Did the New Republic Just Commit War Crimes in The Mandalorian and Grogu?

Spoilers follow for The Mandalorian and Grogu. For most of the running time of The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters in seven years, it’s a romp with the titular characters as they bop from planet to planet, getting into scrapes, and palling around with jacked slug aliens like Rotta the Hutt (Jeremy Allen White). Your mileage may vary, but it’s all intended to be a sweet little barrel of laughs… right up until the New Republic maybe commits a massive war crime. To back up the X-Wing a bit, the end of the movie takes place on Nal Hutta, the home planet of the Hutts, as The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and – you’re not going to believe this – Grogu attempt to rescue Rotta from the clutches of Jabba The Hutt’s cousins, the Twins. The villainous Hutts have taken over Jabba’s crime empire, and want to get Jabba’s son, Rotta, out of the way. Ultimately, the Twins end up in the same Dragonsnake pit Mando was previously tossed into and are eaten by their own creature. Side-note: Someone please tell the Hutts to stop storing horrible monsters in the caverns under their throne rooms, it’s dangerous! In any case, Rotta rescued and the Twins dispatched of, it seems