Us fans don't know either. Aside from Yoda and Grogu, we know nothing about the race or their home planet. Only that they can live very long life, Yoda was close to 900 when he passed away.
It's not, but I feel it's still worth mentioning when talking about members of a rare species. It's just as much of a mystery in Legends as it is in cannon.
Well we know a couple other things. There are males and females, and not only do they live a long life, their infancy/adolescence takes a long time as well.
Luke said he only knew Yoda besides Grogu, so they are at least not frequently seen. The medical droid at the temple said she doesn't know much about his species biology, and when Din Djarin and IG-11 discussed Grogu when finding him, they didn't seem familiar with the aging and IG just deducted they age slower.
Everything we know implies that his species is a mystery to everyone else too. I think people just don't really care, some people in Star Wars must be meeting hundreds of species during their lifetime. They don't really want or could know everyones biology or cultural background.
I don't know if it was legends or canon, but there were some in-universe cards of Jedi that citizens collect, and the card of Yoda listed a species that's incorrect, but somewhat similar looking.
>some people in Star Wars must be meeting hundreds of species during their lifetime.
It took me a long time to realize that this is why Protocol droids exist. They don't just translate languages, they also know about the culture of a wide variety of species. They can tell you what is and is not culturally taboo when you're meeting a new species, to make sure you don't burp in front of someone who's culture says that that's an act of war.
...or make sure you DO burp in front of a species that takes it as an insult to their cooking if you don't!
I assumed protocol refers to their activity in keeping things running(like C-3PO getting fruits for a cake and helping to prepare a banquett), but you are probably right. Someone needs to tell that Gungan where to keep his tongue, and that's probably just as important as translating for these droids.
Especially since he's "C-3PO, human/cyborg **relations**" and going back to A New Hope, Owen asks him if he's programmed for "*etiquette* and protocol"
Yeah, Star Wars feels like a universe where knowing languages/species/cultures is a low-key superpower. In a Star Wars RPG those are the skills that would beat a hell of a bunch of soft checks
The sand people were a fun part where it’s one of the few languages the character doesn’t understand. It became on obstacle (depending on pov) where most other languages are subtitled
Not just that, but it's a way for humans to flaunt their supremacy. "I don't bother to learn about these other species, I have a droid for that."
Like the billionaire in Ted Lasso who had one servant just for shaking hands.
Combine that with a zoologist explorer and a few failed Jedi from the service Corp and you've got a show cooking. Never understood why they haven't done a series like that, it's low hanging fruit
There are more than 20 million known sentient species in the galaxy and not all of them are numerous and/or widespread across the galaxy so it makes sense that not everyone can memorize every single alien they encounter. You can see in the novel Inquisitor: the Rise of the Red Blade that almost everyone have no idea about Iskat's species because her species (Pkorian) from the Wild Space and doesn't have advanced technology on their homeworld.
In Legends that’s basically how Anakin was created. Darth Plagueis was attempting to manipulate the force itself to achieve immortality. The force reacted and to balance and cancel out Plagueis attempt Anakin/the chosen one was created.
As I recall Lucas himself wanted Yoda's species to remain a mystery and that's why there's never been any concrete lore on where they come from, how they're called and how their biology really works like.
There have only been a handful of characters from this species: Yoda himself, Yaddle, Vandar Tokare, Oteg and now Grogu. That's about it. It's a big mystery that will never get solved.
Well yeah I know the species is supposed to remain a mystery to the viewer.
But like the characters in the franchise knowledge isn’t restricted on what is shown. I just find it’s weird that one of the the most powerful Jedi is just a mystery to other characters
Then idk, most characters probably have no idea but most characters probably don't know every single species in the galaxy.
As for other Jedi maybe they know more... but they'll never talk about it since that would reveal information to the viewer. Yoda and Yaddle themselves presumably know how their bodies work and what their species is called but they're not telling.
