The 2019 premiere of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus kicked off a new era for Star Wars. Fans were smitten by Baby Yoda, later officially named Grogu, and the tender relationship between the Force-sensitive foundling and the stoic bounty hunter Din Djarin. Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu in some ways feels like an extra-long episode of the series, but bringing the TV show to the big screen required an enormous amount of work. Ahead of its streaming debut on Disney Plus, Polygon spoke to The Mandalorian and Grogu’s VFX team to learn more about what went into making the first Star Wars film in seven years.