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Current leaks/rumors put together: Updated February 12, 2024

IMDb Check: February 23, 2024

DOCS TEAM NOTE [January 9, 2024]: According to Deadline and Variety, there is still a fourth season - separate from the
announced The Mandalorian & Grogu film - that is in development. Whether or not The Mandalorian & Grogu is the original plan
for Season 4 made into a feature film, that is currently unknown. We also don’t know if there is a brand new version of Season 4
that is being rewritten to precede or follow the announced film. And still just a rumor, there is no confirmation yet that the last two
episodes of Season 4 became the film, as reported by MakingStarWars. The Docs Team will continue to update these sections as
news comes in.

Series info ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 4

on Disney+ (Final Season?)
Premiere date: 2025 [Bespin Bulletin, MakingStarWars]

Timeline of release information:

● [December 5, 2023] “I had heard pre-strikes that The Mandalorian season four was planned for
2025 and still hear that it is still the case post strikes, just a little later than initially planned.”
[Bespin Bulletin]

There’s a ● [January 9, 2024] “At present, a fourth season of his hit series is also in development. “ [Deadline]

movie now? ● [January 9, 2024] “Currently in development on the fourth [season]. “ [Variety]
What about
season 4? ● [January 12, 2024] “Pre-strikes, Lucasfilm was intent on making season four of Mandalorian. The
scripts had all been written. During the Great Hollywood Break however, things got re-evaluated,
with plans shifting to the movie as the priority. What happens to season four now is unclear.”
[The Hollywood Reporter, Heat Vision]

● [January 15, 2024] “What’s going on with that series right now - there are crew members, some I
know and some I don’t know, who believed that they were to begin shooting already. They are all
being told different things - across the board.” [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [January 15, 2024] “Crew members and people related to the production believe it to be the case
[that Season 4 is in development]. Why are they telling the crew members the season is
happening? Why are they telling them the movie is a different thing? It’s very confusing.”
[MakingStarWars, stream]
 ● [January 19, 2024] 'The Mandalorian' crew are being told they are filming Season 4 first [Could
be decoy to keep movie under wraps] [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [February 6, 2024] Dave Filoni, asked if there still is a Season 4: “You know, there’s so much
spinning in the galaxy right now. You know me better than to commit to any one thing … I’m
excited about what we’re doing right now with the movie.” [Entertainment Tonight]

● [February 11, 2024] “A fourth season of the series is still planned, though following production
delays, Disney has not yet set a date for when we can expect new episodes.” [Collider]

Production Start date: TBA

● [May 16, 2023] “Filming on Season 4 of The Mandalorian has been slated to begin in September.
timeline While there is some breathing room, [we] hear filming will likely be delayed.” [Deadline]
End date:

PRE-PRODUCTION (PART 1):

● [September 20, 2020] Giancarlo Esposito Teases The Mandalorian Will Have Seasons 3 and 4:
'There's So Much to Explore' [People]

● [May 2022] At Star Wars Celebration 2022, Jon Favreau confirms Season 4 [Video]

❌
● [August 11, 2022] Season 4 filming in September 2022 [Production Weekly - quietly removed
from issue days later] INCORRECT (did not start filming in Sept. May have started
pre-production)

❌
● [November 4, 2022] Season 4 begins filming late this month. [u/ClearThrowAway22]
INCORRECT

● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “Films in the next 6 weeks” [4chan user] ❌INCORRECT
❌
● WILD RUMOR: [December 18, 2022] Will start principal photography in Q1 2023. [u/Bvilly0]
INCORRECT

● UPDATE: [February 20, 2023] Jon Favreau: “Season four? Yeah, I’ve written it already. We have
to know where we’re going to tell a fully formed story, so we mapped it out – Dave [Filoni] and I …
I was writing it [season four] during post-production [of season three], because all of it needs to
feel like a continuation and one full story … So to understand what’s happening on other shows,
even ‘Skeleton Crew’, all take place in the same Star Wars time period so there’s a lot more we
need to keep in mind, and stuff we’ve built up to from previous seasons of ‘The Mandalorian’ as
well.” [Jon Favreau, BFMTV Inside]

● [February 20, 2023] “Lucasfilm plans to have The Mandalorian Season 4 film in October 2023.”
[MakingStarWars]

