One of many tensest scenes within the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian final week got here when Mando had efficiently retrieved Grogu from the clutches of Moff Gideon, just for him and his associates to seek out themselves trapped within the management room of an Imperial ship, with a horde of seemingly unstoppable Darkish Troopers stationed exterior the door, making an attempt to get in.
At that second, simply when all appeared misplaced, the Darkish Troopers have been then mowed down by a hooded determine wielding a lightsaber. He was later revealed, in fact, to be Luke Skywalker, the protagonist and hero of the unique Star Wars trilogy. However given the Darkish Troopers are droids, not dwelling beings, how have been they in a position to sense the arrival of a Jedi?
A current video on the Star Wars Idea channel posits a few attainable explanations.
The primary is that the Darkish Troopers had been programmed by Gideon to by some means be capable to detect Pressure customers. If we’re following the maligned prequel mythology, that may contain some sort of “midichlorian rely”: midichlorians, bear in mind, are the microscopic organisms which reside within the blood and join in any other case unusual folks to the Pressure.
Having the ability to scan for midichlorians would definitely have confirmed helpful when the Troopers have been homing in on Grogu in the course of the occasions of “The Tragedy” on Tython. This is able to then have enabled them to select up on Luke’s presence on the ship earlier than he appeared within the hall.
One other idea explored within the video is an easier one: the Darkish Troopers are designed to focus on and take out the most important risk in sight. As soon as Luke Skywalker (the person who destroyed two Demise Stars and killed the Galactic Emperor) confirmed up, he would instantly grow to be their highest precedence.
Try the complete video under, which matches into higher depth on the Darkish Troopers and their historical past with the Jedi within the wider Star Wars lore:
