One of the final scenes in The Mandalorian season 3, episode 8 seemingly confirms that season 4 will be replacing a canceled Star Wars show.
The Mandalorian in between blurred out images of Carson Teva and Cara Dune.
Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 8.
The final scenes of The Mandalorian season 3, episode 8 seemingly confirm that Din Djarin will serve as a replacement for Cara Dune in a previously canceled Star Wars show. After putting an end to Moff Gideon's cloning plans and destroying his base on Mandalore, Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin was shown in an epilogue of sorts, rounding out his and Grogu's story for the season. One of these scenes involved Din reuniting with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's Carson Teva, in a conversation that hinted at the potential story for The Mandalorian season 4.
As reported by Variety, writer and co-creator of the show Jon Favreau revealed that The Mandalorian season 4 has already been written. This means that the ending of The Mandalorian season 3, episode 8 was all intentionally placed to lead into future stories set in this sect of the Star Wars universe. With the one scene with Carson Teva, The Mandalorian has all but confirmed that the show's next outing will be delving even further into the plot points originally intended for one of Star Wars' canceled TV shows.
Din Djarin Has Effectively Become A Ranger, Hunting Imperial Warlords
Din Djarin and Carson Teva in The Mandalorian.
The canceled TV show in question is Rangers of the New Republic, which was rumored to focus on the exploits of Cara Dune as a newly-anointed New Republic marshal. However, after Gina Corano was fired from Lucasfilm, the show was seemingly scrapped. Despite the show's cancelation, The Mandalorian season 3 incorporated some of the elements intended for Rangers of the New Republic into its story,through the subplots of Elia Kane, Dr. Pershing, and Carson Teva. With Mando's visit to the Adelphi bar filled with Easter eggs in Mandalorian season 3, episode 8, The Mandalorian season 4 is now confirmed to even further cover these canned plot points.
As per the conversation with Carson Teva, Din Djarin is reverting to his bounty hunting ways - only this time, with a twist. After his feud with Moff Gideon and the Empire, Mando told Teva that he will unofficially serve the New Republic, attempting to hunt down Imperial warlords in the Outer Rim. The tentative bond that has been set up between Teva and Mando across three seasons of The Mandalorian means the former likes the idea of the deal, setting up The Mandalorian season 4 as the pseudo-Rangers of the New Republic.
Rangers Of The New Republic's Subplots Must Feature In The Mandalorian Season 4
Thrawn in the Ahsoka trailer and Imperial Shadow Council from The Mandalorian
The core plot of Rangers of the New Republic was expected to center on the titular organization discovering that the Imperial Remnants were more coherent than first thought. Therefore, The Mandalorian season 4 must include the same plot. The Mandalorian season 3, episode 7 already established the Shadow Council that is serving Thrawn as a means of restoring the Empire's power, something that eventually transforms into both the First Order and Final Order from the sequel trilogy. This means that the story of The Mandalorian season 4 should be about Din Djarin taking down these Imperial Remnants, which would benefit the overarching story of this section of the Star Wars timeline.
If this was to be the case, it would set Din Djarin and Grogu up to be part of Filoni's newly-announced Star Wars film. The film is set to culminate the story of The Mandalorian and its respective spin-offs, likely in a battle between the New Republic and Grand Admiral Thrawn. If The Mandalorian season 4 does indeed feature Mando thwarting the Empire's plans and potentially leading him to discover Thrawn himself, it would position the story of the show to not only incorporate Rangers of the New Republic elements, but perfectly set up Din Djarin's theatrical debut in the process.
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