Ahead of the release of “The Mandalorian and Grogu” in cinemas, filmmaker Jon Favreau has confirmed some details about what was going to be in the originally planned fourth season of the show.

The movie is set after the events of the first three seasons of “The Mandalorian,” and previously, Favreau indicated a fourth season had been written and is still in his files.

Now, talking to SFX Magazine (via Games Radar), Favreau confirms the fourth season was originally set to deal with Thrawn and set the stage for the second season of “Ahsoka”.

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” film, on the other hand, is more or less standalone and doesn’t really tackle the overall state of the larger “Star Wars” galaxy. Instead, “Ahsoka” Season 2 will be dealing with that and this is more its own thing for a wider audience:

“It would have heavily linked to Ahsoka season 2. You can’t just take those scripts and turn them into a movie. There were a lot of characters, it assumed you’d watched the whole show, and it was teeing up what was happening moving into [the second season of ] Ahsoka. It was about Grand Admiral Thrawn and following the larger storyline [of this era of the Star Wars timeline].

This is a completely different medium. So I had to start from scratch, essentially. There were certain things I wanted to pursue, like the idea of Grogu being the Mandalorian’s apprentice. As long as you understand the archetypes of this hardened warrior with their vulnerable young apprentice, you’ll know these characters well, even if you’ve never seen the show. But there’s still a lot of Star Wars in there. You’re going to see where things are going [in the wider universe], but that doesn’t diminish from the experience of watching it as a standalone film.”

In the film, the evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

The movie also stars Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White and is produced by Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Ian Bryce.

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” arrives in cinemas on May 22nd. Check out the first official clip from the film below.