We’ve all seen the photos—George Lucas visiting The Mandalorian set, standing next to Grogu, chatting with Dave Filoni. And by all public signs, he’s been quietly supportive of the show. No public complaints. No dramatic interviews. Just the sense that he was happy Star Wars was in good hands.
But he did raise one concern.
Grogu’s Lack of Training Was the Red Flag
If you dig into what George Lucas actually said, his concern wasn’t vague at all. It was very specific—and very Lucas.
According to Dave Filoni, when George Lucas saw what The Mandalorian was doing with Grogu, the thing that stood out to him wasn’t how cute the character was or how popular he’d become. It was that Grogu was clearly strong in the Force… without much sign of training.
Filoni later explained—both in interviews and in The Art of The Mandalorian: Season 2—that Lucas’s reaction was simple but firm. In Filoni’s words, Lucas’s main concern was that the kid had to have a proper amount of training. Not eventually. Not off-screen. But in a way that made sense within Star Wars itself.
That might sound like a small note, but it goes straight to the core of how Lucas has always viewed the Jedi. Power isn’t supposed to just happen. The Force isn’t a shortcut. If someone can lift things, choke enemies, or tap into visions without discipline, without guidance, without cost, then something fundamental starts to slip.
And that’s where the “breaking lore” worry comes in—not because The Mandalorian was doing anything loudly wrong, but because it was edging toward a dangerous idea: that Jedi ability might be instinctive rather than earned.
From Lucas’s point of view, once that line blurs, the Jedi stop being Jedi. They become superheroes. And that was never the story he was trying to tell.
Lucas Believed Force Power Had to Be Earned
George Lucas didn’t care how strong a character was in the Force—he cared about how they got there.
Lucas has always treated the Force like something you can sense early, but only control through training. Luke is the cleanest example. In A New Hope, he has instincts—he trusts the moment and makes the shot—but that’s very different from using the Force on command. In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda has to drill him, and Luke still fails because raw potential doesn’t equal discipline. Even the prequels frame it the same way: younglings and Padawans spend years learning focus, restraint, and control before power becomes reliable.
Throughout The Mandalorian, we keep seeing just how powerful Grogu can be with the Force—big moments that feel instinctive, not taught. That’s why Luke’s arrival reframes everything. When he meets Grogu, he doesn’t praise the raw power. He warns Din about what it means, saying, “He is strong with the Force, but talent without training is nothing.“
