The Mandalorian Season 2: 10 Reasons To Be Excited

10. More Of The Child

By far one of the sweetest parts of the first season was watching Mando and Baby Yoda develop their father-child relationship.

From the moment he shoots IG-11 to rescue the youngling from certain death, to when everything is put on the line to keep them out of Moff Gideon’s hands, the bond between Mando and The Child defined the first season.

Something as simple as making sure The Child is fed, or taking parts off the ship so that they have something to play with, lets us track the growing sense of care Mando feels for them. These small moments work to make the bigger moments - the Mudhorn-levitating, force-choking, fireball-holding moments - feel so much more earned.

When that tiny creature exhausts itself out of concern for its guardian, you can feel the love that drives it on. You know that love is earned from every struggle Mando underwent to keep them safe.

As the now sole link to Mando’s former life and the last charge from his clan-leader, Baby Yoda will mean even more to him going into the next season. With the stakes raised there’s no saying how far things will go at the finale, or what it might cost.