The Pressure is stronger than ever with live-action Star Wars TV series.
That will help you maintain tabs on the double-secret formally introduced information in addition to a few of the stronger rumors, TVLine — at the price of precisely zero Bothans’ lives! — has compiled this helpful database of the live-action sequence which have debuted or been introduced to date, and the place every one stands with casting, filming and scheduled launch dates.
This record does not embody however of is supplemental to any animated choices, resembling The Bad Batch (which unspooled Season 2 in January/February/March 2023), the animé anthology Visions (which can launch Quantity 2 on Could the Fourth) and the upcoming Tales of the Jedi and Young Jedi Adventures sequence.
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AHSOKA
Picture Credit score: YouTube screenshot WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Ahsoka follows the previous Jedi knight (who made her live-action debut throughout Season 2 of The Mandalorian and subsequently appeared in The E book of Boba Fett) as she investigates an rising menace to the weak New Republic.
WHEN IS IT SET?: Through the publish–Return of the Jedi reconstruction period — similar as The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett.
CONFIRMED CAST: Rosario Dawson (as Ahsoka), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (as fan-favorite character Sabine Wren), Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Twi’lek rebellion member Hera Syndulla, Genevieve O’Reilly (Rogue One, Andor) as Mon Mothma, Ray Stevenson (Black Sails) as Baylan Skolland, Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati,… and a droid named Chopper.
PREMIERE DATE: Season 1 will premiere in August 2023; watch trailer above.
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STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of Lucasfilm WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Hailing from Spider-Man: No Method Residence director Jon Watts and Spider-Man: Homecoming author Chris Ford, Skeleton Crew is a few group of youngsters misplaced in the Star Wars galaxy looking for their manner dwelling. But whereas it stars and is about children, Skeleton Crew is “as a lot for teenagers as The Clone Wars,“ exec producer Dave Filoni stated on the 2022 Star Wars Celebration.
WHEN IS IT SET?: Through the post-Return of the Jedi reconstruction following the Empire’s demise (similar as The Mandalorian, The E book of Boba Fett and the upcoming Ahsoka sequence).
WHO’S DIRECTING?: Watts, The Daniels (The whole lot All over the place All at As soon as), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Mandalorian), David Lowery (The Inexperienced Knight), Jake Scherier (Lodge 49, BEEF) and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, The Mandalorian) helmed the episodes.
CONFIRMED CAST: Jude Regulation (The Third Day), Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Ravi Cabot-Conyers (#BlackAF), Kyriana Kratter (BUNK’D) and Robert Timothy Smith.
FILMING STATUS: Put up-production was underway as of April 2023.
PREMIERE DATE: Someday in 2023.
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THE ACOLYTE
Picture Credit score: Lee Jung-Jae and Amandla Stenberg (Twitter.com/StarWars) WHEN IS IT SET?: About 100 years previous to Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: From Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland, this thriller thriller mystery-thriller will “take viewers right into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising dark-side powers within the closing days of the Excessive Republic period. A former Padawan reunites together with her Jedi Grasp to research a sequence of crimes, however the forces they confront are extra sinister than they ever anticipated.”
CONFIRMED CAST: Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) because the aforementioned Padawan, Lee Jung-jae (Squid Recreation) as a Jedi Grasp, Joonas Suotamo (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as a Wookiee Jedi, Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Dafne Eager (His Darkish Supplies), Jodie Turner-Smith (The Final Ship), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (Recreation of Thrones) and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix).
FILMING STATUS: 4 episodes have been completed as of Star Wars Celebration 2023.
PREMIERE DATE: On monitor for a 2024 launch date.
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ANDOR (Season 2)
Picture Credit score: ‘Andor’ (Courtesy of Disney+) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: A prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Andor in its first season adopted the titular Cassian (once more performed by Diego Luna) as his homicide (one unintended, the opposite cold-blooded) of two “corpo” guards led him on a path to fulfill Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), a key member within the budding Resistance motion. Cassian helped out with the main heist of an Imperial payroll, however even after escaping wound up imprisoned. Following a jail escape, Cass made his manner dwelling to Ferrix, for his mom’s funeral, and managed to elude seize by the various factions looking him. Because the season got here to an in depth, he joined Luthen on his Fondor craft, prepared to help the Resistance additional.
WHEN IS IT SET?: Season 1 was set 5 years previous to the occasions of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and spanned one 12 months. Season 2 shall be one other 12 episodes and span the remaining 4 years main as much as Rogue One.
CONFIRMED (OR AT LEAST ASSUMED) CAST: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly (as Mon Mothma), Denise Gough (Dedra) and Kyle Soller (Syril); presumably Forest Whitaker (Noticed Gerrera) and Adria Arjona (Bix).
HOW MANY EPISODES: 12
PREMIERE DATE: On monitor for an August 2024 release date.
