Pedro Pascal Has Been Dreaming About a Movie Since He Started on The Mandalorian
Pascal, director Jon Favreau, and co-star Sigourney Weaver talk about the epic scope of The Mandalorian and Grogu.
“When I was a kid and I would go to the movie theater… I remember just feeling like I went on a ride… I haven’t felt that in a long time. And when they locked me in a room and let me read the script for The Mandalorian and Grogu, I felt that. And then being on set, what I saw was the kind of thing that made my mouth drop when I was a kid.”
That was Pedro Pascal’s response when Fandango correspondent Perri Nemiroff asked him why he believed Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu would be regarded as an iconic cinematic adventure. “It was a feeling of true adventure with characters that are grounded in real relationships and a visual experience that comes from Jon [Favreau’s] imagination, where I feel like he just gets to go all out on this one,” Pascal continued.
The Star Wars franchise has been absent from movie theaters for six years since the 2019 release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and it’s Pascal who takes up the mantle this May. After three seasons on Disney+’s Tha Mandalorian, Pascal returns to play Din Djarin, the bounty hunter who reluctantly becomes the guardian of a force-sensitive “Baby Yoda” named Grogu, who becomes his sidekick.
The film picks up after the downfall of the Empire as the New Republic rises up to reestablish order, and Din is tasked with hunting down Imperial sympathizers. His handler, a New Republic colonel named Ward (Sigourney Weaver), sends him — and Grogu — on a mission to rescue Rotta the Hutt (voiced by Jeremy Allen White), son of Jabba, in exchange for information on a new target.
Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, and director Jon Favreau all sat down for a Fandango Big Ticket interview to chat about the film ahead of its release, offering insight into their characters and what the film means to them. Pascal reflected on what he felt watching movies as a child and how being a part of this film has provided him the same feeling, while Weaver talked about why joining the Star Wars franchise is uniquely special. Favreau not only brought us up to speed on what Mando and Grogu have been up to since the series ended, but explained why casting Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hutt was so important and how filming in IMAX changed everything.
Check out the full interview above, and get your tickets to Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu on Fandango.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu opens in theaters on May 22, 2026.
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