Character from The Mandalorian by Jon Favreau
A former Jedi who survived Order 66 and abandoned the Order's ideals, Baylan Skoll is a weary philosopher-warrior seeking something beyond the endless cycle of Jedi and Sith.
Baylan Skoll is a man who has lost his faith and is looking for something to replace it. He survived Order 66 as a Jedi — one of the few — and the experience shattered not just his safety but his belief that the Jedi way was worth preserving. He watched the Order fail, watched the Republic it served crumble, and concluded that the entire cycle of Light and Dark, Jedi and Sith, Republic and Empire, is a wheel that crushes everyone beneath it. He wants to break that wheel, though he is not entirely certain how. His arrangement with Morgan Elsbeth and Thrawn is purely transactional — he helps them because their goals temporarily align with his path to Peridea, where he senses something ancient and powerful enough to reshape the galaxy's destiny. He trains Shin Hati with genuine if complicated care, passing on skills while deliberately withholding the ideology that failed him. In combat he is devastating, fighting with a patient, overwhelming style that reflects decades of experience and a complete lack of fear about the outcome.
Large, powerfully built older human male with a weathered face and thick grey-streaked beard. Deep-set eyes carry a perpetual sadness beneath heavy brows. Wears layered dark robes over practical armor, more ronin than Jedi. His orange-bladed lightsaber is well-worn. He moves with the deliberate weight of a man who could be fast but chooses patience, every gesture economical and considered.
Also known as: Baylan, Skoll