Film Theory: The Problem with Baby Yoda (Star Wars: The Mandalorian)

The best thing to come from the new Star Wars show The Mandalorian, so far, is Baby Yoda. The internet is OBSESSED with this little green alien. In Baby Yoda's first appearance, we are told it is 50 years old. WHAT? That made my Theorist brain go crazy! A 50 year old toddler is the worst evolutionary cycle I have ever seen or heard. It got me thinking, what does the lifespan of a Yoda look like and what does that mean for the future of Baby Yoda - and all Yodas? Time to find out!

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Credits:
Writer: Stephanie Patrick and Zach Stewart  
Editors: Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick, and Koen Verhagen
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

Sources:

[JusRaeDae]

“I currently own a toddler.” Best technical terminology for being a parent I’ve heard today.

[TeranToola]

“I currently own a toddler”.

Strange word choice

[samanthae.]

“I currently own a toddler”

*i think the toddler owns you*

[musikSkool]

So that is why Yoda's race isn't fazed when they see a powerful force ability, just taking care of their own toddlers requires a lot of force proficiency.

[ronaldthomas]

MatPat: "I currently own a toddler"


Steph: *Why is the FBI here?*

[certifiedidiocracy]

MatPat: "I own a toddler"


Comments: *It's meme time*

[oliverhe]

Oh yeah, a really sad thing about The Mandalorian is that baby yoda will eventually outlive mando... and baby yoda would still be a baby.

[ChildOf_Apollo]

“I currently own I toddler”
That one line is the best terminology of being a parent

[dragonnestking]

“I currently own a toddler”

*He cannot be trained, he is too old.*

[meganssabode]

Everyone in the comments section
“I currently own a toddler”

*h u h*

[seanm]

“I currently own a toddler”


Comment section: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[mr.amphibian]

“I’ve always hated that song”

Ok Vader like we didn’t just seen you breaking out them sick dance moves

[lemyamagzoub]

Everyone talking about matpat flexing his adorable child

Me: smiles at Ollie pics

[Sypaka]

Baby Yoda:
- Do not feed after midnight
- Do not let it get contact with water
- Do not expose to bright sunlight.

[phantomstars]

Matthew: “I own a toddler.”

COPPA: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT*

[EvonneSol]

Another thing of importance to point out here: we know for a fact that a massive war happened a thousand years ago, which wiped out a lot of Force-sensitive individuals within the Star Wars universe. If we include that, it starts looking like the war wiped out most of Yoda's species, and he was born after the war, to some of their last surviving members. Of course, that doesn't explain where baby Yoda came from, but it's possible they're just barely clinging on at the fringes of society. And then we need to consider the fact that the Empire actively hunted down Force sensitives and likely killed them. Yoda's people are so ancient and so long-lived they've probably experienced several of these extinction events, caused by conflict within the Jedi and the Sith, or between the two groups.

[RaYmOnDrOiD]

“I currently own a toddler”



Toddler:
*”I currently own a theorist”*

[cheetodust]

"The problem with Baby Yoda"
You have now taken it way too far buddy.

[CommentBanana]

Matpat: coppa laws doesn’t apply to any of my channels

Also Matpat: bAbY yOdA dO dO dO

[lucasthefox]

Me hearing someone say that it's name is baby yoda: bruh... Grogu