When The Mandalorian debuted in 2019, it leaned hard into the pulpy origins of Star Wars. Set to a Ludwig Göransson score that borrowed heavily from Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western music, The Mandalorian followed the titular character as he walked into watering holes full of disreputable characters and sought out his bounty. But people didn’t really care about that. They cared about Baby Yoda, the popular (and frankly better) name for the creature he protects, the creature officially named the Child and then Grogu.
Creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni don’t use the name Baby Yoda in the title of their upcoming film The Mandalorian and Grogu, but they know what the people want. That’s why the trailer features a brief glimpse of an infant Rodian, a character we are going to call “Baby Greedo.” No, this child doesn’t shoot first, but he does look scared before being whisked away by his mother, and he does it adorably.
Baby Greedo is just one of the many creatures on display in the trailer. Sure, there’s a bit about a plot involving the bounty hunter Embo from (unsurprisingly) The Clone Wars cartoon series, as well as the Mandalorian Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) facing off against Jabba’s son Rotta the Hutt (The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White), who also comes from The Clone Wars, because of course he does.
But really, it’s all about the monsters. We get to see Hutt gladiators, a cool white sea serpent thing, some dinosaur-looking dude. Clearly, Favreau and Filoni have taken the lessons of the Mos Eisley Cantina and applied it to the entire film.