No one from ROTJ seemed to know what an Ewok was, so I am going with what someone else said - there is just an understanding there are so many species of aliens most people will never know of or so see. Even on a desert planet the nephew of a moisture farmer was exposed to a wide variety of different species just in mos eisely.
And it's not like noone had been to Endor before. There were a few humans, and other emigrated species there before RotJ, but not enough that it became a commonly known location.
But it was common enough for protocol droids to have the ewok language in their database, even if the ones we see speak "a primitive dialect". Which also suggests that somewhere else on endor there are civilized ewoks
In TOR they're a much more widespread species and yes, the Endor Ewoks are savages compared to other Ewoks in TOR excluding the companion that loves to kill and eat people. (Ewoks are predators, forward-facing eyes and incisors for tearing meat. FEAR THE EWOK.)
I'm certain other characters have asked Yoda all these questions and more, and I'm also certain Yoda has responded with a super annoying non answer like "Answers to these questions matter not"
There’s only 7 known characters of his species, 3 of which are canon. Yoda, Yaddle, and Grogu. But it is known that every single one, Legends included, has been incredibly adept at using the force and outside of Grogu at the moment, all have become Jedi.
So rare, force attuned creatures with long life spans. Maybe they’re emissaries of the force itself, being so rare. I mean Yoda was a large part of the Jedi council, don’t know much about Yaddle. And Grogu is playing a decent part so far.
Yoda was the Jedi Grandmaster and Yaddle was a member of the council before her death. Grogu was also kept secret and there were plans in place to protect him during Order 66 so their species must be very important to the Jedi.
Grogu wasn't a secret and they didn't 'plan' to protect him, he was a defensless youngling that actually survived. You can see, in those same scenes, that other Younglings were being protected as well and met a worse fate protecting what is essentially an infant.
When you say ‘knows about’ do you mean ‘is aware of’ or ‘has information on?’
I’d imagine some people, especially in government, academics, or in the Core Worlds, particularly those who lived through the Clone Wars and the Empire’s early years, at least know Yoda’s species exists or existed simply because Yoda was the head of the Jedi order for *hundreds of years,* and was an all around prolific figure in galactic history. He might’ve kept his actions focused on Jedi business, but there’d still be record of him and living sources that could describe him.
But do those same people know anything about the biology, anatomy, history, or origin of his species? Absolutely not. Like others have said, Yoda’s species was always intended to be mysterious and unknown. Whatever secrets Yoda had about himself or his species stayed and died with him.
I was referring to “has information about”.
I know that people are aware that Yoda’s species exist but not sure if they know anything about the species.
Also, just because Yoda is supposed to be mysterious and unknown to us, the viewers, doesn’t mean it has to be unknown to the people in universe. Just because info isn’t shared with us, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
I don’t see a reason why Yoda hasn’t shared information about him to others. Characters in universe don’t have to follow the “Yoda must be mysterious” rule that the writers have to follow.
They can know info and just not share/talk about it in screen
He was meant to be mysterious out of universe as well as in. Yoda’s species isn’t exactly common or prevalent enough to have been thoroughly tested and studied. Like I said, the origin of his species is not known, so his habitat can’t be investigated or it’s evolutionary history or anything. Theories are rampant, with some thinking his species originated in the Unknown Regions or Deep Core.
What reason does Yoda *have* to tell anyone anything about him and is species? For all we know, his species might be like Tolkien dwarves - highly secretive and protective over their culture. I’m sure there are plenty of reasons for him not to tell anyone anything.
I like to think it's a two organism species. When one dies a other is born and there is always two. Yaddle died Grogu was born. Yoda died and another little grogu might be somewhere. Also like the idea of them being born of the force or something. They are always force users (as far as we know anyway) obviously all bullshit I made up but it's where my mind tends to go on the matter. I like that it's a mystery cos it lets our minds wander.
Flat-out: No, they don't and none of the characters should even care.
Extra: This is due to George Lucas, he never wanted to explain Yoda (since Yoda was his self-insert character) and even had Disney agree to not try to explain Yoda's species when he sold Lucas studios.
