In this Star Wars news update, we talk about an exciting rumor for the Mandalorian spin-off the Book of Boba Fett featuring Temuera Morrison as the famous bounty hunter and Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand who also will appear in the Bad Batch on May 4th! It’s reported that The Book of Boba Fett is still filming and there is a character leak as well as new details for the show. It will tie into the Mandalorian Season 3 in an attempt by Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau and Lucasfilm on the whole to create a large Mando-verse comprised of Star Wars: Ahsoka, Rangers of the New Republic, the Boba Fett series and The Mandalorian. Shows announced by Kathleen Kennedy last year.
We also discuss Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze) who has spoken about the Mandalorian Season 2 finale and the significance of the hero team of Cara Dune – Gina Carano, Bo-Katan, Koska Reeves and Fennec Shand to save Grogu – Baby Yoda from Moff Gideon. Pedro Pascal – Din Djarin wasn’t the only hero of the episode as Luke Skywalker also helped defeat the Dark Troopers to take Grogu away for Jedi training.
Finally, we talk about Cassian Andor, the Rogue One spin-off and how it might include huge cameos including Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and even Ahsoka Tano. It’s rumored that George Lucas has directed for it!