THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Star Wars Celebration Trailer Leaks And Reveals Rotta The Hutt And A Big Cameo

The first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted at Star Wars Celebration a few hours ago, and it's now leaked online! It reveals plenty of epic action, a first look at Rotta the Hutt, and more...

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By JoshWilding - Apr 18, 2025 03:04 AM EST

Filed Under: The Mandalorian

Source: SFFGazette.com

With Disney looking to increase theatrical revenue after spending years shoring up its streaming offerings on Disney+ (to great expense), The Mandalorian season 4 has transformed into The Mandalorian and Grogu.

The movie will bring Din Djarin and "The Child" to the big screen, and at Star Wars Celebration in Japan yesterday evening, fans were shown a first look. As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, that's now leaked online and can be viewed by following this link.

The trailer opens with Mando laying waste to a squad of Imperials aboard an AT-AT before the bounty hunter reports back to Sigourney Weaver's New Republic pilot. There's heaps of Grogu cuteness, a surprise appearance from Star Wars Rebels' Zeb Orrelios, and the long-awaited return of Din's Razor Crest.

Near the end of the preview, we see that Grogu is growing stronger in the Force as he lays waste to an Imperial Mouse Droid (there's also a pretty terrific shot of him swimming). We also catch sight of the formidable-looking Rotta the Hutt in an arena of some sort. Rumour has it the movie's leads will be tasked with rescuing him.

Talking to GamingBible in Japan a few hours ago, The Mandalorian and Grogu star Pedro Pascal said it's, "an unbelievable thing to have to be a part of something that had such incredible influence on me as a kid...it was a secret wish of mine from the beginning because of how cinematically sophisticated it was."

"I can tell you that what they are going to deliver [The Mandalorian And Grogu], they'll be topping themselves as filmmakers, and it is a ride, a gorgeous, exciting ride," he teased.

Asked what it's been like working with Weaver as she makes her Star Wars debut, Pascal added, "Listen, I don't know where to start when it comes to Sigourney Weaver. She's one of my favorite actors. She's an icon to me. Her more than anyone in my upbringing, sort of did all genres: comedy, science fiction, action, horror, drama, biography."

"I've seen her on stage, small films, large films, so this is probably one of the greatest highlights for me, and one of the bigger honours of my career."

Starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, and Jonny Coyne, The Mandalorian & Grogu is directed by Favreau and produced by him, Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Ian Bryce.

This exciting new adventure in the Mandalorian and Grogu's journey is currently in post-production and arrives in theaters on May 22, 2026.

The Mandalorian and Grogu comes to theaters May 22, 2026. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/Z7DRuvkG7M
— Star Wars (@starwars) April 18, 2025

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38 Comments

ProfessorWhy - 4/18/2025, 3:40 AM

That was much, much cooler than I was expecting. I'll go watch this in the theater for the Walker scene alone. Looks like the they are going for is ESB combined with MandoS1 . Fingers crossed they wrote a good story

bkmeijer1 - 4/18/2025, 3:53 AM

That looks pretty cool. And stuff like the AT-ATs really gives it more scale suitable for cinema. The (rumoured?) plot feels less like an event for the big screen though.

Also, again in May? Why is Disney releasing both it's Star Wars movies in the same month as the Avengers movie. What kind of logic is there in competing with yourself?

Scarilian - 4/18/2025, 6:46 AM

@bkmeijer1 -
"Why is Disney releasing both it's Star Wars movies in the same month as the Avengers movie. What kind of logic is there in competing with yourself?"

My theory behind that is that it'll act as a built-in excuse for when one or both films fail to perform as expected at the box office.

• If both are successful, then it's a win/win for Disney.
• If one is successful, then they'll use the other to take the spotlight in news/media circles.
• If both under-perform, then Disney will claim it's simply a matter of the audience being overwhelmed by choice.

The only scenario where they'd potentially lose is if both films are severe box office bombs

Say for example, Avengers: Doomsday makes $1.3bn at the box office. Normally that would be a cause for celebration among financial analysts, but comparatively it puts it lower than every prior Avengers movie (without adjusting for inflation also) which would be a clear sign that the Avengers brand is severely damaged... UNLESS you had a Star Wars movie that was releasing that they could point to as an excuse and say it was attracting a similar audience.

If Avengers: Doomsday/Secret is insanely popular, they won't give a damn about the performance of the Star Wars movies because they are standalone films that they have no investment in - and can blame the creators of those films as an excuse for more corporate oversight in future films. If anything, the Star Wars films are being released solely to die.

Antitrollpatrol - 4/18/2025, 7:57 AM

@bkmeijer1 - my guess is that they're just banking on the name alone which we know with movies like Solo that doesn't guarantee success. I will say that these films reportedly have lower budgets which means they may not need to make a billion to be considered successful. If they have an opening weekend like Minecraft then it may be all they need to consider it a success. I think that right now licasfilm's priority may be to win back it's fanbase rather than potentially upset it.

bobevanz - 4/18/2025, 8:11 AM

Scarilian has me blocked because his takes are dog water. The reason they're moving from Winter releases on Star Wars is because the brand isn't as strong as say a Avatar sequel or an animated movie from them. They also have so much shit coming out they need to split them up by the quarter. They aren't doing it to avoid controversy lmao dumbasses

Vigor - 4/18/2025, 8:56 AM

@bobevanz - his takes are so terrible and he always writes novels.

If i had to put an example. It's like some of us see the world as blue. Others as red. He sees it as magenta
It's kind of comical. But he's one of ours

bkmeijer1 - 4/18/2025, 9:01 AM

@Scarilian - that's a good theory. It's all about optics I guess if you put it like that. And honestly, it does make sense.

