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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

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Not suitable under 13; parental guidance to 14 (violence, scary scenes)

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This topic contains:

  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
  • a review of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 25 May 2026.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 13 Not suitable due to excessive violence and scary scenes.
Children aged 13–14 Parental guidance recommended due to high level of violence.
Children aged 15 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Classification: M
Consumer advice lines: Violence
Length: 132 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

The Empire has been defeated and the new Republic is struggling to establish itself. Many of the evil warlords have spread throughout the universe and are intent on bringing down the Republic. Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver) summons the Mandalorian bounty hunter, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), to find Lord Janu (Jonny Coyne) and bring him in, as he is an immediate threat to the Republic. Ward tells Djarin that he should liaise with the Hutt twins, who have taken over from Jabba, to find their nephew Rotta (Jeremy Allen White) (The twins plan to kill Rotta as the rightful heir to Jabba.). In return, they will supply the whereabouts of Janu.

Djarin and the baby Yoda, Grogu, set off on their mission and find Rotta in a prison being forced to fight in a gladiatorial ring to entertain the crowds. Rotta is nothing like his father and only wants to live a peaceful life. Djarin and Grogu, face many enemies and much danger in their efforts to free Rotta.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Fantasy; Science Fiction; Animated Action.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is a lot of violence throughout this movie from both sides, with sword, axe and blade fighting; kicking, throwing and martial arts; gun fights, automatic weapons and laser guns; explosions; destruction and death by fire; and many characters shot dead. Some examples include:

  • Djarin shoots fire across a wide area, killing all in its path.
  • Characters are seen burning and on fire.
  • Djarin sets a man on fire and kicks him off a cliff.
  • An alien creature with a wide mouth grabs the Mandalorian’s head in its mouth.
  • Large, scary, alien creatures, who escape a force field, go on a rampage killing all in their way, and continue to attack trains and cars, causing much chaos.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

  • Many scary-looking alien creatures, such as: a creature with a deformed nose; an apelike creature with pointy ears; an octopus-like man with many arms; a man with horns on his head; a huge dinosaur-type creature with a long neck that roars; a large gorilla with huge teeth; large spiders and scorpions; a large wolf with huge teeth that growls and snarls; and a dragon snake with a large mouth and teeth.
  • Large mechanical robots stomp through the snow.
  • The Hutt twins and Rotta are large, walrus-like creatures.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

  • Loud alarms and flashing red lights.
  • Rotta is seen kept in a cage.
  • Grogu gets caught and is seen in a cage.
  • A large wolf grabs a small Anzellan creature in its mouth, then toys with it like a cat and a mouse while growling viciously at it.
  • Rotta is seen tied to a bed.
  • A toad swallows Grogu but spits him out.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen, including the following:

  • Rotta has to fight his opponents to the death. The crowds chant, “kill kill kill”.
  • Djarin is overcome by smoke and falls to the ground.
  • A fight in an arena between the Mandalorian, Rotta and many huge, scary alien creatures. These are kept in the zone by a force field but the force field gets knocked out, allowing the alien creatures to escape.
  • Djarin falls through a trap door into murky water, where a huge dragon snake lives. In a scary scene, Djarin has to fight off the reptile who has a huge mouth and teeth and tries to eat him. The Hutt twins watch from above, laughing at the scene.
  • Djarin is wounded and appears to be dying from the poisoned wound. Grogu does all he can to save him.

Thirteen and overinfo

Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.

  • Rotta talks about his lonely childhood after his father died, and how the Hutt twins mistreated him.

Product placement

The following products are displayed or used in this movie:

  • The Star Wars brand has many licensed toys and merchandise.

Sexual references

  • None noted.

Nudity and sexual activity

  • None noted.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

  • One of the Hutt twins smokes a hookah.
  • Drinking at a bar.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • Damn.

In a nutshell

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is a continuation of the Disney+ series based on the original Star Wars characters. It is fast and action packed, however, it is very violent throughout the movie, making it unsuitable for under 13’s and best suited to older teens and adults.

The main messages from this movie are to stand up to oppression and to protect those you love.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Determination
  • Loyalty
  • Commitment
  • Selflessness.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • The Mandalorian is a violent character who uses much force, including fire, to destroy his enemies. This could be confusing to children in that the ‘good guy’ appears as bad as the ‘bad guys’.