The Mandalorian and Grogu: Our Biggest Burning Questions After the Trailer

It’s been astir six years since Disney released a caller Star Wars movie successful theaters, and finally, that drought is astir to end. The workplace conscionable released the archetypal trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, the big-screen spinoff of the fashionable Disney+ series. And aft watching the footage, we lone person 1 question - what the heck is this movie really about?

Well, possibly we person a fewer questions. With the trailer being airy connected dialog and dense connected action, there’s a batch we inactive don’t cognize astir Din Djarin’s latest mission. Let’s interruption down the biggest burning questions surrounding The Mandalorian and Grogu and what we really cognize astir the adjacent Star Wars film.

What Mission Has The Mandalorian Been Hired For?

The trailer is truly keeping its sabacc cards adjacent to the vest here. There’s precise small dialog to beryllium found, and lone the barest hint of a plot. It’s wide that Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin, contempt ending Season 3 of the bid enjoying his quiescent status connected Nevarro, is taking connected a caller bounty and bringing small Grogu on for the ride.

Beyond that, we tin lone glean truthful overmuch from this footage. There’s intelligibly a batch of enactment afoot, with Mando battling Stormtroopers, blowing up an AT-AT Walker, and tussling with each mode of aliens and droids. But what precisely is his mission? Why has helium travel retired of retirement? At this point, we tin lone guess.

The trailer does look to suggest that Mando’s bounty is being offered by Sigourney Weaver’s quality Ward, with Weaver taking the spot of the precocious Carl Weathers’ Greef Karga. Ward is simply a New Republic colonel and person of the Adelphi Rangers, truthful we tin presume that she’s hired Mando to transportation retired a ngo against the Imperial Remnant. We besides cognize that Alcatraz’s Jonathan Coyne has been formed arsenic an Imperial warlord character.

Weaver revealed that Ward is simply a erstwhile Rebel aviator turned New Republic serviceman during an interrogation with IGN astatine Star Wars Celebration 2025, saying, “She was wearing a rebel aviator uniform, and that's however she came up. And now, of course, she's inactive a aviator and is 1 of the radical moving to support the New Republic. She's really retired successful the Outer Rim wherever determination are vestiges of the Empire, truthful she needs idiosyncratic similar the Mandalorian and his faithful companion.”

Both The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Ahsoka person made it wide that, portion the bulk of the New Republic’s leaders see the Empire to nary longer beryllium a large threat, a fistful of officers are alert that thing fishy is afoot successful the fringes of the galaxy. The Empire whitethorn beryllium a dying animal, but it’s not dormant yet, peculiarly with Grand Admiral Thrawn having made his instrumentality to the galaxy. Col. Ward whitethorn beryllium relying connected Mando to bash what the New Republic’s service won’t, gathering intel oregon retrieving immoderate important artifact oregon prisoner.

Along the way, it appears that Mando and Grogu volition beryllium heading to the Hutt-controlled satellite of Nar Shaddaa. That highly muscular Hutt quality whitethorn beryllium Rotta the Hutt, the lad of the precocious Jabba, who was introduced backmost successful the 2008 Clone Wars movie. Rotta has grown up, and he’s weirdly buff for a Hutt. Rotta is voiced by The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White successful this movie.

We can’t assistance but beryllium reminded of different Hutt villain, Grakkus the Hutt, a quality archetypal introduced successful Marvel’s 2015 Star Wars comic. Like Rotta, Grakkus is an unusually beardown and physically robust subordinate of his species, and helium runs a gladiator warring pit whose combatants erstwhile included Luke Skywalker himself. With Grakkus successful New Republic custody, it looks arsenic though Rotta has taken implicit ownership of that warring pit, and that Mando volition beryllium forced to combat for his beingness successful the pit against some monsters and multi-armed droids.

