Lucasfilm Announces Details for ‘Star Wars’ Live-action TV Series, ‘The Mandalorian’
Recently many Star Wars fans have been highly anticipating the upcoming live-action TV series, written and executive produced by Jon Favreau. It will be on the Disney’s upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service, and will launch at some point during 2019. It has been announced that the series will take place in between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
On Wednesday, Jon Favreau posted the title and synopsis of the series on his Instagram! Pictured below, post mentions that the title is The Mandalorian, and there’s also a more specific time frame: in between the fall of the Empire and rise of the First Order.
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Furthermore, yesterday’s announcement from Lucasfilm reiterated what was in the Instgram post, in addition to stating that Dave Filoni, supervising director of Star Wars: Rebels, will be directing the first episode of The Mandalorian. Additional directors were also announced such as Deborah Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Taika Waititi. Like Favreau, other executive producers are Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist is a co-executive producer.
Production on #TheMandalorian, Star Wars’ first live-action series, has begun!https://t.co/Dp0HEASdqk pic.twitter.com/fQaiBcH10v
— Star Wars (@starwars) October 4, 2018
Members of the Star Wars fandom are really excited about these announcements. See reactions from social media below!
JAW HITS GROUND, CANT SPEAK pic.twitter.com/8vmOtOuVNJ
— Kristian Harloff (@KristianHarloff) October 4, 2018
Taika Waititi and Bryce Dallas Howard will direct #TheMandalorian #StarWars, is this a dream? 😍
— femme feral (@themiscyrian) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/LoganJames/status/1048199139408924672
This series has me more excited for the Disney streaming service than I was before. I really hope to see more of Sabine, from Rebels, as she was from Mandalore. What do you hope to see in The Mandalorian? Let me know in the comments below!
Shaun Hood currently attending Northern Essex Community College. He has experience writing for his high school’s online newspaper, The Pentucket Profile (pentucketnews.com). Outside of school, he enjoys going to conventions and exploring other ways to get involved in the shows he watches. Favorite franchises include Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Stranger Things, This Is Us, and Once Upon a Time.