{"id":32305,"date":"2023-04-19T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1819128"},"modified":"2023-04-20T02:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T00:51:03","slug":"the-mandalorian-season-3-ending-explained-what-happened-to-din-and-grogu","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-mandalorian-season-3-ending-explained-what-happened-to-din-and-grogu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mandalorian season 3 ending explained: What happened to Din and Grogu?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The divisive season is at an end. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Warning: This article contains major\u00a0spoilers for The Mandalorian season 3 finale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love it or hate it, The Mandalorian<\/a> season 3 is officially at an end.<\/p>\n

The latest season of the Star Wars<\/a> epic has well and truly divided fans, as has the finale episode itself, with Din Djarin<\/a> (Pedro Pascal), Bo-Katan Kryze<\/a> (Katee Sackhoff), Grogu and co battling Moff Gideon<\/a> (Giancarlo Esposito), as he attempted to wipe out the Mandalorians once and for all.<\/p>\n

Long story short, he wasn\u2019t exactly successful and ended up being engulfed by flames in the middle of an explosion, with our heroes, thankfully, making it out alive. No one was sure that was going to happen, especially after actor and stuntman Brendan Wayne, who\u2019s part of the team bringing Djarin to life, promised the finale was \u201cgoing to hurt\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

So, what happened at the end of The Mandalorian season 3 and what does it mean for the future of the show?<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

The Mandalorian season 3 ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After escaping his captors, Djarin decides that he needs to take down Gideon once and for all. Meanwhile, Gideon has vowed to rid the world of the Mandalorians.<\/p>\n

He and Grogu head to the Command Center, where they believe Gideon to be hiding out. However, what they find isn\u2019t Gideon himself \u2013 it\u2019s the army of clones he\u2019s created. Din\u2019s not having any of it, flooding the room and presumably killing the clones.<\/p>\n

Gideon finds Din and Grogu and, in a very melodramtic, villainous moment, declares: \u201cMy clones were finally going to be perfect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best parts of me, but improved by adding the one thing I never had: The Force. I was isolating the potential to wield The Force, and incorporating it into an unstoppable army. And you smothered them before they could take their first breath.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon for The Mandalorian season 3.<\/span><\/figcaption> Disney+\/Lucasfilm<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Bo-Katan arrives in the nick of time while Djarin is fighting Moff Gideon, and faces him while wielding the Darksaber<\/a>. However, in a turn of events that has both shocked and confused fans, Gideon, wearing his Dark Trooper armour, manages to crush the Darksaber in the palm of his hand.<\/p>\n

However, Gideon\u2019s luck has soon run out \u2013 the world literally falls apart around them in an explosion as Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides) crashes the Mandalorian cruiser into his base. While Grogu is able to protect Bo and Din using The Force, Gideon is engulfed by the flames and (presumably) dies once and for all.<\/p>\n

In a sequence that harkens back to episode 1, Paz Viszla\u2019s son Ragnar speaks the Creed, with Djarin telling the armorer that Grogu is now his apprentice and no longer a foundling. She says that he\u2019s too young to speak the Creed, but Djarin argues that, if his parent permits it, he should become an apprentice.<\/p>\n

After the armorer points out that Grogu\u2019s parents are nowhere to be seen, Din goes full dad and says he\u2019ll adopt Grogu as his own. Grogu officially becomes a Mandalorian and the armorer sends them on their way for more adventures.<\/p>