{"id":1539,"date":"2026-06-12T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-defends-the-star-wars-movies-box-office-and-hints-at-dave-filonis-grander-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:59:00","slug":"the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-defends-the-star-wars-movies-box-office-and-hints-at-dave-filonis-grander-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-defends-the-star-wars-movies-box-office-and-hints-at-dave-filonis-grander-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mandalorian and Grogu star defends the Star Wars movie&#8217;s box office and hints at Dave Filoni&#8217;s grander plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-29b20f33-9111-4da5-a5d2-606c6a3db042\">The Mandalorian and Grogu star Brendan Wayne has defended the movie&#8217;s box office performance \u2013 and also hinted at <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/uk\/tag\/lucasfilm\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/uk\/tag\/lucasfilm\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/uk\/tag\/lucasfilm\/\">Lucasfilm<\/a> co-president Dave Filoni&#8217;s grander plan.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne is one of the Din Djarin suit performers and has played Mando since season 1 of the <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/disney-plus-price-release-date-shows-movies-streaming-marvel\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/disney-plus-price-release-date-shows-movies-streaming-marvel\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/disney-plus-price-release-date-shows-movies-streaming-marvel\/\">Disney Plus<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-29b20f33-9111-4da5-a5d2-606c6a3db042-2\">Speaking to <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-xHlJREAa5s\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-xHlJREAa5s\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Brandon Davis<\/a>, Wayne was asked what makes Filoni the right man for the top Lucasfilm job. As part of his answer, Wayne explained: &#8220;Dave&#8217;s understanding of like, &#8216;Hey, we&#8217;re going to tell a story, and we&#8217;re going to tell it over, three movies, or this next episode, this next season of Ahsoka.&#8217; He understands that it&#8217;s not all about, did we open well against Solo, or whatever it was? We were amazing because we didn&#8217;t have the budget of those movies, and we still did something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;0SRhEcng&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;Irbe0LwM&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_Irbe0LwM_0SRhEcng_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;bOTdLUGA&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_bOTdLUGA_0SRhEcng_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;Ld6aVtD9fPJ4aBQnv6LOGQGu7L2Hq4xGja5LUwPV6j+es5u8&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/l3fqzehadb1768907286.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/l3fqzehadb1768907286.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/l3fqzehadb1768907286.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted to a $165 million opening weekend on a budget of a matching $165 million, and its total global gross now stands at $297 million. While it has made almost double its production budget, it is the lowest grossing Star Wars movie ever, behind Solo&#8217;s $392.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s especially intriguing about Wayne&#8217;s answer, though, is the concept of telling a story over three movies and the next season of Ahsoka. Whether Wayne is just speaking hypothetically, or whether there really is a plan for more movies, remains to be seen\u2026<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n        <span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What is clear, though, is that <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\">Ahsoka season 2<\/a> is going to have huge ramifications for the galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody who saw the sequels knows that there&#8217;s a First Order coming in, like, 20 years from where we are now in the storyline,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-is-dealing-with-a-higher-level-of-star-wars-compared-to-the-ground-level-experience-of-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-jon-favreau-says\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-is-dealing-with-a-higher-level-of-star-wars-compared-to-the-ground-level-experience-of-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-jon-favreau-says\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-is-dealing-with-a-higher-level-of-star-wars-compared-to-the-ground-level-experience-of-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-jon-favreau-says\/\">Jon Favreau has previously teased<\/a>. &#8220;And then <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/star-wars-tv-shows\/ahsoka-season-2-star-wars-release-date-cast-trailer-story-guide\/\">Ahsoka season 2<\/a> is coming out \u2013 which I&#8217;ve seen all of \u2013 and that&#8217;s definitely more dealing with the larger [picture], a higher level. 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