Still, even moving them one more week apart would give it more breathing room I think.

bkmeijer1 - 4/18/2025, 9:02 AM

@Antitrollpatrol - didn't consider that. Could see that be the case with Starfighter especially.

batman001 - 4/18/2025, 4:00 AM

Finally a new Star Wars movie.

IAmAHoot - 4/18/2025, 4:29 AM

I want to see the choreography of that opening scene from the side of the bad guys, because it seems as if those bad fellas really weren’t doing much until Mando had conveniently stopped everyone who came before…

Thing94 - 4/18/2025, 4:51 AM

Looks good let's wish for the best

XtremeXFan - 4/18/2025, 4:52 AM

PEEPS, did you guys see the Darth maul shadow lord pannel, holly shit we are getting a darth maul animated show

XtremeXFan - 4/18/2025, 4:53 AM

@XtremeXFan - also thath trialer for mando and grogu looks a lot of fun

Vigor - 4/18/2025, 8:53 AM

@XtremeXFan - still of the belief that he should have stayed less talkative. This new introspective and talkative maul isn't for me haha

Fun seeing him fight ahsoka tho

ObserverIO - 4/18/2025, 5:06 AM

This might be the first Disney Star Wars film that I love all the way through (I only love the end of Rogue One, it's a shame that there's over 90 minutes of trash beforehand).

bobevanz - 4/18/2025, 8:12 AM

@ObserverIO - poor Stan

ObserverIO - 4/18/2025, 9:24 AM

@bobevanz - While this is true, I do still love the OT and Revenge of the Sith. And I did love the end of Rogue One. So I'm not quite there yet.

AllsNotGood - 4/18/2025, 5:46 AM

Out of work actor Pedro pascal finally getting a role so he can put food on the table for his kids

bobevanz - 4/18/2025, 8:12 AM

@AllsNotGood - back to wendys for you

JustAWaffle - 4/18/2025, 8:21 AM

@bobevanz - Sir, this is Taco Bell. Wendy's is that way ˇˇˇ

Typhoon20 - 4/18/2025, 2:39 PM

@AllsNotGood - Did you make the same comment about Ryan Gosling you racist POS.

AllsNotGood - 4/18/2025, 2:40 PM

@Typhoon20 - what on earth are you on about

vectorsigma - 4/18/2025, 6:14 AM

I was never a fan of the Mando series, it is filled with side errands.

This looks like it as well. But if we get more mythos and where Grogu came from ill be more interested.

It seems to me the popularity of Grogu and Disney taking advantage of it is getting in the way of us getting a deeper and mythos filled story.

JacobsLadder - 4/18/2025, 6:17 AM

lol

vectorsigma - 4/18/2025, 6:25 AM

I dont think I can consider Zeb as a "big Cameo".

Scarilian - 4/18/2025, 6:35 AM

I like the focus on the practical effects, the visuals actually look polished also. The practical-effects hallway fight is neat and should have been what we got for Daredevil: Born Again if it wasn't made by hacks. I'm glad we actually get to see the AT-AT fall and explode, hate when movies will cut away after a brief explosion and show a falling ship but not see it crash.

I think the core issue with this film is that the audience were burned severely by Star Wars and have no attachment to these characters. People generally liked The Mandalorian Season 1 but the show deteriorated and doesn't hold up. Andor Season 1 is probably the best written thing they've done and still holds up.

In terms of plot elements, The Mandalorian having indestructible armour could be a problem for narrative tension and Grogu's moments along with the comedic relief feel a bit forced here.

Is the idea that they are worried either Star Wars or Marvel won't bring in viewership and will be box office bombs in 2026/2027. They've now scheduled two Star Wars films for the same months as large-scale Avengers movies. Feels like they run the risk of cannibalizing each other? Or are they intending to delay Avengers: Doomsday/Secret Wars?

Timerider - 4/18/2025, 7:07 AM

@Scarilian - Relax, Kevin will probably move one of them up a week or maybe two, to give it some breathing room. It’s too early to know which one gets to move, but Star Wars Day is May 4th, so who knows what will happen.

TheVisionary25 - 4/18/2025, 7:46 AM

That looks good!!.

That opening sequence and then Din & Grogu riding thru and taking on the AT-ATs in the snow really show how they have upped the scale & spectacle for the big screen which is fun…

Also was that my boy Enoch from AOS at the beginning?.

KaptainKhaos - 4/18/2025, 8:22 AM

Looks awesome!, I hope fans enjoy!

MotherGooseUPus - 4/18/2025, 9:12 AM

this is great. reminds me of ESB and Rogue One. Lots of practical shots and stages. im finally excited for a SW movie again

NGFB - 4/18/2025, 9:44 AM

Looks awful, because hating is so hot right now. . .

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/18/2025, 5:47 PM

@NGFB -

Looks great, because praising and not critiquing is so hot right now.

marvel72 - 4/18/2025, 10:05 AM

Looks good but I have lost faith in Star wars being any good.

AnthonyVonGeek - 4/18/2025, 10:59 AM

Looks fun! I’m down!!!!

BlackStar25 - 4/18/2025, 12:15 PM

Looks fun

FusionWarrior - 4/18/2025, 4:05 PM

Give me Baby Yoda!

Shivermetimbers - 4/18/2025, 5:20 PM

Damn I’m too late.

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/18/2025, 5:46 PM

Please clarify what the big cameo is.

Zeb?

That is not a big cameo.

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THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Star Wars Celebration Trailer Leaks And Reveals Rotta The Hutt And A Big Cameo

The first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted at Star Wars Celebration a few hours ago, and it's now leaked online! It reveals plenty of epic action, a first look at Rotta the Hutt, and more...

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