Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - May 22, 2026

[Seto Kaiba]

14 hours ago, Big s said:

Yeah, by season 3 I think he qualifies as an old school Disney princess 

He's certainly distressed enough... all he needs is a pretty dress and a prince.

 

1 hour ago, Mog said:

So, do we go Star Trek naming convention and call it the Razor Crest-A?

Or nickname it, calling it the Zeb-zor Crest (since Zeb’s piloting it)?

If it both is and isn't the Razor Crest, does that make it the Spaceship of Theseus?  The Schrodinger's Razor Crest?  

Since it's got "razor" in the name do we start with the shaver jokes?  Is it the Razor Crest Quattro Titanium?  The Razor Crest Hydro?  Maybe just call it the Gilette? 

[Mog]

Mando’s original Razor Crest was clearly the SI model with the custom modified big honkin’ guns on the front, the portable carbonite freezing chamber, and the lowered chromed turbines.

Zeb’s(?) Razor Crest might be a used EX model from a few years back.  The New Republic probably doesn’t pay him enough to buy the latest model, and he couldn’t afford the custom color leather seats with the two-zone temperature controls.

🤪

[Big s]

4 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

He's certainly distressed enough... all he needs is a pretty dress and a prince.

Bo came to his rescue a lot last season, so maybe that’s his Prince Charming 

[sh9000]

People want the OG Razor Crest?  Here you go.

[sh9000]

Spoiler

 

 

[sh9000]

May 22, 2026.

Edited April 18 by sh9000

[Duke Togo]

What kind of BS is this teaser?

[Seto Kaiba]

OK, so it's a title card.

Still feel like a further continuation of Din and Grogu's story is kinda unnecessary.

[Thom]

I'll wait for the official trailer!

[Mog]

They played an actual trailer at the current Celebration over in Japan(?).

Synopsis (since Disney gonna copyright violation any videos of it and apologies if I get the scenes out of order, going by memory here):

Spoiler

Basically shows Snowtroopers gearing up for a fight inside an AT-AT.  Mando pops in, starts whopping ass.  An Imp Commander closes the door to the cockpit.

Next shot is AT-AT blowing up, crashing down a cliff.  Mando and Grogu flying away.

Voiceover of Sigourney Weaver’s character saying “Messy.”  Looks like she plays some sort of Republic officer at Delphi base.  Mentions that Mando works for them now.

Scene of Mando, Grogu, and Zeb walking at the base.

Grogu swimming/diving.

Grogu Force-lifting a mouse droid, breaking it apart (or someone blasting it), moving slightly to dodge the wheel that comes rolling off it.

Scene of Mando riding that Clone War era chicken walker, evading three AT-AT’s.

Swoll-Jabba character flexing in an arena with Grogu munching on snacks.

No real major story revealed, other than Mando helping out/working for the New Republic and blasting ish.

[sh9000]

Looks good.

[Roy Focker]

Zero interest. Their story ended in season 2 finale.  And the most interesting unanswered plot elements worthy of a movie was wasted in the book of Boba Fett and Mando season 3.

[TangledThorns]

I get the hate but this movie will make mad money because of "baby yoda." I also predict this will be the first Star Wars film I take my children to.

 

 

[Axelay]

Got to see the leaked trailer, and I feel like the AT-AT is borrowing heavily from the Tardis' "it's larger on the inside" concept...

[Thom]

I don't get the hate.😄 Mando and Grogu are usually very dependable for fun entertainment, and yes, though it feels like their story is finished, and you could leave it if you want and just ignore this, apparetnly they feel they have more of a story to tell for them. I'm interested to see what they do.

[TangledThorns]

26 minutes ago, Axelay said:

Got to see the leaked trailer, and I feel like the AT-AT is borrowing heavily from the Tardis' "it's larger on the inside" concept...

The AT-AT for this film is the draft design from ESB. 

Watched the leaked trailer as well. At first I wasn't digging how it looks too much like the series with its VFX and cinematography but maybe that could be part of its appeal? I'll keep an open mind for now. 

Looking forward to sharing the official trailer with my children too.

Edited April 18 by TangledThorns

[jvmacross]

I don't think most kids and teens care for Star Wars these days....to get that crowd packed into the theatres, Lucasfilm needs to get tiktokers to start creating memes for the movie asap...worked for Minecraft!

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/1k1uyk7/star_wars_celebration_mandalorian_and_grogu/

 

Edited April 18 by jvmacross

[sh9000]

Sigourney Weaver has aged well.

[Thom]

3 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Sigourney Weaver has aged well.

Very well!

