There is yet another development among the “Star Wars” properties that Disney holds, as it was recently announced that Timothy Olyphant will be part of the second season of the Disney+ show “The Mandalorian.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Santa Clarita Diet” star will have a role on the popular Disney+ series, although it has not been revealed whether it is a new character or someone from the previous season in a new form.
Deadline also reports that Olyphant joined a number of new additions to the series, which include Temuera Morrison, Rosario Dawson, Michael Biehn, and Katee Sackhoff. Speculations about who these new additions would be playing also abounded, with Dawson reportedly portraying Ashoka Tano, Temuera Morrison playing Boba Fett, and Katee Sackhoff supposedly playing Bo Katan.
All episodes of the second season of “The Mandalorian” have already been filmed and set to debut on the Disney+ streaming service this October. Aside from creator Jon Favreau and director Dave Filoni, also joining the team behind the camera are directors Peyton Reed and Robert Rodriguez.
Olyphant is another important addition to the growing actors and creatives being drafted to work on Disney’s “Star Wars” titles. Before Olyphant, the most recent talent to join the “Star Wars” universe was Academy award-winning director Taika Waititi, who will be directing and co-writing a still-unnamed “Star Wars” movie.
Among Disney’s “Star Wars” projects, “The Mandalorian” was one of the more successful ones. A successful second season will definitely mean good news for Disney. If the second season of “The Mandalorian” becomes as big a hit as the first one, it could further swell the ranks of paid Disney+ subscribers, which is currently at 50 million.
Disney has been hit hard by the global coronavirus pandemic, to the tune of $1 billion. Even Disney executives have been forced to get a cut to their base salaries ranging from 20 to 30 percent.
With coronavirus infection around the world not slowing down, people may still have the time to binge-watch the second season of “The Mandalorian.” The World Health Organization’s situation report for May 18 puts the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 4,618,821 people. Around the world, 311,847 people have died from COVID-19.
Confirmed COVID-19 infections In the United States are at 1,480,349 people, according to the May 18 update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of people that have died from COVID-19 in the United States is now at 89,407.