Once upon a time there was a lone gunslinger known only as The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal). When first we meet him — that would be in early November, when “The Mandalorian” debuted on day Disney+ launched — he is a member of a bounty hunter guild at a time when jobs are scarce and pay is low. In order to survive he takes a job from a shady client who happens to be an ex-Empire official, played by iconic German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
The man directs him to obtain an “Asset” with the promise of a hefty fee upon successful retrieval. What he doesn’t tell him is that the “Asset,” listed as a 50-year-old, is actually a toddler of the same alien race as the all-powerful green being Yoda. Thus, at the end of the pilot, a worldwide obsession with Baby Yoda, officially known as The Child, was born.