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TL;DR: You'll be able to binge-watch all eight episodes of The Mandalorian for free if you wait until late December to take advantage of Disney+'s seven-day trial.

Thanks in no part to Disney+'s clumsy launch on Nov. 12, Jon Favreau's new Star Wars show The Mandalorian got pirated like crazy within hours of its release.

If you're a hardcore fan of the intergalactic series, the urge to hunt down torrents is probably strong with this one. But before you join the thousands of other stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherders over on sites like The Pirate Bay, consider this: There's a really easy way to watch The Mandalorian and other Disney+ exclusives for free (and legally), and it's by signing up for the streaming platform's weeklong trial.

To begin the trial, you'll just need to create a Disney+ account, select either a monthly subscription ($6.99/month) or an annual plan ($69.99), and enter your payment information. But don't worry — so long as you remember to cancel your plan before the seven days are up, you won't be charged a single penny.

FWIW, viewers who are primarily interested in catching The Mandalorian should consider waiting until the end of the year to start their Disney+ trial. That's because Disney is staggering the release of the show's first season over the course of the next couple of months (rather than dropping them all at once, à la Netflix and Stranger Things). In other words, you won't be able to binge-watch all eight 45(ish)-minute episodes in succession until after the finale airs on Friday, Dec. 27.

If you think you're patient enough to wait 'til then to see the show in its entirety, well, may the Force be with you. But if you're worried about running into spoilers, you might as well sign up for Disney+'s cheap monthly plan right now — it's such a great value, and with access to hundreds of Disney movies and TV shows, you won't have to twiddle your thumbs while you wait for all of The Mandalorian's episodes to roll in.