Before The Mandalorian and Grogu became the next big-screen Star Wars movie, the expectation was that Din Djarin and Grogu would simply continue their story in a fourth season of The Mandalorian. That always felt like the natural next step, especially with the Disney+ series serving as one of Lucasfilm’s biggest modern success stories. But that plan quietly disappeared once the strikes reshaped the studio’s timeline and the duo’s next chapter was reworked into a theatrical release instead.