THE MANDALORIAN: Baby Yoda’s First Word
Parents are always excited to hear their child’s first word. Will it be “Mama”? “Dada”? Or maybe something completely unexpected? So tell me this, Mandalorian watchers: what will the Child’s first word be to parent-figure Mando? As a parent myself, as well as a world language teacher, these are my morning coffee thoughts as we work through Season 2 of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian. Right now, fans of “Baby Yoda” (yeah, I like the moniker, even if Favreau hates it) love every coo and giggle from the big-eyed cutie pie. But eventually, it stands to reason that the Child will begin to talk. So what will it say? What will it sound like? I’m basically just a Star Wars movie fan, so don’t go all Extended Universe on me. But here’s my academic take. From a language perspective, the original Yoda speaks the English-like language known as “Galactic Basic” in […]