It Looks Like ‘The Mandalorian’ Just Announced a New Spinoff Show
The season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian’ ended with a tease for something called “The Book of Boba Fett”Phil Owen | December 18, 2020 @ 5:23 AM Last Updated: December 18, 2020 @ 11:36 AM
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(This article contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian”)
The season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian” was a doozy, wrapping up one of the show’s biggest plot threads and dropping a pretty big cameo in the process. But it saved one more surprise for the very end of the episode, with a bonus scene after the credits that sets up
So, in the “Mandalorian” finale, Mando (Pedro Pascal) and friends invade an imperial flagship to rescue Baby Yoda from Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito). They manage to complete their objective, but discover they’re gonna have a tough time fighting through Gideon’s dark trooper droids.
Or so they think, until a mysterious stranger lands on the ship with an X-Wing, pulls out a green lightsaber and cuts all those droids down. It’s Luke Skywalker (Max Lloyd Jones wearing young Mark Hamill’s poorly rendered face) here to save the day, as always.
Luke tells the crew that he should take Baby Yoda with him and continue his training. After some discussion, they let him do it. So this CGI Luke flies away, Baby Yoda in tow, with Mando looking on emotionally.
The Queen’s Gambit at nearly 20% and
The Crown at about 14%. It also reached more viewers than Hulu’s
Animaniacs (7%).”
Those are some impressive numbers and it certainly did well to best the very popular Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. It will be interesting to see just how high it can soar in season three and beyond.
The Mandalorian season two sees the returning Pedro Pascal (Din Djarin), Gina Carano (Cara Dune), Carl Weathers (Greef Karga), Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Bill Burr (Mayfield), and Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand) joined by the likes of Temuera Morrison (
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones), Katee Sackhoff (
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Strap in, because there s a lot to get your head around (and get excited about).
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Obi-Wan Kenobi – Hayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader, joining Ewan McGregor, in this Disney+ series that will pick up 10 years after
Revenge of the Sith.
Andor
Rogue One prequel series, set in the
Star Wars universe and starring Diego Luna as conflicted rebel Cassian Andor, coming to Disney+ in
2022.
The Mandalorian and predicted to feature Gina Carano s Cara Dune.
Ahsoka – a brand-new Disney+ series, starring Rosario Dawson as fan-favourite Ahsoka Tano, set within the timeline of
January 15. A new full-length trailer has been released ahead of its launch: