- Hey, we're here! [gasps] Is that Pedro?
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This week, we're coming at you from the launch event
for "The Mandalorian" season 3.
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So good to see you. - So good to see you, too.
- How excited are you to share season 3 with the fans tonight?
- It's amazing. We've waited long enough.
It's gonna be a wild ride
and I can't wait for all of the hard work to be shared with everybody.
- I'm just so excited. This has been a long wait and it's finally here
and everyone is just--I am just so excited for everyone to see it.
- It's about time, OK?
We've all been working, working, working,
and this eagerness to see it finally come to the screen.
And here we are tonight-- you should be here with us.
Why are you sitting at home or wherever you're sitting?
You should be here with us.
- I don't think the whole internet was invited.
- Why didn't we invite everybody on the internet?
OK, demand that you're invited to the next one.
I'm telling you now!
- When you buy somebody a birthday present and you want to see them open it up,
that's what it's felt like for the last, like, two years.
Because I'm a fan myself, I've just been like, "Ah, let's go, let's go, let's go!"
- I'll be honest. Like, the first two seasons,
I think it's hard to put a finger on who exactly Dr. Pershing is,
and so, season 3, I think a lot of those questions are gonna get answered.
We're gonna get to know him and I got to know him a lot better, as well.
- Having gotten to see the entirety of the story for season 1,
and having had the experience of hearing from the fans
how this character resonated with them,
when I came back to do season 3, I just felt so much more comfortable.
- I've loved it this season because it always feels like it's a new exploration.
The writing is so good by Dave Filoni and especially John Favreau
that it gives you something new to look forward to as an actor.
It's never the same!
- It's obviously a show that means a lot to a lot of people.
They haven't had these two characters together for a while
so I think it's great for everyone that they're back.
And John always is-- his writing's explosive.
Let's just say that in a word. It's gonna start with a bang.
- It's such a treat to see it with a crowd.
We've been building up to a lot of things and now those things are gonna play out.
We've been working at it for a long time so it's great that we're gonna have
a couple weeks of fun here for the people who made it.
- I'm really excited because I really feel like
this season raises the bar on what kinds of stories John and Dave are telling
with the series and it goes deeper into the Star Wars mythos.
It's--it's really something special. - Yeah.
- Visually, in itself, season 3 is so rich.
It's just such a treat because I think Star Wars needs that spectacle
and it needs that fun and Mando 3 is gonna deliver.
- We did elevate.
We did take it a little bit slower this time
and made better decisions, I think.
My crew and I are just huge fans of the show.
You want to make sure that the fandom is honored
and so, you don't want to take any shortcuts.
- It's gotta be surreal for you to have your name
join a list that includes John Williams,
as well as Ludwig and so many other amazing composers.
- I'll be honest. Like, you're kind of choking me up right now
because it's like, I've worshipped Star Wars for so long.
The music is something that brought me into it. [chuckles]
- It is a very, very busy, awesome, amazing season
filled with lots of sound, certainly, and a lot of--lot of other great things.
I mean, incredible performances and characters.
- We've got a lot of voices that we've put in the show that we-- that's--
we probably can't talk about a lot of that, roger, roger.
- I just wanna see the dad and the son again, you know?
Then all the Mandos, like, just, like, duking it out.
- We couldn't be more proud of the work we've done
and the entire team that put this season together, so I can't wait.
- I think we've got a lot to get excited for
and I'm just excited like every other Star Wars fan there is in the universe.
More Star Wars is better.
Thanks for everything you guys do for the franchise
and we really appreciate it, as fans.
- All right, that's it for this week.
Watch "The Mandalorian" season 3 right now on Disney+
and be sure to join us right here every Thursday for "This Week In Star Wars."
Thanks for watching. May the Force be with you.
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