THE MANDALORIAN Season 4 Might Not Happen; The Franchise's Fate Rests on Box Office Numbers
If you’re a fan of The Mandalorian, you might want to sit down for this one.
According to insider Daniel Richtman, The Mandalorian Season 4 might not be happening at all. The insider claims, “there won’t be a Season 4 of The Mandalorian,” suggesting that Disney is pivoting away from episodic storytelling and leaning fully into theatrical territory.
It’s a shift that seems to align with Disney’s evolving strategy for Lucasfilm and its overall approach to Star Wars.
To be fair, the signs have been there. After The Mandalorian Season 3 wrapped in April 2023, development on Season 4 was delayed, and it was initially blamed on the dual Hollywood strikes.
But during that downtime, Disney CEO Bob Iger started reshaping the company's streaming priorities. The result was a focus shifted to The Mandalorian & Grogu, a feature film that’s now in the works and is expected to carry the torch for the franchise on the big screen.
What happens next might all come down to box office performance. Richtman adds, “There won’t be a Season 4 of The Mandalorian, but if the movie succeeds, a sequel will be made. However, if it flops, it will serve as the final chapter for Mando and could also put [Dave] Filoni’s movie at risk.”
That’s a lot riding on a single movie, not just for Din Djarin and Grogu, but potentially for the entire interconnected storyline Filoni has been crafting across Disney+.
This is a pretty big change, especially considering how The Mandalorian practically built the foundation for Star Wars on streaming. It launched in 2019 and quickly became the face of Disney+, redefining how Star Wars stories could be told. It spun off characters, helped launch shows like Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett.
Still, from Disney’s point of view, theatrical might just make more financial sense right now. Moving major Star Wars titles to theaters could be an attempt to refocus the brand and boost profits in a crowded streaming landscape. But it’s a gamble. Fans didn’t invest teir time in three seasons of The Mandalorian just for it to be wrapped up with one movie. There’s still a lot of emotional and narrative ground left to cover.
So while nothing is officially confirmed, there’s a chance we may have seen the last of The Mandalorian as a Disney+ series. Whether that’s a savvy pivot or a major misstep depends entirely on how The Mandalorian & Grogu performs when it hits theaters.
The Mandalorian & Grogu hits theaters May 22, 2026.