Din Djarin

"You need to drop your rifle.''" "''I'm a Mandalorian. Weapons are part of my religion."

- Kuiil and "the Mandalorian"

"The Mandalorian," also known as "Mando" for short, was the alias of a human male Mandalorian bounty hunter during the New Republic Era. With his beskar armor and distinctive mask, the Mandalorian was both well-equipped and enigmatic&mdash;a stranger whose past was shrouded in mystery. He was a battle-hardened warrior, a man of few words, and a formidable mercenary in an increasingly dangerous galaxy.

After the fall of the Galactic Empire, the Mandalorian made a name for himself as a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, collecting bounties as he traveled across the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories&mdash;far from the authority of the New Republic&mdash;in his personal starship, the Razor Crest. Around 9 ABY, the Mandalorian was hired by a client who offered a substantial reward for the acquisition of an asset located on the planet Arvala-7.

Early life
"This [beskar] is extremely generous. The excess will sponsor many Foundlings.''" "That's good. I was once a Foundling." "''I know."

- A Mandalorian armorer and "the Mandalorian"

The bounty hunter known as "the Mandalorian" was once a Foundling. As a child, he was caught in the crossfire of an attack by Separatist battle droids. The child ultimately survived the assault and eventually acquired Mandalorian armor, at which point he was part of a group of Mandalorians known as the Tribe.

The Mandalorian was working as a mercenary in the years following the fall of the Galactic Empire. The Razor Crest, a military patrol starship that predated the Imperial Era, served as his personal transport. During the rise of the New Republic, the Mandalorian traveled across the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories&mdash;beyond Republic authority&mdash;collecting bounties as a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild. In that time, he developed a reputation for being an expensive, yet formidable bounty hunter in an increasingly dangerous galaxy.

Hunting a Mythrol
"There must be some mistake. I can get you more credits." "I can bring you in warm&hellip;or I can bring you in cold."

- "The Mythrol" and "the Mandalorian"

By 9 ABY, the Mandalorian tracked one of his bounties, a Mythrol, to a bar on an ice planet. The Mythrol was being harassed by three trawlers when the Mandalorian entered the bar, drawing the their attention away from his target. The bartender attempted to defuse the situation, but the Mandalorian surprised the trio by attacking first, incapacitating one trawler and impaling another with his blade. When the third trawler, a Quarren, attempted to escape the bar, the Mandalorian used a rope to pull him back towards him. The Quarren shot at him, so he shot the controls for the door, allowing it to close on the Quarren and cut him in half. The Mythrol, who was initially grateful for the intervention, soon realized he was the Mandalorian's target and surrendered himself.

Mandalorian took the Mythrol back towards the Razor Crest. When approaching a Kubaz ferryman about transport, he refused to attempt transport driven by a droid and accepted a much less luxury speeder with a human speeder pilot. The pilot drove the Mandalorian and the Mythrol to the Razor Crest. After it left them, though, it was attacked by a Ravinak that pulled the speeder under the ice. The Mandalorian pulled the Mythrol out of the way of the beast and they boarded the Razor Crest to take off. Although the Ravinak tried to keep the gunship from taking off, the Mandalorian stunned it to allow his ship to escape. He allowed the Mythrol to use the Razor Crest's vacc tube. When the Mythrol discovered several of the Mandalorian's bounties frozen in carbonite, he was grabbed by the bounty hunter and subsequently frozen in carbonite himself.

The New Job
"I have a camtono of Beskar waiting for you upon the delivery of the asset."

- "The Client," to "the Mandalorian"

Upon returning from the Mythrol job, the Mandalorian returned to the Guild to receive his payment from Greef Karga, who was surprised at how quick he had captured all his bounties. When the Mandalorian refused Imperial credits, Karga offered Calamari Flan instead at half the value, which the Mandalorian accepted. When they discussed the Mandalorian's next job, the bounty hunter was unsatisfied at the value of the bounties, but Karga then offered him an "off the books" job, giving only the chain code.

