Marking the launch of the first Star Wars film in seven years, two iconic characters take over Empire magazine with a brand-new cover shoot.
Empire reveals an exclusive preview issue featuring Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, the highly anticipated new Star Wars film.
For its May issue, Empire collaborated closely with filmmakers, Lucasfilm and Disney over many months for a photoshoot that is set to thrill Star Wars fans around the globe.
- Newsstand cover: a portrait of the Mandalorian alongside the beloved Grogu, posed on a movie soundstage complete with Grogu’s own director’s chair.
- Subscriber-exclusive cover: Grogu takes centre stage, playfully holding the film’s clapperboard.
Following three acclaimed seasons of The Mandalorian on Disney+, this new feature film brings the iconic characters to the big screen for the very first time. Directed, produced and co-written by Jon Favreau, who launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Iron Man, the film marks a major return to the big screen for Star Wars.
Inside the issue, Empire presents exclusive interviews with Favreau; producer, co-writer and new Lucasfilm co‑CEO Dave Filoni; and stars Pedro Pascal (the Mandalorian), Sigourney Weaver (Colonel Ward), and Jeremy Allen White (Rotta the Hutt).
Nick de Semlyen, Editor of Empire, said: “We at Empire are thrilled to unveil our first ever photoshoot with Star Wars characters, joining iconic small‑screen heroes the Mandalorian and Grogu as they make their very first movie. Which just so happens to be the first new Star Wars movie in seven years.
With help from our friends at Disney and Lucasfilm, we managed to catch the iconic bounty hunter and his little green friend in Los Angeles for an incredible day (yes, Grogu is every bit as cute in real life). While inside the issue, we have world‑exclusive interviews with the director and stars of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, a film poised to bring Star Wars back to cinemas in high style this summer.”
The May issue of Empire with interviews, imagery and on-set insights for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, is available on all newsstands from Thursday 12 March, and to purchase online at greatmagazines.co.uk, in both print and digital editions. For more information, visit www.empireonline.com.
