Though The Book of Boba Fett certainly felt like The Mandalorian season 2.5, we technically haven’t seen Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in his own show for a full two years—not since a certain Jedi showed up with an offer to train a certain tiny green friend.
All that’s behind us after Boba Fett, but there’s still the matter of the Darksaber, the entire troubled planet of Mandalore, Din’s cult-like upbringing, oh, you know, just some small stuff for him to deal with. And now we know when that story will start: The Mandalorian’s third season premieres on March 1, 2023.
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We got a teaser trailer for the third season before the release date, and what a tease it was. The tensions between different Mandalorian factions seem likely to come to a head: The Armorer (Emily Swallow) says Din is no longer a Mandalorian (he took his helmet off!), but Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) is thankfully around to give him a little education in Mandalorian history and culture. Which he’s probably going to need, given that in order to be reinstated as a Mandalorian according to The Way, he needs to bathe “in the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore”—a trifle difficult given that the planet was essentially destroyed.
Mandalore’s history is tantalizing stuff, especially to those of us who watched The Clone Wars, so this season looks incredibly promising. The cast will expand a bit this time around to include both Christopher Lloyd (in a mysterious role) and Babu Frik (the little droid mechanic introduced in The Rise of Skywalker). Amy Sedaris, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, and Temuera Morrison are all returning,.
The Mandalorian starts streaming March 1, 2023, on Disney+.