The first Star Wars feature film since 2019’s pre-pandemic Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Jon Favreau‘s Mandalorian and Grogu, was shown off Friday night at Disney‘s D23.
Favreau, who directs, came onstage with co-scribe and producer Dave Filoni. “We’re all pretty excited to have Star Wars back on the big screen,” said Filoni.
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Favreau said they just started filming two weeks ago. “It’s the last D23 before the movie comes out — we had to put something out.”
In the clip shown to the 15,000-strong fans at the Honda Center in Anaheim, the silver Beskar metal-clad bounty hunter and baby Yoda touch fingers.
“We’re bounty hunters by trade, now that he’s with me, I’ll be selective about my assignments,” says Mando in a voice-over.
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Babu Frick also makes an appearance, flying a ship with Grogu — and the crowd went wild. There were shots of a snowy planet that looks a lot like Hoth from Empire Strikes Back and with huge AT-ATs to boot. Another big star in this mission movie is the red alien, pointy earred Zeb from the animated series Star Wars: Rebels.
This is the first theatrical movie to be based off a Disney+ series. Mandalorian & Grogu hits theaters in May 2026.