Grakkus besides has a ample treasure trove of Jedi artifacts, which possibly Rotta has besides inherited. That could beryllium wherefore Mando has headed to Nar Shaddaa successful the archetypal place. Grakkus’ postulation whitethorn location an artifact of peculiar value to some the Empire and the New Republic.

Finally, we spot respective scenes of Grogu hanging retired with a radical of Anzellans, the aforesaid taxon arsenic The Rise of Skywalker fan-favorite Babu Frik. As acold arsenic we tin tell, Grogu and his small friends are carrying retired immoderate benignant of stealthy ngo successful the sewers of Nar Shaddaa portion Mando fights for his beingness above. Are they trying to bargain thing from Rotta’s collection?

Why Is the Razor Crest Back?

One of the bigger surprises successful this archetypal trailer is the uncover that Din Djarin is erstwhile again piloting his signature ship, the Razor Crest. If you remember, the Razor Crest was a mainstay of the bid successful its archetypal 2 seasons, astatine slightest until it was blown up by Moff Gideon’s Imperial forces adjacent the extremity of Season 2. Only Mando’s indestructible beskar spear survived that explosion, and our leader yet replaced his beloved vessel with a smaller N-1 Starfighter successful The Book of Boba Fett.

At immoderate constituent betwixt Season 3 and the movie, Mando acquires a caller mentation of the Razor Crest. He’s adjacent recovered a replacement pulse rifle. Is this meant to amusement america that Mando has been keeping engaged successful the clip since we past saw him? Has helium not really been retired, but alternatively been grinding distant astatine the bounty hunting crippled again? If so, helium whitethorn person decided helium needed a bigger vessel again, arsenic the N-1 doesn’t permission a batch of country for unrecorded captives.

Fans of the Razor Crest volition nary uncertainty beryllium blessed to spot it backmost successful enactment (or astatine slightest a caller mentation of it), though immoderate whitethorn knock this determination arsenic conscionable different illustration of the amusement and its diagnostic movie spinoff undoing each the consequences of Season 2’s melodramatic finale. Mando has his lad and his vessel back, truthful what’s really changed?

How Big a Role Does Zeb Have?

Zeb Orrelios whitethorn person been the lone Star Wars Rebel main quality not to look successful Ahsoka Season 1, but astatine slightest helium showed up for a little cameo successful The Mandalorian Season 3 (and was inactive voiced by Steve Blum). We’re pleasantly amazed to spot that Zeb volition beryllium making a instrumentality quality successful The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Will Zeb person a bigger relation this clip around? We surely anticipation so. At the precise least, the trailer makes it wide that Zeb volition beryllium taking portion successful the enactment successful this movie, arsenic we spot him wielding an electrostaff and leaping to onslaught a Stormtrooper.

If Mando is being hired by the New Republic, we wonderment if Zeb is meant to beryllium his spouse - idiosyncratic to some lend a manus successful conflict and marque definite this escaped cause doesn’t overstep his authority. It wouldn’t wounded for Mando to person idiosyncratic different than Grogu to converse with during his caller mission.

And if Zeb is backmost successful enactment for this spinoff, is determination a anticipation of different Star Wars Rebels characters stopping by? Will we spot Mary Elizabeth Winstead reprise her relation arsenic Hera Syndulla? Will Agent Kallus yet marque his live-action debut? Given however cameo-laden The Mandalorian has go aft Season 1, we wouldn’t beryllium astatine each amazed to spot much nods to the animated series.

Who Is the Main Villain?

The trailer shows america that Mando and Grogu volition beryllium battling different faction of the Imperial Remnant and clashing with Rotta the Hutt. But who is the main villain of this caller Star Wars adventure? Is determination different Imperial warlord lurking astatine the extremity of this tangled web?

Rumors suggest that Mando volition beryllium going up against different acquainted look from the Clone Wars cartoon: Embo. Embo (voiced by The Mandalorian co-creator Dave Filoni) is different skilled bounty huntsman who wields a ample bowcaster and his trademark large chapeau that serves arsenic a limb and shield.

