The Mandalorian and Grogu, the sci-fi movie with Pedro Pascal and Jeremy Allen White

The Mandalorian and Grogu, the movie plot

The Mandalorian and Grogu is an upcoming sci-fi action movie. The plot centers on a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin / The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), on the run while protecting an alien child, Grogu. The little one escapes capture in a dangerous and lawless galaxy and belongs to the same species as Yoda, the green humanoid alien endowed—with the power of the Force—in the Star Wars saga.

“Hey, don’t touch the buttons,” Din says to Grogu while they are on a spacecraft, in the released trailer. “I’m looking for a hat, gangsters, war criminals,” he tells a colleague who refuses to share information.

“This isn’t about revenge. It’s about avoiding another war,” explains Ward (Sigourney Weaver). “You will suffer, and then it will be his turn,” says Rotta the Hutt (Jeremy Allen White) to Din. “The little one will live centuries after me, I won’t be able to protect him forever,” Din states, referring to Grogu. Scenes of fighting and chases follow.

In a clip shown at the D23 event, the bounty hunter clad in silver Beskar metal and Baby Yoda touch fingers. “We are professional bounty hunters, now that he is with me, I will be selective about my assignments,” The Mandalorian says in

voice-over.

The Mandalorian and Grogu, the movie cast

Jeremy Allen White is Rotta the Hutt, son of the late crime lord Jabba the Hutt; Jonny Coyne is leader of a remnant faction of the Galactic Empire. Martin Scorsese appears in a cameo as the voice of an Ardennian shopkeeper.

The direction is by Jon Favreau, making his debut behind the camera after writing episodes of The Mandalorian—from which the movie is derived—and The Book of Boba Fett. The screenplay also involved Dave Filoni and George Lucas. Grogu was conceived by Favreau based on the desire to explore the mystery surrounding Yoda and his species, contrasting with Yoda’s journey ending in Return of the Jedi (1983): Favreau believed part of Yoda’s charm was that George Lucas deliberately kept his origins and species details mysterious, hypothesizing that this sense of mystery would extend to Grogu. In mid-2017, shortly after Favreau proposed The Mandalorian to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, she suggested he meet Dave Filoni, co-creator of several Star Wars animated series: “There’s never been anything like this before, except Yoda, and then Yaddle in the prequels on the Jedi Council,” Filoni states. “It’s kind of a sacred thing. We just have to be responsible when telling a story, with what we decide to do. Fans want to know that things are a calculated and careful decision. Then, if you tell a good story, most of the time they follow it.”

The Mandalorian and Grogu, filming and release date

The production is by Lucasfilm. Filming began in June 2024 in California and lasted three months. The set involved 3,500 extras and 500 crew members. There will also be a new version of the Razor Crest, the Mandalorian’s ship destroyed in the series’ second season. The movie will be released in US cinemas on May 22, 2026.