The little inexperienced man is again.
The “Star Wars” alien who launched 1,000,000 gifs, Grogu, a.ka. “Child Yoda,” is again within the first teaser for Jon Favreau‘s “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” hitting theaters Could 22, 2026. Watch it beneath.
This’ll be an enormous second for Lucasfilm, because it’ll be the primary “Star Wars” theatrical launch in six and a half years… and an enormous check for the endurance of its Disney+ streaming sequence. Will “The Mandalorian,” which streamed for 2 beloved, and one much less beloved, seasons on the service that it helped launch efficiently translate to the large display?
A sort of “Star Wars” model of “Lone Wolf and Cub,” with the title character warrior (Pedro Pascal) taking in an toddler from the identical species as Yoda and finally adopting him as his personal, “The Mandalorian” was launch content material for Disney+ in 2019 and created by this film’s helmer, Jon Favreau. It’s been a pioneering sequence in lots of respects, particularly for its breakthrough use of an LED Quantity for creating reasonable backgrounds on-set whereas actors are taking pictures versus compositing in visible results later. The tech has been adopted by many different sequence, together with the entire suite of “Star Trek” exhibits on Paramount+.
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” appears very trustworthy to the sequence, with the 2 characters wandering the galaxy and moving into adventures. If something it might be a reset to the sequence’ established order: Mando’s ship, the Razor Crest, was destroyed in Season 2, and but right here it’s within the teaser seemingly restored to life. The Anzellans (like Babu Frik!), little mechanically-inclined aliens no larger than Grogu who resented his hugs (“Unhealthy child! No squeezee!”) in Season 3, are again as nicely.
New this time round, although, is Sigourney Weaver as a New Republic navy official. Given her jacket, it appears like she may be a starfighter pilot, however time will inform. Evidently our dynamic duo will run afoul of the continuing battle between the New Republic (what the Insurgent alliance has changed into at this era five-plus years after “Return of the Jedi”) and the Imperial Remnant, which we all know within the “Ahsoka” sequence is constructing towards an enormous battle with Lars Mikkelsen’s baddie Grand Admiral Thrawn.
And in addition, we get a glimpse for the primary time of a musclebound Hutt right here, apparently main his personal model of galaxy far, distant UFC octagon, that has been extensively reported to be voiced by Jeremy Allen White. From “The Iron Claw” to the Hutt clan.
Watch the teaser for “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” in theaters Could 22, 2026, beneath.
