• Warning: Spoilers ahead for "The Mandalorian."
• Disney Plus' new "Star Wars" TV series "The Mandalorian" premiered Tuesday, and some fans are beside themselves over the reveal of a baby creature. 
• This mysterious "being" could have major implications for the greater "Star Wars" universe.
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The surprising end of "The Mandalorian's" pilot episode revealed a baby creature every "Star Wars" fan would recognize, and people can't get over how cute this little being is.

We can't say anymore without spoiling the reveal, so turn away now if you haven't yet seen "The Mandalorian."

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "The Mandalorian."

The end of "The Mandalorian" pilot episode reveals that the title character's bounty assignment was collecting (or killing) an "asset": A baby Yoda.

Well, not literally baby Yoda. 

Yoda died in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," and "The Mandalorian" series takes place about five years after that movie. So instead it's likely that this small green being is a baby who happens to be the same species as Yoda.

Or, as Anthony Breznican at Vanity Fair posits, maybe this creature is a clone of real Yoda, and that's why dodgy men associated with the Empire want him captured or killed. 

Either way, we get a very cute baby Yoda-ish creature who will now (presumably) be under the protection of the Mandalorian. This being is 50 years old, which coincidentally means he's about the same age as Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. 

Naturally, many fans are already in love with this precious little creature

We'll have to wait to learn more about this small Yoda-like baby, but in the meantime, fans can gush over its small little hands and precious disposition. 

New episodes of "The Mandalorian" are premiering every Tuesday on Disney Plus.

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