Shortly after the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes began, we heard that The Mandalorian season 4 had already been written. Original plans called for the Disney+ series to start shooting in October, but with the dispute between studios and actors only reaching its end last week, it's been clear for a while that a delay was inevitable.
However, we may have a positive update today courtesy of two actors who are a key part of the hit Star Wars TV series.
The first comes our way from Katee Sackhoff; the Bo-Katan Kryze actress shared a shot of herself from season 3 and essentially confirmed she'll return as the Mandalorian warrior in the next batch of episodes.
Then, Din Djarin stunt performer and body double, Brendan Wayne, posted a photo on Instagram with the caption, "Only one thing is more exciting to me than the strike being over or season 4 of Mando getting ramped up and that is Season 2 of Coach Mando and the Lady Lancers."
Clearly, with the strikes over, actors are being told that they'll soon be needed to head back into a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
It seems unlikely cameras will begin rolling before 2023 is over, but when production does begin, will it be without lead star Pedro Pascal? Recently, it's been reported that the actor won't return as Din, with some going so far as to suggest he won't even voice the character moving forward.
As StarWarsNews.net explains, "This is absolute misinformation. It was all taken from a story by Bespin Bulletin, where it was argued that the actor will likely not go down to the sound stage a lot during production, as he still has to finish shooting Gladiator 2 and will be spending the first part of 2024 in Canada shooting the second season of The Last of Us"
This is nothing new as Pascal never actually set foot on the set of The Mandalorian season 3. The series has established that Din won't remove his helmet again, so the actor simply isn't needed beyond stepping into the recording booth at some point during post-production.
Bespin Bulletin has also chimed in to say, "Don’t expect him to be on the Mando set. He’ll be the voice. Just don’t expect him in the suit...I would expect him to show his face for the Filoni movie though. Big blockbuster - he’ll be all over it, as he should."
Stay tuned for more on The Mandalorian as we have it.