The Mandalorian finds himself unable to kill the creature, and destroys IG-11 in order to keep it alive. This seems to suggest where the plot of the Disney+ series is going. After all, if Herzog's character could offer so much wealth to The Mandalorian to kill this target, he will have plenty of resources to hunt him down now that he has not completed the mission.
The discovery of 'baby Yoda' also suggests we may finally learn more about the green, long-eared species. According to, the species is extremely rare and, is Yoda is anything to go by, extremely powerful, explaining why the Herzog character was willing to offer so much to destroy it. "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" introduced a character of the same species as Yoda called Yaddle.projects, but have includedcharacter Yaddle, who served on the Jedi High Council for a century and Vandar Tokare, who appeared in theHowever, this is the first time we have seen a member of the species so young. This could suggest that it has a family somewhere that could also be looking for it.