The Mandalorian Chapter 1

This quarantine is really just one long countdown until we can see The Child again, right?

Ahead of the season two premiere of The Mandalorian in October, Variety reports that pre-production has already begun on the third season of the Disney+ original series.

Unnamed sources report that creator Jon Favreau has been writing the third season and the Lucasfilm art department has spent the last few weeks working on concepts for the third installment of the hit show. Let’s hope there’s a whole lot of the precious little 50-year-old alien in store.

Luckily, Star Wars fans won’t need to wait too long for the return of Mando and The Child, with season two of The Mandalorian set to premiere on Disney+ in less than six months. The show finished production in early March before the COVID-19 pandemic set in, so the crisis is not expected to delay the release of the new season.

And not only are we in store for more Baby Yoda in season two, but also the first live-action appearance of Ahsoka Tano, the iconic double light-saber wielding Padawan leader previously only seen in the animated Star Wars series. The role will be played by Rosario Dawson, Variety confirmed.

Photo: Lucasfilm

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Marissa Silva

Marissa Silva

Marissa Silva is editor-in-chief of the Pop Insider and the Toy Insider, the leading consumer holiday gift guide and toy review and news website. As a professional toy reviewer and an industry expert, she consistently reports on toy, entertainment, and pop culture trends and hot products. In addition to digital content management, Marissa contributes feature-length articles to the Pop Insider and leading toy industry trade magazine The Toy Book, providing retailers, manufacturers, and licensors with information on the latest in toy news. Marissa has been featured on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, ABC World News Now, MSNBC, CBS, NY1, WPIX, and more. A board game fanatic and professional toy reviewer, she spends most of her free time shopping for superhero T-shirts, crushing at Mario Kart, and anxiously awaiting her Hogwarts acceptance letter. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @thattoygirl.

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