THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 Is Described as Being a "Culmination" of STAR WARS Plans
The first episode of The Mandalorian Season 3 has arrived and fans seem to be loving what it offers! This is just a fun true Star Wars adventure and this next season is shaping up to take us on quite an exciting journey.
According to series director and producer Rick Famuyiwa, everything has been building up to this season, it’s a culmination of Star Wars plans that Jon Favreau has been planning. Famuyiwa teased that it will payoff the "seeds" that have been planted back to the first season.
In a recent interview with Deadline Famuyiwa explained;
"The storytelling that Jon [Favreau] has been spearheading from the very beginning has been slowly, each season, each project, leading us to this. Leading us to the third season," Famuyiwa said. "And so I think there are a lot of seeds that are planted that are growing and culminating in this season, so I feel that's partly the feeling — the sense of things culminating. This really feels like a third act in some ways, even though there's lots of stories to tell.
"But that's the feeling that I have: you feel like you've been on a journey with these characters, and that journey is certainly coming to a head this season."
I’m so excited to see how this story continues to play out and see the payoffs of the seeds that have been planted. But, I’m sure it’s going to be great! Favreau also recently talked about writing the series:
"We have to know where we're going to tell a fully-formed story. We had mapped it out, Dave [Filoni] and I, and then slowly, you just write each episode. Because all of it has to feel like a continuation and one full story. Then he's doing Ahsoka, which I'm producing with him, but he's the writer-showrunner on that. And so to understand what's happening on other shows, or even Skeleton Crew, all take place in the same Star Wars time period."
When talking about plotting out this epic Star Wars story, he added: "There's a lot more things that we have to keep in mind and stuff that we've built up to in previous seasons of The Mandalorian, as well."
The current third season sees the journey of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu continue as their adventure takes them to Mandalore where Mando hopes that he will be "forgiven for his transgressions." It also sees Mando stepping into a leadership position, and Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) dealing with the disappointment of not taking back the Darksaber.
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
Season 3’s directorial lineup includes returning filmmakers Famuyiwa, Carl Weathers, and Bryce Dallas Howard, along with Star Wars newcomers Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), and Black Panther cinematographer Rachel Morrison.