Grogu was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant as a junior Jedi of the Jedi Order. He survived the Great Jedi Purge and went into hiding for a long time. In the era of the New Republic, after the fall of the Galactic Empire, Grogu discovered one of the imperial fragments, in which he was nicknamed simply "The Child". Grogu was eventually freed by Dean Jarin, a Mandalorian bounty hunter, after which he became a Mandalorian foundling. Jaryn managed to find a Jedi who would undertake to teach Grog, so he was reunited with the Jedi Order again, under the mentorship of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. However, Skywalker felt that comprehending the path of the Jedi was not what Grog's heart lay for, so he allowed the student to choose his own fate.