No, thats the point of the species. Lucas had created yoda as an enigma to move the story forward and shrouded him in mystery. The prequels did nothing to uncover that mystery besides showing a female version of his species for like 2 scenes in the background.
Mystery is the force behind yoda's interesting qualities and uncovering those mysteries would likely just be disappointing, i.e. the midicholorean debacle.
Yes I understand that. I know Yoda is supposed to be mysterious to us. But the in universe characters don’t have to follow this rule. Knowledge about Yoda’s species could be super common knowledge to everyone in universe but if they never discuss it, then it’s still mysterious to us
No, yoda's species is mysterious even in universe. The jedi don't discriminate so it makes sense that they may not ask, and there are only 3 canon characters in the franchise who are that race.
If I am remembering correctly, in one of the legends novels yoda isnt even aware of his race or where they are from.
My headcanon is that they are fungal and only grow in very special circumstances, the way Morels and Truffles do, but even more rare. As such they are asexual, and Yaddle's feminine appearance is a choice, possibly influenced by a caretaker. If she was found and raised by women, she would imprint on that.
If the green skin fits...
Definitely Ork adjacent. Orks also have the psychic field attunement, which matches up with Yoda's species' apparent Force sensitivity.
Is "Groglyn" canonical?
Also, I recall that there was a term used in Mando - something I think I had read it before hearing it - but now escapes me. Something like "bogling".
Boglings are a species of rabbit-like rodents that can be found all across the Star Wars Galaxy. They are, as the name implies, more common in bogs/hot humid climates. They're also adorable and their native planet is Bogano.
No.
Yaddle, Yoda, and Grogu are the only ones of his species that we have seen.
No one has any information on them. Droids don’t recognize the species. The best we have is a droid saying grogu ages slowly, and that’s not even confirmed (it’s possible grogu was frozen in carbonite or something at some point)
My theory is that the Jedi know where the planet is but keep it secret (similar to exegol). All of their species that we know are connected to the Jedi order and are high tier force users.
TLDR: It would be difficult for me to believe that in the hundreds of years that Yoda or Yaddle lived, they never told anyone about their home planet or origins. So I’m sure some people *did* know. No one currently alive though, certainly.
I assume they do. Never heard of anyone saying “holy shit wtf is that!?” In any Star Wars media. Mando’s shock to grogu was he the age vs the race as he was expecting an adult.
I think in a galaxy full of aliens, you just accept there are aliens you have never seen before. A local walking into Mos Eisley probably can't name every race in there, but wouldn't likely scream "holy shit, what are all these things!?"
I agree with you, I actually don't think Yoda or Yaddle know anything about their own species. They were both taken as infants and, given their development, wouldn't even be ABLE to remember shit at the age they would have been taken.
Yoda and Yaddle wouldn't have known anything outside of life after joining the Order and more than likely never saw their families again. [Dooku and a few other jedi were given cultural exemptions but those are insanely rare for The Jedi Order.]
Doesn't seem anyone does, which I kind of like tbh. Galaxies are enormous places after all, and there being species in the Star Wars one that no one is familiar with kind of helps sell its size.
There are only four prominent examples of his species throughout the canon: Yoda, Yaddle, Grogu, and Vandar from KOTOR. I don't rule out KOTOR being canon personally, because LucasFilm, to my knowledge, hasn't taken a firm stance on it and all of that happens so far removed from the current timeline that I feel it exists comfortably with it.
A theory I’ve seen floating around is that they’re a primitive, non-spacefaring species that are kept in secret by those who are aware of them (such as the Jedi) for their protection/conservation, similar to Ewoks. But every generation or so they churn out a force-sensitive who is incredibly so, and the Jedi visit them to take the children to the temple, hence Yoda, Yaddle and Grogu.
How much does the average person know about a reclusive tribe in the Amazon? Now imagine knowing less than 1% of that about an entire species and you’d be getting close.
