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- Releasing in late May
- Three trailers unveiled so far
- Marks Din Djarin and Baby Yoda's big screen debut
- Multiple cast members confirmed
- Picks up after the Disney+ show's third season
- Season 4 could still get made
- No word on how this film will set up future Star Wars projects
The Mandalorian and Grogu isn't too far away from bringing Star Wars back to the big screen. Indeed, with its worldwide launch just around the corner — it comes out on May 22 — we'll finally revisit Lucasfilm's iconic galaxy far, far away in theaters for the first time in almost seven years.
Before it's released, you'll want to know all there is to know about it, too. Below, I've rounded up the most important information on the Disney+ show's film sequel, including its various trailers, confirmed cast, and story specifics. Here, then, is the complete lowdown on The Mandalorian's movie follow-up.
The Mandalorian and Grogu release date
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As I mentioned above, The Mandalorian & Grogu will be released on Friday, May 22.
The Mandalorian's movie sequel was first announced in January 2024, but it wasn't long until we learned that The Mandalorian and Grogu wouldn't arrive until sometime in 2026. Regardless, we're just weeks away from its arrival now, so all systems are go for its premiere.
The Mandalorian and Grogu trailers
The Mandalorian & Grogu's first trailer landed online last September. However, it didn't tell us anything about the plot, and things didn't get any clearer after a t2026 Super Bowl teaser for The Mandalorian and Grogu was similarly devoid of story details.
Thankfully, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled The Mandalorian & Grogu's main trailer on February 17. Check it out below:
Finally, Lucasfilm and Disney gave us one final look at the titular duo's first silver screen outing in late April, too, which further assuaged concerns that they weren't doing enough to promote the first Star Wars film since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker.
The Mandalorian and Grogu cast
Possible spoilers follow for The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Here's the confirmed cast list so far for the upcoming Star Wars flick:
- Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin/The Mandalorian
- Grogu as himself
- Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward
- Steve Blum as Garazeb 'Zeb' Orrelios
- Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hutt
- Johnny Coyne as Lord Janu
- Martin Scorsese as an unnamed Ardennian shopkeeper
As The Mandalorian's leading pair, it wouldn't be a movie sequel to the aforementioned show without Din Djarin and Grogu/Baby Yoda.
They'll be joined by at least one familiar face in this movie, with Blum returning to voice the Lasat known affectionately as Zeb. After making his debut in the animated show Star Wars: Rebels as a member of the Ghost crew, Zeb is now a captain of The New Republic. He'll likely take orders from Colonel Ward, aka the formerly mysterious character that Sigourney Weaver was tapped to play in May 2024.
Weaver isn't the only newcomer to the Star Wars franchise.
For starters, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will have a voice-only cameo as the Ardennian shopkeeper whom Mando and Grogu visit to get information on some Hutts, aka the sentient slug-like creatures known for becoming crime lords.
White, who's best known for playing Carmen Berzatto in The Bear (aka the multi-award-winning and critically-acclaimed Hulu TV show), has been cast as one such Hutt, with White hired to play Jabba the Hutt's muscular son Rotta. He's one of three confirmed Hutts we'll see, although it's unclear who'll voice the others. For now, Disney and Lucasfilm are simply referring to them as Rotta's twin cousins.
Additionally, nobody knows who's been hired to play Bai, Clang, and Keeto, i.e., the three Ancellans we see riding with Grogu in the film's trailers and TV spot. The same is true of Embo, a fearsome bounty hunter and Hutt bodyguard first seen during The Clone Wars. Embo was confirmed to be part of the proceedings in The Mandalorian and Grogu's official trailer.
Finally, Coyne will reprise his role as Janu, aka one of the unnamed Imperial Warlords seen in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 7. He's a member of the Shadow Council who met — via Hologram — with Giancarlo Esposito's Moff Gideon in said show.
The Mandalorian and Grogu story synopsis and speculation
Here's The Mandalorian & Grogu's plot brief: "The evil Empire has fallen and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu."
Not much to go on, then, but the trailers have given us some idea about its plot. Potential spoilers immediately follow for The Mandalorian and Grogu, so proceed at your own risk.
Judging by trailer #2, the eponymous duo will seek out Brother and Sister Hutt with a view to acquiring information about the remnants of the Galactic Empire. That way, they can track down anyone still loyal to Emperor Palpatine (who's not dead yet, remember) and, in the words of Mando himself, "take out every bad guy" in The New Republic's "deck of cards."
For Colonel Ward, though, sending Din and Baby Yoda on this mission "isn't about revenge", it's about "preventing another war" from erupting if the Galactic Empire rises from the ashes to try tyranically lauding it over the galaxy once more. Whether the titular pair agrees with that or not is up for debate.
Of course, our intrepid heroes' plans won't be executed without a few hiccups along the way as the film's second trailer reveals they'll get in over their heads. With Din captured by the Hutts, Grogu hunted by Embo, and myriad criminals and monsters out to get them, this could be the pair's most dangerous quest to date.
Then there's the elephant in the room about how The Mandalorian & Grogu might set the stage for the Star Wars crossover movie that new Lucasfilm co-CEO Dave Filoni is leading development on.
One of many new Star Wars films and Disney+ shows in development, the untitled ensemble flick will reportedly see Din Djarin, Grogu, Ahsoka Tano, and other Star Wars heroes team up to do battle with Grand Admiral Thrawn. That's the blue-skinned Big Bad with ambitions to rebuild the Galactic Empire in his own image, and a fan-favorite villain played by Lars Mikkelsen in season 1 of Star Wars: Ahsoka.
Considering some Imperial remnants will show up in The Mandalorian and Grogu, should we expect this film to start sowing the seeds for that team-up movie? Or has it been put on the back burner amid the change of leadership at Lucasfilm? We'll have to wait and see.
Is The Mandalorian season 4 still in development?
The ensemble movie I mentioned notwithstanding, Lucasfilm and Disney would be silly to bring Mando and Baby Yoda's story to an end after The Mandalorian and Grogu. So, the possibility of the pair returning to Disney+, aka one of the world's best streaming services, for another season isn't outlandish.
Will a fourth season of The Mandalorian get made, though? In January 2024, Deadline reported that The Mandalorian season 4 was in development. Some time later, Jon Favreau, co-creator of the Star Wars TV series and director of its upcoming film sequel, told Empire magazine (per Fiction Horizon): "We were planning on doing a fourth season. I had actually written all of that. I still have season 4 sitting on my desk."
More recently, though, Favreau stated (per SFX Magazine) that he couldn't simply rejig those scripts and turn them into The Mandalorian and Grogu. As such, he had to write this movie from scratch, which will have almost certainly impacted the plan for season 4's story.
It's still up for debate whether a fourth season will get made, then. My best guess? If The Mandalorian & Grogu performs well at the box office, their future will remain on the big screen. If it underperforms, though, they might be sent back to their original home on the small screen.
For more Star Wars coverage, find out how to watch the Star Wars movies in order and see what we know so far about Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2.
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