The Mandalorian proceeded to the location of the client, arriving at a facility guarded at the door by a TT-8L/Y7 gatekeeper droid. After entering, he was led by a GNK power droid into a room with "the Client," who was part of a remnant of the Old Empire, and four weathered Stormtroopers. The Client told the Mandalorian that Karga had called him the best in the parsec. As he said this, his scientist, Doctor Pershing, entered the room, startling the Mandalorian and prompting him to draw his weapons. The stormtroopers aimed their own blaster rifles at him until the Client ended the standoff by signalling them to put the blasters down.

The client wished the Mandalorian to acquire the "asset" in exchange for a camtono of Beskar, giving the bounty hunter an ingot of Beskar as a down payment. While the Client did not care for the asset's fate, Pershing wished for it to be returned alive. The only information that the Client could share with the Mandalorian was the age of the asset: fifty years old and last known location, along with a tracking fob.

Before departing to Arvala-7, the Mandalorian visited an armorer at the Mandalorian enclave, paying her to make him a pauldron from Beskar steel he provided. She told him it was gathered during the Great Purge and that it was good it was back with the Tribe. When the armorer said that the excess would sponsor many foundlings, the Mandalorian recounted that he had been one. As she made the pauldron, he was reminded of his experience of a Separatist attack.

Finding the Child
"Wait. They said fifty years old." "Some species age differently to others. Perhaps it could live many centuries."

- "The Mandalorian" and IG-11

The Mandalorian traveled to Arvala-7 to find the asset. There, he was attacked by a pair of Blurrgs. The Ugnaught moisture farmer Kuiil rescued him from them and took him back to his moisture farm. There they discussed the Mandalorian's job. Kuiil offered to guide him to the mercenary compound where the asset was being kept in return for one of the two Blurrgs the bounty hunter had fought. He told the Mandalorian he would need the other Blurrg to reach the asset. Kuiil taught him to tame it and guided the bounty hunter to the asset's location in the hope that the ensuing battle would lead to the deaths of the mercenaries whose presence disrupted the peace on Arvala-7.

After Kuiil departed, the Mandalorian spied on the mercenary compound from afar. He spotted the assassin droid IG-11, who was also from the Guild, approaching the compound. After trying to negotiate with the company of Nikto mercenaries, stating a paragraph from the Bondsman Guild Protocol, he began to dispatch them one by one. The Mandalorian, arrived and tried to partner with IG-11. Although the droid shot him at first, thinking he was an enemy, he agreed to split the pay for the asset. However, they were both attacked by more Nikto mercenaries, who soon pinned them down. The Mandalorian repeatedly tried to stop IG-11 from initiating his self-destruct mechanism and used him as a distraction to hijack a blaster cannon, utilizing this to kill the rest of the mercenaries.

After the Mandalorian and IG-11 used the cannon to break through a door. They entered the building with the asset inside, shooting a Nikto as they walked in. Upon finding the asset, unbeknownst to him at the time that he accepted the bounty, the pair discovered that it was, in fact, an infant and a member of the same species as the former Jedi Grand Master Yoda, which aged differently than other species. IG-11 said the commission was quite specific and that the Child was to be terminated. However the Mandalorian destroyed IG-11 as he raised his gun, shooting the droid before he was able to fulfill its mission, protecting the young creature.

Conflict with Jawas
"I could use a crew member of your ability."

- "The Mandalorian," to Kuiil

Following the skirmish, the Mandalorian escorted the Child until he was attacked by a trio of Trandoshans. After knocking one to the ground unconscious, he stunned the second before disintegrating the third with his amban sniper rifle as it ran towards the Child. He noticed that it had been carrying a tracking fob, indicating that it was from the Guild as well. That night, while the Mandalorian sat by a fire, the Child climbed from his crib and attempted to use the Force to heal one of the bounty hunter's wounds. The Mandalorian, unaware of what the Child was doing, put him back into his crib.

As the Mandalorian approached the Razor Crest the next day, he discovered from afar that a group of Jawas had scavenged his ship for parts. He quickly pulled out his rifle and disintegrated a number of Jawas as the rest fled inside their sandcrawler. He then chased the sandcrawler, scaling the transport and fighting through several Jawas before being stunned by them, falling back onto the ground. After returning to his half-ship, he decided to reach out to Kuiil for help. The Ugnaught suggested that they trade with the Jawas for the parts. After approaching them, the Jawas requested his Beskar armor, to which the Mandalorian refused in Jawaese. His usage of the language was mocked, which angered him. He then used his flamethrower to scare the Jawas, before being stopped by Kuiil. He also refused when they requested the Child for trade.