● [February 20, 2023] “Hirings, props, and pre-production work have been happening for the last
few weeks. This season was written early because of an anticipated Writers Guild of America
strike.
○ Moff Gideon’s new Mandalorian armor is being remade. Gideon’s new Imperial Troopers
and Mando’s new jetpack have all been glimpsed by my eyes on the ground.
○ MSW sources have not seen any evidence the fourth season The Mandalorian will cost
any less than previous seasons.” [MakingStarWars]
 ● [February 22, 2023] “Favreau confirmed that they're looking at [concept] art from Doug Chiang
[and the art department] for Season 4.” [VirtuouScimitar, Twitter]

● [April 9, 2023] When asked about when Season 4 will film, Dave Filoni said: “I don’t know, that’s a
great question, very good question. I appreciate great questions, but I won’t answer that
question. I’m trying to be fair here, without giving anything away. I would say: Jon said he wrote it
all – not my words, his words, so that won’t get me in trouble." [Collider]

● [April 9, 2023] When asked if we could bet on The Mandalorian Season 4 filming this year, Dave
Filoni said: "It’s interesting – I’m going to say this and feel bad about it, but that’s a better wager
right now, maybe on more solid ground than if my Penguins are going to make playoffs because
we only have three games left, we’re one point behind, we gotta win out. That’s going to be
tough, but I believe in the boys. I think they can get it done, so, we’ll see. Maybe if the Penguins
make playoffs my answers will get better. So we all have that to look forward to. Otherwise,
you’re going to be bummed it’s going to take longer for me to write." [Collider]

● [April 9, 2023] Rick Famuyiwa on when Season 4 will film: "I mean, look, I don’t think it’s a secret
that Jon Favreau is excited about continuing to tell stories, he’s written Season 4. I don’t know -
I’d be shocked if they just stopped making them at this point. But yeah, I think that just the way
shows come together, and the process around the shows, I know that they’re deep into starting
the prep and the pre-production process. Now exactly when it goes to lens and things start to
shoot, I don’t know…" [Collider]

WGA & SAG-AFTRA STRIKES:

● [May 16, 2023] “Filming on Season 4 of The Mandalorian has been slated to begin in September.
While there is some breathing room, [we] hear filming will likely be delayed.” [Deadline]

● [June 1, 2023] Production of The Mandalorian Season 4 has been pushed from September to
November. [Production Weekly]

● [June 1, 2023] [On the November delay]: “One source simply dismissed the claim and the other
stressed to me that everything is on hold and likely would be until an agreement is made
between the WGA and the studios, emphasising to me that there’s no planned timetable,
nothing is concrete as things stand, and reminding me of the possibility of the DGA strike.”
[Bespin Bulletin]

● [June 8, 2023] Boba Fett appears to be in Season 4: “I had touched base with sources
[regarding the November rumor] and they hadn’t got back to me. So I just asked them about
what was going on and it’s a whole lot of nothing basically is what’s going on. But I did get more
hits on the Boba Fett thing. So I think Boba Fett is The Mandalorian Season 4.” [MakingStarWars]

● [July 20, 2023] “I had heard that The Mandalorian season four was looking to release in 2025
and now on the other side of the strikes, I believe it’ll still be aiming for that year, just later than
initially hoped. Due to the planned release window and the studios focusing on kick-starting
production on network series, I don’t think we’ll see the fourth season of The Mandalorian begin
filming until the new year.” [Bespin Bulletin]

● [September 4, 2023] “I’ve heard that The Mandalorian season four was due to release in 2025,
this was before both strikes, and I’m still hearing 2025 for the fourth season.” [Bespin Bulletin]
 POST-STRIKES:

● [November 15, 2023] Only one thing is more exciting to me than the strike being over or season
4 of Mando getting ramped up [Brendan Wayne Instagram]

● [November 23, 2023] “As of now, it is my belief that The Mandalorian season four will shoot in
early 2024 and release sometime in 2025.” [Bespin Bulletin]

● [November 28, 2023] “In [my source’s] opinion, The Mandalorian Season 4 has benefitted from
the [Hollywood strikes] break. They think [it] had some good revisions go through.”
[MakingStarWars, stream]
○ UPDATE: [January 9, 2024] MSW now thinks that the source meant the benefit of the
strikes is that we are getting the film and S4. [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [December 7, 2023] “[Mandalorian S4 is filming] in the next few months.” [DanielRPK, Patreon]

