The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

[Markonian]

Sigourney Weaver is slated to star:

https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-mandalorian-amp-the-grogu-sigourney-weaver-1235912288/

Oh wow! If Weaver is in the movie, I might watch it!

 

[1987SpaceGuy]

description of D23 footage - spoiler obviously

In a surprise move at D23 tonight, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni took the stage to give attendees the very first look at the next Star Wars movie: The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Set at currently undisclosed point during the events of the Disney+ streaming series, the film will bridge the gap between the rise of the Imperial Remnant and the eventual conflict we’ll see break out in Dave Filoni’s New Republic film (and before that, we’ll presumably get Ahsoka‘s second season).

Spoiler: description of D23 footage

The footage shown at D23 opened with a montage of previous footage from The Mandalorian of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) meeting Grogu, we hear new voice over where he described the child as his new apprentice, and that though he’s a Bounty Hunter by trade, he has to be selective on what jobs he takes. Not too selective though, as we cut to him walking into a bar and just shooting a whole bunch of people dead. A new cut gives us our first big surprise: the return of the Razor Crest, destroyed in the climax of season 2, now flying through the sky. We pan out to see, in another shot and another place, that Din is in a cockpit behind none other than Star Wars Rebels‘ Zeb Orrelios.

Next we cut to the Din entering a base alone, on an ice world that looks a lot like it could be Hoth. Grogu crawls through tunnels, and Imperial mouse droids are rolling all about the place, as we get some super fast shots from their point of view as blasters fire. Classic Imperial Snow Troopers walk around the base, further amplifying those Hoth-y vibes. We cut to Din, now climbing onto the top of an AT-ST walker as it runs through snow covered mountains, popping out of its top hatch. Din and the Walker fall down a hill, at the bottom of which he lands at the feet of two AT-AT walkers.

The footage wrapped up with something a little less sinister: Grogu in a small space with 2 Anzellans (a.k.a. Babu Frik’s species, seen in both The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian season 3).

What mystery could Mando and Grogu have uncovered that warrants a leap from streaming to the big screen? We’ll find out when The Mandalorian & Grogu hits theaters May 22, 2026.

Source https://gizmodo.com/mandalorian-and-grogu-d23-footage-description-disney-star-wars-2000485454

 

[Tosk]

It's gonna be really interesting to see what happens when Star Wars returns to cinemas.
And they're doing it at a point where they have arguably devalued Star Wars more than where it was back when Solo came out. (I don't necessarily agree, but I don't strongly disagree. )

Will Mando bring the people out after his rep has become a little more tarnished than it was back when there were only two seasons? Will a Rey movie really entice people? (Presumably, the "Rey movie" is gonna go balls out, but still...)

So yeah. I'm interested to see what happens.

 

[Turtletrekker]

D23 footage. Get it while you can.

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[JD]

It's going to be a long wait for May 2026. Unless, we're getting another season before then, but I would imagine they'd be promoting that rather than the movie, if it was happening.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I did enjoy that quite a bit. I think Bo is a great protagonist, I think seeing all the different facets of the Mandalorian cultures across the galaxy was surprisingly enjoyable, and I welcome her wrestling with that effort to unite the factions. It's the kind of politics that I think Star Wars can do quite well.

Indeed.
I watched a video essay recently making a good point that a protagonist and a story’s hero don’t have to be the same character at all.
So, no problem with any of that.
What label the story has, should be secondary to the quality of the story.

 

[Christopher]

I watched a video essay recently making a good point that a protagonist and a story’s hero don’t have to be the same character at all.

I've seen it argued that, if you define the protagonist as the character whose actions propel the story and the antagonist as the one opposing them, then in many stories, the villain is the protagonist. If it's, say, a story where the Penguin launches a crime spree and Batman tries to catch him, that makes Penguin the protagonist, since he's in the active role while Batman is reactive.

I'm not sure about that definition, though, since "protagonist" literally means "chief actor" or "first actor," and thus it makes sense to use it for the main character, whether their actions drive the story or not. By that definition, one example of a movie where the protagonist and the hero are two different people is Tron. Kevin Flynn is the protagonist, but Tron is the hero who saves the day.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Thanos was absolutely the protagonist of Avengers: Infinity War.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I've seen it argued that, if you define the protagonist as the character whose actions propel the story and the antagonist as the one opposing them, then in many stories, the villain is the protagonist. If it's, say, a story where the Penguin launches a crime spree and Batman tries to catch him, that makes Penguin the protagonist, since he's in the active role while Batman is reactive.

If it's a story about going on a crime spree, then, yes, in that case the Penguin is the protagonist.

