The Mandalorian season three on the horizon with production possible 'as early as next week'

The Mandalorian returned for its highly anticipated season two on October 30.

And, while season three (which has already been written) hasn’t officially been given the greenlight by Disney+, production is reportedly around the corner, according to Deadline on Friday.

It appears that the third installment of the hit Star Wars series is imminent, however, there are conflicting accounts of when things will get started with some sources saying it could be as early as next week.

Pre-production on The Mandalorian season three has be going on ‘for months’ already and sources told Deadline that production will be kicking off possibly next week or ‘in late November/early December.’

However there are contradicting reports with other insiders claiming that production won’t begin until spring of 2021. 

Deadline reported that the ‘confusion’ comes from the Lucasfilm side which operates under a thick veil of secrecy and that the nearer of the production start dates could actually be for a related series. 

‘One explanation could be rumors that another Mandalorian-related project, I hear possibly a Boba Fett miniseries, would film first, starting next week, with The Mandalorian Season 3 following after a monthlong break,’ the outlet claimed. 

Season two of the Star Wars space western debuted last week with Pedro Pascal returning as the title character, who continues his quest to find a safe home for the beloved character who has no official name, but has come to be known as Baby Yoda.   

Directors for the new season include Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, Carl Weathers, Peyton Reed, and Robert Rodriguez.

The trailer for season two was shared in mid September.

The bounty hunter and The Child face an array of alien enemies as they travel from planet to planet together in the action-packed clip that follows up on the smash hit first season.

But the bounty hunter finds that helping the baby, which looks like a relative of Yoda, is an overwhelming task. 

‘You expect me to search the galaxy and deliver this creature to a race of enemy sorcerers?’ he asks a woman in command who is only heard but not seen. He is told ‘this is the way.’

This was the very first trailer for the second season which will debut on October 30 on Disney+.

The clip opens with the Razor Crest gunship belonging to Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, played by Pedro Pascal, gliding over a planet and heading toward another one off in the distance. Eerie music fills the trailer which builds anticipation.

Then a woman’s voice is heard talking to the bounty hunter Din. She asks to see the little one.

Show me the one whose safety deemed such destruction. You must reunite it with its own kind,’ she dictates.

‘Where?’ asks the Mandalorian with a raspy voice.

‘This is what you must determine,’ she answers as a Tusken Raider is seen on a desert planet on that resembles Tatooine. Tatooine orbits twin suns in the galaxy’s Outer Rim; it is a lawless place ruled by Hutt gangsters.

This season two trailer for The Mandalorian is the first time the Jedi have been introduced and there promises to be much more of the guardians of peace.

Gina Carano as Cara Dune and Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, who made an impact on season one, are also spotted briefly in the trailer.

Showrunner Jon Favreau is overseeing along with executive producer and director Dave Filoni.

Season one was one of Disney+’s tent pole productions, part of the first group of projects available on the streaming platform.

Some of the famous names lined-up to join the much-anticipated second season include Timothy Olyphant, Rosario Dawson, Michael Biehn, Temuera Morrison and Katee Sackhoff.

The Mandalorian is set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and 25 years prior to The Force Awakens.