If you stuck around after the end credits of The Mandalorian’s season 2 finale last December, you know there’ll be a new Star Wars show hitting Disney Plus: The Book of Boba Fett.
There was a little confusion after Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin bid a tearful farewell to Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, seemingly tying up The Mandalorian’s current storylines.
The Book of Boba Fett is a separate spinoff series of The Mandalorian with new adventures centered on Boba Fett .
Whether seizing power on Tatooine is Boba’s end goal or a step in a grander plan is unclear.
It’s confusing because Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy slipped into Disney’s announcement-heavy investor’s call that season 3 of The Mandalorian should arrive by Christmas 2021, the same time as The Book of Boba Fett.
Some thought this meant The Mandalorian would be pivoting to an anthology format, centered on a different bounty hunter, after Din completed his mission of bringing Grogu to a Jedi.
But what we didn’t say in that announcement is the next show coming up — what Kathy called ‘the next chapter’ — is going to be The Book of Boba Fett, and then we go into production right after that on The Mandalorian, back with the main character that we all know and love…
The Mandalorian executive producers Favreau and Dave Filoni are developing The Book of Boba Fett for Disney Plus.
In addition to season 2 of The Mandalorian, a young Boba shows up in Attack of the Clones, but his bounty hunting career is in full swing in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee is an animated segment that was originally part of the infamously bad 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, and the only segment worth watching.
Jon Favreau confirmed season 3 of The Mandalorian will continue to focus on Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin.