The Mandalorian, also known as Star Wars: The Mandalorian, is an American space Western web television series created by Jon Favreau and released on Disney+. It is the first live action series in the Star Wars franchise. Set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and 25 years prior to the events of The Force Awakens, it follows the title character, the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, and his exploits beyond the reaches of the New Republic. Favreau also serves as head writer and showrunner, as well as executive producer, alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. The Mandalorian premiered with the launch of Disney+ on November 12, 2019, with its eight-episode first season. The Mandalorian season 2 release date is October 2020, Disney announced back in February. Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek later confirmed it’s on-course to hit that date after the lockdown began and the future of TV/film production was looking tricky.

The Mandalorian season 2 finished filming before the health crisis, and now post-production work is underway remotely. ” The Mandalorian season 2 cast: Boba Fett, Bo-Katan and Ahsoka Tano reportedly join the series This is the main The Mandalorian season 2 cast we know about, but we’ve included rumored cast members in the line-up, too. Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian/Din Djarin • Gina Carano as Cara Dune • Carl Weathers as Greef Karga • Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon • Michael Biehn (rumored) • Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett (rumored) • Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano (rumored) • Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze (rumored) • Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth (rumored) Potential spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2 follow. Since the show debuted, rumors about characters popping up in The Mandalorian season 2 have gone haywire. Here, we’ve only included the ones from sources with a good track record of Star Wars news, and the above cast list for The Mandalorian season 2 focuses on what we know over rumors. According to THR, legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett will appear in The Mandalorian season 2, this time played by Temuera Morrison, who previously played Jango Fett Episode 2: Attack of the Clones.

It will be a guest-starring role, apparently, but this presumably means Boba Fett has escaped his fate in the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi. Cobb Vanth. Created for Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath Star Wars novels, the character is apparently a sheriff-type of a small Tattooine location called Freetown. season 3 is reportedly confirmed the Darksaber explained When Moff Gideon cuts himself out of his stricken TIE Fighter at the end of The Mandalorian season 1 finale, he uses a blade that sounds much like a lightsaber, but looks rather different to the weapons we’re used to seeing in the hands of Jedi and Sith. More sword-like in shape, with a black blade surrounded by a bright glow, it should, however, be familiar to viewers of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Because unless we’re very much mistaken, this looks like the legendary Darksaber. This unique weapon is a key part of Star Wars – and particularly Mandalorian – lore. (SPOILER ALERT) Rey’s parents. Now that we know they lived in hiding – pretending to be “nobody” before giving Rey away – any new glimpses at their backstory could enhance what we learned in The Rise of Skywalker. Perhaps most likely, however, is the reappearance of various bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to capture the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes