Tonight's Movie: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

Things are starting to get back to normal here after our recent unexpected evacuation. It's hard to believe almost a week has past since that incident began.Our original plans to see THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU (2026) over the holiday weekend had to be cancelled, but we were able to catch up with it today.I'm a fan of the MANDALORIAN TV series and reviewed the very first episode here back in 2019. In 2022 I also shared photos from our visit to Star Wars Celebration: The Mandalorian Experience.One of the reasons the series appeals to me is it's basically a "space Western," as the late Jeff Arnold described in a 2019 column at Jeff Arnold's West. That likeness was never more apparent than in the new movie, which was, in essence, a STAR WARS "B" Western.The plot finds the Mandalorian, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS), and his adopted son Grogu working for the New Republic.The Mandalorian tracks down holdouts pushing for a return of the Empire, and as part of that…