Star Wars: The Mandalorian

[Hammock Parties]

Jon Favreau is directing this live-action TV series.

Looks TIGHT.

Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun!

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 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).

It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for updates.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, to be fair, his options were very limited. Joshua Jackson? Chris Klein? James Van Der Beek? Colin Hanks? Ryan Phillipe?

I can't see any of those guys as Anakin, either.

He could have gone with Christian Bale.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

That episode was badass. It felt like it was 10 minutes long.

Dane, I noticed a lot of it looked like it was filmed on location rather than using the ‘The Volume’

Practical sets inside The Volume. It was all shot in Long Beach.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Practical sets inside The Volume. It was all shot in Long Beach.

Holy sh*t. That’s incredible

[Deberg_1990]

I doubt it happens, but it would be kick ass if they pulled a young Luke, Han and Lando into this thing.

[Hammock Parties]

BACK FROM THE DEAD, ASSHOLES!

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I doubt it happens, but it would be kick ass if they pulled a young Luke, Han and Lando into this thing.

I'm not stating that will unequivocally happen but Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich and even Emilia Clarke are under contract for two more films and all of have previously indicated they'd be open to working on Star Wars TV series. Sebastian Stan has also indicated he'd be thrilled to play Luke Skywalker, so it's definitely within the realm of possibility.

As I previously mentioned, there are 10 Star Wars series currently in "Development". Now, Development doesn't mean that it will automatically go to series but what it means is that Lucasfilm is interested in developing a "Concept" for a TV show. If the concept gets past the first stage, they'll put together a Writer's Room in order to write a "Book" or what some refer to as a "Bible", for a a minimum of 24 episodes. This "Book" will map out the beginning, middle and end of the series, generally with 1 or 2 page description of what happens in each episode.

From that point, Lucasfilm will either continue developing the series, which will include artwork, some story boards and more detail, along with a "Treatment" for each episode, which will provide more detail about the episode, some character background and so on. If everything works out, the series will move to the next phase in which casting and a Pilot are set.

Bob Iger indicated this year that they're planning to use The Mandalorian as an anchor for spinoff properties, which is why we're beginning to see characters like Bo-Katan, Ahsoka and Boba Fett this season because they want to gauge the audience reaction via streaming numbers.

So far in Season 2, the streaming numbers have been astronomical, which has also led to huge streaming numbers for The Clone Wars series, because people want to find out more about Ahsoka, Bo-Katan, the Mandalorians, The "Purge" and so on.

Disney+ is making sure that this is happening organically, meaning that they're carefully monitoring all internet chatter and streaming numbers because their goal of 175 million subscribers by 2025 won't happen without a very, very strong Star Wars presence on the service.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by listopencil

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I don't actually remember why Boba Fett was hanging around on the Imperial barge when he ended up in the pit.

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It's been implied for years that Boba Fett and Han Solo had been at odds, so that explains why he was hanging out on Jabba's Bars (it wasn't an Imperial barge).

Also, since the Jedi and Mandalorians were "Ancient Enemies", it stands to reason that Boba Fett would be there to watch Luke die, especially considering his father, Jango Fett, was killed by a Jedi right in front on him.

Revenge and all that.

[Hammock Parties]

1. It was Jabba's barge

2. Fett was employed as a bodyguard by Jabba at the time

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

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That was really fun and the pacing was incredible.

I do find myself wondering WHY Boba Fett has been kicking around Tatooine for the past 25 years and hope we get a good explanation for it... something like him being in a coma or something for most of that time period. Otherwise, it seems unlikely an individual as capable and fearsome as him would have just been hanging out that whole time.

It's hard for me to buy "he wouldn't leave without his armor" as an explanation. He knew Vanth had it, somehow. If he was awake that entire period before Vanth found it, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't have started checking with the Jawas to see if one of them had it.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they close it. I have a lot of respect for Filoni and believe he'll give us a close to this season similar to the way he closed arcs on previous Star Wars projects.

So... who's playing grown-up Ezra?

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with the scarring he has, I’m assuming he was in a coma or something. He could have just taken the armoire back.

[BigRedChief]

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I listen to Bill Burr’s podcast occasionally. I heard him swear many times he’s not involved in season 2. Wellll that ship has sailed now.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by listopencil

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I don't actually remember why Boba Fett was hanging around on the Imperial barge when he ended up in the pit. I was just imagining a tense moment between the two where they share a look and Luke just picks up Grogru and walks away. Then some dialogue:

Cara: Aren't you going to stop him?
Mando: I was supposed to give him to a Jedi
Boba Fett: Works for me.


And we get to argue about what Luke and Grogru are doing in between seasons. I'm going with Jedi training.

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yeah I think most people think it’s Luke that answers the bat signal.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

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I do find myself wondering WHY Boba Fett has been kicking around Tatooine for the past 25 years and hope we get a good explanation for it... something like him being in a coma or something for most of that time period. Otherwise, it seems unlikely an individual as capable and fearsome as him would have just been hanging out that whole time.

It's hard for me to buy "he wouldn't leave without his armor" as an explanation. He knew Vanth had it, somehow. If he was awake that entire period before Vanth found it, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't have started checking with the Jawas to see if one of them had it.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they close it. I have a lot of respect for Filoni and believe he'll give us a close to this season similar to the way he closed arcs on previous Star Wars projects.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

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with the scarring he has, I’m assuming he was in a coma or something. He could have just taken the armoire back.

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My impression is that Boba had not been on Tatooine for the entire duration of the past five years and that at some point, he'd returned to Bounty Hunting.

In Chapter 14, he indicated that he and Fennec Shand had been "Tracking" Din Djarin, presumably since Din captured The Child. Now that it's been confirmed that Boba Fett was indeed the unidentified person that saved Fennec, we also have confirmation that Boba Fett was once again acting as a bounty hunter.

Once Din returned to Tatooine, it's clear that Fett had been tracking him the entire time and once Din acquired Fett's armor, it was just a matter of time before there was a confrontation between the two men.

That's the way I interpreted it but of course, the backstory may reveal something different altogether.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

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with the scarring he has, I’m assuming he was in a coma or something. He could have just taken the armoire back.

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Looked like more of a chifforobe to me.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

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yeah I think most people think it’s Luke that answers the bat signal.

It has to be.

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The fans want it, Stan wants it, it makes more sense than Ezra or ****ing Cal Kestis FFS.

GIVE IT TO US

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

meaning that they're carefully monitoring all internet chatter and streaming numbers because their goal of 175 million subscribers by 2025 won't happen without a very, very strong Star Wars presence on the service.

I heard late last week that the Ahsoka episode was their most viewed episode to date. And then I think the next day Rosario Dawson's 3 film deal came out. Coincidence? .....

I wouldn't be surprised if the streaming numbers for this week's episode end up being even stronger due to word of mouth.

And I just had a new thought about the episode's title:

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What if the tragedy doesn't refer to the razor crest or the child's capture, what if it's related to a dark side turn that began during the episode.

And we all anticipate a Jedi showing up. What if it's someone from the dark side? Or instead of the rescue failing (like I think it might), what if it's a frying pan into the fire situation?

I'm overthinking it I know, but I'm expecting an Empire Strikes Back end to the season, and I don't think the last episode was it.