What we know about The Mandalorian season 3, including its release date, cast, when we expect a trailer and more about the Star Wars TV show.
The Mandalorian season 3 is officially confirmed – and we’re almost certain its release date will be 2022. The next set of episodes in Disney Plus’ wildly successful Star Wars TV show will follow the release of spin-off The Book of Boba Fett, which has an official date of December 2021. The third season will film immediately after, so we’d expect it to debut before mid-2022. Below, we’ll explain everything we know about The Mandalorian season 3 so far, including Gina Carano’s exit from the show, how we expect Grogu’s story to play out, and how the Beskar spear could shape Din Djarin’s relationship with Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff). Ready for more adventures in a galaxy far, far away? Let’s get started. The Mandalorian season 3 doesn’t have a confirmed release date yet. We do know that the show is going into production after The Book of Boba Fett has finished filming, however – and the latter show already began production as of December 2020, according to creator Jon Favreau. That means filming on the Mandalorian season 3 will commence at some point in 2021. A new production listing for The Mandalorian season 3 by the Film and Television Industry Alliance says filming begins on April 5, 2021. We’d speculate that means we’ll see season 3 release in the first half of 2022. Some viewers worried that there would be no third season of The Mandalorian, and that The Book of Boba Fett was taking its place. But that’s firmly not the case: Favreau has confirmed that The Mandalorian season 3 will follow the same main character, and continue the story of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal). “What we didn’t say in that announcement is the next show coming up – [Kathleen Kennedy] said the next chapter – that’s gonna be The Book of Boba Fett,” Favreau told Good Morning America in December 2020, referring to Lucasfilm’s announcement of numerous new Star Wars projects. “And then we go into production right after that on season 3 of The Mandalorian, back with the main character that we all have known and loved. That will be pretty soon following [Boba Fett]. We’re working on that pre-production now while we’re in production on Boba Fett.” With The Book of Boba Fett officially arriving in December 2021, that makes The Mandalorian season 3’s release date a dead cert for 2022. We’ll update this when we know more. We think there are two big plot threads from season 2 that The Mandalorian season 3 has to pay off: who will wield the Darksaber? And when will Grogu – also known as The Child, also known as Baby Yoda – return to Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) from his time training with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker? At the end of season 2, Mando won the Darksaber weapon from Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) – the Mandalorian blade highly coveted by Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), in her journey to reclaim the throne of Mandalore.
