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It has been assumed that The Mandalorian & Grogu is made up of things from the written, but never shot, fourth season of The Mandalorian. Not so, says Jon Favreau. In fact, things are quite, quite different in reality.
The movie does follow on from the first three seasons of The Mandalorian, however, the fourth season was… is… already written and remains in Favreau’s office. This movie is not that.
In an interview with SFX Magazine (as reported by Games Radar), Favreau says that fourth season was set to deal with the rise of Thrawn and lead into the second season of Ahsoka.
Now, Ahsoka season 2 will deal with that, and The Mandalorian and Grogu is more standalone, telling a self-contained story. The reason for this is to create a cinema experience and a film that can stand on its own two feet. As Favreau says:
“It would have heavily linked to Ahsoka season 2. You can’t just take those scripts and turn them into a movie. There were a lot of characters, it assumed you’d watched the whole show, and it was teeing up what was happening moving into [the second season of ] Ahsoka. It was about Grand Admiral Thrawn and following the larger storyline [of this era of the Star Wars timeline].
This is a completely different medium. So I had to start from scratch, essentially. There were certain things I wanted to pursue, like the idea of Grogu being the Mandalorian’s apprentice. As long as you understand the archetypes of this hardened warrior with their vulnerable young apprentice, you’ll know these characters well, even if you’ve never seen the show. But there’s still a lot of Star Wars in there. You’re going to see where things are going [in the wider universe], but that doesn’t diminish from the experience of watching it as a standalone film.”
The Mandalorian and Grogu picks up in the ashes of the fallen Empire, with the surviving Imperial leadership scattered throughout the galaxy as warlords.
The struggling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, and they need help. They enlist Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu for a key mission. Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White co-star, with Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Ian Bryce producing.
The first official clip has been released, ahead of the premiere next month:
The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in cinemas on May 22nd.
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