The Mandalorian: Season 2 Writers Revealed
Man, there’s been a lot of low-key but awesome Star Wars news recently. And, as I sit down to read tonight, another of my usual suspects has a nugget I missed.
The writers for Season 2 of The Mandalorian were posted.
Long-time Star Wars “watcher” Bryan Young posted about the list in his “Star Wars Weekly” column on October 9:
The Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) posted a listing of all the writers involved in the second season of The Mandalorian. It looks like show creator Jon Favreau himself will be taking the brunt of the writing duties. He’s credited with the first four episodes, the sixth episode, and the eighth episode. That leaves Dave Filoni as the scribe for the fifth episode and Rick Famuyiwa with the seventh episode.
So, who cares? Why does the writing list matter to us?
After all, Jon Favreau wrote most of last season, too.
But take a look, there’s an important exception in both seasons:
Importantly, Young surmised:
If I were to guess, I would say that the fifth episode would be when we’d expect to discover the truth behind the reports about Ahsoka Tano and Boba Fett’s presence in the sophomore season. Filoni also wrote and directed the fifth episode of last season, which ended with a hint that someone was wearing Boba Fett’s armor. With the poetry of Star Wars and the rhyming structure it sometimes takes, it wouldn’t surprise me if this episode is where we see the “Boba Fett” storyline reappear. And, if Ahsoka Tano is really making the leap to live-action, would Jon Favreau trust anyone other than Filoni, her creator, to do it?”
Of course, it remains speculation.
Brian added, “To be clear, this is all just a well-informed guess on my part. We’ll find out soon enough on our own. The Mandalorian begins its second season on Disney+ on Oct. 30. Read more….”
According to the newly dropped fact sheet on #TheMandalorian, season 2 episodes will drop every Friday (no doubling up for any week). So the release schedule is:
10/30
11/6
11/13
11/20
11/27
12/4
12/11
12/18 pic.twitter.com/9Wj9E32Z3U— Jordan Maison (@JordanMaison) October 9, 2020
And, of course, Mr. Young has been in the Star Wars game for a long, long time. Be sure to check out his work on SyFy.com
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