● [December 13, 2023] “According to at least two sources, The Mandalorian season four is
gearing up to start filming sometime in February. It could be very late January, but February
seems more realistic from what I’ve been hearing for a number of weeks.” [Bespin Bulletin]

● WILD RUMOR: [January 7, 2024] “Mando S4 late feb/early march PP start..” [u/Noglo1 Wild
Rumors Thread]

● [January 9, 2024] “In the same week [I heard about season 4 benefiting from the strikes], I had
heard that Favreau’s Season 4 initial thing was just drafts - scripts in various states [of
completion].” [MakingStarWars]

● [January 9, 2024] “Last week I was informed that filming was no longer planned for February
from two sources.” [Bespin Bulletin]

● [January 11, 2024] Clarification: “I don’t actually know 100% that they’re going to do a season of
Mando before the film.” [MakingStarWars]

PRE-PRODUCTION (Part 2):

● [January 19, 2024] 'The Mandalorian' Season 4 is in Pre-Production. [MakingStarWars, stream]

Other cast ● Din Djarin/The Mandalorian - Pedro Pascal

(rumored or
unconfirmed) ● Bo-Katan Kryze - Katee Sackhoff
○ [November 11, 2022] “Katee Sachhoff is promoted to co-lead.” [Anonymous 4chan user,
WILD RUMOR]
○ [November 9, 2023] “I can’t wait to be home but also put this wig on again” [Katee
Sackhoff’s Instagram]

● Boba Fett/Clones? - Temuera Morrison

○ [November 11, 2022] “Boba is back” [Anonymous 4chan user, WILD RUMOR]

● Fenn Rau - Kevin McKidd [Anonymous 4chan user, WILD RUMOR]

● Unknown Character - Christopher Lloyd

○ [November 11, 2022] “Christopher Lloyd is back for season 4 too.” [Anonymous 4chan
user, WILD RUMOR]
 ● Unknown Character - Peter Capaldi [u/ChampionofThrawn, WILD RUMOR] [November 14,
2022]
○ [December 18, 2022] [u/Bvilly0, WILD RUMOR]

● Unknown Character - Brendan Gleeson [u/ChampionofThrawn, WILD RUMOR] [November 14,

2022]
○ [December 18, 2022] [u/Bvilly0, WILD RUMOR]

● Unknown Character - Angela Bassett [u/Bvilly0, WILD RUMOR] [December 18, 2022]

● Unknown Character - Raoul Trujillo [u/Bvilly0, WILD RUMOR] [December 18, 2022]

● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “Haven't heard anything about Ahsoka, Sabine, Ezra,
Thrawn involvement, I think Dave is directing that story away for a bit.” [Anonymous 4chan user]

Costume ● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “Armor for the Clones, Hunter, Echo and Wrecker is being
created, matching their season 2 outfits from the animation. So Old Man CF 99 a'comin or at
rumors least surviving members of it.” [Anonymous 4chan user]

● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “In addition to the old CF members. They made white
female armor that is the exact same as Boba's including the helmet. I assume for adult Omega.”
[Anonymous 4chan user]

● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “More wookies, including Life Day costumes for the tall
actors to wear.” [Anonymous 4chan user]

Rumored ● WILD RUMOR: [January 15, 2023] “Making Star Wars announces Snoke will return at the start of
The Mandalorian event.” [StarWars_JC, Twitter]
details #1 ○ DOCS TEAM NOTE: We have not been able to find evidence, anywhere, of MSW saying
this.

Other tidbits ● WILD RUMOR: [In regards to a previous leak about “The Mandalorian” ending at Season 3] “It
was about Mandalorian ending at Season 3 and all the "offshoot" shows merging to become an
"event" or whatever called "The Mandalore" (or something along those lines). Apparently Boba
S2 is "further than you'd expect it to be" away so I guess it would make sense for "The
Mandalore" to happen since it’d be after Skeleton Crew (Rangers) and after Ahsoka.”
[u/DiamondFireYT]

● WILD RUMOR: [November 11, 2022] “They made a physical model of the Havoc Marauder to use
in fly by shots.” [Anonymous 4chan user]

● [December 12, 2023] “I talked [to] a source on Mando 4 and they do not believe any of the
Ahsoka plot is being assimilated into the Mando show.” [MakingStarWars]

