Discussion The Mandalorian and Grogu - Releasing May 22, 2026

I think the only real explanation is that Dark Side users hold onto every scrap of life they can through sheer anger and hatred, whereas the Jedi are capable and willing of letting go to become one with the Force. It's hand-wavey, but it does thematic gel with the Sith seeing death as the ultimate destruction, versus Jedi seeing it as the beginning of a new form of existence in the Force.

 

You're forgetting that most children are innately evil by nature

But yeah no, that's a good point regarding her as a youngling. The Plagueis side of things is weird, but I don't know if it's directly related to people like Maul or Reva keeping themselves alive. The immortality promise was kind of a scam to begin with, since Palpatine kind of lied about knowing the secret, and we're not entirely sure what the secret of immortality Plagueis discovered is. It clearly wasn't comprehensive, since he was murdered in his sleep, and we don't really have any details on him keeping other people alive. The TRoS novelization indicates that the "secret" was the method Palpatine used to transfer his consciousness/soul from his original body to the cloned one, but... that's just getting into the weeds of canonic nerdery, and like you said, that debate is just going to continue.

 

No he didn't.
LALALALALALALALALALALALALA

 

According to the reference book Dawn of the Rebellion written by Pablo Hidalgo and Emily Shkoukani, Reva's midriff had "cybernetic replacements" which were installed "some time after [she was] impaled during the Purge".

I'm a huge proponent of anger and hatred sustaining Force users beyond death, but the fact remains, Reva had cyber-guts, just like Fennec.

 

I think this film is going to suffer as a result of Andor being amazing.

Fans now REALLY know what talented people are capable of creating! Ihink it's going to be silly in comparison...

I watched the clip of Mando destroying all those Snowtroopers with ease. It's a scene we have seen a thousand times that has zero tension or stakes.

 

Grogu needs to skulk around while wearing a cool jacket.

 

They’re different approaches to Star Wars. Andor plays like a James Luceno novel done in live action, whilst Favreau’s stuff leans more on the pulp-actiony Buck Rogers heritage of the original films.

But in saying that, these Mandoverse shows aren’t entirely absent from some of the nuance and depth of the Andor style. When the series touched on the post-war trauma of Imperial atrocities and fanaticism it gets into some meaty areas. We saw this in the Believer, which I think was on par with the kind of material Gilroy and co were doing.

Though whether Favreau can translate that into a film structure is a whole other thing.

 

Where’s this clip?

 

Well, we don't really know if it has stakes until we see the movie, to be fair.

But I understand your point, and it will be interesting to see how people react to a presumably big tone and style shift with the Mandalorian movie.

I think a fun spectacle may be a good change of pace for many after the serious tone of Andor, and since this is a theatre release, it will likely benefit from people just looking for a good time.

I'm not certain it's fair to compare a story about a cute puppet to a show like Andor. People's expectations will be different.

 

It's the celebration one. You should be able to find it easy enough

 

I've heard that some people are saying snippets of it may or may not be on Youtube.

 

Thanks. Saw it. Looks just…OK.

 

Yep. It is what it is.

 

I’ll admit the rumours and snippets we’ve seen and heard from the film give the impression that it’s a TCW style adventure series of the week and that has me very cautious about the film.

But I’m holding out a slither of hope for them to delve into the Imperial Remnant to a greater extent in the ramp up to what Filoni’s doing. In the confines of a singular film I’m not sure if there’s the narrative room to try and backpedal or redo any of the Mandalore story, whereas the Imperials are easier thematic vein to tap.

 

I have a feeling this movie is going to come across as two episodes of the show that they happen to play in theaters. Does it have a narrative reason to exist as a film or is it just a cash grab? It feels desperate. After the mixed results of the ST it feels like they are playing it safe by releasing this a movie. What's the hook?

 

The latter is most definitely true otherwise we'd be getting TM S4 and not TM&G. However the former could also be true as well, it just depends on how Favreau writes and executes it. I hope he pulls it off, after all who doesn't want a great SW film?

 

Not fair to Andor. Grogu is in the big leagues.

 

Star wars needs the big screen no matter what happens.