DinLuke

DinLuke is the slash ship between Din Djarin and Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars fandom.

The Rescue
Luke Skywalker appears to be the Jedi called by Grogu in S2E6. He defeats a group of dark troopers, saving the battle-worn Din and his comrades, and proceeds to collect Grogu to resume his training. Luke viewed Din's face while Din removed his helmet for his goodbye with Grogu, and the two share a solemn head nod before the episode ends.

There appears to have been no prior canonical relationship between the two, as when Luke enters the bridge, Din asks him if he is a Jedi.

Fanon
DinLuke started to get shipped after the season two finale of The Mandalorian. It seemed to start as a joke, mostly regarding the two raising Grogu together. Or possibly in a custody battle. Most fans will depict the two falling in love over raising Grogu. This also leads to art and fics where Din ends up meeting Han and Leia, as well as other Original Trilogy characters. Some will also have Din and Han previously know each other, leading to misunderstandings. Shippers tend to pair them alongside Han/Leia in fics.

Sometimes Finn from the sequel trilogy will also be added to fanon. Fans will have Din and Luke adopt and raise Finn alongside Grogu. This came about due to Finn being force sensitive and never having his family be revealed in the official canon.

Fans of the ship also see potential conflict, as Luke is a Jedi and Din is a Mandalorian. Given that the two groups are "ancient enemies" there can be external conflict from the two getting together. Due to Luke's lack of formal Jedi training, and Din's separation from most of Mandalorian culture they would be entirely unaware of it and most of the problems would arise from others in their groups.

There are also jokes about Luke being into Din due to his "daddy issues". Mostly due to Din being Grogu's single dad, and being a helmet wearing warrior like Darth Vader. There's also a lot of helmet based frustration.

On AO3, DinLuke is the second most written ship for Din and the second most written for Luke. It is also the fourth most written ship in The Mandalorian (TV) tag. It's the most written romantic relationship in the tag, as well as the most written romance for Din that doesn't involve an OC, or "the reader".

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