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The villain of ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu’ is already known, and the story is not what viewers were expecting

Rotta the Hutt, Jabba’s son, will play a central role in the Jon Favreau-directed film.

Star Wars The Mandalorian & Grogu

At the end of the second season of ‘Star Wars Ahsoka’, Grand Admiral Thrawn achieves his goal and manages to escape from his exile on Peridea, a planet located in an unknown galaxy. Lucasfilm has decided to make the Chiss the great villain of this era, but the plot leaks of ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’, the first movie of the saga since ‘Rise of Skywalker’, do not seem to focus on this character born in the Expanded Universe and re-canonized by new novels and the animated series ‘Star Wars Rebels’.

In the movie that precedes ‘The Clone Wars’ series, Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano are tasked with rescuing Rotta, the son of Jabba the Hutt. During their adventure, they encounter a deadly bounty hunter named Embo. According to Kristian Harloff, who also revealed the return of Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor for the second season of ‘Ahsoka’, this villain will be the antagonist of the movie. It has also been leaked that Jeremy Allen White (‘The Bear’) has been cast as Rotta the Hutt in ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’.

Embo, Star Wars
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Embo en 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'.

Rotta the Hutt kidnapped again?

Harloff has assured that Rotta will play a major role in the movie and that the story will follow a similar path to the cartoon, in which Embo kidnapped the then-baby Hutt. In the absence of official confirmation, the insider believes that Din Djarin and Grogu will be hired to rescue Jabba’s son. It is unclear who hired the Mandalorians, as the Bespin Bulletin, a reliable source who corroborated this story, heard two versions: once he was told it was the Hutts, and once it was the Republic. In any case, this insider mentions the possibility of Zeb - one of the main characters in Rebels - helping Mando and little Grogu with their task.

Some viewers have been disappointed by this information, believing the story to be a subplot of The Clone Wars. However, ‘The Mandalorian’ has always been based on the adventures of the Mandalorians, even if at times it has been mixed with plots more related to the main stories of the galaxy.

Directed by Jon Favreau, ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu’ will be released on May 22, 2026.

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