5 upcoming Disney Plus Star Wars shows (Update - The Bad Batch announced) - Android
Update: July 13, 2020 – We have updated this post with the first information on the newly announced addition to the Disney Plus Star Wars shows, the Clone Wars animated spin-off The Bad Batch.
The Rise of Skywalker will be the last Star Wars feature film from Disney until at least late 2022. However, fans of the sci-fi/fantasy franchise will still get plenty of new live-action content over the next few years. That’s because there are a ton of upcoming Disney Plus Star Wars shows in the works.
The streaming service is already home to most of the feature films, and it will have all of them by mid-2020. However, Disney Plus struck it big with the release of its hit Star Wars TV spin-off The Mandalorian in November. Now, as Disney Plus has launched in Europe and India, even more people will be able to officially watch The Mandalorian and his lovable companion, “the child.” They will also be able to watch the all-new seventh and final season of the acclaimed animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
But what lies ahead for Disney Plus Star Wars shows? Let’s use the Force (or rather, previous announcements from Disney) to see into the future and get the info on the service’s plans for perhaps the biggest pop culture franchise of all time.
Even before the first season dropped on Disney Plus, plans were afoot for season 2 of The Mandalorian. It’s certainly the biggest of the upcoming Disney Plus Star Wars shows. Pedro Pascal will return as the (most of the time) helmet-covered bounty hunter. It’s more than likely that “the child” (aka Baby Yoda) will still be by Mando’s side. Season 2 will hopefully let us find out more about the child and why everyone in the Star Wars universe wants to get him. Disney has said that the series will be shown on the service in October 2020, and it won’t be delayed by the current COVID-19 outbreak.
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While most of the storyline for season 2 is still a secret, some elements have leaked out. Variety reported that Rosario Dawson has been cast in the role of Ahsoka Tano. Ahsoka was, and still is one of the biggest characters in The Clone Wars animated series. The former Padawan apprentice of Anakin Skywalker has also appeared in the Star Wars: Rebels animated series. This will be the character’s first appearance in a Star Wars live-action project. It’s likely not a coincidence that Dave Filoni, the main director of The Clone Wars and the creator of Rebels, is also an executive producer, director, and writer on The Mandalorian.
Rosario Dawson might look the part, but her voice likely won’t match up to the Ahsoka Tano we’ve known on the animated series. Ahsoka has been voiced by Ashley Eckstein since the character’s debut in The Clone Wars animated movie back in 2007. Will Dawson voice Ahsoka to the best of her abilities? Will Eckstein voice Ahsoka over Dawson’s live-action role à la Sam Witwer and Ray Park as Maul in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story? Unfortunately nothing has been confirmed yet.
Many Hollywood industry reports claim that Boba Fett, the bounty hunter from the original Star Wars movie trilogy that wore armor similar to The Mandalorian, will be appearing in some way in season 2 of the series. Furthermore, The Hollywood Reporter claims Temuera Morrison, who played Boba’s dad Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, will take on Boba Fett in the series. Morrison has already voiced Boba Fett in the recently remastered versions of the original Star Wars trilogy.
However, there may be a twist to this story. There are other reports that actor Timothy Olyphant has joined season 2 as well. There’s no word on what character he might be playing yet. However, the /Film site claims Olyphant was spotted wearing the Boba Fett armor while he was filming. It’s likely that Olyphant plays a character who found the armor on Tatooine after the events of Return of the Jedi, and decided to keep it. That should make for an interesting episode.
If you have seen The Mandalorian season 1 finale (spoiler alert), you saw Imperial governor Moff Gideon cut himself out of his wrecked TIE fighter. However, he used a different kind of lightsaber that emitted a black blade with a white border. Gideon was using the Darksaber, which first appeared in The Clone Wars animated show as a weapon held in high regard by the Mandalorian people. Why does Moff Gideon have it if he’s not a Mandalorian? That will hopefully be explained in season 2.
Also, Gina Carano has confirmed she will return to the series, playing the ex-Rebel forces soldier (and now mercenary) Cara Dune.
Filoni will direct at least one episode of The Mandalorian season 2, as will the show’s creator Jon Favreau. In addition, Carl Weathers, who played Mando’s bounty hunter guild leader Greef Kreega in the first season, will direct an episode for the second season.
The success of The Mandalorian has apparently caused Disney to think about additional Disney Plus Star Wars shows that could be spun off from this hit series. In February 2020, Variety reported that then-Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that the company is looking to add more new characters to the show. If popular, these characters could become stars of their own series. No specifics have been mentioned.
Even though season 2 of The Mandalorian won’t debut until October on Disney Plus, Variety reports that writing and pre-production has started on season 3. It would appear that Disney is pleased with the success of the first season, and the completed footage of season 2, to approve a third season of the series. Assuming the show is not affected by COVID-19 delays, production could start by the end of 2020 or early 2021, with a release in late 2021.
Another one of the big Disney Plus Star Wars shows in the works will focus on two of the most memorable characters in the film Rogue One
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