“The Mandalorian” S3 New Trailer & Poster

By
Garth Franklin
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Lucasfilm

Disney+ kicks off “Star Wars” in 2023 with the third season of “The Mandalorian”, which will hit the streaming service on March 1st. Ahead of that release, Lucasfilm has dropped a new trailer and poster for the eight-episode run.

In a change from previous years, creator Jon Favreau wrote all eight episodes of the season – co-writing the third with Noah Kloor and the fourth and seventh with Dave Filoni.

The season picks up after the events of “The Book of Boba Fett” with Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu travelling to Mandalore so he can redeem himself for his transgressions of removing his helmet.

Several guest stars return this year, including Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Emily Swallow as ‘The Armorer’, Omid Abtahi as Dr. Pershing, Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Carson Teva, and Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze.

They are joined by Christopher Lloyd and Tim Meadows in new roles. In addition, the character of Babu Frik from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will appear along with other members of his species.

Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa and Weathers direct episodes of the new season which is promised to be bigger in scope with more space battles and more Mandalorians. In addition, they’ve just announced “Black Panther” cinematographer Rachel Morrison, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” director Peter Ramsey, and “Burning” filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung as helmers of episodes in the new run.

A fourth season of the series is already in development, whilst this arrives ahead of both “Star Wars: Ahsoka” and “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”, both due to arrive on the Disney+ service later this year. Filming on “Star Wars: The Acolyte” and a second season of “Star Wars: Andor” are both underway in the UK at present.