Star Wars Insider – July 2019

Mando

Mania

StreamingStarWars

Sets DebutDate

tarWars:TheMandalorian,

thefirstlive-actionStar

Warstelevisionseries,

willdebutontheall-

newDisney+streamingserviceon

November 12,2019.

Starring PedroPascalas an

armored, enigmaticgunslingerknown

only as the Mandalorian,theseries—

created by JonFavreauandDave

Filoni—will featureplanetsandalien

races new to theStarWarsgalaxy,

which the showrunnerspromisewill

delight both dedicatedfansandactas

the perfect entrypointforaudiences

new to Star Wars. Speakingduringa

Star Wars Celebrationpaneldedicated

to the new show,Favreauexplained

that he, Filoni,andthedozensof

creatives behindtheseries,wantedthe

show to “feelcompletelyconnected

and familiar”towhathasgonebefore.

The cast includesAmericanactress

and former mixedmartialartistsGina

Carano, whoportraysCaraDune,

a former shocktrooperstruggling

to reintegrateintosociety.Greef

Carga is playedbyveteranactorCarl

Weathers, whosaidof hischaracter,

“He’s lookingforsomeonetogoafter

a product hewantstobringtoa client

that’s worth alot,andthat’svery

valuable. Andguesswhohefinds?”

Weathers wentontosaythat,“The

Mando does whatneedstobedone.”

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Catch Star

Wars: The

Mandalorian

on Disney+

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