Later this week, the latest Star Wars film is releasing worldwide, featuring characters from the franchise’s hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian.
Starring Pedro Pascal and titled The Mandalorian and Grogu, the film will be the big screen debut for Pascal’s Mandalorian, as well as his ‘Baby Yoda’ sidekick, Grogu.
Here, News, Just News runs through a few quickfire questions to prepare you for May’s biggest blockbuster.
Who are the Mandalorian and Grogu?
The Mandalorian, or Din Djarin, is a masked, seldom-spoken bounty hunter dedicated to the way of the Mandalorian creed.
He was first introduced in The Mandalorian (2022), where the otherwise cold assassin stumbled across a mysterious child on one of his missions.
Grogu, who was known as The Child onscreen and Baby Yoda offscreen, was seemingly innocent and vulnerable, until his mysterious telkinetic powers were revealed
When Djarin discovered that Grogu’s fate was to be exploited by the empire, he veered from his cold path and started a new journey battling against the universe’s Imperial forces.
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What is their film about?
The film takes place around five years after the original Star Wars trilogy.
The unlikely duo have shared many adventures together across the show’s three seasons, with a Luke Skywalker-trained Grogu now Djarin’s official bounty hunting apprentice.
Despite the Galactic Empire’s collapse in Return of the Jedi (1983), there are still various Imperial forces lurking in the galaxy.
To learn more about one of their targets, the New Republic enlists Djarin and Grogu to perform a rescue in exchange for information from the slug-like crime clan, the Hutts.
Who is in the film?
Pascal is joined by The Bear star Jeremy Allen White, who provides the voice for Rotta the Hutt, the titular duo’s rescue target.
Sigourney Weaver also features as Ward, a New Republic leader and former rebel pilot.
Jon Favreau has returned to direct the film, after creating the hit series in 2022.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is releasing in theatres on May 21.
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