{"id":647934,"date":"2026-05-04T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647934\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:50:10","slug":"the-mandalorian-and-grogu-sneak-peeks-hit-theaters-and-disney-plus-on-star-wars-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647934\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Mandalorian and Grogu&#8217; Sneak Peeks Hit Theaters and Disney Plus on Star Wars Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Star Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/mandolorian-grogu-star-wars-burger-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a> hits theaters on May 22, and Disney is serving up plenty of reminders on May the 4th, aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/deals\/star-wars-day-disney-deals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Special fan events will take place today at select IMAX theaters, giving fans a first look at &#8220;more than 25 minutes of exclusive, never-before-seen footage.&#8221; The events take place at 7 p.m. local time and include poster giveaways for fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You <a href=\"http:\/\/fandan.co\/Maythe4thIMAXSpecialLookEvent\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">might be able to RSVP here<\/a>, but be aware that theaters near you may be sold out. As of 11:30 a.m. ET on Monday, I saw no theaters left in states such as New York, Texas and California, but Utah and Connecticut still had options. When I RSVP-ed to a screening, I received a confirmation email that said the event is overbooked and to arrive early.<\/p>\n<p>For those who can&#8217;t make an in-person event,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/entertainment\/whats-coming-to-disney-plus-may-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Disney Plus<\/a>\u00a0is now streaming a 3-and-a-half-minute special look that&#8217;s exclusive to the service. You&#8217;ll see some additional clips, such as one about the film&#8217;s droids and creatures. The content will pop up when you open your app, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/browse\/entity-56e644ff-5fc1-41b5-81dd-bfdef2ed2378\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">you can watch it here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu takes place after the events of season 3 of the Disney Plus series, The Mandalorian, and stars Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White. Jon Favreau directs the flick, which is the first Star Wars theatrical film in more than six years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on May 22, and Disney is serving up plenty of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-647934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}