Star Wars announces The Art of The Mandalorian and Grogu: behind-the-scenes book arrives in November 2026
Lucasfilm has announced The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, a behind-the-scenes hardcover tied to The Mandalorian and Grogu. The book is set to arrive on November 3, 2026.
According to Lucasfilm, it traces the visual development of the May 2026 movie through early sketches, concept art, and interviews with cast and crew. It also pulls in material from The Mandalorian season 3, key artwork from The Book of Boba Fett, and an exclusive preview by Phil Szostak focused on characters, environments, and other pieces of the film’s design.
John Knoll, who supervised the VFX work, also gets into one of the more technical parts of the production. Lucasfilm used padded stunt performers matched to the right colors so Din Djarin, or Mando, could physically interact with digital creatures and so those creatures would reflect properly on his armor. After that, shots were refined with a high-quality CG model of Mando, and in some cases individual body parts, including an arm, were swapped out.
If you liked Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s film with Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, and Jeremy Allen White, this will probably be an easy sell. The same goes if you’re curious about how the movie was put together, especially since review aggregators and box office reports paint a pretty uneven picture: mixed reviews from critics, better audience scores, and the lowest opening and worldwide gross for a live-action Star Wars release.
The hardcover is available to preorder now ahead of its November 3, 2026 release.
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