The Mandalorian season 3 ‘already in the works’… six months before season 2 premiere on Disney+ 

Season 3 of The Mandalorian is already in the works… well before season 2 of the Disney+ hit show has even debuted.

‘Sources close to the production’ have confirmed the news, according to Variety on Tuesday.

Series creator Jon Favreau has been writing the third season of the Star Wars-based TV series ‘for a while’ according to the industry publication.  

Moving on up: Season 3 of The Mandalorian is already in the works… well before season 2 of the Disney+ hit show has even debuted

‘We’ve just started pre-production and are looking into further adventures for the Mandalorian in Season 3,’ one source told Variety.

The show luckily wrapped production on its second season in early March, before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the international film industry.

Season 2 is due to hit the Disney+ streaming service in October. 

Fan favorites return: 'We’ve just started pre-production and are looking into further adventures for the Mandalorian in Season 3,' one source told Variety

Fan favorites return: ‘We’ve just started pre-production and are looking into further adventures for the Mandalorian in Season 3,’ one source told Variety

Something to entertain us during self-isolation: In the meantime fans can busy themselves with a documentary about the hit Disney+ show

Something to entertain us during self-isolation: In the meantime fans can busy themselves with a documentary about the hit Disney+ show

But despite the long wait time, in the meantime fans can busy themselves with a documentary about the hit Disney+ show that features the popular Baby Yoda.

The streaming service will debut an eight part series that looks behind the scenes of the smash hit show that features a bounty hunter who will do anything to protect the magical, mysterious green child. 

On the Star Wars holiday May 4 – called so because May the Fourth sounds like May the Force as in the line ‘May the force be with you’ – the new docu will be made available in over a dozen countries worldwide.

The show will debut along with the scheduled Star Wars: The Clone Wars finale.

The executive producer Jon Favreau will be making comments as well as various cast members such as Pedro Pascal.

The breakout star: The new docu will cover Baby Yoda who has become extremely popular

The breakout star: The new docu will cover Baby Yoda who has become extremely popular

There will also be new footage presented. 

‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian is an opportunity for fans of the show to take a look inside and get to see a different perspective, and perhaps a greater understanding, of how The Mandalorian came together and some of the incredibly talented contributors throughout Season 1,’ Favreau said in a Disney press release.

‘We had a great experience making the show and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you.’

Sounds good: On the Star Wars holiday May 4 - called so because May the Fourth sounds like May the Force as in the line 'May the force be with you' - the new docu will be made available in over a dozen countries worldwide

Sounds good: On the Star Wars holiday May 4 – called so because May the Fourth sounds like May the Force as in the line ‘May the force be with you’ – the new docu will be made available in over a dozen countries worldwide

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian premieres May 4 on Disney+, with new episodes every Friday.

This comes after there was new casting rumours on season two. 

MakingStarWars.net suggested that veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis, 61, will likely join Pedro and Baby Yoda as she was seen on the set of the Disney+ show recently.

Curtis, who is best known for her hit films A Fish Called Wanda and Halloween, is the daughter of Hollywood Golden Age vets Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. 

The Star Wars franchise is known for casting veterans such as Alec Guinness in A New Hope and Laura Dern in The Last Jedi.

The cast: Carl Weathers, Pedro Pascal, and Gina Carano in The Mandalorian (2019)

The cast: Carl Weathers, Pedro Pascal, and Gina Carano in The Mandalorian (2019)

There was in indication about what character she would play.

The writer Jason Ward says that ‘for a few days during the filming of Star Wars: The Mandalorian’s second season I had Jamie Lee Curtis at the location for the filming of the show.’

He added that if he was wrong about her being on the set for The Mandalorian, she may have been on the set of a nearby production, Avatar 2.

A good choice: Last week report from MakingStarWars.net suggested that veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis will likely join Pedro Pascal and Baby Yoda as she was seen on the set recently. Seen in 2018

A good choice: Last week report from MakingStarWars.net suggested that veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis will likely join Pedro Pascal and Baby Yoda as she was seen on the set recently. Seen in 2018

The two are filming in ‘the same general location’ he added.

‘One day around the set and I can see Curtis having been there for a set visit,’ reported Ward.

‘But there were multiple times she was around and I think she has a role in the series. I reached out to sources for confirmation and at the moment, and I can’t get total confirmation of it because of the current climate of the world if you know what I mean. I reached out to Curtis and I didn’t get a response back.’

Season one featured Pascal as the main Mandalorian, Din Djarin, who is hunted down after he abducts Baby Yoda after having handing the child over to dark forces that are the last of the Empire.

She’s got it: Rosario Dawson has reportedly clinched the role of Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano in the upcoming second season of Disney+ series The Mandalorian

She’s got it: Rosario Dawson has reportedly clinched the role of Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano in the upcoming second season of Disney+ series The Mandalorian

Fan-favorite: Ahsoka was introduced in the CGI series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Anakin Skywalker’s premiere Jedi padawan apprentice

Fan-favorite: Ahsoka was introduced in the CGI series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Anakin Skywalker’s premiere Jedi padawan apprentice

Also in the series are Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Gina Carano as Cara Dune, and Nick Nolte as Kuiil.

Season two, which will drop in October 2020, has already added some interesting names like Michael Biehn and Rosario Dawson, who is set to play the live-action version of Ahsoka Tano. 

Dawson, 40, will be playing the first live-action version of Ahsoka, who has already appeared in the CGI animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.

Both of those series are considered ‘canon’ by Star Wars aficionados, as they come from original Star Wars creator George Lucas as well as Dave Filoni, who among his many credits include writing for, directing and producing on The Mandalorian.

Ahsoka is one of the main protagonists of The Clone Wars, introduced as Anakin Skywalker’s premiere Jedi padawan apprentice.

She is of the Togruta race of aliens, characterized by her orange skin and unique striped headpiece or ‘headtails’.

‘Yes please!’: Dawson’s casting is a Star Wars fan’s dream come true, as the actress herself stated her desire to play Ahsoka way back in 2017 when responding to a user on Twitter

‘Yes please!’: Dawson’s casting is a Star Wars fan’s dream come true, as the actress herself stated her desire to play Ahsoka way back in 2017 when responding to a user on Twitter

For those keeping track, Anakin is the Jedi master who eventually becomes Darth Vader – played by actor Hayden Christensen in Lucas’s Star Wars prequels in the early aughts.

Dawson’s casting is a Star Wars fan’s dream come true, quite literally, as the 25th Hour actress herself stated her desire to play Ahsoka way back in 2017 when responding to a user on Twitter.

That tweet spurred fans everywhere to campaign for Rosario to appear in a Star Wars movie as the character, which she even acknowledged on Good Morning America months later, saying that ‘it would be amazing!’ and asking, ‘Internet, help me out!’

The Mandalorian is a sci-fi western, set in the world of Star Wars that quickly became a cultural phenomenon at the end of last year, largely thanks to the adorable Baby Yoda character (known on the show as ‘The Child’).

It remains to be seen exactly how Dawson’s character Ahsoka Tano will figure into the world populated by Mandalorians, a creed of assassins made famous by Bobba Fett in the original films.

In February, Variety reported that The Madalorian is slated to return to the Disney+ streaming platform with new episodes in October of this year – it remains to be seen whether the show will be able to meet that date in light of the current industry-wide halt in production due to coronavirus.