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The Mandalorian Has Something Moff Gideon Wants in New Season 2 Teaser

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A day after fans of Disney's The Mandalorian were treated to character profile posters for Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin aka "Mando," The Child aka Baby Yoda, Gina Carano's Cara Dune, and Carl Weathers's Greef Karga, the streaming service released a new teaser for the live-action "Star Wars" the reminds us that a certain Darksaber-wielding badass is after Mando and "The Kid"- and from the looks of things, Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) isn't willing to go home empty-handed.

Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian. Image courtesy of Lucasfilm
Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian. Image courtesy of Lucasfilm

So while we await a name-confirmation for Sasha Banks's character and general confirmations on Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, Katee Sackhoff, and Michael Biehn, here's a new look at Disney+'s The Mandalorian, returning to the streaming service for a second season on October 30th:

Behind the camera, Peyton Reed (Ant-Man), Robert Rodriguez (Sin City), cast member Carl Weathers, Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Dads), and Sam Hargrave (Extraction) will be sharing time with series creator Jon Favreau and executive producer Dave Filoni in The Mandalorian director's chair. While the second season of Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series appears to have gotten off relatively light compared to many COVID-19-impacted productions, Favreau was asked if new health and safety guidelines would make it difficult starting up production on a (for now) hypothetical third season and if he had concerns. As Favreau sees it, the series' reliance on virtual sets/scenes and distance-based production actually lends itself pretty naturally to the "new norms" on sets now:

"The fact that the set is much more contained is a benefit because you can limit the number of people. A lot of the people controlling it are doing it remotely from what we call the Brain Bar, which is a bank of gaming computers, essentially. The amount of people near the camera could be much smaller than [usual]. We also shoot a lot outside, which is helpful, too. We build to a moment in filming more like an animated production, where we have a lot of storyboards, a lot of discussions, and scouting in virtual reality. We use cinematic tools in VR much the same way we did for 'The Lion King' and 'The Jungle Book.' A lot of times the actors you are seeing on the screen aren't actually there on set."

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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