Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon

Lucasfilm released the final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu last night at CinemaCon, to much applause. And why wouldn’t there be? The trailer has all the elements that mark the best of the Star Wars franchise.

As previously reported, Grogu (fka “Baby Yoda”) won viewers’ hearts from the moment he first appeared onscreen in the first season of The Mandalorian, and the relationship between the little green creature and his father-figure bounty hunter, the titular Mandalorian, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), has only gotten stronger. With the 2023 Hollywood strikes delaying production on season 4 of the series, director Jon Favreau got the green light to make this spinoff film.

Per the official logline:

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

In addition to Pascal, the cast includes Sigourney Weaver as Ward, a veteran pilot, colonel, and leader of the New Republic’s Adelphi Rangers. Jeremy Allen White plays Rotta the Hutt (son of Jabba, first introduced in 2008’s The Clone Wars), Jonny Coyne reprises his Mandalorian S3 role as an Imperial warlord leading a surviving faction of the Galactic Empire, and Dave Filoni will be back as New Republic X-wing pilot Trapper Wolf. We can also expect to see Garazeb (“Zeb”) Orrelios (Steve Blum) from the Star Wars Rebels animated series, Embo from The Clone Wars, and Anzellans from The Rise of Skywalker. There’s also a shiny new version of Mando’s ship (destroyed in S2).

The first teaser arrived last fall, and while it contained almost no dialogue, it gave us a glimpse of lightsaber fights, robot battles, exploding AT-ATs, and Rotta the Hutt in fighting form. A full trailer in February fleshed out the details a bit more, with plenty of action and humorous moments, mostly involving Grogu.

This final trailer opens with a shot of Grogu meditating on a moss-covered log in a swamp—very Yoda-like. Cue Weaver’s voiceover about tales of a Mandalorian and a child. We hear Mando insist that he only takes on war criminals, then vow to “take out every bad guy in your deck of cards.” Ward is focused on preventing a war: “We’re protecting everything the Rebellion fought for.” Mando might just want revenge, but he’s willing to take on the fight. They’ve got some cute Anzellans allies who pronounce Grogu “a horrible baby.” But when Mando is captured by Hutts, the “bad baby” might just be the one to save him. “This is the way.”

The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on May 22, 2026.