The Book of Boba Fett is set to serve as The Mandalorian "season 2.5," but as the title suggests, the spotlight will primarily be on the bounty hunter we first met in The Empire Strikes Back.
During a recent interview with The Express, star Temuera Morrison made it clear he could reveal "nothing" about the plot of the Disney+ series, but did confirm that, "It's in the timeline of The Mandalorian so, I guess, we gotta go back and see. It's a duo thing. We've got Ming-Na Wen in there - she's playing the master assassin Fennec Shand."
"We've gotta look at the timeline, we gotta look at where [Boba] has been," he teased, possibly hinting that the series will explore what Fett was doing before he caught up with Din Djarin. "We gotta keep the fans happy."
Helping ensure that Star Wars fans are kept happy is an A-List team of filmmakers, and Morrison went on to name some of them. "Jon [Favreau] has come up with some magical formulas. We've got some great directors onboard - Robert Rodriguez, Favreau, Bryce [Dallas Howard], Dave Filoni."
"It's just a new world! It's a new world. They like to keep the Star Wars stuff under [lock and] key. But, I think we're blessed in the way Favreau has all that Marvel experience, so we know where those storylines go. Let's see what happens."
Clearly, The Book of Boba Fett is in good hands, and with that December premiere fast approaching, it surely won't be too much longer before Disney and Lucasfilm share a first look at the series.
There are plenty of rumours out there about what to expect, though it definitely sounds like Boba will be crossing paths with the last man to wear his armor: Timothy Olyphant's Cobb Vanth. Pedro Pascal is also expecting to make a cameo appearance in order to bridge the gap between the second and third seasons of The Mandalorian.