Review by C.J. Bunce
It’s hard to believe more than fifty LEGO Star Wars films and short films have made their way to TV sets across the world. Leading into this weekend’s Disney+ home premiere of the 2026 summer blockbuster The Mandalorian and Grogu (reviewed here at borg) is the next LEGO twist on the galaxy far, far, away: LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Just as you’d expect, the 45–minute movie is packed full of familiar characters, creatures, environments, cross-references, parodies, and all-out Easter eggs from across the Star Wars franchise. It’s actually as much fun as the series and the movie.
Better yet, it has characters and the live-action series’ original cast that didn’t make it into the movie, including the voices of Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto, who couldn’t be better as a LEGO character, plus Giancarlo Esposito as a humorous Moff Gideon, Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan, Nick Nolte as Kuiil, Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth, Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand, Emily Swallow as The Armorer, David Pasquesi as a more animated than ever Boba’s aide, and Temeura Morrison as the great Boba Fett, joining movie cast co-stars Steve Blum (Zeb) and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Teva). Gavin Hammon might as well take over for Pedro Pascal as your first or second favorite Mando as his voice is perfect. Carl Lumbly steps in for the late Carl Weathers as Greef Karga. And it has ample Grogu aka Baby Yoda being even more lovable than ever.
How much of the voice work is from previously recorded bits? It doesn’t really matter, as a trio of composers tap Ludwig Göransson’s themes from the series in a way that makes it all come together in a party even better than the Yub Nub celebration at the end of Return of the Jedi.
The story centers on a party being thrown for our star Mando. As he and Grogu don their party hats, key players in the two seasons of The Mandalorian and the single season of The Book of Boba Fett recount the duo’s exploits–serving as a good entry for the three of four humans readying to watch The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ who haven’t seen the TV shows. The summary will get newbies to check out the series and those who already saw it the urge to go back and watch it all again. “I have spoken!” says Nick Nolte’s Kuiil again, over and over.
Every gag is funny, especially IG-11 stuck in self-destruct mode, Moff Gideon getting a Gatorade shower, and Luke Skywalker whining Tosche Station-style because the key players in this future timeline don’t recognize him.
Blink and you might miss characters from episodes of the series, robots from the original Star Wars movie, an homage to the krayt dragon C-3Po cringes at on Tatooine in the original Star Wars, and dozens more. No Easter egg is left unturned.
You’re going to walk away wanting more, so LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian serves its purpose as a segue to the live-action The Mandalorian and Grogu, streaming at last for the masses now on Disney+. It’s another high point for the 50th year since audiences first were dazzled with the rollercoaster space fantasy called Star Wars.
