Jon Favreau’s upcoming Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, has confirmed its runtime ahead of its cinema release in May. Co-written by Favreau with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, the movie sees Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and his adorable ward Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) being tasked with a perilous mission.
Hitting cinemas on 22 May, the film has a runtime of 132 minutes, making it the shortest Star Wars movie to be released in the past 43 years — just one minute longer than 1983’s Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, which clocked in at 131 minutes.
For the sake of classification, in a runtime-based ranking of the Star Wars films, The Mandalorian and Grogu’s runtime of two hours and 12 minutes slots it in right before Return of the Jedi and after Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, closing in at 133 minutes.
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The upcoming film sees a host of new characters joining Pascal’s bounty hunter and Grogu on their new task.
Following the collapse of the Galactic Empire, the New Republic enlists the help of the titular dynamic duo as they’re asked to locate Jabba the Hutt’s son, Rotta the Hutt, voiced by The Bear star Jeremy Allen White. Djarin and Grogu need to rescue Rotta in exchange for precious intel about the Hutt clan’s New Republic target.
Also starring is Sigourney Weaver, who joins another hit franchise alongside her roles in James Cameron’s sci-fi epic saga, Avatar, and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
The Ghostbusters star portrays Ward, a colonel and leader of the New Republic’s Adelphi Rangers who previously fought as a pilot for the Rebel Alliance.
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Alongside some new faces and voices — including that of Martin Scorsese, who has a cameo in the film — The Mandalorian and Grogu features a surprise return from fan-favourite character Embo, the Kyuzo bounty hunter appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is released in cinemas on 22 May 2026.
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