{"id":53823,"date":"2026-05-20T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53823"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:23:34","slug":"review-star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-movie-review-plays-like-an-extended-tv-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53823","title":{"rendered":"Review | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu movie review \u2013 plays like an extended TV episode"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars<\/em> films were major events. But since George Lucas sold the franchise to Disney in 2012, there have been five variable-quality big-screen outings, innumerable television shows and spin-offs, and this strange hybrid.<\/p>\n

Directed by series creator Jon Favreau, and co-written by Favreau, Lucasfilm chief creative officer Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, the film follows bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal<\/span>, plus stunt team) and his apprentice Grogu on another adventure.<\/div>\n
This time, they are ordered by New Republic Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver) to rescue rogue space slug Rotta the Hutt (voiced by The Bear<\/em>\u2019s Jeremy Allen White<\/span>), son of Jabba, although they soon find themselves tangling with his evil relatives, the Hutt twins.<\/div>\n

An exciting opening scene sees Mando and Grogu breaking into a snowy mountain stronghold, then taking down a platoon of AT-ATs as they escape. To be fair to Favreau and co, they probably could not have mounted such a sequence on a television budget, even a Disney one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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