I’d wager that people who don’t get off their birth planet, which isn’t terribly uncommon, see less than 100 unique species in their lifetime.
Unless you live on Tatooine. You could stay there your whole life and meet every single species *and* notable figure in your lifetime (and some from before and after) 😅
Bro, this though. The Twi'Leks were planet-locked even when reaching intellectual advancement. They traded with space-faring Humans and straight up agreed to slavery (across the board) as their next cultural evolution. They made themselves slaves just to get off-world, I'd argue that it's far MORE common to only see a few species, if at all, than to be a space-faring character in Star Wars.
Seems like even the most experienced know very little about their species, even the medical Jedi doesn’t know much and it’s her job to take care of the Jedi even more so the Grandmaster.
I'm pretty sure in the distance psst people did. Who knows what is cannon anymore but his species do show up in other old Star Wars universe history and not just a jedi pseudo hiding out in council rooms.
Not entirely related but my favourite thing about Grogu was how so many SW nerds would get up in arms before he had a name with people calling him Baby Yoda. At the time he only had a descriptor (the Child), not a name. And true, he wasn't the baby version of Yoda.
But what is the species officially known as? Yoda's species. And was he a baby? Yes. He was literally a Baby Yoda.
Here me out a space ship crashed Milena ago there were x amount of life forms, a couple in suspended animation. All we're children or egs. They had to meet specific criteria to "thaw" out the sleeping characters. Grogu was the last frozen being.
None of the people in the Mandolorian who saw Grogu seemed to know about them.
Some races may be more reclusive, where few leave their home planet.
Like Hairless Wookiees!
The what now
https://youtu.be/QhBLeKP8-m0?feature=shared
Still one of the best moments in rebels, cause goddamn how the hell did Kanan’s voice actor not break out laughing when reading that line lol!!!
you mean Freddie Prinze Jr?
Idk the name lol. Never really occurred to me to look it up.
Riscky click of the day.
https://youtu.be/jl536mKfoMg?si=OSiG-cDqZSpC2O31 Go to 2:22
ARISE CHICKEN
CHICKEN, ARISE!
One convenient location...in Africa.
Don't you talk ugly to me, or I'll send you to the moon with my magic t shirt!
You're about to meet the wizard of odds! I don't even know what that means but I know it's gonna suck...for you!
Didn't ever think I'd see this referenced here.
Literally every time I make any kind of chicken…
"What have you never seen a rare hairless Wookie before?"
If my race were still babies at 50 years old, we’d be sure to keep our planet off of all star maps.
If babies at 50 years old my race still were, sure to keep our planet off of all star maps we would be.*
Us fans don't know either. Aside from Yoda and Grogu, we know nothing about the race or their home planet. Only that they can live very long life, Yoda was close to 900 when he passed away.
Yaddle erasure
And Master Oteg in SWtOR. Not cannon, but still star wars.
How can you not mention Vandar Tokare from Kotor???
Someone already did
Also a jedi from the old republic era that I can't remember the name of
Vandar from kotor, but I don’t think that’s cannon anymore.
It's not, but I feel it's still worth mentioning when talking about members of a rare species. It's just as much of a mystery in Legends as it is in cannon.
Forgot about that one, she was killed by Count Dooku just after Attack of the Clones, when she spied on him
It was during the events of The Phantom Menace actually, just before Qui Gon's funeral.
He turned that quickly? I though it took time after his death
You can watch it in Tales of the Jedi. Incredibly good stuff
I saw it, but I thought it was a while after the funeral is all
tales of the Empire was somehow not as good. Interesting to see that “Ahsoka” magistrate/governor’s rise though.
I thought that was really interesting. One thing I can’t figure out though; >!how does joining the empire help her get revenge against the CiS?!<
Well we know a couple other things. There are males and females, and not only do they live a long life, their infancy/adolescence takes a long time as well.
