Din Djarin and Grogu came home to Disney+ on September 2. Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which opened in worldwide cinemas in May, began streaming exclusively on the service that day, promoted as an action-packed, heartwarming adventure with new creatures, dogfights and TIE-fighter battles.
It is the first feature film for the pair, and a standalone one. The story picks up after the fall of the Empire, with Imperial warlords still scattered across the galaxy. The fledgling New Republic enlists the bounty hunter Din Djarin, played by Pedro Pascal, and his young apprentice. In the film, they are sent to rescue Rotta the Hutt, played by Jeremy Allen White, in exchange for information on a target.
Who made it
Jon Favreau directed, from a script he wrote with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor. Sigourney Weaver stars alongside Pascal, and Martin Scorsese is among the voices. The film follows three Emmy-winning seasons of “The Mandalorian” on Disney+, which began in 2019, returned in 2020 and ran again in 2023.
Two extras on the same day
Disney+ launched an official podcast that same evening at 6:00 pm PT, with two episodes, “Growing Up” and “Bigger & Different.” Shot on the film’s Adelphi Base Bar set, it brings in Favreau, Filoni, composer Ludwig Göransson, Pascal and Weaver, and Grogu drops by too. Video episodes live on Disney+ and YouTube. Audio versions run on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon Music, SiriusXM, iHeart Radio and TuneIn.
The third debut was “LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian,” an animated special that retells all three seasons as comedy for families and younger viewers. Chris Buckley directed and Michael Price wrote it. The voice cast includes Gavin Hammon as the Mandalorian, Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto, Bill Burr as Migs Mayfield, Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze, Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand and Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth.
Sources
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian to Make Big Splash on September 2 with Three New Debuts
- The Mandalorian and Grogu
