On Star Wars Day, actors Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver along with director Jon Favreau attended a special fan event in Berlin. The event was held at UCI Luxe Cinemas, where more than 1,000 fans gathered to watch exclusive footage from Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu. After the screening, the team also met fans near the Spree River for photographs.
Earlier in the day, during a press interaction, the three spoke about their first experiences with the Star Wars films. Jon Favreau shared that he was around 10 or 11 years old when he watched Star Wars in a theatre with his father in New York. “I went with my dad in New York,” he recalled. “I still remember when that giant spaceship appeared, the blockade runner goes by, then the (Star) Destroyer kept going and going. The theatre went from a gasp to laughter to cheering, and it didn’t stop. George Lucas, being the cinephile he is, layered in so many references that I didn’t even understand at the time. The film opened me up to not just Star Wars but to cinema in general. At first, I love it as a spectacle, and as I grew older, I love the storytelling and the humanity.”
Sigourney Weaver also shared her memory of watching the same film in 1977 at a theatre in New York. “I saw it at the Ziegfeld in New York City in 1977, along with thousands of other people. We hadn’t seen anything like it, it really took you to another galaxy, another universe. It had heart, it had humour. But what I loved most was that there were so many different species, and for the most part, they were all getting along. There was the evil empire, but otherwise, no matter what you looked like, you had a home in Star Wars. I loved that about it.”
Pedro Pascal spoke about how the films were a big part of his childhood. “I was born in ’75, so my entire childhood is shaped by those first movies,” he said. “I saw the first Star Wars before The Empire Strikes Back and then Return of the Jedi, my personal favourite. I cannot help the memory of finally getting tickets to Return of the Jedi. We had tried like three or four times for the tickets and it was sold out every time. My sister had already seen it and I hadn’t, and it was absolute hell. When I finally got in, it was one of the greatest moviegoing experiences of my life.”
The upcoming film Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu continues the story in a galaxy where the Empire has fallen but its remaining forces are still active. The New Republic is trying to maintain peace and has taken help from Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and Grogu. The film is directed by Jon Favreau and features music by Ludwig Goransson.
The film will release in theatres on 22nd May 2026 in English and Hindi, including screenings in IMAX.