What is “The Mandalorian”?

As production began on Jon Favreau’s new Star Wars series for Disney’s streaming service, details about the project were finally revealed. Favreau released a post on Instagram revealing the name and first synopsis of the series, The Mandalorian.

Not long after, a list of the directors involved hit the internet, revealing Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones, Better Call Saul), Bryce Dallas Howard, and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) as part of the project, alongside Dave Filoni, a major creative force behind Star Wars Rebels and The Clone Wars. A photo of the titular character was also released.

Ashley, Dylan and Nick gave their thoughts on the project on the latest What Do You Wanna Watch? and theorised how it could fit into the Star Wars canon.

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Ashley: Apparently they are filming at the moment. It is in production.

Dylan: They’re filming and the filming started when they announced it.

Ashley: And the craziest thing is we don’t know who the Mandalorian is.

Dylan: Nope, we don’t know anything about the cast. We just got directors, one photo and that’s it.

Ashley: Okay, first question, is he going to be in a suit the whole entire time? Are we never going to see his face?

Dylan: No. He’ll get out of the suit all the time.

Ashley: Okay, second question. Dylan, what do you think?

Dylan: I’m not too fussed at the moment because I don’t like the name. I think it’s a pretty boring name. “The Mandalorian”. Okay…

Nick: Will he be an actual Mandalorian? He or she?

Dylan: I think it’s possible that it’s a real Mandalorian. Well, the rumour at the moment is that Pedro Pascal is the person playing it.

Ashley: Of Game of Thrones and Narcos.

Dylan: So if they’re calling it The Mandalorian, it has to be a real Mandalorian or everyone will just make fun of them because that wouldn’t make any sense. We now know what the Mandalorians were doing thanks to Star Wars Rebels throughout that era, the original trilogy era. They were pushed under the rule of the Empire and pretty much were fighting with the Empire. Then they have the whole thing on Rebels where they fight for the planet and all sorts of things. However, I still think it is a stupid name, just calling it The Mandalorian. That doesn’t really say much. I think the Jon Favreau synopsis is kind of bland. A lone gunman — blah blah blah. Okay cool. And that’s all we got. Sure. The photo’s cool. It is someone in cool armour, but here’s the thing. The only reason people like Boba Fett is because the armour in general is cool. So this character looks as cool as Boba Fett because Mandalorian armour just looks cool. It’s designed fucking cool.

Ashley: If there’s one thing those Mandalorians know how to do, it’s to look cool.

Dylan: It’s how to look fucking cool. Yeah that’s right. So I need to know more about the story, I need to know exactly what the bigger premise is outside a lone gunman. Is it an antihero? Is it a legit bad guy? Is it a good guy? I don’t know. So at the moment my excitement level is “It’s Star Wars”, so yes I’ll watch it either way, but it’s not above that.

Nick: I’m about the same. I’m going to watch it but I’m not jizzing in my pants over it.

Dylan: I feel like I said that more eloquently.

Nick: I like to talk real talk, speak to the people.