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Jon Favreau wants to attract a new Star Wars audience with The Mandalorian and Grogu

The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau hopes that the spin-off can introduce Star Wars to a new generation of film fans.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu is one of the lowest-rated Star Wars movies on Rotten Tomatoes

It's the first Star Wars movie in seven years

Total Film

As The Mandalorian And Grogu Hits Theaters, Some Critics Are Questioning Whether It’s Even A Star Wars Movie

What do the reviews say?

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The Mandalorian And Grogu: Critics say Star Wars should be put out of its misery

The upcoming Jon Favreau film is the latest addition to the Star Wars franchise, based on the hit Disney+ spin-off series The Mandalorian.

Evening Standard

Fortnite's The Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island is far more than just a Star Wars theater

Interview | Jeff Brown and Matt Burdette of Fairview Portals detail how this Nevarro came to be

GamesRadar

The Mandalorian and Grogu Fortnite collaboration is "a very first step" of what Jon Favreau thinks is "going to be a much larger project"

Exclusive: Jon Favreau opens up on The Mandalorian and Grogu's partnership with Epic to bring an immersive Fortnite experience to life

Total Film

The Mandalorian and Grogu review – Stick a fork in Star Wars. It’s done

2/5 With just five minutes of Pedro Pascal and a completely dispirited voice performance from Jeremy Allen White as Jabba the Hutt’s son, this is the dullest and most inconsequential ‘Star Wars’ ever made

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'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Review: A Deeply Flawed Old-School Star Wars Romp

The Mandalorian and Grogu's first big-screen adventure is barely a movie. It's three episodes of the show smushed together.

Inverse

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing

The badass bounty hunter and his little green friend take on the Empire and Jabba the Hutt’s family in this solid enough addition to the ever-expanding universe

The Guardian - UK

The Mandalorian and Grogu review: "A lot of fun, but this Star Wars movie ends up feeling inconsequential"

Total Film

As 'The Mandalorian and Grogu" prepare for their close-up, can 'Star Wars' ever feel like a big-screen event again?

'Star Wars' used to be the ultimate theatrical experience, but have years of Disney+ spin-offs dulled its multiplex appeal?

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The Mandalorian’s Jon Favreau recalls moment he realized Grogu was a ‘phenomenon’

Favreau’s latest film, ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ based on the hit Disney TV series, opens May 22

The Independent UK

Sigourney Weaver says her Mandalorian and Grogu character Colonel Ward is "the same generation as Princess Leia," and "it's really cool" to join the "ensemble" of Star Wars women

Exclusive: Sigourney Weaver talks joining Star Wars and her character's connection to Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia

Total Film

Jon Favreau says he has "a lot of plans" for Grogu "creatively," because "he's on a path to be both a Jedi and a Mandalorian"

Exclusive: Jon Favreau has plenty ideas for the future of Din Djarin and Grogu

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Even a Legendary Casting Director Recognizes that Jeremy Allen White’s Rotta the Hutt Is Hot

The Mandalorian and Grogu’s casting director joked that she cast Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hutt because he’s “sexy.” As the latest Star Wars film prepares for theaters, The big premiere in Los Angeles was last night. Variety talked to Sarah Finn, the casting director on The Mandalorian and…

Cinemablend

First Reactions To The Mandalorian And Grogu Are Here, And I’m Shocked At How Divided Critics Are

Is The Force with this one?

Total Film

Ahsoka is "the centerpiece" of Dave Filoni's "work as a storyteller," and he's "giving a lot of thought to how Ahsoka fits into the overall, overarching" Star Wars "continuity," says Jon Favreau

Exclusive: Jon Favreau praises his Star Wars collaborator Dave Filoni's work on Ahsoka

Total Film

The Mandalorian and Grogu gets divisive first reactions as Star Wars movie called both a "ton of fun" and "totally inessential"

Star Wars' return to the big screen after 7 years gets mixed response

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Total Film

Dave Filoni is "closely in step" with The Mandalorian and Grogu even though it's more standalone than the planned season 4, says Jon Favreau

Exclusive: Jon Favreau explains why The Mandalorian and Grogu is a standalone adventure

Total Film

Jon Favreau isn't "exactly" sure why he was asked for The Mandalorian and Grogu to be the first Star Wars movie in 7 years, but he thinks there's an "opportunity" to bring in a "new audience"

Exclusive: Jon Favreau felt a "responsibility" to "tell as good of a story as I could" for the first Star Wars movie in seven years

Evening Standard

Pedro Pascal did not ‘feel any pressure’ when joining Star Wars franchise

Pedro Pascal described himself as a huge fan of the Star Wars franchise

Evening Standard

Sigourney Weaver says it was ‘so fascinating’ to join Star Wars universe

The 76-year-old takes centre stage as high-ranking military official Ward in Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu.

TechRadar

'A galaxy of new Star Wars games' and more are coming to Fortnite to celebrate Star Wars Day

Epic Games has released the roadmap for its month-long Fortnite x Star Wars Day celebrations, which includes a "galaxy of new Star Wars games" and more to keep fans busy.

Total Film

Despite being the first Star Wars movie in 7 years, The Mandalorian and Grogu box office tracking is lower than Solo

The Mandalorian and Grogu opening weekend projections are on the low side

The Independent UK

Why has JD Vance been so quiet? Because he deleted X from his phone for Lent, report says

Vice President is releasing a new book in June about his conversion to Catholicism

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