After exhausting all other options, the Jawas requested the egg of a Mudhorn. The Mandalorian was then transported to its lair alongside the Child and Kuiil. He entered the cave and battled the Mudhorn but was brutally battered. The Child then lifted it with the Force, and the Mandalorian killed it when it dropped to the ground. Claiming the Mudhorn egg, he returned to the Jawas, who began feasting on the inner contents of it. After successfully trading for the parts, the Mandalorian returned to the Razor Crest with Kuiil, questioning the Childs Force powers, which he did not understand, on the way. He and Kuiil repaired the ship with Kuiil's and he thanked the Ugnaught, offering him to join his crew. Kuiil refused, wishing to keep a life away from servitude, and stayed behind. With the Child in hand, the Mandalorian set off to complete the bounty he was given.

The winner's spoils
"What are your plans for it?" "How uncharacteristic of one of your reputation. You have taken both commission and payment. Is it not the code of the Guild that these events are now forgotten?"

- "The Mandalorian" and "the Client"

Upon returning to pick up the bounty, he contacted Karga, who told him to take the child directly to The Client. Thus the Mandalorian returned to the Imperial remnant facility, with the Child. When he told the remnant stormtroopers to be easy with the Child, they told him to take it easy. When he did the Client and Pershing were very excited, and the Mandalorian received the camtono of beskar as promise. When he asked what the plans were for the child, the Client did not reveal it and the Mandalorian could only watch as Pershing led it away.

Taking his reward to the enclave, the Mandalorian caught the attention of the other members of the Tribe. When asking the armorer for a full set of armor several other Mandalorians arrived. One of them, named Paz Vizla inspected one of the beskar bricks, calling it blood money and accusing the Mandalorian of being a coward for taking a job for Imperials. He then tried to take the bounty hunter's helmet off, causing him to fight back. The two fought and drew blades on each other. The armorer, though, denounced the possibility of the Mandalorian being a coward and asked if he or someone else had removed his helmet. When the bounty hunter denied this, she said "This is the way" and the other Mandalorians said it together. The Mandalorian asked her to reserve some beskar for the foundlings, and she used the rest to create nearly a full set of armor for him. As she did this, he was once again reminded of the Separatist attack. When the armorer asked if the Mandalorian wanted a mudhorn as his signet, he declined, claiming he had help from "the enemy." She instead gave him some whistling birds.

The Mandalorian went to Karga to receive his next job. The rest of the Guild looked at him in jealousy as he approached Karga, who was very happy to have received some beskar of his own from the Client thanks to the Mandalorian's job. When he asked the Mandalorian how he could show his gratitude, the bounty hunter asked for another job. Karga gave him some bounty pucks, the most valuable showing the son of a Mon Calamari nobleman. When the Mandalorian asked of the fate of the Child, Karga reminded him that it was against the Bounty Hunter Code to ask that and told him to enjoy himself.

A change of heart
"Welcome back Mando. You put the bounty down and perhaps I'll let you pass." "The kid's coming with me." "If you truly care about the kid then you'll put it on the speeder."

- Greef Karga and "the Mandalorian"

The Mandalorian returned to the Razor Crest to begin hunting his next targets. However, when he attempted to take off, he was reminded of the Child and decided to instead take him back from the Imperial remnant. Returning to the facility, he ripped off the gatekeeper droid and killed the two stormtroopers that came out to find out what had happened. Entering the building, he proceeded to kill another pair of stormtroopers which were surveying a hallway and another one that came out to aid the unlucky pair. After using a knife and a grappling wire to kill an additional trooper, the Mandalorian entered the room with the Child and killed the guard as well as the IT-O Interrogation Unit that loomed above the sedated Child. Pershing tried to protect the Child claiming that he would be dead if it was not for him. The Mandalorian left him alive and took the Child away.

