The Mandalorian season 2 is officially confirmed for an October 2020 release date. This past fall, Star Wars finally made the jump to live-action television with the Disney+ series, which became a massive hit for the streaming service. Lucasfilm seemed to be aware of what they had well before The Mandalorian became a phenomenon, as they were working on season 2 as far back as July 2019 (when Jon Favreau stated he was writing scripts). When The Mandalorian season 1 debuted and audiences began to fall in love with Baby Yoda, season 2 was in production.
With no new Star Wars movie coming out until December 2022, the franchise's Disney+ shows (the slate also includes series about Cassian Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi) are going to be the main attraction for the next few years. As such, there's great interest in when The Mandalorian will continue. Favreau previously revealed the show will return this fall, but now fans have a more specific month to mark on their calendars.
During Disney's investors call, CEO Bob Iger confirmed The Mandalorian season 2 will premiere on Disney+ in October. An exact date wasn't revealed, but now viewers know when they can expect the next batch of episodes.
This is a similar window to The Mandalorian season 1's premiere, sandwiching the Star Wars show between Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (coming in August 2020) and WandaVision (December 2020). Looking at that schedule, Disney+ seems to have done a good job of spacing their tentpole programming out, giving each show a couple of months to dominate the zeitgeist before making way for the next one. That was an important step in the process, since the last thing anyone wants is for any of these three to be overshadowed. Lucasfilm and Marvel have a lot invested in Disney+ over the next handful of years, so it's vital each series is a hit. Similar to how Disney gears their movie slate so none of their blockbusters are competing with each other, they're avoiding self-cannibalization on Disney+.
In typical Lucasfilm fashion, details about The Mandalorian season 2 are slim, but it is reportedly going to feature original trilogy characters and give villain Moff Gideon a bigger role. Fans eager to lean more will probably have to wait until this year's Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. That convention will be the ideal venue to debut some marketing materials like posters and a trailer, building more buzz and anticipation for The Mandalorian's return. Fingers crossed season 2 is just as successful as season 1, continuing the first live-action Star Wars show on a high note.
Source: Disney