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THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT (Season 2)
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of Disney+ WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In Season 1, which debuted Dec. 29, 2021, the legendary, eponymous bounty hunter (performed by Temuera Morrison) and mercenary Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) navigated the galaxy’s underworld once they returned to the sands of Tatooine to stake their declare on the territory as soon as dominated by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
WHEN IS IT SET: Save for flashbacks/”recollections” set shortly after Fett’s seeming demise in Return of the Jedi, a lot of the motion befell throughout the identical timeline as The Mandalorian.
COULD THERE BE A SEASON 2?: There have been zero indicators at Star Wars Celebration 2022, however…. “There’s no official word just yet,” sequence lead Morrison instructed our sister website Selection after the present’s panel Q&A. “They filmed it prefer it might simply be a pleasant guide and we’ve learn the guide.”
UPDATE: The ultimate two episodes of The Mandalorian Season 3 is claimed to “resolve” the events of Boba Fett Season 1. Additionally, a feature film directed by Star Wars Rebels creator and The Mandalorian EP Dave Filoni will ship a “culminating occasion” for The Mandalorian, Boba Fett and the upcoming Ahsoka sequence.
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THE MANDALORIAN (Season 4)
Picture Credit score: Twitter screenshot WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Given the occasions of The E book of Boba Fett Episode 5 — the place Din Djarin was instructed by the Armorer that he “is a Mandalorian no extra,” as a result of he had eliminated his helmet/proven his face to others — and judging by the trailer above, Season 3 of Disney+’s flagship Star Wars sequence will discover Mando, with Grogu in tow, zipping round in his Naboo N-1 starfighter and aiming to reclaim his standing by visiting the “residing waters” within the mines below Mandalore. One thing which Bo Katan may not be too eager about!
CONFIRMED SEASON 3 CAST: Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Amy Sedaris and Giancarlo Esposito
PREMIERE DATE: Season 3 premiered on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
WILL THERE BE A SEASON 4?: Franchise boss Jon Favreau stated in February 2023 that he had already written Season 4 — and that gained’t essentially be the tip, both. “I like for these tales to go on and on…,” he instructed Total Film. “I’m wanting ahead to doing far more.”
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LANDO
Picture Credit score: Courtesy of LucasFilm WHAT IT’S ABOUT: “The galaxy’s favorite scoundrel” is all that was stated when the sequence was introduced to be in early growth in December 2020. Justin Simien (Pricey White Individuals) is creating the “occasion sequence.”
WHEN IS IT SET: TBA
CONFIRMED CAST: Donald Glover, who performed a younger Lando Calrissian in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, seeeeemed to substantiate his involvement throughout a March 2022 go to to Jimmy Kimmel Stay. “Am I [working on the series]?” he responded to Kimmel’s fishing expedition with an enormous grin. “No, yeah, I’ve lots of issues [going on]…. I’ve like a ton of stuff I’ve been engaged on.”
Then in April 2023, Glover stated (within the video above, on the mark), “We’re speaking about it,” earlier than including: “That’s as a lot as I can say with out [Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy looking me down.”
RUMORED CAST: Billy Dee Williams, who after all performed the position in Star Wars Episodes V, VI and IX, and Solo star Alden Ehrenreich.
FILMING STATUS: “It is advisable ask Donald. He’s the one which holds all of the playing cards right here,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy instructed CinemaBlend at Star Wars Celebration 2022. “But there’s no movement. I’ll say that truthfully. Nevertheless it’s not for lack of attempting.” Kennedy alluded to Glover’s different commitments, including that Lucasfilm is “patiently ready.”
PREMIERE DATE: Very a lot TBD
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OBI-WAN KENOBI (Season 2)
Picture Credit score: Disney+ screenshot WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In Obi-Wan Season 1, after spending a decade retaining a low profile on Tatooine whereas covertly checking in on wee Luke Skywalker, the titular former Jedi grasp (performed by the prequel trilogy’s Ewan McGregor) risked publicity/execution so as to rescue a kidnapped, pint-sized Leia Organa (Waco‘s Vivien Lyra Blair).
WHEN IS IT SET?: Season 1 was set 10 years after the occasions of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.
SEASON 1 CAST: McGregor, Blair, Hayden Christensen (as Darth Vader), Moses Ingram (Reva/Third Sister), Joel Edgerton (Owen Lars), Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars), Kumail Nanjiani (Haja), Indira Varma (Tala), Rupert Buddy (Grand Inquisitor), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (TBD), Sung Kang (Fifth Brother), Simone Kessell (Breha Organa) and Benny Safdie (Nari)
COULD THERE BE A SEASON 2?: Nothing has been officially announced. McGregor has repeatedly stated he’s open to it, whereas chief creatives in addition to Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy have stated there would must be a compelling purpose/story. (READ MORE)