Making his way out of the facility, the Mandalorian killed more stormtroopers that attempted to stop him, burning one to death with his flamethrower. When four more surrounded him, he used whistling birds to kill them. Leaving the facility, the Mandalorian began to make his way back to the Razor Crest. The bounty hunters, however, had realized their tracking fobs were tracing the Child again and surrounded the Mandalorian in the street. Karga told him to put down the Child, but the bounty hunter insisted that "the kid" was coming with him. After taking another look at the Child, the Mandalorian shot one of the other bounty hunters and jumped into the speeder with the Child. The Mandalorian threatened the droid in the speeder into driving them away from the bounty hunters, shooting some of them down in the process.

Karga shot the droid, causing the speeder to stop. Using his Amban rifle, he began disintegrating several bounty hunters. However, their numbers overwhelmed him, and he was pinned inside the speeder, looking over the Child. To the bounty hunters' dismay, they were suddenly attacked by Mandalorians from the Tribe, who forced them back from the speeder as more of them were killed. Paz Vizla told the Mandalorian to get out of there. The bounty hunter told Vizla the Tribe would now need to relocate, to which he replied "This is the way," which the Mandalorian iterated back. Retreating to the Razor Crest with the Child, he was confronted by Karga. The Mandalorian, though, allowed carbonite to blind his adversary and he shot him off the boarding ramp. Flying away from the fight, the Mandalorian saw Vizla follow beside the Razor Crest and salute him before returning to the others.

Personality and traits
"Greef Karga said you were coming.''" "What else did he say?" "''He said you were the best in the parsec. [&hellip;] He also said you were expensive. Very expensive."

- "The Client" and "the Mandalorian"

The Mandalorian was a loner of questionable character, as well as a bit sarcastic. His past and identity were wrapped in mystery, and he remained battle-worn and tight-lipped as a formidable bounty hunter. Despite his callous and ruthless tendencies, however, he could be caring: although his Client allowed for the Child to be killed, The Mandalorian refused to kill the infant and instead destroyed IG-11, the assassin droid who had been hired only to kill the Child. He also was close with his Tribe, and had a special interest in the Foundlings of the Tribe, as he had been one, and so ensured they received any of his excess beskar.

The Mandalorian was a human male with dark hair, brown eyes, and tan skin.

Equipment
The Mandalorian was a warrior who wore a set of patchwork armor utilizing pieces from various sources. These included some traditional Mandalorian armor, likely a mix of Beskar and the lighter durasteel variant used by Jango Fett, as well as various other pieces, most notably several from Imperial Shoretroopers, including a shoulder pauldron and his gauntlets. The bounty hunter was able to begin replacing some of the non-traditional armor pieces with his payment of beskar from The Client, such as the Shoretrooper shoulder pauldron he had utilized. Following the second payment of beskar by The Client for the retrieval of The Child, The Mandalorian was left with his Shoretrooper gauntlets and durasteel greaves as his only non-beskar armor pieces. The Mandalorian also used bandoliers and a cape. He wielded a blaster pistol, a long Amban sniper rifle modified, a flamethrower in his left gauntlet, and a vibroblade in his right boot, as well as having an assortment of weapons on his ship Razor Crest.

Behind the scenes
"He's a bounty hunter and a gunfighter. A mysterious lone gunfighter with a questionable moral character. And he's a badass."

- Pedro Pascal, on "the Mandalorian"

The Mandalorian is the protagonist of the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian, created by Jon Favreau. The first picture of the Mandalorian warrior was revealed on October 4, 2018.

On November 13, 2018, Pedro Pascal was reported to be in negotiations to play the lead role in the series. On December 12, 2018, it was officially announced that Pascal would portray the titular character of the series, "The Mandalorian". To prepare for the role, Pascal watched classic Clint Eastwood Westerns and Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films. In an interview with USA Today, he said "Any time I had a question or a physical doubt about a moment, I was always like, 'What would Clint do? How would he shrug this off? How would he walk away from this?'"

The name of "The Mandalorian" was revealed by Pedro Pascal in an interview conducted by ScreenSlam released on the same day as Chapter 1 of the first season, with the website spelling the name as "Dyn Jarren", although no official source has confirmed this spelling.