The Mandalorian is formally returning for a 3rd time after two profitable seasons of Mando and Child Yoda traversing throughout the galaxy, and we’ve rounded up every thing we all know to this point about the way forward for the present.
We have already got three spin-off reveals immediately from The Mandalorian: The E book of Boba Fett, which is on the market to stream now, in addition to Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic – each of that are coming sooner or later.
Additionally accessible on Disney+ is Andor, a Rogue One prequel sequence starring Diego Luna. Ewan McGregor additionally reprised his position as Obi-Wan Kenobi in yet one more spin-off sequence.
So. A lot. Star Wars.
Try our full information to all of the Star Wars content material on Disney+ for extra on what you possibly can watch now, and what’s on the way in which. In any other case, carry on studying for every thing you want to learn about The Mandalorian season three.
When will The Mandalorian season three air?
Filming for The Mandalorian season three has accomplished, and Disney has confirmed that the sequence will air its first episode on 1 March 2022, with episodes prone to roll out weekly.
That provides you loads of time to atone for the primary two seasons and watch The E book of Boba Fett – in the event you haven’t watched it but, this spin-off sequence has some fairly main moments that make it required viewing for Mandalorian followers.
Is there a trailer but?
Sure – the primary trailer was revealed at Disney’s D23 occasion. In it, we see that Din Djarin is on a quest to atone for violating the methods of the Mandalorian folks. We additionally see the return of Bo-Katan, and fan favorite, Babu Frik:
Who’s within the solid of The Mandalorian season three?
Pedro Pascal will return to the main position of Din Djarin (AKA Mando).
We all know that he’ll be joined by Carl Weathers’ Greef Karga, together with Katee Sackhoff’s Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze.
The massive query mark within the returning solid is whether or not we’ll get an look from the present’s huge dangerous, Breaking Dangerous’s Giancarlo Esposito – although it appears fairly seemingly.
As well as, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Again to the Future star Christopher Lloyd will function in season three. His position is undisclosed, however it’s prone to be a visitor spot relatively than a reoccurring position.
One actor who received’t be returning is Gina Carano as Cara Dune. io9 studies that Lucasfilm launched the next assertion:
“Gina Carano just isn’t at the moment employed by Lucasfilm and there are not any plans for her to be sooner or later. However, her social media posts denigrating folks based mostly on their cultural and non secular identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
This comes off the again of Carano sharing an anti-Semitic story on her Instagram, in addition to months of different posts supporting anti-mask behaviour, spreading conspiracies in regards to the US election, denouncing the usage of pronouns and supporting posts that mocked the Black Lives Matter motion.
Cara Dune was a significant character in The Mandalorian and had been set as much as presumably play an enormous half in The Rangers of the New Republic. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson from Lucasfilm has confirmed that the character won’t be recast.
Rosario Dawson might be starring in her personal spin-off sequence as Ahsoka Tano – however we might see her make one other cameo look, as her present takes place in the identical timeline as The Mandalorian. We additionally imagine that Ahsoka will air after season three, so her coming in to arrange her spin-off present would make sense.
Temuera Morrison performed fairly a pivotal position as Boba Fett in season two, and Mando equally performed an enormous half in his personal sequence. We wouldn’t be shocked to see crossovers with each characters as soon as once more, and maybe an look from Ming-Na Wen as sniper Fennec Shand.
Who will write and direct season three?
Behind the cameras, Jon Favreau, who’s a dab hand at each producing and directing and introduced us Iron Man and The Jungle E book, is the showrunner and lead author for the sequence, although he’s ably assisted by Star Wars: Clone Wars TV veteran Dave Filoni.
What to anticipate from season three
Spoilers for season two of The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett under
Season two of The Mandalorian had in all probability probably the most stunning visitor look we’ve ever had within the present. The Jedi Grasp himself – a younger Luke Skywalker – got here aboard Moff Gideon’s gentle cruiser and single-handedly destroyed all of the Darkish Troopers with full ease.
As soon as he’d cleaned out the trash, he revealed that he had arrived by answering the decision from Grogu (AKA The Little one and/or Child Yoda), and was right here to coach him within the methods of the Jedi. After a heartbreaking goodbye between Din Djarin and Child Yoda, Luke left with Grogu in tow.
