Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

 Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

7/10

Starring

Pedro Pascal

Jeremy Allen White

Brendan Wayne

Lateef Crowder

Directed by Jon Favreau

Call me a softy, but I feel The Mandalorian and Grogu is a good movie.

I have been in love with the series from the start, and The Mandalorian series is the best series in the Star Wars franchise to me, just as Rogue One is the best movie from the franchise to me. Now this movie, is like a very long The Mandalorian episode.

The class of this movie itself is not to try and win new people over to love the characters, it is to give us, the old guys, something we want, another taste of the adopted family. This is because the movie just continues from where the third season ended.

And if Disney was hoping this would win new people over, then they are teasing themselves.

So if you are new to the series and are curious about it, the best way to put this is, if you liked Cowboy Bebop or the TV series Firefly, then this movie is for you.

Now, I will say what this has is a very nice story that is focused on many things, and rounds everything up a little too neatly.

One of my main criticisms of the movie, other than the fact that the way it is written will not win new people over, is the level of luck that plays on the Mandalorian's side. It is a bit too much, to the point that it removes a lot of the consequences.

So there was no real high moment, just me knowing that he will always find a way out of any situation he is in.

The series always played on the dynamic of the two, and this movie has that dynamic already formed, so we just watch them do jobs together.

So they are meant to go capture Rotta the Hutt for the Twin Hutts, who have now taken over since Jabba the Hutt's death.

Rotta is the son of Jabba and the twins' nephew. The twins told the New Republic that if they help get their nephew back, they will give them information on someone who is working with the Galactic Empire, a person unknown to them.

Ward, a colonel of the New Republic, wants this person's name, so the Mandalorian was hired to go get Rotta the Hutt for the twins.

Now that entire journey, from finding Rotta, breaking him out, discovering who the person working for the Empire was, the Mandalorian almost dying, and Grogu saving him, was the whole height of the movie.

Everything before then was a long setup, which only The Mandalorian fans will be able to tolerate, and new people may find very boring.

I will be honest, I did not expect less from the cast in this movie, and they delivered. I was surprised to see that Ward was played by Sigourney Weaver, who delivered masterclass acting as expected. The movie boasts of some great effects, which is still in the level of the Star Wars franchise and allowed the story to breathe.

I will be honest, I never saw a clip of the trailers before going to see this because I knew it was The Mandalorian and Grogu, so the chances of me not loving it were almost zero.

So, I highly recommend it for Star Wars fans and fans of the series, but anyone new will need to do some reading or watch the three seasons to know what is going on and understand the connection between the Mandalorian and Grogu.