The Mandalorian season 2 has a release date of October 2020, and here’s what we know, from
The Mandalorian season 2 release date on Disney Plus is October 2020 – a release window reiterated in a Disney earnings call in August. So despite the ongoing public health crisis, this launch month has held firm as the Star Wars TV show created by Jon Favreau finished filming before everything shut down earlier this year. Numerous characters from a galaxy far, far away are set to appear this season, including a key character from The Clone Wars animated series and a long-time favorite from the Star Wars movies. We expect to learn more about Baby Yoda and his homeworld, too, as well as the mysterious Darksaber revealed in the first season’s final episode. Note that potential spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2 follow, as we have a good idea of what’s to come already. And with that, strap yourselves in as we explore the series’ release date, cast, trailer, and more. The Mandalorian season 2 release date is October 2020, Disney announced back in February. Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek later confirmed it’s on-course to hit that date after the lockdown began and it was re-confirmed in a Disney earnings call in August, despite the uncertainty posed by the current public health crisis. The Mandalorian season 2 finished filming before that all kicked off, and now post-production work is underway remotely. “We were lucky enough to have finished photography before the lock down,” executive producer Jon Favreau said during this year’s virtual ATX Television Festival. “Thanks to how technology-forward Lucasfilm and ILM are, we have been able to do all of our visual effects and editing and postproduction remotely through systems that had been set up by those companies for us.” Favreau also told THR that “The fact that the set is much more contained is a benefit, because you can limit the number of people.” Lots of scenes are shot outside and, with the magic of “cinematic tools,” often actors you see on screen weren’t actually there on set, he went on to explain. So, The Mandalorian season 2 is still coming this year, which is nice to know. This is the main The Mandalorian season 2 cast we know about, but we’ve included rumored cast members in the line-up, too. Potential spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2 follow. Since the show debuted, rumors about characters popping up in The Mandalorian season 2 have gone haywire. Here, we’ve only included the ones from sources with a good track record of Star Wars news, and the above cast list for The Mandalorian season 2 focuses on what we know over rumors. According to THR, legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett will appear in The Mandalorian season 2, this time played by Temuera Morrison, who previously played Jango Fett in Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. It will be a guest-starring role, apparently, but this presumably means Boba Fett has escaped his fate in the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi. He’s not the only Star Wars character from the past making an appearance this year. Timothy Olyphant, famous for his roles in Deadwood and Justified, will also appear in season 2 based on a THR report. According to a report by Slashfilm, Olyphant will wear Boba Fett’s armor in the second season, but he’ll actually be playing a Star Wars character called Cobb Vanth. Created for Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath Star Wars novels, the character is apparently a sheriff-type of a small Tattooine location called Freetown. The books suggested he was wearing Fett’s armor, and surely this sets him up for an encounter with the bounty hunter himself. Rosario Dawson will reportedly play The Clone Wars favorite Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian season 2. This would mark the character’s first appearance in live-action. Variety, too, confirmed the report, saying it’s a guest-starring role. Speaking to Variety, Dawson explains how excited she would be for such a role. “That’s not confirmed yet,” she said, “but when that happens I will be very happy.” Aliens and Terminator’s Michael Biehn is reportedly part of The Mandalorian season 2 cast, too, possibly playing a bounty hunter (via The Hollywood Reporter). In May 2020, Slashfilm reported Katee Sackhoff will be reprising her role as the Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze from Star Wars: Rebels, only this time in live-action. Sadly there isn’t a trailer for the next season, yet, but there’s reason to believe it’s coming soon. According to Star Wars leaker Noah Outlaw on Twitter (via Inverse), “The Mandalorian season 2 trailer comes this month.” While Outlaw’s prediction that Donald Glover is negotiating with Disney about a Lando Calrissian-led show is still not confirmed, he did successfully report on a Bad Batch spin-off, which has since been announced. Star Wars: Celebration was intended to take place on August 27, which is when we expected to see The Mandalorian season 2 trailer, but that event has now been cancelled for obvious reasons.
