THE MANDALORIAN & DISNEY+ MARVEL SHOWS

Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy tapped Iron Man director Jon Favreau to shepherd and produce The Mandalorian, a live-action Star Wars TV show that’s just launched on the new Disney + Streaming Platform.

Pedro Pascal, who starred in Narcos and Game of Thrones, plays the titular Mandalorian, who’s a bounty-hunter and gunfighter. He runs into some trouble during a routine bounty collection which ends up taking a greater toll on his career than he’d intended.

It’s currently shooting it’s second season. Given the December 19th premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, there’ll be a Skywalker-less galaxy to explore in Star Wars films moving forward, so a detailed Star Wars universe-building exercise such as The Mandalorian is probably not a bad idea, in terms of establishing and growing characters that can show up in the next few films and cross paths with other newly created characters. Centering a tale on the galaxy’s underworld and its nefarious gangsters is also a great idea. Nick Nolte as a tiny alien farmer? Comedian Bill Burr as a mercenary? Taika Waititi as a bounty hunting droid? Werner Herzog as a shady gangster? TAKE. MY. MONEY.

Additionally, now that Disney+ has launched, there’s a detailed release schedule of Marvel Studios limited series which interconnect with the upcoming Marvel Studios movies. I’ll run through a few of these shows and mention the upcoming ones that are still in the planning stages.