"The Mandalorian" takes place five years after the fall of the Empire, so consider diving into it after refreshing your memory of the original trilogy. The series centers on a Mandalorian named Din Djarin, who works as a bounty hunter. When he's tasked with bringing a child named Grogu to a client with ties to the remnants of the Empire, he decides to go on the run with the child and protect him. We find out that Grogu is Force-sensitive and that an Imperial leader named Moff Gideon wants to experiment on him.
Even though Luke defeated the Empire in "Return of the Jedi," we see remnants of it throughout the galaxy in the form of imperial officers and stormtroopers — which teases a new evil coming into play.
