- [Narrator] How The Mandalorian will reveal the origins
of the First Order for Star Wars.
- "Bounty hunting is a complicated profession,"
we hear Werner Herzog proclaim in the beginning
of The Mandalorian trailer.
Good job, Amy.
But what's something even more complicated
than bounty hunting?
Building an evil military regime from the ground up.
And it looks like The Mandalorian will explore
both of these complex concepts,
bounty hunting and the origins of the First Order.
We're still a little over two months away
from the launch of Disney+ and with it,
the release of the long-awaited,
first ever live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian.
While Disney's D23 Expo gave us a glimpse
into the world of the show through its trailer,
new details have been dropping
about where exactly the show falls in the overall timeline
of Star Wars and in the context
of the greater Star Wars saga at large.
Just this week, EW chatted with Mandalorian director
and Clone Wars head honcho, Dave Filoni,
and showrunner Jon Favreau,
who confirmed that The Mandalorian will in fact cover
the rise of the sinister First Order,
the villains and sometimes punchlines
of the sequel trilogy.
- You and your friends are doomed.
We will wipe your filth from the galaxy.
- [Man Being Threatened] Okay. I'll hold.
- [Amy] Dave Filoni broke down the unstable state
of the Star Wars galaxy to EW.
"This doesn't turn into a good guy universe"
"because you blew up two Death Stars."
"You get that the Rebels won and they're trying"
"to establish a Republic,"
"but there's no way that could have set in for everybody"
"all at once."
"You have in a Western where you're out on the frontier"
"and there might be Washington"
"and they might have some marshals,"
"but sometimes good luck finding one."
Jon Favreau added, "Also, what could happen"
"in the 30 years between celebrating the defeat"
"of the Empire and then the First Order?"
"You come in on Episode VII,"
"the First Order are not just starting out."
"They're pretty far along."
So it seems like there's a lot of potential
for how the First Order got its start.
But how will that be portrayed in The Mandalorian?
Well, we know that Giancarlo Esposito's character,
Moff Gideon, is a former Impirial higher up.
We've seen from the trailer and from stills
that Gideon and his death troopers maintain
that clean, orderly Imperial aesthetic,
especially compared to Werner Herzog's
more grizzled and gritty troops.
Could Moff Gideon be the one to piece together
the remnants of the Empire and Frankenstein it
into the First Order we all know and hate?
Or could we see a power struggle
between Herzog and Gideon for the control
of the remaining Imperial troops?
If The Mandalorian leans into this type
of Game of Thrones-esque power struggle,
oh boy, we're definitely on board.
Now, how exactly the First Order came to be
is a question that's plagued the sequel trilogy
since The Force Awakens.
Fans have been frustrated by the First Order's
apparent rehash of the Empire,
getting few onscreen concrete details
about the rise of the First Order thus far
beyond information like stormtroopers
being programmed from birth,
the First Order wiping out the New Republic,
and the First Order's goals of crushing the Resistance
and destroying our favorite Corellian freighter.
- Blow that piece of junk out of the sky.
- [Amy] We also know some background
about the First Order's conception,
as well as the final battles
between the Rebellion and the Empire
thanks to Chuck Wendig's Aftermath novels.
Those novels also contain information
about Emperor Palpatine's contingency plans,
which could play a bigger role
in this December's Rise of Skywalker as well.
In terms of The Mandalorian,
it would be cool to see some of the fallout
from the final Imperial-Rebel skirmishes onscreen
as well as characters introduced in those novels
like Brendol Hux, General Armitage Hux's father.
Yes, his first name is Armitage.
And fan favorite Rae Sloane.
This is all just speculation for now,
but we'll just have to wait until November
to see how everything unfolds.
But what do you folks think?
Are you excited to learn more about the First Order
in The Mandalorian?
Do you think we'll see the origins of First Order faves
like General Hux or Captain Canady?
Or are you more interested
in the Western, gunslinger vibe of The Mandalorian?
Let's discuss.
Thanks for watching.
If you like what you saw,
why not give us a like and subscribe?
If you wanna get notified every time we go live
with the show or drop a new video,
feel free to mash that little bell
so you can be up to date
on all the latest theories, news, and rumors
in the pop culture world.
(pop synth)