It’s going to be a happy new year for Star Wars fans: The Mandalorian spin-off The Book of Boba Fett has been given a release date, along with some key art from Disney +!
The show - first teased in a post credits scene in Mandalorian’s season 2 finale - will debut on the streaming channel on Wednesday29th December 2021, kicking off Disney Plus’ new year with a bang.
The Book of Boba Fett centers around Temeura Morrison’s fan-favourite Bounty Hunter (played by Jeremy Bulloch in the Original Trilogy) as he teams up with mercenary Fennec Shand (played by a returning Ming-Na Wen) to take over the territory once ruled over by the odious Jabba The Hutt on Tatooine.
This will be only the second live-action Star Wars show to arrive from the streamer and the first of three spin-offs from The Mandalorian: Ashoka and Rangers of The New Republic are expected to follow soon.
And more Star Wars episodic television will follow those - Disney has no less than eleven new shows planned set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. These include The Mandalorian Season 3 in 2022, starring Pedro Pascal, an Obi-Wan series starring Ewan McGregor and the recently wrapped Andor, starring Diego Luna in this prequel series to successful Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and executive producer Dave Filoni are also serving as EPs on The Book of Boba Fett, alongside Robert Rodriguez, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist and Carrie Beck are co-exec producers, with John Bartnicki producing and John Hampian as co-producer.
We’ll have more on these shows as they develop. In the meantime, take a look at our thoughts on Season 2 of The Mandalorian. All-new Star Wars content is available on Disney + and you can subscribe here.