[Bolt]

I'm very interested to see more of this time frame. And , of course, more about Din and the Mandos.

There's such a vacuum between episode 6 and 7 (of the Skywalker Saga) that I expect more content to fill in the gaps to be forthcoming. Especially about the noticeable absence of any Mandos by episode 7..

[Big s]

20 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

I get the hate but this movie will make mad money because of "baby yoda." I also predict this will be the first Star Wars film I take my children to.

 

 

I kinda doubt it will make much. It may not even break even. The baby yoda stuff is all over the clearance isles and I don’t think that most people are excited about a movie sequel to the tv show. More people will probably be interested when it comes to streaming, but Star Wars overall as a franchise is probably in its worst shape in decades and has lost quite a few fans. Even semi decent shows on D+ are having a hard time getting an audience these days 

[Seto Kaiba]

On 4/18/2025 at 4:51 PM, Bolt said:

There's such a vacuum between episode 6 and 7 (of the Skywalker Saga) that I expect more content to fill in the gaps to be forthcoming. Especially about the noticeable absence of any Mandos by episode 7..

Maybe they all die out.  After all, that their warrior culture is so toxic and so incredibly self-destructive that they'd already practically destroyed themselves several times before the Empire ever rolled up to finish things is a recurring theme with them. 

 

14 hours ago, Big s said:

I kinda doubt it will make much. It may not even break even. The baby yoda stuff is all over the clearance isles and I don’t think that most people are excited about a movie sequel to the tv show. More people will probably be interested when it comes to streaming, but Star Wars overall as a franchise is probably in its worst shape in decades and has lost quite a few fans. Even semi decent shows on D+ are having a hard time getting an audience these days 

It'll make bank.  Count on it.  Above all else, it's a safe project that leans heavily on well-established and well-received characters that've tested well in merchandising already.

Unlike Solo, it's a sequel rather than a prequel, so they won't fall prey to the many perils of writing backstory for an already-established character either.

It probably won't set the world on fire, but between Baby Yoda and its mindless summer action movie potential of Din John Wick-ing his way through an army of hapless stormtroopers it'll probably do respectable business at the box office.

Edited Sunday at 01:50 AM by Seto Kaiba

[Bolt]

2 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Maybe they all die out

No. Because. 

 

2 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

It'll make bank.

Right?

Why would they kill the goose with the Mando eggs..

 

 

[Roy Focker]

12 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Maybe they all die out.  After all, that their warrior culture is so toxic and so incredibly self-destructive that they'd already practically destroyed themselves several times before the Empire ever rolled up to finish things is a recurring theme with them. 

That has to be one of my biggest gripes about season 3. I thought the lesson of the previous seasons was that Mando needed to break away from that toxic cult. Then in season 3 it was like forget all that. Our marketing research shows that audiences responds well to baby Yoda and people dressed like Boba Fett saying "this is the way."

[Seto Kaiba]

1 hour ago, Roy Focker said:

That has to be one of my biggest gripes about season 3. I thought the lesson of the previous seasons was that Mando needed to break away from that toxic cult. Then in season 3 it was like forget all that. Our marketing research shows that audiences responds well to baby Yoda and people dressed like Boba Fett saying "this is the way."

That was basically inevitable, though.

The Mandalorians are Star Wars's Klingons.  A culture of Proud Warrior Race Guys dogmatically following the vaguely Social Darwinist warrior code laid down by their culture's founding father to its often-counterproductive or self-destructive conclusion and love to invoke variations of the No True Scotsman whenever someone deviates. We saw this invoked directly in season 2 itself in how Din reacts to Boba Fett.  Din Djarin initially refuses to give Boba Fett his armor back because beskar belongs (only) to the Mandalorians and Boba's Not a Real Mandalorian because he never took the Creed.  Fett only gets his armor back after convincing Din that it's his by right of familial inheritence, since his father was a foundling raised by Real Mandalorians.

Din violates the Creed to rescue Grogu from the Empire.  According to the rigid and inflexible warrior code his people follow, he is Not a Real Mandalorian.  So of course he has to go on a quest to restore his honor and become a Real Mandalorian again, because the show's title is The Mandalorian not Technically a Mandalorian or That Guy Who Isn't a Real Mandalorian but Wears Mandalorian Armor.  It's basically obligatory.

It's basically the same as Worf's big story arc in Star Trek: the Next Generation.  Worf loses his honor for the greater good, but as a result is Not a Real Klingon.  He then has to live with the shame and the scorn of his people for a while before he has the opportunity to reclaim his honor and become a Real Klingon again.  Leaving him permanently dishonored was literally never on the table to begin wtih.