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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

On May 7, 2019, Disney revealed their future movie release schedule, including a set of three untitled new Star Wars films, one of which had a scheduled release date of December 20, 2024. The Star Wars Show also reported on the news on May 15. On July 23, 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to December 19, 2025. After the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Disney shifted their theatrical film release slate, with the film being pushed to its current release date of May 22, 2026. A film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy occupied this release slot until The Mandalorian & Grogu was announced.

Star Wars Insider 224 revealed the initial film logo was the same as the one for The Mandalorian Season Three. In August 2024, during D23 2024, it was revealed that the film had entered production, and a new logo was revealed, in addition to a teaser that was shown to the audience. In August 2024, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she had joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Alongside the release of the movie, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will be updated to include a new mission featuring Djarin, Grogu, Tatooine, Endor and Cloud City, which takes place off camera from the film.

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As we posted yesterday, Vanessa Marshall has regrettably had to cancel her appearance at next weekends MCM Birmingham Comic Con – and event she’d very much been looking forward to – and earlier today on Instagram she explained why she won’t be able to attend.

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I was supposed to get on a plane today to attend @mcmcomiccon and see friends & family in London for my birthday. Due to injuries sustained in a car accident, my Doctor has not cleared me to fly. I am gutted to have to cancel my trip. The distracted driver’s error has cost me more than any dollar amount. I will heal, I am grateful to be alive, and I send all my love to fans in UK. Hope to see you in 2020. Xo #Repost @fanthatracks with @get_repost ・・・ MCM Birmingham Comic Con: Vanessa Marshall unable to attend Read this news and more on the Fantha Tracks website #starwarsnews #FanthaTracks Vanessa Marshall no longer appearing at MCM Birmingham Comic Con. https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/conventions-events/mcm-birmingham-comic-con-vanessa-marshall-unable-to-attend/

A post shared by Vanessa Marshall (@vanessamarshall1138) on Nov 8, 2019 at 11:20am PST

As always our best wishes to Vanessa and we’ll be sure to catch up with her when she travels over in 2020.

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Mark Newbold

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to Star Wars Insider, ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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