● WILD RUMOR: [January 7, 2024] “I hear Saleucami will also appear again in the Mando era, just
know its a Mandoverse show..” [u/Noglo1]
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‘Tales of the Jedi’ Season 2

Premiere date: 2024 [Lucasfilm Press Release, Celebration 2023]

● DOCS TEAM NOTE: Check out the section dedicated to leaks mentioning “Tales of the
Empire” HERE. There has been quite a bit of buzz about a second season of “Tales of
the Jedi” happening, including updates from prominent leaker Bespin Bulletin. Whether
Updated: Season 2 was a red herring to distract from this new series or whether it’s still
April 30, 2024 happening, we do not know at this time. For now, we will keep both sections up - one
here rumored and the other confirmed.
IMDb Check: May 1, 2024
Timeline of release information:
● [December 4, 2023] DisneyPlusUK deleted post with a 2024 Disney+ Watchlist: Tales of
the Jedi Season 2 is not listed. [DisneyPlusUK, Twitter, deleted] [Image backup]

● [December 4, 2023] Tales of the Jedi Season 2 is still slated to release in 2024, sources
say. [Bespin Bulletin]

● [December 19, 2023] Tales of the Jedi Season 2 listed in Walt Disney Studios’ currently
scheduled films and TV streaming shows for 2024 (Press Release), but without a
specific date. [Image backup] [Eric Goldman, Twitter] [Jeff Sneider, Twitter]

● [February 12, 2024] Tales of the Jedi Season 2 still seems to be slated for 2024, as the
Disney Media Kits still include the logo in their ‘2024’ category. [Disney, Getty Images]

● [October 31, 2022] Tales of the Jedi has been renewed for Season 2. [Star Wars Source]

● WILD RUMOR: [November 4, 2022] Season 2 is in development with more characters,

era. [u/ClearThrowAway22]

● “Tales of the Jedi season 2 in the works.” [DanielRPK, Patreon]

● [April 8, 2023] Confirmed for Season 2 [Celebration 2023] [Twitter]

● [April 8, 2023] Dave Filoni: “There is a very important thing the Jedi have to do, which is
pass on what you have learned. And so, while I have become increasingly busy, I do take
time to teach my “Padawans” in animation. I’m giving some people there an opportunity
to step up and direct & write [their own stories], so Lucasfilm animation will be strong
for years to come.” [Celebration 2023]

● WILD RUMOR: [October 9, 2023] “Tales of the Jedi supposedly has a Baylan episode /
arc. Grain of salt.” [u/Emperor-Palpamemes]

● [April 3, 2024] Deana Kiner: “We have a lot of exciting stuff coming in a while…Didn’t we
 just finish something? Oh, we did! But, we can’t talk about it, yet…Okay yeah [Tales S2]
we just finished that. We just finished recording it…For part of it, we steered really
choral. We have a choir for an arc.” [The Convor Call Podcast]

‘Ahsoka’ Season 2
Premiere date: TBA

SEASON 2 OFFICIAL SEASON 2 UPDATES:

Updated: ● [October 3, 2023] “We hear that Ahsoka Season 2 is more of a reality in the
April 30, 2024 conversation, though nothing is locked yet.” [Deadline]

IMDb Check: May 1, 2024 ● [November 21, 2023] “Filoni will continue developing his film, as well as exploring a
possible second season of Ahsoka, while serving in his new position [as Chief Creative
Officer at Lucasfilm].” [Vanity Fair]

● [November 21, 2023] Dave Filoni on Baylan and the Mortis Gods statues: “I know it’s a
very specific group of people that would even know what those statues are, but I
thought it was an exciting image, and it does give you the shape of what Baylan is after.”
[Vanity Fair]

● [November 21, 2023] Dave Filoni on Baylan’s future after Ray Stevenson’s passing:
“Obviously, there’s a story there. We’re in a wait-and-see pattern at this point.” [Vanity
Fair]

● [November 22, 2023] Dave Filoni on a second season: “I’ve set up several threads that
can continue, and if not, at least I got Ezra home. That was really important. There’s
always a plan. I hope one day we get to see it. Took a while to get [Season 1] done, so you
never know. Always in motion is the future.” [Dagobah Dispatch Podcast]

● [January 9, 2024] UPDATE: Dave Filoni is - officially - currently developing Season 2.

