While the final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu contains a lot of the same footage we’ve seen, or at least similar scenes from different points, it’s still better than the initial teaser. It’s promising a rollicking good time at the theaters, with the same vague hints at the Mandalorian’s new groove in helping out the New Republic hunt down some Imperial Remnant warlords. While I’m still excited for the film, I don’t imagine this trailer will change anyone’s minds, and that’s okay. But it did give me pause. A realization that, outside of the 90/00’s Legends love for the New Republic era, we’ve not really had much time with the organization, and I feel like getting more stories with it could’ve helped make this feel more important, for the lack of a better term. Yet maybe that’s what The Mandalorian and Grogu is set to do, give us our first big taste of the much larger post-Return of the Jedi story Lucasfilm has planned, something Director Jon Favreau teased in his chat with Adam Savage’s Tested set visit. Ahsoka season 2 is likely later this year still…

Plenty of press, influencers, and fellow Star Wars fan sites and podcasts got to visit the set as well, and look no further than Star Wars Explained’s deep-dive to see all the goodies, which includes a TON of film and TV show props (Kh’ymm from Skeleton Crew!!) that are usually a must-see at Star Wars Celebration. Also, those same people saw the first 18 minutes or so, which sounds like it’s basically the AT-ATs in the snow sequence and some of the Colonel Ward talking to Din Djarin and Grogu that we’ve seen in the trailers. The Mandalorian and Grogu is almost a month away, with tickets now live to buy, novelty popcorn buckets to decide on, and even the promise of the soundtrack releasing early (what’s the “Qui-Gon’s Noble End” track listing going to be? “Din Djarin Dims”?), while our review should be out shortly after May 21!

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