Assuming these rumors are true, we sincerely uncertainty Embo is the existent main villain of the film. He’s not precisely an evil mastermind, but simply a weapon for prosecute who volition enactment for anyone with heavy pockets. Whatever item, person, oregon accusation Mando is trying to acquire, Embo volition astir apt beryllium determination to reason him. Our heroes volition person to contention against the timepiece and their rivals to scope the prize they seek.

More likely, the main villain of The Mandalorian and Grogu is different high-ranking serviceman successful the Imperial Remnant. The Mandalorian Season 3 showed america that determination are inactive a fig of factions successful play, of which Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon was lone one. It’s adjacent imaginable that Gideon himself has cheated decease and is inactive conspiring against his nemesis. Gideon was wearing beskar armor erstwhile helium supposedly died.

Another enactment is that Ward volition execute a bottommost crook and crook retired to beryllium manipulating some Mando and the New Republic. With Weaver being the heroic look of 1 iconic sci-fi franchise, wherefore not marque her a villain successful another?

Then there’s the Thrawn question. We cognize that shows similar The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and The Book of Boba Fett are each gathering to Dave Filoni’s large crossover movie, 1 which volition apt revolve astir the precocious returned Thrawn and perchance accommodate the Expanded Universe caller Heir to the Empire. How much, if astatine all, volition The Mandalorian and Grogu acceptable up that film? Will we get immoderate hints arsenic to Thrawn’s aboriginal plans present that he’s escaped exile? Or is Lucasfilm looking to support this movie arsenic standalone and accessible arsenic possible?

Is This a Movie oregon a Long Episode of the TV Series?

Star Wars fans are inactive trying to wrapper their heads astir the thought that Disney is continuing the Mandalorian saga successful the signifier of a spinoff movie alternatively than a much accepted Season 4. Initially, it wasn’t adjacent wide whether The Mandalorian and Grogu was replacing Season 4, but present that seems to beryllium the case. According to The Hollywood Reporter, scripts for a 4th play were written, but Lucasfilm opted to pivot to a movie pursuing the 2023 strikes.

It’s not retired of the question that a Season 4 could inactive happen, but there’s been nary question connected that beforehand successful caller years. The franchise’s aboriginal apt rests wholly connected the container bureau show of The Mandalorian and Grogu.

We presume this means manager Jon Favreau adapted those existing Season 4 scripts to make this spinoff film. The question is however evident that volition beryllium successful the last product. Will this consciousness similar a legitimate, big-budget Star Wars movie, oregon simply a longer occurrence of the show?

The trailer does permission immoderate country for concern. If you didn’t cognize you were watching footage of a caller Star Wars movie, you could beryllium forgiven for reasoning this virtually is simply a trailer for The Mandalorian Season 4. Nothing astir the look of the movie deviates overmuch from the show. And portion the changeable of Mando and Grogu blowing up an AT-AT Walker suggests a larger scope, the ocular effects successful that changeable are unsmooth capable that it feels much streaming TV prime than film. And honestly, however dumb is the Empire for dispatching a fleet of Walkers on a steep upland trail?

Even the conception that The Mandalorian and Grogu has been “forged for IMAX” has america raising an eyebrow. What does that really mean successful this case? How does that impact the film’s facet ratio and the mode it was shot? Will the last merchandise really look arsenic bully arsenic we expect from a live-action Star Wars film? Or, again, is it going to play similar a fewer stitched-together TV episodes? That whitethorn beryllium the biggest question surrounding The Mandalorian and Grogu starring up to its May 2026 release. Well, that and the question of whether anyone’s going to fuss going to the movies successful the aforesaid week GTA VI yet hits.

What burning questions bash you person astir The Mandalorian and Grogu? Who bash you deliberation the main villain volition be? Let america cognize your thoughts successful the comments below.

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