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Jon Favreau Unveils the Next Chapter of ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ With Epic New Release
Star Wars has a long-standing history of including toys and merchandise with its films. For many, their first introduction to Boba Fett in the original trilogy came through his toy and the marketing around Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. So it isn’t surprising that toy-tie-ins are still part of the joy of the franchise. As part of the ramping up for the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu later this year, the team at Lucasfilm invited Collider to an event in New York to give us a sneak peek at all the new merch coming our way for fans of Star Wars!
As part of the celebration, we were privy to an exclusive fireside chat between the new Creative Director for Merchandise, Bobby Kim, and the creator of The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau, about not only the new line but the connection between Star Wars and toys as a whole. Kim encouraged Favreau to talk a lot about his own connection to the franchise, spanning back to seeing the films in theaters and playing with his action figures, to where they wanted the new merchandise for The Mandalorian and Grogu to go.
“For Star Wars, there’s always been that conversation between the two,” Favreau said about toys and the films themselves. “So it feels very organic. One leads into the other.” He also shared that one of the “thrills” of working on The Mandalorian on streaming was seeing the “Grogu/Baby Yoda phenomenon.” At the time, they wanted to keep Grogu a secret and couldn’t rush toys for him, meaning that we had to wait for little Baby Yoda plushies. Now, with this new launch, there are plenty of options for fans of Grogu.
A Wide Variety For Star Wars Fans to Love
There is literally something for everyone. If you’re hoping that you can get a new kind of Grogu toy in your life, don’t worry! There are plenty of options. The event showed us how some of the more universal Star Wars merch would look with spirit jerseys for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, lightsabers, a series of sunglasses, and more. But the big reveal was all for The Mandalorian and Grogu. To keep the secrets of the film, a lot of the merch was focused just on Din Djarin and Grogu in different ships and kinds of toys as well as costumes. But you will see plenty of Babu Frik included too! Check out our sneak peek above.
There is so much more coming for fans of Star Wars and the merch coming for The Mandalorian and Grogu is just the start! You can see Din and Gorgu’s next outing when it hits theaters on May 22.
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May 22, 2026
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Dave Filoni’s Untitled Mandalorian Movie
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Star Wars