Director Jon Favreau, Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver took the stage at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo at the moment to indicate off extra footage from their upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu.
For a while, all we knew is that the brand new film will carry the bounty hunter and child Yoda on a standalone mission.
In the brand new footage, Weaver’s character is teased, together with some action-packed battle scenes towards stormtroopers. Fans additionally get a primary glimpse at Jeremy Allen White as Jabba’s son Rotta the Hutt.
The final time we caught footage of film which isn’t due for launch till May 22, 2026 was at D23 in Anaheim again in August. That clip confirmed the return of The Empire Strikes Back‘s AT-ATs stomping in the snow, the crazy voiced tiny alien tech Babu Frick from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and red alien, pointy eared Zeb from Filoni’s animated collection Star Wars: Rebels.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is the primary Star Wars function since Rise of Skywalker six years in the past. Originally Lucasfilm had a plan to do standalone motion pictures primarily based on core canon characters, however with the tanking of Solo: A Star Wars Story, they pivoted, increasing the Star Wars universe on Disney+ and considerably taking a extra affected person strategy to growing future Star Wars motion pictures.