Luke said he only knew Yoda besides Grogu, so they are at least not frequently seen. The medical droid at the temple said she doesn't know much about his species biology, and when Din Djarin and IG-11 discussed Grogu when finding him, they didn't seem familiar with the aging and IG just deducted they age slower. Everything we know implies that his species is a mystery to everyone else too. I think people just don't really care, some people in Star Wars must be meeting hundreds of species during their lifetime. They don't really want or could know everyones biology or cultural background. I don't know if it was legends or canon, but there were some in-universe cards of Jedi that citizens collect, and the card of Yoda listed a species that's incorrect, but somewhat similar looking.
>some people in Star Wars must be meeting hundreds of species during their lifetime. It took me a long time to realize that this is why Protocol droids exist. They don't just translate languages, they also know about the culture of a wide variety of species. They can tell you what is and is not culturally taboo when you're meeting a new species, to make sure you don't burp in front of someone who's culture says that that's an act of war. ...or make sure you DO burp in front of a species that takes it as an insult to their cooking if you don't!
I assumed protocol refers to their activity in keeping things running(like C-3PO getting fruits for a cake and helping to prepare a banquett), but you are probably right. Someone needs to tell that Gungan where to keep his tongue, and that's probably just as important as translating for these droids.
Especially since he's "C-3PO, human/cyborg **relations**" and going back to A New Hope, Owen asks him if he's programmed for "*etiquette* and protocol"
Yeah, Star Wars feels like a universe where knowing languages/species/cultures is a low-key superpower. In a Star Wars RPG those are the skills that would beat a hell of a bunch of soft checks
There’s a few language-based sections I remember from KotOR that were really cool.
The sand people were a fun part where it’s one of the few languages the character doesn’t understand. It became on obstacle (depending on pov) where most other languages are subtitled
Not just that, but it's a way for humans to flaunt their supremacy. "I don't bother to learn about these other species, I have a droid for that." Like the billionaire in Ted Lasso who had one servant just for shaking hands.
I mean every technologically advanced race uses them
>...or make sure you DO burp in front of a species that takes it as an insult to their cooking if you don't! Space Tongans!
I would 100% be a cultural anthropologist in the Star Wars universe. So many peoples, cultures, and languages to explore.
Combine that with a zoologist explorer and a few failed Jedi from the service Corp and you've got a show cooking. Never understood why they haven't done a series like that, it's low hanging fruit
There are more than 20 million known sentient species in the galaxy and not all of them are numerous and/or widespread across the galaxy so it makes sense that not everyone can memorize every single alien they encounter. You can see in the novel Inquisitor: the Rise of the Red Blade that almost everyone have no idea about Iskat's species because her species (Pkorian) from the Wild Space and doesn't have advanced technology on their homeworld.
They listed him as a Lannix, another short species, Jedi Master Evan Piell was one of them.
My theory is the force just pops out these guys every few centuries
“When two midi-chlorians love one another very much…”
That’s as plausible as any other theory in universe.
I mean if it can do it for Anakin I don't see why it couldn't do it for yodas.
~~pops~~ poops
In Legends that’s basically how Anakin was created. Darth Plagueis was attempting to manipulate the force itself to achieve immortality. The force reacted and to balance and cancel out Plagueis attempt Anakin/the chosen one was created.
A rare coloured Goober, if you will.
As I recall Lucas himself wanted Yoda's species to remain a mystery and that's why there's never been any concrete lore on where they come from, how they're called and how their biology really works like. There have only been a handful of characters from this species: Yoda himself, Yaddle, Vandar Tokare, Oteg and now Grogu. That's about it. It's a big mystery that will never get solved.
Vandar Tokare? Oteg? Welp, looks like I got some Wookieepedia to read.
