It has been six lengthy years since a “Star Wars” film lit up theater screens, not counting this previous summer time’s “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” rerelease to salute its twentieth anniversary, so it is excessive time followers got a correct house fantasy from the empire that George Lucas constructed.
Director Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” goals to be that cinematic salvation, and it arrives in theaters on Might 22, 2026, carrying with it a “new hope” for the ailing franchise. However is it sufficient?
“The Mandalorian” TV collection lasted for 3 seasons on Disney+, plus an adjoining miniseries, “The Guide of Boba Fett”, which was successfully season 2.5. The spinoff film was initially revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan, again in April. Now the primary full trailer has launched, and whereas it is jam-packed with superior scenes, it does not give us rather more of a clue as to what the general plot could be.
Starring Pedro Pascal because the Beskar-clad murderer Din Djarin, “The Mandalorian and Grogu’s” official teaser is extra of a unfastened assortment of snippets that do not precisely kind a transparent image of the movie’s narrative through-line. Certain, it is cute to see Mando and Grogu staking out an Imperial set up and the little inexperienced creature doing his curiosity factor with objects, however we problem anybody to formulate a cohesive reply as to what this film is basically about.
There are photographs of a shiny new Razor Crest, Din Djarin kicking butt in a bar, Child Yoda swimming, “Star Wars Rebels”‘ Zeb, a gladiator enviornment, brutish robotic enforcers, and an AT-AT falling off a snowy ridge. Loads of trailers spoil an excessive amount of of the film they’re promoting, however we won’t assist however really feel Disney has gone too far in the wrong way for this one.
Sigourney Weaver is the one human we acknowledge within the trailer, carrying what appears to be the uniform of a Insurgent Alliance commander, and together with some kid-friendly cameos by Anzellans.
With a family-style screenplay courtesy of Favreau and Dave Filoni, this subsequent “Star Wars” installment additionally stars Jeremy Allen White as Jabba’s son, Rotta the Hutt, and Jonny Coyne as an Imperial warlord.
Truthfully, we’re nonetheless not completely satisfied we wanted a Mandalorian and Grogu film after 24 episodes of the armored bounty hunter and little Child Yoda galavanting across the galaxy far, distant.
Apparently, Lucasfilm determined in opposition to a fourth “Mando” season and as an alternative took director Jon Favreau’s concepts for an additional outing and molded them into a feature film project. Would we have been better off with a “Knights of the Old Republic” movie, maybe an adaptation of author Alexander Freed’s “Alphabet Squadron Trilogy,” or even an animated anthology following IDW’s “Star Wars: Tales From Vader’s Castle” comic book series?
Perhaps. While this is a puzzling first trailer, we’ll reserve final judgment for a proper, longer preview. After all, this is the way.
Ready or not, Disney/Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” blasts into theaters on May 22, 2026.
