A brand new Star Wars principle suggests The Mandalorian and Grogu’s Hutt gladiator will probably be extra essential than we understand. Performed by Jeremy Allen White, The Clone Wars’ Rotta the Hutt (Jabba’s son) is ready to return as a totally grown (and completely ripped) grownup. Nevertheless, I do assume Rotta’s involvement will probably be critically essential within the upcoming Star Wars film.
Past questioning about Rotta’s exercise routine (he does not have to fret about leg day), it is also price stating that The Mandalorian and Grogu’s poster options “The Twins”, Jabba the Hutt’s cousins first seen in The Guide of Boba Fett. Conserving all three Hutts in thoughts, I believe I’ve found out a giant a part of The Mandalorian and Grogu’s plot.
Din Djarin Appears To Be Making an attempt To Infiltrate The Hutt Cartel
Within the new trailer, Din Djarin and Grogu are seated in a gladiatorial enviornment, presumably run by Rotta the Hutt.
The duo is proven watching the fights (Grogu’s naturally consuming some snacks) earlier than apparently getting concerned themselves…on the very least Din Djarin, who at one level is on the again of a fearsome creature referred to as a Mantellian Savrip (first seen in holo-chess type aboard The Millennium Falcon).
Likewise, we then see Din Djarin taking up two giant mechanized warriors outdoors an enormous door. Bearing the image of the Hutt Clan, it is a good guess that this is perhaps the door to an enormous vault owned by the Hutts.
Placing the 2 scenes collectively, it is fairly probably that Din and Grogu had been presumably watching the gladiatorial fight and scoping out the realm earlier than trying to interrupt into the vault. This may additionally be why we see Grogu touring by way of small tunnels, maybe searching for a approach contained in the vault for his adoptive father.
Based mostly on extra trailer photographs that includes neon indicators and seedy bars, it is fairly attainable that Rotta’s enviornment and/or this vault is situated on the planet Nar Shaddaa, in any other case referred to as the Smuggler’s Moon, a key world managed by the Hutt Clan and a serious hub for the galactic prison underworld.
Nevertheless, this nonetheless begs the query of why Din Djarin and Grogu could be messing with the Hutts within the first place.
Why Would Din Be Going Up Towards The Hutts?
Based mostly on The Mandalorian season 3’s ending, we all know Din Djarin agreed to work with the New Republic to seek out Imperial warlords.
That is confirmed within the new trailer with Din Djarin taking down an AT-AT, New Republic’s Zeb Orellios performing as a key ally, and what seems to be Djarin receiving targets/new missions from Sigourney Weaver’s new Star Wars character Colonel Ward…so why goal the Hutts?
Based mostly on previous Star Wars media, there are a couple of compelling solutions as to why the Hutts appear to have a robust presence within the upcoming Star Wars film. The most important comes from The Mandalorian season 3, and the Imperial Shadow Council’s point out of earnings to be constituted of the hyperspace lanes.
Based mostly on what we all know in regards to the historical past of the galactic prison underworld, the Hutts have lengthy managed giant parts of the Outer Rim and its commerce routes. Likewise, Rotta himself turned hostage as a baby because the Republic and Separatists vied for Jabba’s favor and entry by way of his territory and hyperspace lanes (the plot of 2008’s The Clone Wars film).
Nevertheless, the established Star Wars canon has additionally confirmed that there was a big energy vacuum following Jabba the Hutt’s loss of life by the hands of Princess Leia, with a number of members of the Hutt Clan trying to carve up his territory within the aftermath.
This has already been seen to a level in The Guide of Boba Fett with Jabba’s cousins, because the Twins tried (and failed) to say his Tatooine palace and holdings in Mos Espa. Likewise, it additionally is sensible that Rotta would possibly try his personal declare to his late father’s prison empire, although his full whereabouts and historical past since he was a child are at present unknown.
Based mostly on his enviornment and “spectacular” physique, Rotta may need been impressed (or was even perhaps mentored) by Grakkus the Hutt, the initially muscular Hutt crime lord who notably owned a gladiatorial enviornment on the Smuggler’s Moon years prior throughout the Galactic Civil Conflict.
The continued chaos and a scarcity of management throughout the Hutt Clan could also be one thing the Imperial Remnant is making the most of throughout the New Republic Period, which might very effectively clarify Din Djarin and Grogu’s interference in Hutt enterprise within the upcoming Mandalorian and Grogu film.
Maybe they’re going to be making an attempt to show an Imperial connection on the New Republic’s behalf. It is actually a principle that feels prefer it has some sturdy legs. That mentioned, I would not be shocked if the Hutts and Empire are just the start on this upcoming Star Wars film, and that Din Djarin and Grogu’s investigation could result in one thing larger.
The Mandalorian & Grogu releases in theaters Might twenty second, 2026