During the vicious slaughter of the younglings by Anakin Skywalker, at the Jedi Temple
during operation Knightfall, a young force sensitive child named Grogu
was ripped away from the area and pulled to safety, just in time, by an unknown figure,
sparing him from the facing certain death at the hands of Anakin’s bright blue lightsaber blade.
So who could this mysterious saviour of Grogu be?
I’m going to break down some awesome theories on who took
Grogu from the Jedi temple during Order 66.
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So the first main question about Grogu’s escape from the slaughter of the younglings is, was it a
Jedi or was it a high ranking member of what would soon become the Rebel alliance, like Bail Organa?
Just based on Bail Organa’s encounter with Commander Appo, it’s pretty clear
that absolutely no non-force users could get anywhere near the inside of the Jedi temple,
except for the Clone Troopers of the 501st themselves. Although someone like Mon Monthma
may have tried to rescue anyone they could after hearing the news about the temple,
it’s very, very unlikely that they would have succeeded.
This leads us straight onto Jedi.
The first and probably most likely option, is that Grogu was saved
from Anakin’s brutal rage by the Jedi Master and Temple Librarian, Jocasta Nu.
In Canon, Jocasta Nu of course survived the Great Jedi Purge and escaped from the temple
before the horrific slaughter took place, and later set out to preserve
any artifacts or documents she could from the Jedi Order, because of Emperor
Palpatine’s attempts to destroy and tarnish all Jedi History in the eyes of the public.
After escaping the temple during operation Knightfall and Order 66,
Jocasta Nu built a secret Jedi school in almost complete isolation,
alongside her non-force sensitive assistant, named Gar, in a highly covert and remote location,
probably deep in the outer rim. As the great Jedi purge was beginning, Jocasta Nu was able
to take various statues, artifacts and many Jedi training devices like the Marksman-H
training remote out of the temple vault, and transport them to her new Jedi school.
Because of her stunning bravery and self-sacrifice, I think it’s
very possible that Jocasta Nu took the time to retrieve Grogu, along with all of the training
devices and artifacts, and transport him safely to the secretive location of her Jedi school,
away from the prying eyes of the Empire, leaving him in a safe location.
Grogu probably remained inside of this school,
with Gar and Jocasta Nu for some time until the old Jed Librarian realized
that there was one final task that she needed to complete as a Jedi knight.
Shortly after creating her new Jedi school,
Jocasta Nu realised that deep inside the secure vaults of the Jedi Archives,
there was a secure holocron with a list of every force-sensitive child in the Galaxy,
catalogued prior to Order 66, and decided to put her own life as risk to go back to Coruscant and
rescue it, before Vader or Palpatine could steal it for their Inquisitor programs.
As she attempted to sneak into the Jedi temple to retrieve this holocron list,
she was unfortunately confronted by Darth Vader, who brutally slaughtered her for her actions.
Her sacrifice wasn’t for nothing however, as moments before her death,
she convinced Vader to destroy the holocron with the list of force sensitive younglings.
Now because Grogu was being trained at the Jedi temple, he was definitely on this list,
and her action to convince Vader to destroy it, without a doubt saved Grogu’s life.
Grogu probably remained inside of the school for quite some time after her death,
eagerly awaiting her return, alongside Gar, but of course she was never coming back.
Sometime after, the child would have left the secret Jedi school, and gone off into the galaxy
by himself, most likely with someone else to guide him, as Gar killed himself inside of the school,
once he became too old to guard the artifacts and knowledge,
caving in the entrance, and trapping the knowledge inside until many years later,
when Luke Skywalker discovered the old archive of Jedi history.
In this period between Grogu leaving the school and being hunted by the Empire,
he really could have gone anywhere.
And let me know down below which Jedi you think stole Grogu away from the Jedi
temple, just in time to save his life?
And following that, there is another small, but crazy theory which says
that Mace Windu may have been the one to take Grogu from the Jedi temple
before Anakin’s slaughter, saving his life just in time.
Yes this theory is absolutely wild,
but I’ve seen a lot of you guys talking about it, so… here it is.
Immediately after being sent flying out of the Window of Palpatine office, and having his face
badly charred by Palpatine’s force lightning, Windu was able to survive his fall. As we saw
throughout the Clone Wars, Jedi can survive falls from pretty much any distance. Following this,
Mace Windu would have realized that the Republic and Jedi Order was only moments away from falling,
and may have attempted to save any last remnants of the ancient order,
stealing Grogu away from the Jedi temple, before Anakin could even get to him.
Mace would then have either stayed with him for a period of time, or sent him into hiding
with another group of people, similar to how Luke and Leia were placed into hiding.
Now you might be thinking, wouldn’t Palpatine have sensed these two incredibly powerful force
users remaining alive in the Galaxy? Well, it is possible that they masked their presence in
the force, just like Palpatine himself did to the Jedi Order during the fall of the Republic.
Masking one’s presence in the force is clearly an ability that leans towards the darkside,
but both Grogu and Mace have shown on multiple occasions that they are not
afraid of incorporating the darkside into their actions. Grogu has force choked people around him,
and Windu famously incorporated the Dark side into his fighting style, Vaapad.
This theory is obviously not the most serious or likely,
but both George Lucas and Samuel L. Jackson have said that they believe Windu could still be alive,
after his plummet out of the window.
So those are my fun little theories on who may have taken Grogu from the Jedi temple,
during Order 66 and Anakin’s Operation Knightfall.
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