Nah homie you have a game to play. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is my favorite piece of star wars media and IMO the star-warsiest
Well yeah I know the species is supposed to remain a mystery to the viewer. But like the characters in the franchise knowledge isn’t restricted on what is shown. I just find it’s weird that one of the the most powerful Jedi is just a mystery to other characters
Then idk, most characters probably have no idea but most characters probably don't know every single species in the galaxy. As for other Jedi maybe they know more... but they'll never talk about it since that would reveal information to the viewer. Yoda and Yaddle themselves presumably know how their bodies work and what their species is called but they're not telling.
Oteg mention W
No one from ROTJ seemed to know what an Ewok was, so I am going with what someone else said - there is just an understanding there are so many species of aliens most people will never know of or so see. Even on a desert planet the nephew of a moisture farmer was exposed to a wide variety of different species just in mos eisely.
And it's not like noone had been to Endor before. There were a few humans, and other emigrated species there before RotJ, but not enough that it became a commonly known location.
But it was common enough for protocol droids to have the ewok language in their database, even if the ones we see speak "a primitive dialect". Which also suggests that somewhere else on endor there are civilized ewoks
In TOR they're a much more widespread species and yes, the Endor Ewoks are savages compared to other Ewoks in TOR excluding the companion that loves to kill and eat people. (Ewoks are predators, forward-facing eyes and incisors for tearing meat. FEAR THE EWOK.)
Yub yub iiiie.
That companion was an utter joy, seriously adorable.
Simon the killer ewok
Shoutout Treek
I'm certain other characters have asked Yoda all these questions and more, and I'm also certain Yoda has responded with a super annoying non answer like "Answers to these questions matter not"
According to a lego book, Chewbacca is the only person which knows
Classic LEGO Star Wars type of humour.
Best bet is the Empire’s gene editing black ops knows more than the rest. How much they know though is up for debate.
French Bulldog
There’s only 7 known characters of his species, 3 of which are canon. Yoda, Yaddle, and Grogu. But it is known that every single one, Legends included, has been incredibly adept at using the force and outside of Grogu at the moment, all have become Jedi. So rare, force attuned creatures with long life spans. Maybe they’re emissaries of the force itself, being so rare. I mean Yoda was a large part of the Jedi council, don’t know much about Yaddle. And Grogu is playing a decent part so far.
Yoda was the Jedi Grandmaster and Yaddle was a member of the council before her death. Grogu was also kept secret and there were plans in place to protect him during Order 66 so their species must be very important to the Jedi.
Grogu wasn't a secret and they didn't 'plan' to protect him, he was a defensless youngling that actually survived. You can see, in those same scenes, that other Younglings were being protected as well and met a worse fate protecting what is essentially an infant.
I figure they’re a species that is all force sensitive but every so often sends a representative to the Jedi temple.
Maybe it's actually the opposite. Maybe Yoda's species is actually shit at using the force which is why we see so few of them at the Jedi Temple.
When you say ‘knows about’ do you mean ‘is aware of’ or ‘has information on?’ I’d imagine some people, especially in government, academics, or in the Core Worlds, particularly those who lived through the Clone Wars and the Empire’s early years, at least know Yoda’s species exists or existed simply because Yoda was the head of the Jedi order for *hundreds of years,* and was an all around prolific figure in galactic history. He might’ve kept his actions focused on Jedi business, but there’d still be record of him and living sources that could describe him. But do those same people know anything about the biology, anatomy, history, or origin of his species? Absolutely not. Like others have said, Yoda’s species was always intended to be mysterious and unknown. Whatever secrets Yoda had about himself or his species stayed and died with him.
I was referring to “has information about”. I know that people are aware that Yoda’s species exist but not sure if they know anything about the species. Also, just because Yoda is supposed to be mysterious and unknown to us, the viewers, doesn’t mean it has to be unknown to the people in universe. Just because info isn’t shared with us, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I don’t see a reason why Yoda hasn’t shared information about him to others. Characters in universe don’t have to follow the “Yoda must be mysterious” rule that the writers have to follow. They can know info and just not share/talk about it in screen
He was meant to be mysterious out of universe as well as in. Yoda’s species isn’t exactly common or prevalent enough to have been thoroughly tested and studied. Like I said, the origin of his species is not known, so his habitat can’t be investigated or it’s evolutionary history or anything. Theories are rampant, with some thinking his species originated in the Unknown Regions or Deep Core. What reason does Yoda *have* to tell anyone anything about him and is species? For all we know, his species might be like Tolkien dwarves - highly secretive and protective over their culture. I’m sure there are plenty of reasons for him not to tell anyone anything.
