Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Movie Review

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition of The Mandalorian and Grogu to a big-screen Star Wars movie and the challenges faced by the creators.

The old protect the young, and the young develop poor eating habits. The Mandalorian and Grogu have left Disney+ behind to take orders from sci-fi queen Sigourney Weaver (Alien) in a big-screen 2026 Star Wars movie. But does Pedro Pascal need to go rescue little "Stinky the Hutt" now that he’s grown into big, buff Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)? And can director Jon Favreau (Elf) find The Way to balance between adrenalizing fans of the badass bounty hunter and soothing everyone else that’s come for adorable Baby Yoda? Learn if Arnie, Justin, and Stuart bring this spin-off in warm or cold when you Listen Now!

People in this episode

Hosts: Arnie, Justin, Stuart

Topics covered

• Star Wars
• The Mandalorian
• Grogu
• film review
• sci-fi
• Pedro Pascal
• Jon Favreau

Keywords

• Star Wars
• The Mandalorian
• Grogu
• Pedro Pascal
• Jon Favreau
• Sigourney Weaver
• Jeremy Allen White
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney+

Books & works: Star Wars, The Mandalorian, The Bear, Alien

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