Journey to the Mandalorian and Grogu | The Mystery of Grogu's Past
Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show
Children of the Watch
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
We are seeing a brand new Star Wars movie next week! To further prepare for the movie, Alex is joined by special guest Brandon Wainerdi of Talking Bay 94 as they breakdown and discuss the highlights of The Mandalorian seasons 1-3 and The Book of Boba Fett. This is a more big picture overview, but if you want more detailed breakdowns -- check out our feed where we have rewatched every single episode of The Mandalorian!
We also ask if there are any lingering questions like:
- Why was Grogu on Arvala-7 to begin with?
- How did Gideon know about Grogu?
- What is the Twins goals?
- Is Thrawn invovled with the Shadow Council warlords or are they operating independently?
- and MORE!
Call into the Voicemail Hotline to make it onto the show later this week! What are some of your theories heading into the movie? Who would you have sing on a movie themed soundtrack? (205) 259-6675
If you're new, we've been preparing for the first Star Wars movie in 7 years with our Rewatch episodes and our hype episodes of The Mandalorian and Grogu. We've covered Rotta, Embo, and the state of the Star Wars galaxy in the movie. Next week as soon as the movie ends for us on Thursday, we will be recording our instant reaction and posting it, so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss it!
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Music by Mac Lacey
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Children of the Watch. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Alex Maxwell, and today we are breaking down the journey so far in the Mandalorian |
| 0:19.9 | and Grogu. |
| 0:20.7 | If you're new to our podcast, we break down |
| 0:22.8 | every single episode of Star Wars television, scene by scene to analyze the story, find comfort |
| 0:28.6 | Easter eggs, and explain how it all connects to the larger Star Wars universe. And filling in for Mac |
| 0:35.1 | today is Brandon Winarty from Talking Bay 94. |
| 0:39.3 | Brandon, thank you for joining, dude. |
| 0:42.3 | What's up? Of course. Of course. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:45.3 | I guess I shouldn't say that, like, if you'd DM me asking to be on your podcast, I'll just probably say yes. |
| 0:51.3 | So you're right. It's all good. |
| 0:53.3 | Dude, so you were on |
| 0:55.5 | the Mandalorian rewatch with us in the lead up to this movie. And now you're back. The movie |
| 1:00.8 | comes out next week. We get a new Star Wars movie. Crazy. Next week. How does, how does that make |
| 1:07.5 | you feel? I'm real nervous, man. I have multiple tickets booked for multiple different, like, formats and stuff. |
| 1:14.5 | I think what I always say, and my, if people are still trying to think about what to do, |
| 1:19.2 | my recommendation is always to watch a Star Wars movie twice on the same night. |
| 1:24.0 | Because, like, the first time you're watching a new Star Wars, you're like, what is going on? |
| 1:27.2 | And so you, I remember with, I started it with i think um rogue one because rogue one starts with all those planet names at the beginning and i was like do i have to know this what's going on right like it really stressed me out same um and so then i think the next one was was that last jenai booked back to back evening showing. It's like a |
| 1:44.6 | six and then a nine, you know, something like that. And I just go and sit in my car and just think about |
| 1:49.3 | what I've seen and then I go back in. So man, I'm pumped. I'm so excited. I'm truly just so jazz. |
| 1:58.0 | I think did you tweet like we also get a new soundtrack? |
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