However, if it's a story about stopping the Penguin, then the Penguin is absolutely not the protagonist. The main character (in other words, the protagonist) is the one who's stopping the Penguin. In most such stories, that's Batman.

 

[Tuskin38]

Spoiler: Trailer footage

There was a new Razor Crest in the trailer. Hard to tell from the blurry footage, but it seems to have some yellow highlights, not straight silver. I think the engines were slightly different as well, it wasn't just a 1:1 copy of the original.

He seems to go to a snowy planet controlled by the Imperial Remnant, snow troopers, AT-ATs, and he gets a hold of a Clone Wars AT-RT at some point.

 

[FredH]

It's gonna be really interesting to see what happens when Star Wars returns to cinemas.
And they're doing it at a point where they have arguably devalued Star Wars more than where it was back when Solo came out. (I don't necessarily agree, but I don't strongly disagree. )

Will Mando bring the people out after his rep has become a little more tarnished than it was back when there were only two seasons? Will a Rey movie really entice people? (Presumably, the "Rey movie" is gonna go balls out, but still...)

So yeah. I'm interested to see what happens.

I admit that, purely for myself, a Rey movie interests me more than a Mandalorian one, simply because the Rey one would be “what happens next” for the big story; whereas The Mandalorian felt finished — sure, I’d watch more, but it doesn’t feel like there’s a hole that needs plugging. (A couple of years on from its TV presence, I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up underperforming, though I hope not.)

 

[Set Harth]

The Mando-verse isn't finished at this point if only because the Thrawn campaign hasn't happened yet.

 

[Tuskin38]

I still can't believe this is the title they went with.

 

[David cgc]

I still can't believe this is the title they went with.

I've heard some speculation that it's a temporary or decoy one (the person I saw suggesting thatthought the real title might be Heir to the Empire). I won't be surprised if The Mandalorian and Grogu is real, but I also won't be shocked if it isn't.

 

[UssGlenn]

Even something like "The Mandalorian and Apprentice" would flow better. It shouldn't be a title and a name. they need to match.

 

[Skywalker]

I assumed Heir to the Empire would be the title of Filoni's movie, especially since those exact words were used by Ahsoka in, er, Ahsoka.

For the Mando movie, I think it would have been neat if they'd called it The Mandalorians instead, since Grogu is officially considered to be one now.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I've seen it argued that, if you define the protagonist as the character whose actions propel the story and the antagonist as the one opposing them, then in many stories, the villain is the protagonist. If it's, say, a story where the Penguin launches a crime spree and Batman tries to catch him, that makes Penguin the protagonist, since he's in the active role while Batman is reactive.

Arguably, you could say that about all of the first four Batman movies (if not more), since the actions of the villains were the primary stories in each. Batman sure as hell wasn't the protagonist in Batman Returns. It was a villain movie that happened to have Batman show up here and there.

 

[Christopher]

Arguably, you could say that about all of the first four Batman movies (if not more), since the actions of the villains were the primary stories in each. Batman sure as hell wasn't the protagonist in Batman Returns. It was a villain movie that happened to have Batman show up here and there.

Yes, that's the point -- that in superhero stories, it's more common for the villain to be the protagonist in the sense defined above, the person initiating and driving the story's events, with the superhero being the "antagonist" trying to stop them. This is also, of course, the format of nearly every Columbo episode/movie, since the format is based on a play where the murderer was the main character and Columbo was literally his antagonist.


As for the title The Mandalorian and Grogu, I always find it odd when people complain about clunky titles in a franchise with movies named things like The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace. The cheesy titles in Star Wars are intentional, because it's an homage to 1930s-40s matinee adventure serials. And this isn't that different from using Batman and Robin as the title to a Batman sequel, something done in both the 1940s serials and the 1980s-90s movies. There was also the second Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie, entitled Tarzan and His Mate.

 

[Tosk]

The Mandalorian and Grogu sounds like the kind of title a semi-comedic Star Wars from the '80s might have. Where THE MANDALORIAN is written in a Star Wars typeface, with AND GROGU at the end in a fake "red spray paint" scrawl.

(I don't mean that in a bad way.)

Edit: I should have just made it instead of trying to describe it.

 

[fireproof78]

The Mandalorian and Grogu sounds like the kind of title a semi-comedic Star Wars from the '80s might have. Where THE MANDALORIAN is written in a Star Wars typeface, with AND GROGU at the end in a fake "red spray paint" scrawl.

(I don't mean that in a bad way.)

Edit: I should have just made it instead of trying to describe it.

Or a Western, which Mandalorian cribs heavily from.