The First ‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Clip Is Unsurprisingly Underwhelming

InnovationGamingThe First ‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Clip Is Unsurprisingly UnderwhelmingByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorApr 22, 2026, 10:24am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.The Mandalorian and GroguStar WarsIt remains a bizarre decision for the first new Star Wars movie in 6.5 years to be what is effectively a reboot of three seasons of a TV show, but that’s what we’re getting with The Mandalorian and Grogu. The trailers have been hit or miss, but ahead of its May 22 release, we have our first actual clip from the movie. Needless to say, it is not lighting the Star Wars fandom on fire.The clip, which features a landspeeder chase where Grogu is attempting, and failing, to help by shooting missiles from Mando’s parked ship at his Stormtrooper pursuers. It was presented by The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau on Jimmy Kimmel. The 45-second clip in question is at minute nine of this video of the full interview:The most common complaint here, and one I agree with, is that it looks cheap. Like just another episode of The Mandalorian, and not even one of the good ones, which can occasionally look like blockbuster movies. Though that’s been increasingly rare.We’ve heard other things about how this film came together, where the original plan was for there to be a season 4, complete with already-written scripts, which were going to have Mando go up against Grand Admiral Thrawn as a way to tie the show into season 2 of Ahsoka. Jon Favreau spoke to SFX Magazine about the initial concept: if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.c...