Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would be easy to assume that theStar Warsfranchise timeline is a much easier place to navigate when it comes to fixing its movies and shows in place. However, that may not be true asThe MandaloriancreatorJon Favreauseems to have rewritten where exactly the series fits into Star Wars canon. Favreau has previously set the beginning of the series as happening five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and confirmed Grogu’s age in the opening episode to be 50 years old. Last year he noted that Grogu would be 53 inThe Mandalorian’s third season, but a new comment made while speaking toSkytalkersseems to suggest this may now not be the case.
The Mandalorianhas never really given much sense of how much time has passed in the world since its opening episode, and with the show crossing paths with other series, it can be hard to pitch exactly where all of this fits together. According to Favreau’s new comments:
“[Grogu was] rescued and spent many years with The Mandalorian, went back with Luke [Skywalker], now he’s been two years apart from him, training.”
This completely throws Favreau’s previous suggestion that only three years have passed since Din Djarin met Grogu, as it seems more likely to be upwards of five or six. While this does not mess withThe Mandalorian’sgeneral place in the franchise, always being postReturn of the Jedi, it could become important if rumors of the series havingcrossovers withAhsokaandSkeleton Crewin the coming years.
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Will The Mandalorian’s Timeline Be Defined Beyond Doubt in Season 3?
When it comes to large, sprawling franchises, there always comes a moment when someone has to take a breath and check where everything sits together in a linear timeline. For Star Wars, the story should be a simple A-Z runthrough fromThe Phantom MenacetoThe Rise of the Skywalker, with all of the TV shows and movies sitting somewhere between these two outlier films. However, without any direct reference to the passage of time,The Mandalorian’sscope is one that could have a huge span or a relatively short one.
The Mandalorian’sthird season will certainly not be the last, and that means there is still plenty of time for Favreau and his team to make the timeline of the show, and other series coming soon to Disney+, fit into a more definite number of years.
What all of this could mean is that there will have beena few changes to Mando’s worldsince the second season andThe Book of Boba Fett. With the new season releasing over the coming weeks, all questions of exactly how Favreau’s new comments aboutThe Mandalorian’stimeline should soon be answered one way or the other.
The Mandalorianseason 3 kicks off on March 1, and releases new episodes every week on Disney+.
