Basically a space dad who can't drop his kid off at daycare because the empire keeps turning up.
Fun fact: Werner Herzog called the crew "cowards" for considering replacing the animatronic Grogu puppet with CGI.
Half the show is cutaway gags that have nothing to do with anything, and honestly that's the appeal.
Fun fact: Seth MacFarlane missed American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001, after oversleeping from a hangover.