{"id":639137,"date":"2026-05-12T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639137\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:50:08","slug":"heres-what-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-is-actually-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639137\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What \u2018The Mandalorian and Grogu\u2019 Is Actually About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grogu, mythosaurs, the Darksaber, Ahsoka, Luke Skywalker, etc. So much has happened in the past several years that it\u2019s easy to forget what The Mandalorian was actually about<\/a>. It\u2019s about a character, inspired by Boba Fett, hunting and bringing in bounties. That\u2019s what Din Djarin was doing in the first episode<\/a>, what he\u2019s done many times since, and it seems that\u2019ll be the drive of his movie too.<\/p>\n

The first Star Wars movie in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu, opens on May 22, and for the longest time, we didn\u2019t quite know<\/a> what it was about. We knew there was some action, a swole Hutt voiced by the star of The Bear,<\/a> snow-based action scenes, Sigourney Weaver, and more. But what ties it all together?<\/a> A new clip was just released that explains it perfectly.<\/p>\n

Colonel Ward (Weaver) lays it out pretty plainly there. Find the evil, mysterious Imperial leader Commander Coin. The Hutts know where he is. To get that information, the Mandalorian will have to rescue Rotta the Hutt from captivity. Once he does that, the Hutts will give him Coin\u2019s location. All of which feels fishy for Mando, considering he\u2019s trying to use his skills only for good now. He doesn\u2019t feel right going back to his old ways, but Ward persuades him to.<\/p>\n

So where do things go from there? We don\u2019t know. Presumably, though, Mando goes to see the Hutts, they give him Rotta\u2019s location, things go south, and finding Coin becomes less important than saving their own lives.<\/p>\n

But I can\u2019t be the only one thinking, \u201cIs that it?\u201d Is The Mandalorian and Grogu just a larger, more elaborate bounty hunt? Three episodes stuffed into one? That\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing if handled well, but we\u2019re hoping it all amounts to something a little more movie-worthy. Maybe the addition of Rotta the Hutt to the mix is one potential clue.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mandalorian and Grogu opens on May 22, but it\u2019ll have its world premiere next week. We\u2019ll have more then.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grogu, mythosaurs, the Darksaber, Ahsoka, Luke Skywalker, etc. So much has happened in the past several years that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206,89058,5295,103914],"class_list":["post-639137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sigourney-weaver","tag-star-wars","tag-the-mandalorian-and-grogu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}