Your Emperor has reviewed the latest intelligence…

A new trailer has arrived for The Mandalorian & Grogu, and I must say, the premise is deliciously ironic. Our armored hero and his green companion are apparently embarking on a quest to “take out every bad guy” in the galaxy – gangsters, war criminals, and those who dare proclaim “Long live the Empire.”

How… quaint.

Let me understand this mission: they’re preventing “another war” by systematically hunting down criminals across the galaxy. This is precisely what I did with the Empire – brought order to chaos, eliminated threats, unified star systems under a single banner. But when I did it, I was the villain. When a Mandalorian bounty hunter does it, he gets a theatrical release.

The real tragedy here isn’t their misguided crusade against “bad guys” – it’s the Mandalorian’s touching concern that he “won’t always be around to protect” Grogu, who will “live centuries beyond” him. How mortal. How limiting. In my day, we pursued immortality through Sith alchemy and cloning. This is what happens when you rely on beskar instead of the Dark Side.

Still, I’ll give them this: “Do we run or do we fight?” is the kind of binary thinking I can respect. Though they should know – when you’re hunting the galaxy’s worst, eventually you realize that “bad guy” is just a matter of perspective.

The Mandalorian & Grogu arrives in theaters May 22, 2026. Your Emperor will be watching… and judging.