The first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu has just made Star Wars‘ biggest Mandalorian mystery even more frustrating. The first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu is a thrilling spectacle, showing Din Djarin launch his own personal campaign against the Imperial Remnant. The most striking scenes show him going up against AT-ATs, a wonderful Empire Strikes Back homage.

Star Wars built a life-size AT-AT for The Mandalorian and Grogu, given the script demanded an infiltration mission in which Din Djarin broke into one and then blew it up from the inside. We’ve clearly only seen a fraction of the scene in the trailer, but it’s a stunning glimpse of the action we can expect when Star Wars returns to the big screen next year.

Now We’re REALLY Seeing How Dangerous Mandalorians Are

Hailing from the planet Mandalore, the Mandalorians are a warrior culture who historically went up against the Jedi. They’ve played a major role in Star Wars TV shows, which have revealed the Mandalorians descended into civil war during the Clone Wars. Fast-forward two decades, and they were finally beginning to unify against the Empire.

The trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu certainly shows why the Empire should have always been worried about Mandalorians. We saw how dangerous AT-ATs were in The Empire Strikes Back, but a single Mandalorian warrior is able to take one down without a hitch.

But this naturally raises a very difficult question: where were the Mandalorians during the original trilogy? If just one Mandalorian could neutralize an AT-AT, how differently would the Galactic Civil War have played out if they’d been part of the Rebel Alliance?

Star Wars Has Tried (And Failed) To Answer This Question

The Mandalorian season 1 appeared to answer this question, revealing the Mandalorians had been almost wiped out in an event called the “Purge of Mandalore.” This seemed like a smart way of resolving the problem, and it initially seemed as though the Purge happened just after Star Wars Rebels, prior to the original trilogy.

We now know that isn’t the case, though. More recent Star Wars releases – ranging from games to Ahsoka – have appeared to suggest it took place sometime in the last two years of the Empire, perhaps shortly before Return of the Jedi or shortly after. This creates curious new wrinkles in the timeline… and leaves the main question unanswered again.

So where were the Mandalorians during the original trilogy? Why didn’t a warrior race rebelling against the Empire join in with the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War? The Mandalorian and Grogu‘s trailer suggests major events like the Battle of H๏τh would have been very different had they been there.

We can only hope Star Wars will eventually offer an answer for this mystery, now The Mandalorian and Grogu has made it so much more odd.