The trailer for the second season of “The Mandalorian” dropped online on Sept. 15.
As was the case with the first season trailer, the spot doesn’t offer too many revelations. What it does offer are some cool looking images of things to come when the series returns on Disney+ on Oct. 30.
The main thrust of “The Mandalorian” Season 2 will be returning Baby Yoda to “an order of sorcerers called Jedi.” At this point, none of us knows how many seasons it will take to return the child… or if that will even happen.
The trailer starts off with a shot of a wounded Razor Crest (Mando’s ship) flying over a planet.
We get a couple scenes showing Mando (Pedro Pascal) — a.k.a. Din Djarin — on a snow planet with Baby Yoda. Some have suggested this is Ilum, the planet that Starkiller Base was built on in “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.”
I’m going to go a different direction and say the planet is the Mandalore world known as Krownest, home of Clan Wren. Rumors have suggested that Sabine Wren — who was a main character in the “Star Wars: Rebels” animated series (read my review) — will make an appearance this season.
One Mandalorian we do know will appear in the second season is Bo-Katan Kryze (who appeared in “Star Wars: Rebels” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”). Katee Sackhoff voiced the character in both animated series, and is set to play the warrior in “The Mandalorian.” We’ve also heard that Boba Fett will be part of the second season.
Mando and Baby Yoda then appear to be on the planet Mon Cala (that’s my best guess, anyway). The aquatic world is featured in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (a series I’m currently working my way through) and is home to a species called the Quarren (did any of you own Kenner’s “Squid Head” action figure in the 1980s?) as well as the Mon Calamari (Admiral Akbar’s species).
We glimpse Mando and Baby Yoda moving through an area that looks like a wharf. It’s kind of nice to see an old-fashioned looking shipping operation in a “Star Wars” property:
We also see the pair at sea on a boat. The vessel is manned by Quarren. I’m curious to know where they are headed:
Among the shots on wharf, we glimpse a character (that appears to be WWE star Sasha Banks) who looks like a Jedi (I’m not sure if it is someone already known, or a new character). I suppose it could also be someone more sinister in nature. The cloak might be a red herring in the plot:
There are a number of cool snippets in this trailer. Without knowing the arc Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and the rest of the minds behind “The Mandalorian” have in store for the second season, it is hard to tell how they fit in context.
I liked the quick clips of X-wing starfighters chasing down the Razor Crest:
It was also nice to see Cara Dune (Gina Carano) and a goateed Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) on Navarro in the trailer:
At the end of the trailer ,we see a pair of Gamorreans fighting with vibro-axes in something that looks like an old-school boxing ring:
Gamorreans served as Jabba the Hutt’s guards in “Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi” (and have appeared in other SW properties over the years).
Favreau teased the appearance of Gamorreans on Twitter after the eighth episode of the first season of “The Mandalorian” aired on Disney+ last December (I talked about Gamorreans in my review of that episode).
Overall, I thought this was a decent trailer for “The Mandalorian” Season 2. While it didn’t break any new ground, it also didn’t reveal any spoilers. It is great that there are new adventures on the horizon.
For example, we didn’t learn anything new about Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) or the storied Darksaber we saw him use to slice through a ship’s hull in the closing moments of the first season finale.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they have in store for the upcoming season, and am excited for the premiere on Oct. 30.
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