The Book of Boba Fett To Start Streaming on December 29

Disney+ has revealed the launch date of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett as December 29.  It will probably be a weekly release for each new episode.  Little is known of the story except it will star Temuera Morrison as Boba and Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand  Its assumed it takes up shortly after the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian that show the pair at Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine after taking control of the place from Bib Fortuna who in turn had taken over after Jabba's death in Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Renewed for Season 2

Just in case you had concerns, Disney has announced they have renewed Star Wars: The Bad Batch for season 2.  The first season will end next week with a two part finale. Part 1 available now on Disney+.

Star Wars: @TheBadBatch will return for a second season in 2022. Prepare for the two part finale of season one starting tomorrow, only on @DisneyPlus. #TheBadBatch pic.twitter.com/TOs5Lh34bT

— Star Wars (@starwars) August 5, 2021

Star Wars TV Shows Filming Update, Virtual Production Video

It looks like the wait for The Mandalorian Season 3 will be a longer one as the series is not expected to start filming until late into the year. The reason why is due to special "Virtual Production" stage built specifically for filming Star Wars television shows and pioneered by The Mandalorian Season 2. Video below gets into the details of the stage.  

So with one virtual stage to film on and three Star Wars shows in the works, that means coordinating when what can film when.  As of right now, The Book of Boba Fett has wrapped with goal of a December release date.  Next to use the space will be Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series that will likely take 3 or so months to film.  Once that completes work, that will allow The Mandalorian to take over and begin filming.  The order of the television filming slate was likely also impacted by Padro Pascal's schedule as he is spending the summer filming "The Last of Us" for HBO.  

The video below is worth checking out as likely more and more television shows and movies will use the technology once more virtual stages are built using it.

 

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Trailer, Launch Date

Disney+ as revealed the first trailer for Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The series will premiere on May 4 with a 70 minute episode with each new episode appearing on the service each Friday starting on May 7. I do believe the show is set after Star Wars: The Clone Wars but to early to know if it will continue any story or character lines from that show. The show description:

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.

Obi-Wan Kenobi Announces Cast, April Filming Start

Disney has revealed the core cast and production start date for Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series. Filming will begin in April for an unknown release date but safe to assume it will be early 2022. The key bit of casting news is the return of Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse who played young Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru back in 2005 with Revenge of the Sith when Obi-Wan (returning Ewan McGregor) dropped off just born Luke. Details on the series story has not been revealed but with Hayden Christensen also signed on, one assumes to reprise the role of Darth Vader, it suggests that it will tell focus on some point where Obi-Wan had to prevent the Empire from discovering Luke's existence. 

Besides those four, Deadline reports additional announced castmembers have been announced. No details on their roles or extent of their roles have been provided. They are Moses Ingram (The Queen's Gambit), Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Rupert Friend (Homeland), O'Shea Jackson Jr (Straight Outta Compton), Sung Kang (Fast & Furious movies), Simone Kessell (Reckoning), Benny Safdie (Pieces of a Woman).