Star Wars: The Mandalorian

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Genre	Space Western · Action
Broadcast	November 12, 2019 – April 19, 2023
Episodes	SEASON 1 8 episodes SEASON 2 8 episodes SEASON 3 8 episodes
Production	Lucasfilm Fairview Entertainment Golem Creations[1]
Creator	Jon Favreau
Starring	Pedro Pascal
Composer	Ludwig Göransson
Network	Disney+
Feature film	The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

Star Wars: The Mandalorian, titled on-screen simply as The Mandalorian,^[2] is an American live-action space Western television series developed by Lucasfilm for the streaming service Disney+.^[3] Part of the Star Wars franchise, it was created by Jon Favreau, is the first live-action series in the franchise, and premiered on November 12, 2019.^[4] Set about five years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, the series follows Din Djarin, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter, and his growing bond with a Force-sensitive foundling later named Grogu.^[4][3] The show launched an interconnected slate of New Republic-era stories spanning several Disney+ series.^[5]

Set in the years following the fall of the Galactic Empire, The Mandalorian follows a solitary bounty hunter operating in the lawless Outer Rim of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic. Hired to retrieve a mysterious asset, he instead chooses to protect the Force-sensitive child in his charge, setting the two on a journey across the galaxy while pursued by remnants of the Empire led by Moff Gideon.^[3]

The series is noted for its emphasis on parenthood and found family, exploring themes of sacrifice and duty through the relationship between Din Djarin and Grogu.

• Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, the titular Mandalorian, a taciturn bounty hunter bound by a strict creed.
• Grogu (nicknamed "the Child" or "Baby Yoda"), a Force-sensitive foundling of the same species as Yoda, realized through animatronics and puppetry.
• Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, a former Imperial officer seeking to capture Grogu.
• Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze, a Mandalorian warrior and claimant to the throne of Mandalore.
• Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, the head of a bounty hunters' guild.
• Emily Swallow as The Armorer, spiritual leader of Din Djarin's covert.

Notable guest appearances include Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett, and Mark Hamill as a digitally de-aged Luke Skywalker.^[6]

The series comprises three seasons of eight episodes each, for a total of 24 episodes.

Season overview

Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
Season 1	8	November 12, 2019	December 27, 2019
Season 2	8	October 30, 2020	December 18, 2020
Season 3	8	March 1, 2023	April 19, 2023

The Mandalorian was a pioneer of StageCraft (informally, "the Volume"), a virtual-production technology developed by Industrial Light & Magic in partnership with Epic Games. The system surrounds a 75-foot performance space with a 20-foot-high, 270-degree LED video wall and ceiling that display real-time, perspective-correct digital environments, allowing actors to perform inside a rendered location rather than in front of a green screen; more than half of the first season was filmed this way, eliminating traditional location shoots.^[7] ILM subsequently developed StageCraft into a virtual-production service offered to other film and television productions.^[8]

The score was composed by Ludwig Göransson, whose work on the series won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series in both 2020 and 2021.^[9]

The series was met with widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual effects, action sequences, musical score, and the popularity of Grogu. Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus for the first season, at a 93% score, called it "action-packed and expertly-crafted" and "a welcome addition to the Star Wars universe."^[10] In the week of December 14–20, 2020, its second season became the first program on a platform other than Netflix to top Nielsen's weekly streaming rankings, with 1.34 billion minutes viewed;^[11] across 2020 as a whole the series accumulated an estimated 14.5 billion minutes viewed, per Nielsen's year-end data.^[12]

According to the Television Academy, The Mandalorian has earned 48 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and 15 wins, including awards for visual effects, sound, cinematography, music composition, stunts, and production design.^[9]

A theatrical feature film, The Mandalorian and Grogu, continues the story of Din Djarin and Grogu. Directed by Jon Favreau and released on May 22, 2026, it follows the pair as the New Republic enlists them to help combat scattered Imperial warlords.^[13]

The Mandalorian anchors a group of interconnected New Republic-era productions, including:

• The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
• Ahsoka (2023–present)
• Skeleton Crew (2024)

Filmmaker Dave Filoni is developing a feature film that will focus on the New Republic and "close out the interconnected stories" told in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and other Disney+ series.^[5]

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1. The Mandalorian, on-screen production credits (Lucasfilm / Fairview Entertainment / Golem Creations, 2019–2023).
2. Title established on-screen. The title card of the premiere episode (Chapter 1: The Mandalorian, November 12, 2019) reads simply The Mandalorian; Lucasfilm's official productions listing gives the full title as Star Wars: The Mandalorian. See [https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/the-mandalorian/ Lucasfilm — Productions: Star Wars: The Mandalorian].
3. "Star Wars: The Mandalorian." Lucasfilm — Productions. [https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/the-mandalorian/ lucasfilm.com]. Retrieved July 2026.
4. "Everything We Know About The Mandalorian So Far." StarWars.com (official). [https://www.starwars.com/news/everything-we-know-about-the-mandalorian starwars.com/news/everything-we-know-about-the-mandalorian]. Retrieved July 2026.
5. "SWCE 2023: Three New Star Wars Movies Announced." StarWars.com (official). [https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films]. Retrieved July 2026.
6. The Mandalorian, "Chapter 9: The Marshal", "Chapter 13: The Jedi", and "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (Lucasfilm, 2020), on-screen credits.
7. "Groundbreaking LED Stage Production Technology Created for Hit Lucasfilm Series The Mandalorian." ILM.com (official). [https://www.ilm.com/groundbreaking-led-stage-production-technology-created-for-hit-lucasfilm-series-the-mandalorian/ ilm.com]. Retrieved July 2026.
8. "StageCraft." ILM.com (official). [https://www.ilm.com/stagecraft/ ilm.com/stagecraft]. Retrieved July 2026.
9. "The Mandalorian." Television Academy (official). [https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/mandalorian televisionacademy.com/shows/mandalorian]. Retrieved July 2026.
10. "The Mandalorian: Season 1 — Critics Consensus." Rotten Tomatoes. [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_mandalorian/s01 rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_mandalorian/s01]. Retrieved July 2026.
11. "'The Mandalorian' Becomes First Non-Netflix Show to Top Nielsen Streaming Chart." The Hollywood Reporter. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/the-mandalorian-becomes-first-non-netflix-show-to-top-nielsen-streaming-chart hollywoodreporter.com]. Retrieved July 2026.
12. "Nielsen says The Office was the most popular streaming series of 2020." TechCrunch (reporting Nielsen year-end data). [https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/12/nielsen-says-the-office-was-the-most-popular-streaming-series-of-2020 techcrunch.com]. Retrieved July 2026.
13. "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu." StarWars.com — Films (official). [https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu starwars.com/films/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu]. Retrieved July 2026.