The Mandalorian and Grogu | Rotta the Hutt Explained
Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show
Children of the Watch
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Join Children of the Watch for our first Mandalorian and Grogu Hype Episode! In addition to our Maul - Shadow Lord covergae, we wanted to continue running down all the news and developments for The Mandalorian & Grogu - the upcoming Star Wars feature film. This week, we run down the behind-the-scenes featurettes we got for the movie, including Grogu as a real actor and a new look at some creatures and droids from the film.
Feature 1: https://youtu.be/Hr7q4FvftHw?si=8KUh2KrpD1Lm6Fkw
Creature Feature: https://youtu.be/uGMhwslrbq4?si=D1GGcc8-OMWMDb2r
Then, we run down the backstory of Rotta the Hutt, otherwise known as Stinky. Who he is, what he could be doing in The Mandalorian & Grogu, as well as some theories on why he's not following in his father's footsteps as a crime lord.
Anakin's Army - Fight Like a Jedi: https://twentyfourink.com/collections/anakins-army
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Music by Mac Lacey
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| 0:00.0 | You're now joining Children of the Watch. I'm Mack Lacey. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm Alex Maxwell and we are 41 days away from the Mandalorian and Grogu. And we could not be more excited for this movie. |
| 0:24.6 | This movie is everything to us. |
| 0:26.6 | If you don't know, we started off as the Mandalorian watch right before the Mandalorian |
| 0:32.6 | premiered seven years ago. |
| 0:34.6 | And guess what? |
| 0:35.6 | Today is our birthday. Yeah well as as of recording yeah you know yeah |
| 0:43.1 | seven years of doing this i i cannot believe we've been around that long uh it has felt like time has |
| 0:50.1 | flown uh i love i'm just looking back on all the amazing opportunities that we've had and all the |
| 0:55.3 | connections we've made and all of that kind of stuff. And truly, thank you all listeners for, |
| 1:00.5 | you know, making all of this, the last seven years meaningful. And, you know, we really appreciate |
| 1:07.2 | y'all. But yeah. Yeah, it's crazy. Like, I can't even believe that the Mandalorian has been around for seven years. |
| 1:13.6 | I know. |
| 1:14.6 | It seems like, you know, still such a fresh, you know, property and all that kind of stuff. |
| 1:20.6 | And I don't think it's cultural relevance has like, it still feels like it's on air. Yeah, |
| 1:28.3 | hasn't dipped at all. No. Yeah, |
| 1:29.9 | walking through the, the, the stores and seeing |
| 1:32.6 | mercantilege on the shelves and all that kind of stuff. But, |
| 1:36.2 | um, and with these new featureettes that we've gotten, uh, |
| 1:40.3 | they've really done a number for me just to get me excited and to get me bought into this world a little bit. |
| 1:47.4 | Not that, you know, I need to find into the Mandalorian. |
| 1:50.5 | No. |
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