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May 22, 2026

At the Movies: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' makes a clumsy big-screen debut

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

It's been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do it. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” a disjointed off-ramp that lacks the scale and ambition of its sisters, fails the task. As the Mandalorians might say, this is not the way.

Image from Lucasfilm Ltd. - Disney via AP [enlarge]
Pedro Pascal returns as the Mandalorian, with Grogu (a.k.a. Baby Yoda) taking center stage later.


 
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