[StarWars.com]
○ [January 10, 2024] “The story continues.” [Star Wars, Twitter]

ACTOR COMMENTS:

● [April 7, 2023] Rosario Dawson: “If this does well, maybe we’ll get a second season”.
[Celebration 2023]

● [May 6, 2023] Rosario Dawson: “I’m absolutely putting [Season 2] out into the universe.
We’re joking about it, but I’m manifesting it because I feel like I helped Dave manifest
this role. So I’m ready. I’m excited. I’m willing. I got my ice-packs ready to go for Season 2
and beyond! I would not be mad at that.” [Empire Magazine]

● [November 21, 2023] Nothing is finalized except Lucasfilm’s willingness to continue

Ahsoka’s story. “I mean, they’ve not said anything officially, but I remember when we
were at Star Wars Celebration in London and they were like, ‘We’re giving Dave a
movie!’” Rosario Dawson says. “And I was like, ‘I kind of feel like that means we’re
probably going to get a second season.’ For a while now, and especially now with the
strike and everything, no one can say anything. But [Dave] did say he was working on an
outline. So, we’ll see.” [Vanity Fair]
LEAKS AND RUMORS:

● [August 24, 2023] Season 2 of Ahsoka is in development. Some work on the ‘sequel’
was done before the strikes. [DanielRPK, Patreon]

● [October 30, 2023] “Ahsoka Season 2 is a go”. [MyTimeToShineHello, Twitter]

● [October 30, 2023] “STAR WARS FANS, as of now Ahsoka Season 2 IS GREENLIT! It's
also shooting at Pinewood instead of LA…” [The Den of Nerds, Twitter]

● WILD RUMOR: [December 1, 2023] “A friend of mine works at Disney … They did not
greenlight a second season of Ahsoka. Instead, they are going to wrap up the story with

❌
a Disney+ special that will lead directly into Filoni's movie.” [u/RiskingItForStarWars,
deleted] INCORRECT

● [December 12, 2023] “I talked [to] a source on Mando 4 and they do not believe any of
the Ahsoka plot is being assimilated into the Mando show.” [MakingStarWars]

● [January 9, 2024] “Ahsoka Season 2 is not greenlit.” [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [February 2, 2024] Hayden Christensen will reprise his role as Anakin in Ahsoka Season
2. [DanielRPK, Patreon] [via]

● [March 4, 2024] “"Season 2 could start filming 2024" (DanielRPK) [via]

● [April 27, 2024] Allegedly, leaker “MTTSH says that the Mother is the Villain of Ahsoka
Season 2.” [u/Legofan2001]
○ DOCS TEAM NOTE We are still working to confirm this. This may have come
from their monthly subscription on Twitter. Will update when able.

WAS IT A LIMITED SERIES OR NOT?:

[June 15, 2022] According to MakingStarWars, he had originally heard that the show was
supposed to be a “limited series”, but now that doesn’t seem to be the case. [MakingStarWars,
stream]
● UPDATE?: [February 8, 2023] Listed as “Season 1” - and a scripted (not limited) series -
on the Disney Q1 2023 Earnings Presentation. [The Walt Disney Company] [PHOTO]
● UPDATE: [April 6, 2023] The general consensus was that Ahsoka was [planned for]
multiple seasons while shooting. [MakingStarWars]
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 FILM
‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’
INFORMATION
Release date: May 22, 2026 [Disney Press Release via Variety]
● “Likely 2026” [Bob Iger, Q1 2024 Earnings Presentation] [February 7, 2024]
(will organize into
specific sections
once we have more -DOCS TEAM NOTE- [January 9, 2024]: According to Deadline and Variety, there is still a fourth season -
official information) separate from the announced The Mandalorian & Grogu film - that is in development. Whether or not
The Mandalorian & Grogu is the original plan for Season 4 made into a feature film, that is currently
unknown. We also don’t know if there is a brand new version of Season 4 that is being rewritten to
precede or follow the announced film. And still just a rumor, there is no confirmation yet that the last two
episodes of Season 4 became the film, as reported by MakingStarWars. The Docs Team will continue to
update these sections as news comes in.

Directed by: [StarWars.com]

● Jon Favreau

Written by: [The Hollywood Reporter, Heat Vision, January 12, 2024]
● Jon Favreau
● Dave Filoni

Produced by: [StarWars.com]

● Jon Favreau
● Dave Filoni
● Kathleen Kennedy

● [January 9, 2024] Official Concept Art was released as part of the film announcement. Originally,
this was uploaded to the Walt Disney Getty Images site tagged as “Season 4”, but has since
been reuploaded with the film title as a tag.

