Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Complete Guide — Mandalorian and Grogu Mission

The updated Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run opens at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on May 22, 2026 — the same day Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters. Here's everything you need to know before you fly.

Flying the Millennium Falcon

The New Storyline

Hondo Ohnaka has picked up intel about a shady deal on Tatooine between ex-Imperial officers and a crew of pirates. He needs your crew to track down three high-value bounties and collect any cargo along the way.

You'll cross paths with Din Djarin and Grogu during the chase. While Mando focuses on capturing the bounties, your crew handles the cargo — until your cover is blown and the mission takes a turn.

Choose Your Destination

For the first time, an engineer in your crew picks where the Falcon goes next. Three destinations are available:

• Bespin — Chase an Imperial officer through the skies of Cloud City, dodging freighters loaded with Tibanna gas canisters and swarms of TIE fighters
• Coruscant — Hunt down a Sentinel Assault Shuttle through the Uscru Entertainment District at night, weaving through tunnels and dense civilian traffic
• Death Star wreckage above Endor — Navigate the debris field of the second Death Star, track a Trandoshan pirate hiding in the wreckage, and rescue Mando and Grogu from a rogue tractor beam

No two runs play out the same way, which gives the attraction genuine replayability.

Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run Bespin

Curoscant

Curoscant

Death Star

Know Your Role

Six guests fly the Falcon on every run. Your seat determines your job.

Pilots

Two pilots share control of the ship — left and right.

• Left pilot controls side-to-side movement and has a boost button to accelerate past danger
• Right pilot controls up-and-down movement and triggers the jump to hyperspace

Coordination between both pilots is critical. Sloppy flying damages the Falcon and costs your crew credits.

Pilot Controls

Gunners

Two gunners defend the ship and boost your score. Before takeoff, choose your mode:

• Automatic — targets are tracked horizontally and vertically; one button fires in bursts of five. Good for first-timers
• Manual — targets track horizontally, but you select high, middle, or low firing zones using three separate buttons. Higher skill ceiling, higher potential score

Missiles are available at select points in the mission and can hit nearby targets if timed well. Accuracy matters — Hondo wants the Falcon back in one piece.

Gunner Position

Engineers

Engineers have the most varied role on the ship, with several responsibilities:

• Choose the destination — one engineer selects the next planet by following a homing beacon after the Tatooine leg
• Launch homing beacons — the other engineer tags the bounty ships before the jump
• Collect cargo — use the tractor beam to grab up to three crates each (six total per crew) when the alert sounds and the masher button glows
• Call Grogu — hit the call button to check in on Grogu aboard the Razor Crest
• Repair the ship — hit illuminated buttons quickly when the Falcon takes damage

How Scoring Works

At the end of the mission, Hondo tallies your crew's performance. Crates your engineers collected are unloaded in the hangar — contents vary and each haul affects your overall cabin score. You might find galactic credits, Kyber Crystals, or baby Rancors inside.

Individual seat performance is also factored in. The top scorer can earn the Employee of the Month honor.

How to Unlock Grogu Mode

There's a hidden easter egg on Smugglers Run that most guests miss — and it's worth knowing before you board.

When the ride begins, both gunners need to do the following at the same time:

1. Press and hold the first of the four horizontal white buttons — the one closest to you
2. While holding it down, press the blinking button

Both riders in the middle gunner seats need to do this together for it to work. If you pull it off, you'll hear Grogu sounds throughout the ride instead of the usual narration.

Grogu Mode replaces the former Chewie Mode from the original version of the attraction.

Tips Before You Fly

• If you want the most control over the mission, aim for an engineer seat — you pick the destination
• First-time gunners should start in automatic mode
• Pilots should communicate — left and right controls work together, not independently
• Watch the hangar bay after landing to catch Mando and Grogu securing their bounty from the Razor Crest

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run opens May 22, 2026 at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland park.