The TV show premieres on Disney’s new streaming platform this fall

Disney and LucasFilm finally unveiled the first teaser for The Mandalorian. The short video was shown live to an eager audience at this year’s Star Wars Celebration fan convention. But it was blacked out from a live stream of the event, and hasn’t been made public yet.

The Mandalorian will be Disney’s first live-action Star Wars television show. It will also headline the media company’s new streaming service, Disney Plus, which will be the show’s exclusive home when it premieres later this year.

Jon Favreau, known for his work on the Iron Man movies, will be teaming up with Dave Filoni among others as executive producers. Filoni also worked on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels cartoons. He’s also set to direct the first episode.

The Mandalorian will be played by Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones). In the short clip, Pascal was shown walking in full armor along a narrow causeway while waves crashed around him. An oculus-like door opened, revealing what looks to be a rugged cantina inside.

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Other cast members include Gina Carano (Fast & Furious 6), Werner Herzog, Emily Swallow (The Mentalist), Carl Weathers (Rocky), Omid Abtahi (Mockingjay Pt. 2) Nick Nolte (Affliction) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad).

Favreau had previously revealed that the show would focus on a new Mandalorian warrior, and tell a story heavily inspired by the legendary Boba Fett and his father, Jango. Importantly, the program will fill a significant gap in the new Star Wars canon. It will take place three years after the events of Return of the Jedi, after the fall of the Empire but before the rise of the First Order. That puts it in roughly the same narrative space as Star Wars: Resistance, the latest cartoon featuring characters such as General Leia Organa and Poe Dameron.

The Mandalorian isn’t the only live-action series in the works. In November Disney announced it had signed on actor Diego Luna to reprise his role as Cassian Andor in a spin-off series based on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Source: Polygon