‘Star Wars’: Disney+ Will Unveil ‘The Mandalorian’ Footage To Investors In April

Disney is set to offer investors the first look at original content for the company’s upcoming streaming service in April, with the presentation likely including footage from the Star Wars series titled The Mandalorian.

The company will present a demonstration of the Disney+ streaming service to investors at Disney Investor Day on April 11, 2019, where it will also discuss its direct-to-consumer business in greater detail. Investors will also be given a first look at the original content produced by Disney’s film and television studios in a presentation that The Verge’s Julia Alexander notes will likely include footage from Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, a live-action Star Wars series set in between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

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After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, and Nick Nolte. The series was written by Jon Favreau, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist is also on board as a co-executive producer.

Dave Filoni will direct the first episode of the series and additional episodes will be helmed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard, Dope director Rick Famuyiwa, and Jessica Jones episode director Deborah Chow.

The Mandalorian will be available exclusively on Disney+ in 2019.

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