The remainder of the story continues in episodes 5, six and 7 of The E book of Boba Fett – which primarily acts as The Mandolorian season 2.5.
Grogu has been coaching within the methods of the Jedi with Luke Skywalker on a mysterious forest planet the place a Jedi temple is being constructed – a spot that may finally prepare many younger padawans, together with Ben Solo/Kylo Ren.
Din Djarin went to go to the planet to reunite with Grogu however was stopped by Ahsoka, who believed that it could set the younger trainee again on his path to changing into a Jedi. He left a bit of armour in her look after her to move on.
She then left this with Luke, who gave Grogu a alternative: take the armour and return to the care of the Mandalorian, or take Yoda’s previous lightsaber and proceed to coach as a Jedi, however by no means see the Mandalorian once more.
Fortunately, Grogu selected the latter and was delivered to Peli Motto’s workshop by R2-D2. The Little one and Din Djarin reunited throughout a battle sequence on Mos Espa in Tatooine with Boba Fett, the place Child Yoda helped take down a droid and tame a wild Rancor from destroying the town with a Jedi thoughts trick.
The episode ends with Child Yoda demanding that Mando take his Naboo starfighter into high speeds from his personal little seat. So, because of this season three of The Mandalorian will kick off with Mando and Child Yoda reunited, as we needed all alongside.
There are nonetheless some unresolved points – Luke gave us a glimpse into when Grogu was initially taken from his house through the Nice Jedi Purge. The Mandalorian season three might delve into these previous occasions.
Giancarlo Esposito revealed at GalaxyCon that Moff Gideon is in pursuit of Grogu for causes that followers aren’t but conscious of. He instructed a younger fan, “This little one has magic powers, [is] 50 years previous, and may see the long run, and we would like everybody to know, finally on this present, that [Grogu] might save our universe.”
Then there’s additionally the difficulty of the Darksaber. Moff Gideon revealed that Mando was the rightful winner of the weapon after defeating him in fight. This got here as a blow to Bo-Katan, as she wants the blade to reclaim the throne of Mandalore. To ensure that her to win the Darksaber, she’d have to defeat Mando in fight.
After watching the trailer, there may be hypothesis that Bo-Katan is sitting on a throne within the Mandalorian-adjacent planet, Harmony Daybreak.
Episode 5 of The E book of Boba Fett confirmed that Mando has no intention of giving up the Darksaber, particularly after being challenged for it by Paz Vizsla.
The identical episode additionally revealed that Din Djarin is now not a Mandalorian – at the very least going by the code of the cult-like group he beforehand belonged to. The Armorer requested if he had eliminated his helmet, and when he admitted as such, she acknowledged that he’d violated the creed of the faith.
Mandalorians can redeem themselves, however can solely achieve this by going to the waters beneath the mines of Mandalore itself. Nevertheless, these are destroyed. The trailer seems to indicate Mando visiting this location – and he has an enormous quest forward of him.
Mando has a model new ship, courtesy of Peli Moto. While it’s not a direct substitute of the now destroyed Razer Crest, it’s arguably higher – an previous N-1 starfighter. While out on the check flight, Mando attracted the eye of Captain Carson Teva and Lieutenant Reed and needed to velocity off to keep away from any questions. We will in all probability anticipate to see this duo once more.
The E book of Boba Fett post-credits scene revealed that Cobb Vanth wasn’t killed by Cad Bane in spite of everything – he’s therapeutic up within the Bacta Tank. So, we might see Mando’s previous pal make one other look subsequent season.
Lastly, we nonetheless have the Imperial forces to cope with. Gideon could also be captured for now, however he’s not lifeless but. Stragglers of the Empire are nonetheless alive throughout the galaxy, and this present seems to be to be establishing for the way the First Order got here to be. The cloning and experimentations with Grogu’s blood appear to be hinting in direction of how Snoke was created – nevertheless it may very well be one thing else fully.
Because of Ahsoka, we additionally know that Grand Admiral Thrawn is knocking about someplace within the galaxy, so he may very well be the following huge dangerous on the listing.