The Book of Boba Fett Confirmed as a Mandalorian Spinoff Series
It has been three days since
The Mandalorian successfully wrapped up its 8-episode second season on Disney+, and by now most
Star Wars fans have already heard about its intriguing post-credits scene teasing
The Book of Boba Fett. However, the announced project was unclear to many viewers as many were wondering if this would be another separate series or a continuation of
The Mandalorian because its target December 2021 date is around the same time as the upcoming third season.
The Book of Boba Fett, a new Original Series, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen and executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, is coming to @DisneyPlus Dec. 2021. pic.twitter.com/YT2zbLufI8
Star Wars Boba Fett Disney+ Show Gets Logo And New Details
The Book of Boba Fett will premiere on Disney s streaming service in December 2021.
The finale of The Mandalorian Season 2 last week contained not one but two big surprises. You can read about the first here, while the second was that a spin-off Star Wars show titled The Book of Boba Fett is on the way next year. Now the logo and more details have been revealed.
The Book of Boba Fett will be produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Robert Rodriguez, and star Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett and Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand. Favreau is the showrunner of The Mandalorian, while Filoni is an executive producer of that show, as well as being responsible for animated Star Wars series such as Rebels and The Clone Wars. Rodriguez directed one of the recent Mandalorian episodes, and helmed movies such as Alita: Battle Angel, Spy Kids, and Sin City. As for the logo, check it out below:
The Book of Boba Fett Announced as New Star Wars Series on Disney+
Star Wars: The Mandalorian s second season, as the post-credits scene revealed that the
Book of Boba Fett would be arriving in December 2021, the same time
Mando Season 3. Some folks wondered if those two things were one in the same. Could Boba Fett be taking over as THE Mandalorian in the third season, making the show more of an anthology? A couple of days later we have an official answer.
Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett will be its own series.
Disney+ confirmed that the Boba Fett spinoff would be a standalone affair on Monday morning, ahead of an appearance by the executive producers on
Disney has confirmed the new live-action
Star Wars TV series,
December 2021. The
Boba Fett spin-off was first teased in the season 2 finale of
The Mandalorian, which aired December 18 (read our review here), with a simple logo teasing the return of the iconic bounty hunter, played in the series by
Temuera Morrison.
Disney has now confirmed that
The Book of Boba Fett is a new original series on the Disney+ official Twitter account, writing, “The Book of Boba Fett, a new original series, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen and executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, is coming to Disney Plus Dec. 2021.”
The Book Of Boba Fett Officially Announced As New Series, First Details Revealed
The Mandalorian season 2 finale ended with a thrilling post-credits scene which teased that
The Book of Boba Fettis coming to Disney Plus in a year from now. Excitement quickly turned to confusion, though, as fans debated whether this was to be a spinoff series or a new subtitle for
The Mandalorian‘s next run, suggesting that the show was going to focus on Fett instead of Din Djarin moving forward.
Earlier this morning, however, Disney Plus confirmed the exact nature of the project, revealing the logo for