The film stars Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian bounty hunter, with his Force-sensitive sidekick Grogu looking as adorable as ever. Set after the TV series, the film finds the pair back in the galactic hotseat, navigating post-war tensions between the New Republic (Sigourney Weaver plays a colonel named Ward) and remnants of the Empire (Jonny Coyne plays an imperial warlord). Also Jabba the Hutt’s son Rotta is in the mix too.
Here’s a brief look:
The whole 90 seconds flashes by in an instant, but in addition to the aforementioned characters you can also catch a glimpse of some alien guy messing people up with an electrostaff and Grogu speeding around with some other cute god-knows-whats (paging Star Wars lore master Zack Zwiezen). But like I said at the top, it looks fun and not mired down in a bunch of Star Wars naval-gazing mythbuilding, which is a good a thing.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is directed by Jon Favreau and co-written by Favreau and Dave Filoni, and marks the first in a fresh slate of upcoming Star Wars movies for Disney. With everything else, including a new Jedi-centric tale with Daisy Ridley returning as Rey completely MIA, it’ll either feel like the start of something new or the death knell for the current streaming-wars-burnout incarnation of the franchise. The movie hits theaters on May 22, 2026, and can’t come soon enough for a company currently facing a boycott from fans and celebrities over the Jimmy Kimmel controversy.
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