The Japanese Star Wars X/Twitter account has unveiled an illustration for the upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu movie, drawn by Attack on Titan‘s Hajime Isayama. While it’s not a wild crossover-type drawing where you get to see the titular characters taking on Titans with blasters and the Force, it tries to evoke the Scout Regiment’s ODM movement by having The Mandalorian moving in the air with his fibercord whip.
The Star Wars franchise has previously inspired a number of manga titles, including adaptations of the original three films (Isayama says his first exposure to Star Wars was watching these films in reverse order during an Idaho homestay) and the far more recent Star Wars:
Star Wars also ventured into anime with the first and third seasons of Star Wars: Visions, an anthology of animated shorts featuring output by various studios and teams, and the Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies short from Studio Ghibli. Some of the stories from the first season were adapted for a manga anthology, which has Osawa and Witch Hat Atelier‘s Kamome Shirahama among the contributing artists. Additionally, a spin-off series based on “The Ninth Jedi” short is in the works.
There was also a collaboration visual between the BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War anime and the Andor series, a prequel to the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is a follow-up to The Mandalorian series, which is set between the original Star Wars trilogy and the sequel trilogy and follows the adventures of the titular bounty hunter as he becomes an adoptive father to a Force-sensitive alien child. The movie will debut in US and Japanese theaters on May 22.
Source: @starwarsjapan (via Comic Natalie)