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Season 2 of The Mandalorian got here to its wild conclusion on Disney Plus Friday, shocking us all with a dramatic postcredits scene that units up a recent establishment within the Star Wars underworld and an thrilling teaser for a brand new Boba Fett spinoff present coming to the streaming service in December 2021, as confirmed by creator Jon Favreau throughout a Good Morning America look on Monday.
Let’s dive right into a wretched hive of SPOILERS. This present is about round 5 years after Return of the Jedi.
Assassin Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) bursts into the throne room of Jabba the Hutt’s former palace on Tatooine, the place Jabba’s Twi’lek majordomo Bib Fortuna (Matthew Wood) sits within the Hutt’s previous spot. Fennec kills his guards and frees a dancer.
Jabba was choked to demise by Leia Organa in Return of the Jedi, and Fortuna has apparently taken over because the planet’s crime lord. He’s additionally placed on some weight, suggesting he is been in cost for a while. It seems like he says “Maclunkey” (Huttese for “This’ll be the end of you”) shortly past Fennec enters — appears he Maclunkeyed too quickly.
Bounty hunter Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) follows shortly afterward, with Fortuna expressing shock at his return.
“Boba. I thought you were dead!” he says in Huttese. “I am so glad to see you. I had heard many rumors.”
The Twi’lek might be considerably much less glad after Boba weapons him down and sits on his throne. It appears Tatooine has a brand new crime lord.
“The Book of Boba Fett: Coming December 2021” — one more Disney Plus Star Wars present on prime of the many already introduced, Favreau confirmed.
It’ll star Morrison and Wen and be executive-produced by Favreau, Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez, and it is set inside the timeline of The Mandalorian. Favreau additionally confirmed that manufacturing on season 3 of The Mandalorian will start after The Book of Boba Fett is completed — so it may very well be some time earlier than we see Mando, Grogu and firm once more.
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