Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Reviews Say It’s Bringing Little Screen Energy And Lacking Anything Special

It’s been over three years since the last season of Disney’s Pedro Pascal-led space Western

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"was released, and roughly six years since we last saw a live-action Star Wars film on the big screen. While the likes of"

have filled the gap in storytelling in the years between, 2026 has marked an unusual pause in the never-ending stream of live-action Star Wars spin-offs.

, and Disney and Lucasfilm are clearly hoping that fans will forget how bad its third season was now that the Disney+ series has made the transition to the big screen. With The Mandalorian and Grogu hitting theaters on May 22, they’re also probably praying that enough time has passed between the last Star Wars trilogy that the fanbases’ fatigue has worn off.

But none of that will matter if the movie itself is bad. It’s hard to say how much early reviews will affect the ticket sales of a Star Wars film, but

on Rotten Tomatoes ain’t great. It’s not quite terrible, but it is decidedly middle of the road stuff for what many expected to be a breezy, all ages crowd-pleaser.

The consensus score on Rotten Tomatoes rarely paints the full picture; sometimes a 60 percent score is due to a wide range in opinion, a mix of 1s and 10s.

Unfortunately, the consensus here is actually fairly accurate, as the majority of reviewers agree that

is a solid 3 out of 5 affair. At least the tie-in burger is nice .

continues the story of the Star Wars spinoff series