Disney’s live-action ‘Star Wars’ TV show from Jon Favreau is called ‘The Mandalorian’

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• Jon Favreau is writing and executive producing a live-action
  “Star Wars” show for Disney’s streaming service, and he revealed
  its title and details in an Instagram post.
• It’s called “The Mandalorian,” and it is about a lone
  gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
• It will take place after the fall of the Empire, but before
  the rise of the First Order.
• The title refers to the cultural group behind the iconic
  armor worn by Jango Fett and his son, Boba Fett.
• Disney’s streaming service is expected to launch in late
  2019. 

Details about what could be the first of many “Star Wars” TV
shows made exclusively for Disney’s streaming service have
finally been revealed. 

Director Jon Favreau, whose credits include “Elf,” “Iron Man,”
and “The Jungle Book,” is writing and executive producing a
live-action “Star Wars” television series, and it finally has a
name and synopsis. 

On Wednesday night, Favreau shared the title and details of what
the series is about and when it takes place on social
media. 

The show is called “The Mandalorian,” and it takes place after
the fall of the Empire which we see in the original “Star Wars”
trilogy, but before the rise of the First Order, which we see in
the current trilogy that started with “The Force Awakens.”

Here’s Favreau’s post on Instagram:

Mandalorian refers to the cultural group of species (mostly
humans) from Mandalore, a planet in the Outer Rim. Jango
Fett — Boba Fett’s
father — is referred to as the last
Mandalorian. The iconic armor worn by both bounty hunters is also
Mandalorian-made.

The story of “The Mandalorian” will follow a warrior, “a lone
gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the
authorities of the New Republic.” That almost sounds like a
character description of Han Solo, but no characters from the
trilogy will make any appearances.

The show is being made for Disney’s streaming service, which
isn’t expected to launch until late 2019. Disney has announced
plans to make several TV shows and films for the platform that
exist within the Star Wars universe, including a new trilogy from
“The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson.