A short time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the final trailer for The Mandalorian And Grogu was dropped during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation. And while we’ve had trailers for Jon Favreau’s movie — the first big-screen Star Wars outing since 2019’s The Rise Of Skywalker — already, three of ’em in fact (if you count that Super Bowlspot), there’s something about this one that just hits different. Maybe it’s the focus on Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and Grogu’s emotional father-and-son bond. Maybe it’s Ludwig Göransson’s swelling, John Williams infused score. Heck, maybe it’s all those Anzellans! Who knows? But the Force is undeniably strong with this last teaser — and you can check it out below;
“The old protect the young… and then the young protect the old.” Oh boy, we’re gonna need to stock up on beskar to protect our hearts with The Mandalorian And Grogu, aren’t we? But hey, didn’t we tell you: what a trailer! Mando taking orders from Sigourney Weaver’s Colonel Ward, who warns our favourite bounty hunter gone good that his mission — to take out imperial war lords — “isn’t about revenge, it’s about preventing another war.” Grogu hanging out with a whole horde of Anzellans. A closer look at the returns of Clone Wars bounty hunter Embo and Star Wars Rebels fan favourite Zeb Orrelios (Steve Blum). There’s action, jumps to lightspeed, new planets, and weird lil’ — and big — guys galore. (Shout-out to Jeremy Allen White for his suitably monstrous Rotta the Hutt voice!)
There’s also a real, undeniably emotional through-line here: the realisation that Mando and Grogu aren’t necessarily always going to be together. Even despite us having spent three seasons of The Mandalorian desperately awaiting the moment Din Djarin and Din Grogu could retire to their little cabin on Nevarro. There’s even some interesting threads dangled here surrounding Grogu and the potential for him to become his father’s keeper, tapping into both sides of his training to protect his adoptive old man. In other words, this just feels like Star Wars — and boy could we use some of that right about now.
With tickets set to go on sale for The Mandalorian And Grogu tomorrow, and the movie due out in cinemas on 17 May — almost exactly a month from now — we don’t have long to wait to see how Favreau and co’s movie propels us into ‘a completely different era of Star Wars.’ If the movie’s as good as this last trailer, then we have only four words to say to that: this is the way.