OFFICIAL/TRADES UPDATES:

● [January 9, 2024] “The Mandalorian and Grogu are embarking on a new adventure — to movie
theaters. Directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni,
The Mandalorian & Grogu will go into production in 2024.” [StarWars.com]

● [January 12, 2024] “If the movie is a success, it could lead to the next phase of Mando
storytelling becoming movie sequels. Box office and fan reaction would determine that.” [The
Hollywood Reporter, Heat Vision]

● [February 7, 2024] Bob Iger: The Mandalorian and Grogu will “lead the slate” of upcoming Star
Wars films. [Q1 2024 Earnings Presentation]

LEAKS AND RUMORS:

● [July 31, 2023] One of the ideas currently being tossed around by Disney and Lucasfilm is turning
The Mandalorian Season 4 into a film. With theatrical releases a priority for the studios, there is
the fear that if the strikes go on long enough, they may not be able to produce and release the
series prerequisites for the Dave Filoni film. [MakingStarWars]
○ UPDATE: [September 9, 2023] “I reported about Mando 4 being a movie, [with a 4th
season and other shows put together]. [Another source] said, ‘yeah you were wrong
 [about that], but also the creatives hated the idea of doing that.’” [MakingStarWars,
stream]

● [August 3, 2023] On Season 4 being made into a film: “I've been informed that at the time of this
tweet, this is not the plan.” [Big Screen Leaks, Twitter]

● [December 8, 2023] "A couple of months ago I shot this one down that there were rumors that
season 4 of The Mandalorian could be turned into a movie. And at the time I didn't know that
was necessarily the case. However, that is what I am starting to hear. Not confirmed yet, but I’m
starting to hear it [from my person]." [Jeff Sneider, The Hot Mic]

● [December 11, 2023] “When I reported [on Season 4 becoming a film], what I was hearing was
that there wasn’t going to be enough time to get The Mandalorian’s next season and the Ahsoka
setup into a movie. And that those were probably going to somehow be what they did in that
movie … because it’s going to end up being a trilogy, is the plan.”
○ “The idea was on the table during the strikes. There were some executives who wanted
things to happen, and some who wanted to stay the course.”
○ “I don’t think it’s happening.”
○ “It wouldn’t be the film that Filoni was initially going to make, but rather a consolidation
of the content that was going to be in [The Mandalorian Season 4 and Ahsoka Season
2] that would then set up his film.” [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [December 12, 2023] “I had heard from sources (separate from those tied to MakingStarWars)
that season four of Mando is not a movie and that it’s currently moving forward as a TV series.”
○ "MakingStarWars shared that he believes Sneider is working on outdated information
at this time and that The Mandalorian season four is not being turned into movie,"
[Bespin Bulletin]

● [January 9, 2024] “I kinda heard that it was like a custody battle in the sense that [there are
people at Disney and Lucasfilm at odds with each other over the Mando movie decision].”
[MakingStarWars]

● [January 9, 2024] “I believe that the core story for Season 4 is now the movie.”
[MakingStarWars]

● [January 11, 2024] “RUMOR (from someone I trust quite a bit) that I haven’t been able to confirm:
One of the [plans] was to do six episodes of Mando [Season 4] and then to take the [episode 7/8]
finale and develop it into the film.” [MakingStarWars]
○ [January 15, 2024] “This was an idea proposed during the late part of the strike. Some
sources are straight up ‘I don’t know’, some sources ‘I think that is what’s going to
happen’.” [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [January 9, 2024] It was decided that if the strikes lasted until a certain point, the plan would be
for the movie to be developed. [MakingStarWars, stream]

● [January 11, 2024] “The filming of Jon Favreau’s ‘Star Wars’ movie ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ is
slated to begin in Los Angeles, California, in June.” [The Cinemaholic]

● [January 26, 2024] Production on the film has a start date listed as June 17 in Los Angeles.
“This was previously the listed date for Mando Season 4.” No writer is listed yet for the film
(presumably it will be Favreau and Filoni). [Production Weekly, via The Trail Blazer]

