A Star Wars live-action TV series is coming to Disney’s upcoming streaming service and it’s called The Mandalorian. The series will follow the adventures of a gunfighter from the former Imperial-controlled planet of jetpack-clad warriors. Not much is known about this mysterious anti-hero except that he goes simply by the name “The Mandalorian.”
Jon Favreau (Iron Man) is writing, directing, and producing this new Star Wars adventure. He’s also counting on the talents of Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) and Dave Filoni (Star Wars Rebels), who will both direct episodes of the series. Filoni is also executive producing alongside Favreau.
In the latest news on The Mandalorian, five fantastic official character posters have arrived. Scroll down to the poster section to check them out in full!
Here’s everything else we know about the show so far:
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian Trailer
Just below is the first trailer for The Mandalorian!
We also dissected the trailer for all of its Star Wars secrets here!
Want more? Here’s a description of the trailer, sizzle reel, and all of the scenes shown at Star Wars Celebration Chicago.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Release Date
It’s official: The Mandalorian will launch exactly when Disney+, itself, does. That means The Mandalorian will be available to stream on Nov. 12, 2019. Disney made the announcement during their Investor’s Day in April.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Cast
Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) has been cast as the protagonist of The Mandalorian. Little is known about his rugged gunfighter except that he hails from Mandalore and wears armor similar to Boba Fett’s. Favreau and Filoni call him “Mando” for short, but it seems that everyone on the show just calls him “The Mandalorian.”
Carl Weathers (Predator) brings his ’80s action hero and comedy chops to Star Wars as a character named Greef, the leader of a sort of bounty hunters guild.
Former MMA fighter Gina Carano (Deadpool) has also been cast as ex-Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune.
Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the famous actor, writer, and filmmaker, has been cast in the show as a crime lord with Imperial roots. The Mando will need to do business with Herzog’s character to get the info he needs on a target.
Nick Nolte is also set to appear. While we don’t know the exact nature of Nolte’s role, we do know that his character hails from the planet Mandalore, the homeworld of the show’s protagonist as well as the infamous bounty hunter Jango Fett.
Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) plays IG-11, a droid assassin who fights alongside the Mando at some point in the series.
Rounding out the cast are Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) as an Imperial officer as well as Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), comedian Bill Burr, Ming-Na Wen (Agents of SHIELD), and Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones).
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian Story
The title and story details were revealed by Favreau (Iron Man) in 2018:
“After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe,” Favreau wrote on Instagram. “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.”
Favreau previously revealed to Nerdist that the series will take place seven years after the events of Return of the Jedi, effectively setting up the series as a bridge between the Original and Sequel Trilogies. The series will feature all-new characters, as well.
This is good news, as the post-RotJ timeline remains largely unexplored since the new canon was established. There’s little reason to continue to mine the era between the Clone Wars and the Original Trilogy, which has now been covered so well by two animated series and a film, and the saga of the Skywalkers is no longer the center of the Star Wars universe. The blank slate quality of the era between RotJ and The Force Awakens will allow Favreau to really dig into something new and fresh.
Trandoshans are coming to The Mandalorian, and you can catch a first glimpse at two of them battling Pedro Pascal’s titular bounty hunter in a photo over at EW.
Who or what are Trandoshans, some might ask? They are the reptilian species of the Star Wars Universe, famously exemplified in The Empire Strikes Back by bounty hunter Bossk (pictured immediately above), who famously took offense to Admiral Piett’s offhand insult referring to those in his trade as “scum.” While he never saw any live-action battles, Bossk’s other-media appearances are deep, and we got to see more of him, albeit in animated form, on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Directors
The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode. Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok).
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Soundtrack
Ludwig Goransson has been tapped to compose the score for The Mandalorian. He has previously created scores for Black Panther, Creed, Creed II, Venom, and Fruitvale Station.
“Words fail to express how surreal and humbling it feels to be invited into the Star Wars universe,” Göransson said in a press release. “I am deeply grateful to Jon Favreau and Disney for this opportunity and to John Williams for raising the bar so high with his iconic, intrepid scores — they will never be matched. In these next months, I hope to honor the tradition of Star Wars’ musical landscape while propelling The Mandalorian into new and unchartered territory. And I will try to remember that there is no try.”
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Poster
Check out these 5 character posters for The Mandalorian, providing tight-shot showcases of The Mandalorian himself (Pedro Pascal), Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Moff Gideon (Carl Weathers), IG-11 (Taika Waititi) and, lastly, an unnamed Ugnaught, the diminutive species famously represented in The Empire Strikes Back as workers on Bespin’s Cloud City.
Take a look just below at the first official poster, which arrived at D23 2019.
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