The Mandalorian Season 3 has reached its conclusion, tying up some loose plot threads while piquing our interest in the future. And because we had to wait almost 2.5 years just to get 8 new episodes of this show, we are greedily wondering how long we’re going to have to wait to see the continuing adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu.
Seriously, Jon Favreau — ! How long are we going to have to wait before we see more of our favorite clan of two? Sure, the whole global pandemic thing probably delayed production on Season 3 significantly (and maybe gave us The Book of Boba Fett instead?). Does that mean that we should expect to see Season 4 sooner; rather than way, way later?
Here’s what we know about The Mandalorian Season 4 — starting with what we know about how The Mandalorian Season 3 wrapped up.
Shockingly, The Mandalorian Season 3 does not end on a cliffhanger. In fact, it ends as far from a cliffhanger as one can get — like, literally on a prairie. The Imperial Remnant faction led by Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) was pretty soundly defeated, what with their outpost on Mandalore being crushed under the weight of Bo-Katan Kryze’s fleet’s capital ship. Gideon himself was caught up in that explosion and is most definitely dead (unless Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, or any other Star Wars decision-maker wants to bring Esposito back).
We learned about his master plan to clone himself and give him a bonus Force ability grafted onto his genetics from Grogu’s DNA sample; Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) ruined all of Gideon’s clones, BTW.
The united Mandalorian factions took back Mandalore and, despite some rumors and fan theories about there being a traitor in their midst, everyone remained allies. Who were the titular “spies” in last week’s episode, “Chapter 23: The Spies”? TBA!
Din Djarin got himself a new family, a new job, and a new home. He formally adopted Grogu as his son, meaning that Baby Yoda now goes by Din Grogu. Now that Grogu is formally Djarin’s Mandalorian apprentice, it’s the adult’s job to take the kid on adventures and show him the way of the Mandalore.
Those adventures will pay (Din Djarin’s a bounty hunter, what’d you expect?), but they will be billed to the New Republic on the down low. Djarin and Grogu rolled up into the New Republic pilots’ bar and made pilot Carson Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) an offer: they’ll hunt down Imperial Remnants for pay.
Din Djarin and Grogu returned to Nevarro. After securing the part they needed all along from a scrapped assassin droid being used as decoration at the pilots’ bar, TGI Friday’s-style, Djarin presented Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) with a fully restored IG-11 (Taika Waititi) to act as the town’s marshal. Karga then gifted Djarin with a plot of land and a cabin for him to hole up in with Grogu between adventures.
And that’s where we leave everyone! The Mandalorians have a home on Mandalore. Moff Gideon has been defeated. And Din Djarin and Din Grogu have a new home and a new status quo. All the rest of the plot threads, like Grand Admiral Thrawn, will be dealt with in Star Wars: Ahsoka this August.
Good news: Jon Favreau has already completed the scripts for The Mandalorian Season 4. The less-good news is that instead of getting to work on the season right away, there seems to be a bit of a delay while pre-production continues. Executive producers Rick Famuyiwa and Dave Filoni were cagey on the matter, but filming on The Mandalorian Season 4 might begin by the end of 2023. In the past, Seasons 1-3 all started principal photography in the first two weeks of October. In the case of Seasons 1 and 2, they premiered a year later. By this logic, we can expect Season 4 to premiere roughly a year after filming begins. So if filming on Season 4 begins in late 2023, then we can probably expect to see Season 4 in late 2024 at the earliest.
Decider will be sure to update this article as new information about The Mandalorian Season 4’s release date is revealed.