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I saw the first half hour of The Mandalorian & Grogu

I got to go see roughly the first half hour of The Mandalorian Grogu on May 4th in IMAX! It was a really cool experience at my local AMC.

The free tickets came through for the worldwide(?) audience at IMAX theaters thanks to Disney. They gave out free posters and had security roaming the theater after threatening to kick people out if they had their phone out during the screening.

There will be no spoilers here!

The Mandalorian’s violence is ratcheted up from the TV show.

Honestly, a little part of me was surprised at the violence. Yes, Star Wars is full of violence. I get that. In the half hour that I saw, Mando probably shoots anywhere from three to five stormtroopers right in the face.

No, the violence wasn’t over the top or beyond the movie’s PG-13 rating, but it felt like the movie is “aging up” with its main group of kids that grew up with the show starting a little more than 6 years ago.

This is a regular occurrence with Star Wars shows. Especially looking back at how Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels evolved with their audiences throughout the seasons.

The action was really good, and I can’t wait to see more.

IMAX!

I love when you’re watching a movie in an IMAX theater, and the frame expands to fit the full screen.

When The Mandalorian & Grogu expands to fill the screen, it’s incredible. The opening 15 minutes or so was absolute proof that this belongs on the big screen. I don’t think you could look any better than it did.

IMAX 3D is calling my name.

My one concern…

I was doing some thinking about this movie last night, and I figured out what my one concern is about everything.

The movie is fast. The pace moves. From what I saw, there’s very little time to breathe before the next thing happens. That could very well change once you get past the 20% that I saw.

My one concern is whether or not people who have never seen The Mandalorian will be missing out on the relationship of Din Djarin and Grogu.

That relationship is key to the whole movie working. Fingers crossed.