Dust bunnies were a type of creature that the Force-sensitive youngling Grogu encountered at some point. The same group of dust bunnies that encountered him disturbed his meditation before chasing him, eventually gifting Grogu a flower.
Biology and appearance[]
Dust bunnies were gray fuzzy creatures with large white eyes. They had arms and legs, which were often concealed beneath their fuzz. They were also capable of swinging from a sort of string and could balance on top of one another.[1]
History[]
The dust bunnies offer a flower to Grogu.
At some point no earlier than 41 BBY,[2] a group of dust bunnies discovered[1] the Force-sensitive youngling Grogu,[3] who was in meditation. They began to bounce and swing around him until one finally landed on his head, disturbing his meditation before plummeting into a puddle of water below. Grogu—himself falling into the puddle after sneezing—turned to see the dust bunnies observing him before he began to walk away.[1]
The dust bunnies followed, prompting him to begin running from them until he turned, with one dust bunny colliding with his face and knocking him over. Now with Grogu's full attention, the creatures began to dance in front of him before presenting him with a flower, which he accepted, bowing to them in thanks. The dust bunnies then piled up around the child, who proceeded to draw a circular symbol in the air with his finger.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Dust bunnies appeared in the 2022 Disney+ animated short "Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies," created by Studio Ghibli.[1] The creatures, known as susuwatari (ススワタリ) in Japanese and alternately translated as "soot sprites," "soot gremlins," or "black soots," originated from outside of the Star Wars franchise in the 1988 Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro.[4]
Appearances[]
- "Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies" (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies"
- ↑ According to
SWCC 2019: 9 Things We Learned from The Mandalorian Panel on StarWars.com (backup link), the events of The Mandalorian take place about five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which corresponds to around 9 ABY per Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Since Grogu is fifty years old at the time of The Mandalorian, he must have been born around 41 BBY, and "Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies," which features Grogu, must be set at some point no earlier than that year.
- ↑
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- ↑ My Neighbor Totoro on www.studioghibli.com.au (archived from the original on October 28, 2022)
