The first Star Wars movie in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu, is set to release in theaters this week. Latest box-office projections suggest that the space Western could gross as much as $90 million domestically in its first three days, and around $110 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame. This is roughly in the same range as the domestic debut of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which holds the unenviable distinction of being the franchise’s only theatrical bomb. After a tumultuous production that saw directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller fired and replaced by Ron Howard, the movie’s budget ballooned to a reported $275 million. It grossed around $390 million worldwide, and was effectively a non-starter internationally. The Mandalorian and Grogu wasn’t as expensive to produce as Solo, but the good news ends there.
Directed by Jon Favreau, the movie serves as a spin-off to the beloved Disney+ series The Mandalorian, which premiered as a launch title on the streamer in 2019. The Mandalorian has aired three well-received seasons, and has spawned the streaming spin-offs The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka. In many ways, The Mandalorian paved the way for a new wave of Star Wars content on streaming in the aftermath of Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker‘s underwhelming critical and commercial performance. But the biggest challenge for Disney ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu‘s release was communicating to the public that it’s a theatrical movie. And now, the recent streaming success of another space Western raises a new question.
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Collider Exclusive · Star Wars Quiz Which Force User Are You? Light Side · Dark Side · Or Somewhere Between
The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too.
🔵Jedi Master
🟡Padawan
🔴Sith Lord
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⚫Inquisitor
⚪Grey Jedi
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What is the Force to you? Your relationship with the Force defines everything else.
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When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you do? The Jedi suppress. The Sith feed. Others choose differently.
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The Jedi Council gives you an order you disagree with. You: How you handle authority reveals your alignment.
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You are offered forbidden knowledge that could give you enormous power. The cost is crossing a moral line. You: The dark side’s pull is never more than a choice away.
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Your approach to training and learning is: A student’s habits become a master’s character.
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In a duel, your lightsaber fighting style reflects: Combat is the purest expression of a Force user’s philosophy.
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A defeated enemy lies at your feet, powerless. You: Mercy — or its absence — is the truest test of alignment.
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The Jedi Code forbids attachment. Your honest view on love and bonds: The source of the greatest falls in the galaxy.
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Why do you use the Force at all? What’s the point? Purpose is the difference between a knight and a weapon.
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At the final moment — light side or dark side pulling at you — what wins? In the end, every Force user faces this moment. What does yours look like?
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Your Alignment Has Been Determined Your Place in the Force
The scores below reveal how the Force sees you. Your highest number is your true alignment. Read on to understand what that means — and what it will cost you.
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🔵 Jedi Master
🟡 Padawan
🔴 Sith Lord
⚫ Inquisitor
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⚪ Grey Jedi
Disciplined, compassionate, and deeply attuned to the living Force, you have walked the path long enough to understand its demands — and accept them. You lead not through authority alone, but through example. You have felt the pull of the dark side and chosen otherwise, every time. That is not certainty. That is courage.
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You are earnest, powerful, and brimming with potential — and you know it, which is both your greatest asset and your most dangerous flaw. You act before you think, trust your gut over your training, and sometimes confuse impatience for bravery. The Masters see something in you, though. The question isn’t whether you have what it takes — it’s whether you’ll be patient enough to find out.
You are not simply dangerous — you are certain, and that is worse. You have decided what the galaxy needs, and you have decided you are the one to deliver it. Your power is genuine and formidable, earned through sacrifice that would have broken lesser beings. But examine your victories carefully. Every Sith believed their cause was righteous. The dark side’s cruelest trick is that it agrees with you.
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You were forged in fire and reshaped by those who found you at your lowest. You serve, because service gave you structure when you had none. Your allegiance is not to an ideology — it is to survival and to the master who gave you purpose. But there is something buried beneath the conditioning. The Jedi you hunt? You recognize them. Because you remember what it felt like before the choice was taken from you.
You have looked at the Jedi Code and the Sith Code and found both of them incomplete. You walk the line not out of indecision but out of conviction — you genuinely believe both extremes miss something essential. The Jedi don’t fully trust you. The Sith think you’re wasting your potential. They’re both partially right. But so are you.
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Middling Reviews Aren’t the Only Hurdle ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Facing
According to FlixPatrol, one of the most-watched movies on Prime Video this week was Serenity, the 2005 theatrical spin-off of Joss Whedon‘s landmark 2002 television series Firefly. The movie was produced when Firefly became a home-video hit following its unceremonious cancellation after just one season. But Serenity, which brought back Whedon and the show’s central cast, underperformed at the box office as well. It grossed $40 million worldwide against a reported budget of $39 million, indicating that converting a small-screen series into a theatrical hit can be more difficult than it seems. The Mandalorian and Grogu has received middling reviews so far, which isn’t an encouraging sign. The movie currently holds a 61% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with Collider’s Aidan Kelley writing in his review that it “could very well be the most forgettable and inconsequential entry the franchise has produced yet.” Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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