There’s only one word to describe the first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu : fun. We get neon signs reflected in puddles of rain. We get spaceships shooting lasers at one another while racing through clouds. We even get Grogu a.k.a. Baby Yoda dropping a Schwarzenegger -esque one-liner. In short, we get a full embrace of genre fun, which isn’t exactly something we expected for a film spinoff of The Mandalorian .

Sure, The Mandalorian felt both fresh and familiar when it debuted on Disney+ way back in 2019. In the very first scene of the pilot episode, the Mandalorian Din Djarin (voiced by Pedro Pascal and performed by Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder) strides into a cantina full of scum and villany to capture a wanted man. Despite the aliens and laser guns involved, th

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