The Mandalorian (Movie May 22, 2026)

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‘Star Wars’: Jon Favreau Reveals TV Series Details

Creator Jon Favreau revealed the first details of his forthcoming “Star Wars” streaming TV series.

In a post Wednesday on his Instagram account, the filmmaker teased “The Mandalorian,” writing in a yellow-on-black script reminiscent of the traditional opening “crawl” that precedes most “Star Wars” films, “After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.”

The Walt Disney Co. announced in March that Favreau would write a live-action “Star Wars” series for the company’s forthcoming streaming service, which is set to launch next year. The project would become the first live-action television series set in the “Star Wars” universe.

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Favreau’s live-action series entry into to “Star Wars” universe on a conference call with investors in March. The show is set to become one of multiple series and film offerings hailing from Disney’s Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar units that will populate the new service as Disney looks to challenge dominant player Netflix in the direct-to-consumer arena.

variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-wars-jon-favreau-tv-the-mandalorian-1202968077/

[Push R Truth]

I like Star Wars


I'm excited

[Natural Born Farmer]

I’ve always thought a hard R, Game Of Thrones style Star Wars story could be interesting. This isn’t it, but it sounds like a step.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Favreaus style and Star Wars sounds like a good mix.

[A Platypus Rave]

A star wars show about the underworld probably mostly away from the force stuff? Could be awesome.

[Dr. T is an alien]

So, they are likely to have two shows focusing on a Mandalorian in deep space? I truly would be shocked if they didn’t have a follow up series to Rebels where Sabine and Ahsoka go looking for Ezra and Thrawn.

[salz4life]

I'm not a big Star Wars guy (I still haven't watched any of the new movies, but have them on Blu-ray/4K UHD..... yeah, I'm dumb), but I'd give it a shot.

[Hit Girl]

I'll never forget that legendary warrior Boba Fett who got comically eaten by a monster which then burped.

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I was reading tweets yesterday about this news and apparently in one of the Aftermath novels, someone finds Boba Fett's armor........could the show be about this guy?

Oct 4, 2018 16:31:05 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

I'll never forget that legendary warrior Boba Fett who got comically eaten by a monster which then burped.

This is Marx Brothers level comedy.

(Good lord, it's taken me this long to connect these 2 things, this and that bit on Raw with Flair, HHH and the forklift in the background...)

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

First season directors and first image have been released:

Episode 1 - Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels)
Episode 2 - Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, The Chi)
Episode 3 - Deborah Chow (Mr. Robot, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Fear the Walking Dead)
Episode 4 - Bryce Dallas Howard
Episode 5 - Dave Filoni
Episode 6 - Rick Famuyiwa
Episode 7 - Deborah Chow
Episode 8 - Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Flight of the Conchords)

[Juice]

This is the world building they should have done from the start.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

That looks hella cool. And one hell of a director line-up.

[Cyno]

Filoni being on board as an exec producer means we'll probably at least get some neat Mandalorian lore stuff on top off it. I've always enjoyed the Mandalorian stuff in both Clone Wars and Rebels.

Really looking forward to this. I just hope it's all Mandalorian and gritty edge-of-civilization bounty hunting stuff and they don't do anything dumb like make the Mandalorian person a secret Jedi or something. I LOVE Jedi, Sith, and Force lore don't get me wrong. But it'd just feel forced here.

[A Platypus Rave]

Oct 5, 2018 18:43:04 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Filoni being on board as an exec producer means we'll probably at least get some neat Mandalorian lore stuff on top off it. I've always enjoyed the Mandalorian stuff in both Clone Wars and Rebels.

Really looking forward to this. I just hope it's all Mandalorian and gritty edge-of-civilization bounty hunting stuff and they don't do anything dumb like make the Mandalorian person a secret Jedi or something. I LOVE Jedi, Sith, and Force lore don't get me wrong. But it'd just feel forced here.

Yeah, I mean... not ALL of Star Wars needs the Force to be an omni-present thing... but even Rogue One had to have the Force Monk.

[Cyno]

Oct 5, 2018 19:06:16 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Oct 5, 2018 18:43:04 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Filoni being on board as an exec producer means we'll probably at least get some neat Mandalorian lore stuff on top off it. I've always enjoyed the Mandalorian stuff in both Clone Wars and Rebels.

Really looking forward to this. I just hope it's all Mandalorian and gritty edge-of-civilization bounty hunting stuff and they don't do anything dumb like make the Mandalorian person a secret Jedi or something. I LOVE Jedi, Sith, and Force lore don't get me wrong. But it'd just feel forced here.

Yeah, I mean... not ALL of Star Wars needs the Force to be an omni-present thing... but even Rogue One had to have the Force Monk.

At least it worked in Rogue One since it wasn't a Jedi nor was it Jyn. Chirrut was a supporting character and I don't think he was actually Force sensitive.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Werner Herzog recently said that he was part of an upcoming big franchise film being produced under the code name Huckleberry.

While not a film, The Mandalorian is being produced under that code name.

screencrush.com/werner-herzog-favreau-star-wars-tv/

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They've cast.

Werner.

Herzog.

variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-mandalorian-cast-giancarlo-esposito-werner-herzog-carl-weathers-star-wars-1203088365/

...as well as Giancarlo Esposito and (finally confirmed) Carl Weathers.

And apparently today's announcement is also the official confirmation of Pedro Pascal as the lead too..

[prettynami]

Man I loved Carl Weathers as a kid... Carl Weathers in this actually makes me want to see it!

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Not sure when it got announced, but Bill Burr, Mark Boone Jr,, and Ming Na-Wen are also amongst the cast.

It's an odd assortment of actors, to be sure.