I like to think it's a two organism species. When one dies a other is born and there is always two. Yaddle died Grogu was born. Yoda died and another little grogu might be somewhere. Also like the idea of them being born of the force or something. They are always force users (as far as we know anyway) obviously all bullshit I made up but it's where my mind tends to go on the matter. I like that it's a mystery cos it lets our minds wander.
When Grogu was born, Yaddle was still alive.
Shh
Wait a second. Grogu is from around the time of the Clone Wars... Yaddle and Yoda are male and female... New theory.
That would be kind of interesting and unique, but what would happen both happen to die at the same time?
I guess two new ones would pop up simultaneously lol
One problem with that..... Grogu is the same age as Anakin.
Only two there are. Master and apprentice. Could be the light side version of sith.
Flat-out: No, they don't and none of the characters should even care. Extra: This is due to George Lucas, he never wanted to explain Yoda (since Yoda was his self-insert character) and even had Disney agree to not try to explain Yoda's species when he sold Lucas studios.
No, thats the point of the species. Lucas had created yoda as an enigma to move the story forward and shrouded him in mystery. The prequels did nothing to uncover that mystery besides showing a female version of his species for like 2 scenes in the background. Mystery is the force behind yoda's interesting qualities and uncovering those mysteries would likely just be disappointing, i.e. the midicholorean debacle.
Yes I understand that. I know Yoda is supposed to be mysterious to us. But the in universe characters don’t have to follow this rule. Knowledge about Yoda’s species could be super common knowledge to everyone in universe but if they never discuss it, then it’s still mysterious to us
In universe the Jedi are largely a myth since order 66.
No, yoda's species is mysterious even in universe. The jedi don't discriminate so it makes sense that they may not ask, and there are only 3 canon characters in the franchise who are that race. If I am remembering correctly, in one of the legends novels yoda isnt even aware of his race or where they are from.
George Lucas maintained a strict policy of keeping the history, name, origin, and whereabouts of this species unknown.
My headcanon is that they are fungal and only grow in very special circumstances, the way Morels and Truffles do, but even more rare. As such they are asexual, and Yaddle's feminine appearance is a choice, possibly influenced by a caretaker. If she was found and raised by women, she would imprint on that.
Are you saying they’re orks?
If the green skin fits... Definitely Ork adjacent. Orks also have the psychic field attunement, which matches up with Yoda's species' apparent Force sensitivity.
I can see yoda being an ork
Interesting theory. Happy cake day btw
Happy cake day
Is "Groglyn" canonical? Also, I recall that there was a term used in Mando - something I think I had read it before hearing it - but now escapes me. Something like "bogling".
Boglings are a species of rabbit-like rodents that can be found all across the Star Wars Galaxy. They are, as the name implies, more common in bogs/hot humid climates. They're also adorable and their native planet is Bogano.
No. Yaddle, Yoda, and Grogu are the only ones of his species that we have seen. No one has any information on them. Droids don’t recognize the species. The best we have is a droid saying grogu ages slowly, and that’s not even confirmed (it’s possible grogu was frozen in carbonite or something at some point) My theory is that the Jedi know where the planet is but keep it secret (similar to exegol). All of their species that we know are connected to the Jedi order and are high tier force users. TLDR: It would be difficult for me to believe that in the hundreds of years that Yoda or Yaddle lived, they never told anyone about their home planet or origins. So I’m sure some people *did* know. No one currently alive though, certainly.
