Grogu walk? Only one week to go until we find out\u2026<\/p>\n

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