● [February 5, 2024] Another industry site lists the production start date as June 17. [Film &
Television Industry Alliance, ProductionList]
 ● [February 11, 2024] Rather than rolling on Season 4 of the series, a source close to production
confirmed to Collider that [The Mandalorian & Grogu] is eyeing a June start date. Reportedly,
pre-production has been gearing up over the past few months in anticipation of the summer
kick-off, though as with any production, this is subject to change. [Collider]

● [February 19, 2024] “According to my sources, filming on The Mandalorian and Grogu will run
from June until October, making it a four month long shoot” [Bespin Bulletin]

● [February 19, 2024] “I’d heard from a singular source, that the budget on The Mandalorian and
Grogu isn’t as high as what a season of The Mandalorian would cost.” [Bespin Bulletin]

● [March 4, 2024] "Filming on THE MANDALORIAN would be shot partly in Los Angeles and also in
the United Kingdom!" (DanielRPK)

● [April 7, 2024] “Movie will start filming this summer in LA and then in the UK. Not all of it will be
shot in The Volume” [DanielRPK] [Twitter Doc]

● [April 29, 2024] “I went out last night and had some drinks with people related to The
Mandalorian & Grogu production and I can’t be specific because I don’t want to out any specific
person or source involved … but talked to two different cats [who] believe that filming is
actually going on in May. In May there will be filming done [but I don’t know the specific date] …
“[June 2024] was probably the initial start, the ‘if we don’t meet our milestones’ start date. But it
sounds like things are going swell … So we might have a Star Wars movie filming in the next
couple of days so-to-speak – within the next month.”” [MakingStarWars, stream]

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Current leaks/rumors put together: Updated April 30, 2024
IMDb Check: May 1, 2024

FILM
INFORMATION
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Rey Film
Release date: TBA
 Timeline of release information:
● [October 24, 2022] December 2025 [The Hollywood Reporter]
● [September 15, 2022] “The next STAR WARS film will now be released on December 19, 2025.”
[DiscussingFilm, Twitter]
● [October 31, 2022] Jeff Sneider reports that Damon Lindelof’s film will take the place of Taika’s
(in 2025) most likely. [Jeff Sneider]
● [April 12, 2023] “A source tells The Hollywood Reporter that Lucasfilm would ideally like to
return to theaters with the Rey-focused film and follow that a year later with the Filoni movie,
although nothing is set due to the timetables of the Disney+ Mandalorian universe shows.” [The
Hollywood Reporter]
● [April 20, 2023] Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy confirms NJO is the next film to be released. [Vice
News, Interview]
● [June 13, 2023] The release of the film has now been moved to May 22, 2026. [Deadline]
● [December 8, 2023] “We’ve all been operating under the impression the Daisy Ridley movie
would be the next Star Wars movie. It doesn’t sound like that may be the next one.” [Jeff Sneider,
The Hot Mic]

Directed by:
● Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy [Deadline, October 23, 2022]

Written by:
● (new) Steven Knight [Variety, March 22, 2023]
● (departed) Damon Lindelof [Deadline, October 23, 2022]
● (departed) Justin Britt-Gibson [The Hollywood Reporter, October 24, 2022]
○ [March 20, 2023] “Lindelof and Britt-Gibson turned in a draft of the script in
mid-February and parted ways with the project just days later, according to sources.”
[Jeff Sneider, Above The Line] [Jeff Sneider, Twitter]

WHAT WILL IT BE ● WILD RUMOR: [October 20, 2023] A rumor surfaces that the film will be titled “A New
CALLED? Beginning”. [unknown source]
○ WILD RUMOR: [October 21, 2023] “I heard a name for the Rey movie a while ago and it
was pretty generic, but not [A New Beginning]. What fans are already calling it (New
Jedi Order) is close to what Lucasfilm has been calling it from the point they decided to
move forward with it as the next thing. But as far as I know, the movie still doesn't have
a name. It's just something people are calling it... and it is definitely not A New
Beginning.” [u/KnightsOfOuterRen]

● [October 27, 2023] On the rumored title going around and script news:
○ Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Star Wars film is still untitled.
○ Lucasfilm is more focused on the getting the story right than selecting a title
○ “At some point, a shortlist of possible titles will be considered, and [the rumored] A New
Beginning is not out of the question. Does that mean that there is already a list that
includes it? I personally wouldn’t be surprised, but couldn’t find out.”
○ Lucasfilm is wanting Steven Knight to submit a script draft in the ballpark of by the end
of autumn 2023. [Star Wars News Net]

PRODUCTION Start date: TBA

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