“This is the way” The Mandalorian, also referred to simply as Mando, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise and title character of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Orphaned as a young child, Din Djarin was adopted into the Mandalorian culture and became a bounty hunter and warrior, taking the title of his people as a sobriquet. Originally hired to capture Grogu, an alien infant also known as “The Child”, the Mandalorian instead protects him from a remnant of the fallen Galactic Empire, and becomes a father figure for him.