The Mandalorian season 2 release date, trailer and more

The Mandalorian season 2 is streaming now on Disney Plus. Baby Yoda and his bounty hunter dad are back for more adventures in the galaxy far, far away. The season has concluded, so we're gathering everything you need to know about The Mandalorian season 3.

The Mandalorian season 2 expands the storytelling from the first installment, exploring new planets, introducing new faces and throwing new obstacles at Mando and Baby Yoda. 

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Here’s everything we know about The Mandalorian season 2.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 1 of The Mandalorian! Speaking of, there's a new Mandalorian recap video from Disney Plus to get you caught up.

The Mandalorian season 2 release date 

The Mandalorian season 2 premiered October 30. Disney Plus first announced the date on Twitter:

Like season 1, The Mandalorian season 2 episodes dropped weekly on Fridays.

The Mandalorian season 2 trailer

On Oct. 19, Disney Plus released a new "first look" Mandalorian season 2 trailer. It's just a minute long, but it provides a sneak peek at Mando's reunion with Greef Karga and Cara Dune, Mando taking Baby Yoda to a boxing match that's "no place for a child" and, of course, Baby Yoda being cute.

The first official trailer for The Mandalorian season 2 reveals that Mando's next mission is to actually return The Child to its people. Yes, that means finding the Jedi. 

But Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) isn't giving up on his quest to take Baby Yoda back, and own whatever secrets are in its body.

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The Mandalorian season 2 cast 

The Mandalorian season 2 cast is headlined by Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, the titular bounty hunter, and a puppet as Baby Yoda.

A The Hollywood Reporter report revealed that Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, joined the cast of The Mandalorian season 2. Morrison is playing Jango's son Boba Fett from the original trilogy, which seems to confirm that Boba Fett survived falling into the sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi. According to the report, Boba Fett will play a small role in the show, but we're eager to see how he's connected to our titular character. 

An Entertainment Weekly cover story also noted talk about Katee Sackoff playing a live-action Bo-Katan Kryze, the Mandalorian leader who wielded the Darksaber. 

The only casting that has been confirmed by Disney Plus is Michael Biehn.

The Mandalorian newbies will join the series regulars from season 1, including Gina Carano as former shock trooper Cara Dunne; Carl Weathers as bounty hunter guild leader Greef Karga; and Giancarlo Esposito as the villainous Moff Gideon. 

Ahsoka in The Mandalorian season 2

There's one bit of casting news we didn't mention above: SlashFilm reported that Rosario Dawson will play a live-action version of Ahsoka Tano, the padawan apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, who has only been seen as an animated chararcter in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels. 

Earlier this year, Dawson told Variety that it's "not confirmed yet but when that happens, I will be very happy." She went on to add "I’m very excited for that to be confirmed at some point" and said it would be "a million and one percent because of the fans."

She was also heard by Rey as a Jedi voice in Rise of Skywalker (in all three cases, voiced by Ashley Eckstein).

The Mandalorian season 2 directors 

The Mandalorian season 1 was largely written and executive produced by Jon Favreau (with contributions from Dave Filoni of The Clone Wars/Rebels fame and Christopher Yost), though a group of directors took the helm for different episodes. The first season’s directors included Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taikia Watiti.

It seems The Mandalorian season 2 will take the same approach. As reported by SlashFilm, Favreau confirmed that he will be directing at least one episode himself and EW confirms it will be episode 1. Carl Weathers, who plays Greef Carga, will be getting in the director's chair for an episode. 

On Star Wars Day 2020, other Mandalorian episode directors revealed their participation in season 2. Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids," "Sin City") tweeted that he got to direct the biggest star in the world, aka Baby Yoda:

Peyton Reed (the "Ant-Man" movies) posted an image of his director's chair with Mando's helmet on it:

The Mandalorian season 2 plot: What to expect 

We don’t have an official synopsis for The Mandalorian season 2 just yet, but the season 1 finale sets up some obvious plot threads. Season 1 ends with Din Djarin setting off with The Child to find its home world and hopefully discover the mysterious, tiny green species that it and Yoda belong to. That could set up some very interesting interactions and huge universe-spanning revelations, and may set the stage for more Force wielders — and even Jedi — to make an appearance in season 2.

Meanwhile, we know that Greef and Cara are sticking around on Nevarro, and that Greef would like Cara to be his enforcer within the Guild. That should lead to some fun and dysfunctional buddy-cop action, especially since Cara doesn’t seem too fond of the grizzled bounty hunter. Weathers told EW that the two grow close enough to "almost finish each other’s sentences."

We also know that Moff Gideon survived his TIE Fighter crash at the hands of Din and is packing a deadly Darksaber, which could make things very hairy for Greef and Cara. Gideon possessing the Darksaber is significant, as the unique, black-light lightsaber was first forged by Tarre Vizsla, the first-ever Mandalorian Jedi. Here's hoping we get some backstory as to how Gideon got his hands on one. If Sackoff's casting as Bo-Katan Kryze is true, then she could play a big part in that tale.

It’s worth keeping in mind that The Mandalorian season 2 should push us further into the timeline towards the events of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. While this is purely speculative, this could allow Favreau and crew to give us a look at the origins of both The First Order and The Resistance from Din’s point of view.

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