For decades, the relationship between Star Wars on the big screen and on television has run in one direction. The movies came first, and the shows borrowed from them. Unique characters like Wookiees, Jawas, and Droids spun off from the original trilogy before appearing in TV series. The Clone Wars era provided Lucasfilm a sandbox for its animated shows, giving fan-favorite characters more screen time. Even The Mandalorian, when it arrived on Disney+ in 2019, took cues from the cinematic galaxy that came before it. A theatrical Star Wars movie built on the back of a streaming show was not how the franchise worked. That changes in seven days. The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on May 22, doing something unique from other theatrical Star Wars releases. This time, Lucasfilm is asking audiences to pay for a movie ticket to watch characters they first met on television. Pedro Pascal returns as Din Djarin, Grogu travels with him, and Jon Favreau directs a story that flows directly out of three seasons of the Disney+ series. Sigourney Weaver joins the cast as Colonel Ward, and Jeremy Allen White voices Rotta the Hutt. Lucasfilm positioned this project as the start of a new slate of Star Wars films, and it also happens to be the first one in seven years (since The Rise of Skywalker closed out the Skywalker Saga in 2019). Star Wars Read full article on The Direct.