By Matt Bittle

DOVER — If you know anything about “Star Wars” beyond the fact that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father, there’s a good chance you know what a Mandalorian is.

Even if you don’t, you might still be familiar with Grogu, better known as Baby Yoda, from the popular Disney show “The Mandalorian.”

The series, which follows a proud bounty hunter belonging to the same secretive warrior society as Boba Fett, has been a hit, and Mandalorians have since gone mainstream.

And now, it’s influenced the creation of a political party. Yes, a political party — even though its founder acknowledges there’s an element of absurdity to it.

The Mandalorians of Delaware, the First State’s newest political group, seeks to educate individuals about campaigns and key issues. Formed at the start of the year by Will McVay of Dover, who has been active in the Libertarian Party of Delaware for years, the organization was just recognized this week by the Department of Elections as a party that one can join.

The group is still in its infancy, but Mr. McVay is hopeful about its prospects, despite the fact he started it largely as a joke.

Mr. McVay, who created several short-lived parties in 2012 to make a point about Delaware’s campaign finance laws, believes the Mandalorians of Delaware can serve as a less dogmatic alternative to the Libertarian Party. The intention is not to have a forum for parroting his own views but to use it to get people involved in politics and to teach them about important subjects, he said.

While Mr. McVay is still listed as a Libertarian, he expects to change his registration very soon. The Libertarian Party in Delaware has shifted to the right, he said, with some of its members imitating the rhetoric and behavior of former President Donald Trump.

He said many people already have a negative association of Libertarians, stemming in part from the party’s inflexibility, which can make it difficult to grow the brand.

That’s where he believes the Mandalorians can come in. The name, instantly recognizable to many, is “kind of a way to grab their attention and make them think that’s interesting, what is the link, what are they trying to do,” he said.

Though Libertarians have historically been more associated with the Republican Party, Mr. McVay sees that as changing, thanks to the GOP’s shift to the far right and increased focus on social issues and nationalism.

In the long run, he is hopeful the Mandalorians can form an alliance of sorts with progressives. Both Libertarian-minded individuals and those on the left support criminal justice reform and social equity, and Mr. McVay believes they can find some common ground in regard to economics, welfare and even gun rights.

He is hoping to grow the party through social media and other avenues, aided by the cultural touchstone that is “Star Wars.” The name is a way to “capture the cultural zeitgeist” that can draw attention to the party in a way a more “typical” name wouldn’t, Mr. McVay said.

In some ways, it’s also intended as a rebuke of how seriously most political parties take themselves.

In his view, the party is a vehicle to teach Delawareans about politics and get them involved in local campaigns and working on issues that affect them.

“It’s not so much about what we’re trying to accomplish but how you go about trying to accomplish it,” he said.

In a sense, it is a nonpartisan political party. In that way, it’s distinct from the Libertarian Party, which focuses on promoting its candidates, Mr. McVay explained.

The party first received some minor attention after Mr. McVay testified during a General Assembly committee hearing in April. Since then, he has taken part in a gun-rights rally outside Legislative Hall while wearing a faux suit of Mandalorian armor.

The party’s online presence makes no secret about its origins, with frequent references to the fictional Mandalorian culture and other aspects of the Disney show, which begs the question: What does Disney, one of the world’s largest companies, think about all this?

Mr. McVay has not consulted a lawyer or reached out to the company, but he believes the use of the word “Mandalorian” and related elements from “Star Wars” qualify as fair use through the parody exemption in copyright law.

If the party ever grows to a point where it’s on Disney’s radar, well, in Mr. McVay’s view, that’s a good problem to have.

Since some people go as far as listing their religion as Jedi, why can’t there be a political party that attributes its founding to “Star Wars”? As the ultra-orthodox Mandalorians say, “This is the way.”