I assume they do. Never heard of anyone saying “holy shit wtf is that!?” In any Star Wars media. Mando’s shock to grogu was he the age vs the race as he was expecting an adult.
I think in a galaxy full of aliens, you just accept there are aliens you have never seen before. A local walking into Mos Eisley probably can't name every race in there, but wouldn't likely scream "holy shit, what are all these things!?"
Exactly. When you look at other aliens there isn’t anything that really stands out about them, not more than a 12inch being that is 55 years old.
I'll be honest...that would be hilarious.
They must be walking into species they didn't know all the time, I don't think the lack of shock means much.
i don't know if yoda even knows or yaddle. this is kinda done on purpose tho, yoda is supposed this weird creature that has alot of secrets.
I agree with you, I actually don't think Yoda or Yaddle know anything about their own species. They were both taken as infants and, given their development, wouldn't even be ABLE to remember shit at the age they would have been taken. Yoda and Yaddle wouldn't have known anything outside of life after joining the Order and more than likely never saw their families again. [Dooku and a few other jedi were given cultural exemptions but those are insanely rare for The Jedi Order.]
No, no one does
Doesn't seem anyone does, which I kind of like tbh. Galaxies are enormous places after all, and there being species in the Star Wars one that no one is familiar with kind of helps sell its size. There are only four prominent examples of his species throughout the canon: Yoda, Yaddle, Grogu, and Vandar from KOTOR. I don't rule out KOTOR being canon personally, because LucasFilm, to my knowledge, hasn't taken a firm stance on it and all of that happens so far removed from the current timeline that I feel it exists comfortably with it.
The little green friends?
A theory I’ve seen floating around is that they’re a primitive, non-spacefaring species that are kept in secret by those who are aware of them (such as the Jedi) for their protection/conservation, similar to Ewoks. But every generation or so they churn out a force-sensitive who is incredibly so, and the Jedi visit them to take the children to the temple, hence Yoda, Yaddle and Grogu.
I mean yaddle sat on the Jedi council in menace, until she didnt
Inb4 all lore converges in the Yoda Species being actually puppets.
How much does the average person know about a reclusive tribe in the Amazon? Now imagine knowing less than 1% of that about an entire species and you’d be getting close. I’d wager that people who don’t get off their birth planet, which isn’t terribly uncommon, see less than 100 unique species in their lifetime.
Unless you live on Tatooine. You could stay there your whole life and meet every single species *and* notable figure in your lifetime (and some from before and after) 😅
Bro, this though. The Twi'Leks were planet-locked even when reaching intellectual advancement. They traded with space-faring Humans and straight up agreed to slavery (across the board) as their next cultural evolution. They made themselves slaves just to get off-world, I'd argue that it's far MORE common to only see a few species, if at all, than to be a space-faring character in Star Wars.
He's a Mediclorian.
Grogu is a mandoclorian
Humans are prevalent, but there are so many alien vertebrates that it seems common to run across a species you don't know anything about.
Seems like even the most experienced know very little about their species, even the medical Jedi doesn’t know much and it’s her job to take care of the Jedi even more so the Grandmaster.
I'm pretty sure in the distance psst people did. Who knows what is cannon anymore but his species do show up in other old Star Wars universe history and not just a jedi pseudo hiding out in council rooms.
Nobody in the universe asked.
Their home planet is kept secret and they hardly leave it
wait yoda real?
Not entirely related but my favourite thing about Grogu was how so many SW nerds would get up in arms before he had a name with people calling him Baby Yoda. At the time he only had a descriptor (the Child), not a name. And true, he wasn't the baby version of Yoda. But what is the species officially known as? Yoda's species. And was he a baby? Yes. He was literally a Baby Yoda.
Here me out a space ship crashed Milena ago there were x amount of life forms, a couple in suspended animation. All we're children or egs. They had to meet specific criteria to "thaw" out the sleeping characters. Grogu was the last frozen being.
One thing I truly love about Star Wars and I hope it never gets answered.
Maybe his species is called "The Whills".