The Mandalorian Season 4 Update Hints at Major Shift Before the Next Star Wars Movie

Here is where we are with The Mandalorian: everyone spent the past year wondering if Season 4 was a thing, and Jon Favreau finally said the quiet part out loud. It is, and it was. But the path forward is not what you might have expected.

So... was Season 4 real?

Short answer: yes. After Season 3 wrapped back in April 2023, fans assumed Din and Grogu would be back on Disney+ for another round. Then Disney and Lucasfilm pivoted to a theatrical feature, The Mandalorian and Grogu, and the TV chatter went quiet. Cue confusion.

Favreau told Empire he did, in fact, write Season 4. As in, finished pages.

"We were planning on doing a fourth season. I had actually written all of that. I still have season 4 sitting on my desk here."

He stopped short of saying whether he will dust off those scripts after the movie. For now, the focus is the film.

Where things stand now

The Mandalorian and Grogu is the next stop, and it is notable for another reason: it will be the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. So, yes, back to the big screen.

What the movie is about

Set after the Empire's fall, the galaxy is still messy. Scattered Imperial warlords linger, and the New Republic is trying to hold together what the Rebels fought for. Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) gets pulled in to help, with his now-official kid/apprentice Grogu in tow. The studio synopsis even jokes that Grogu plays himself, which, honestly, fair.

Cast and crew snapshot

• Pedro Pascal returns as Din Djarin, with Grogu alongside him.
• Sigourney Weaver plays Ward, who leads the New Republic's Adelphi Rangers.
• Jeremy Allen White is Rotta the Hutt, Jabba's son.
• Jonny Coyne shows up as an Imperial warlord, one of the Empire's leftover power players.
• Jon Favreau directs from a script he co-wrote with Dave Filoni.
• Producers: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Ian Bryce.

Release date

The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on May 22, 2026.

Bottom line: Season 4 exists on paper. The movie happens first. After that, Favreau has options sitting right on his desk.