“Bounty hunting is a complicated profession … don’t you agree?”
The highly anticipated and long-awaited live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, is here! 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 series is set seven years after Return of the Jedi and it will focus on all-new characters. Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal, who played Oberyn Martell, takes on the title role who he describes as “a mysterious lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. Some might say he has questionable moral character”. The series characters have been kept mostly underwraps, but Gino Carano stars as ex-rebel shock trooper Cara Dune, Carl Weathers as Greef Carga, and Taika Waititi as an assassin droid IG-11.
The Mandalorian is one of four series within the Star Wars franchise that are coming to Disney+. The streaming service will also release the seventh season of The Clone Wars, along with a Rogue One prequel series following rebel spy Cassian Andor and will see both Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk reprise their roles from the 2016 prequel movie Rogue One. Disney also announced at D23 that Ewan McGregor would be returning as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new series, which is slated to start shooting in 2020.
The series stars Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones), Gina Carano (Deadpool), Carl Weathers (Rocky), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Werner Herzog, Taika Waititi (Thor:Ragnarok), Ming-Na Wen (Agents of SHIELD), and Nick Nolte (Warrior). The first ever live-action Star Wars series is written and executive-produced by Emmy®-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) directing the first episode.
The Mandalorian premieres November 12th on Disney+ with episodes released weekly. Plus, Jon Favreau said he’s already writing season 2 and that he hopes to direct one of the episodes!
