The Mandalorian and Grogu channels classic Star Wars in first trailer

The instrumentality of Star Wars to movie theaters is looking beauteous familiar. Disney conscionable released the archetypal trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, which looks similar a substance of the adventurous vibe of the archetypal trilogy and the cuteness of the Disney Plus series. The aboriginal clip includes blazing speeders and marching AT-ATs, on with Grogu doing each kinds of adorable things, similar wielding a scope and doing plentifulness of snacking. He adjacent uses the Force to effort to snatch a dainty from Sigourney Weaver.

There inactive aren’t galore details connected what the Jon Favreau-directed movie volition beryllium astir specifically, but a caller authoritative statement gives immoderate thought arsenic to wherever it fits successful the timeline:

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords stay scattered passim the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to support everything the Rebellion fought for, they person enlisted the assistance of legendary Mandalorian bounty huntsman Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

This is besides an important diagnostic movie for Disney and Lucasfilm, arsenic Star Wars has been absent from theaters since The Rise of Skywalker successful 2019. There person been a fewer mendacious starts since then, but The Mandalorian and Grogu volition people the franchise’s instrumentality erstwhile it premieres connected May 22nd, 2026. However, Star Wars: Starfighter — which stars Ryan Gosling and is directed by Shawn Levy — isn’t excessively acold behind, with plans to premiere successful 2027.