Tonight’s Super Bowl action is so anticipated that the game is being broadcast even in a galaxy far, far away. In between plays, a new promo for Disney and Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted, showing the dynamic duo trudging through a wicked snowstorm while being pulled by Tauntauns. Complete with narration by Sam Elliott, the spot plays like a car commercial as Din Djarin and Grogu let the Tauntauns do all the heavy lifting (so to speak) through the snow.
Sam Elliott uses the Force
“Sometimes we choose our path, other times the path chooses us,” Elliott says in the promo. Of course, this phrase is a play on Elliott’s dialogue from The Big Lebowski, in which his character, the Stranger, tells the Dude (Jeff Bridges), “Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you.”
What’s The Mandalorian and Grogu about?
The official synopsis for The Mandalorian and Grogu reads: “The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.”
Jon Favreau on how Mando has changed
Late last year, Jon Favreau teased to Empire that Din Djarin’s priorities have changed since the Disney+ series.
“The Mandalorian has changed his priorities,” Favreau said. “One of the last things we say [in Season 3] is, like, ‘I don’t want to go out there and just be a hired gun. I want to work for the good guys.'” This means that Mando will be working more closely with the New Republic, including Colonel Wedge Antilles (Sigourney Weaver) and Zeb Orrelios. “Now we get to really have fun with him,” Favreau teased. “He’s such a compelling character, even if you’ve never seen Rebels, between the voice, the swagger, and the physical ability.”
However, the primary focus is still on Din Djarin and Grogu. “That central relationship, as they go off and face adventure together, that’s the underpinning of the film,” he said. “Star Wars is always about progression and growth and characters evolving, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. It’s about apprenticeship, it’s about one generation teaching the next. There’s more growth that happens over the course of the film.”
I’m still not sold on The Mandalorian and Grogu. Maybe I’ve got Star Wars fatigue, but the trailers are doing little to excite me. Of course. I say this now, but the real test will be whether I can resist FOMO once the film arrives in theaters on May 22, 2026. I’ll probably cave and see it. After all, Star Wars is like pizza; even if it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.
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