For a certain kind of Star Wars franchise fan, the opening crawl is practically sacred text. You hear the blast of John Williams’ score, see those yellow words drift into space and immediately feel like someone opened the door to the galaxy far, far away. So, when The Mandalorian and Grogu hit the 2026 movie schedule without the classic crawl, it was bound to raise some eyebrows. But why doesn’t it appear in the newest Star Wars movie?
Despite former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy previously telling fans that future films would continue to use the crawl, that has not been the case. Instead, Mandalorian and Grogu opens with light blue stationary text against a starry background, and Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni explained the decision during Entertainment Weekly’s Debunked video series. First, Filoni, the newest president and chief creative officer of Lucasfilm, said:
