Season 4 ofThe Mandalorianwill reportedly be delayed due to the Writer’s Guild of Americanationwide strike for fair wages. AsDeadlinereveals, Lucasfilm plans to postpone production on Season 4, which was expected to begin this September.
While Season 4 ofThe Mandalorianhas not been officially confirmed, the series remains one of the most successful Disney+ original productions. That means not even the Jedi could prevent Disney from milking the show as long as they can, despite thelack of character growth in Season 3and many fansquestioning if Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal/Brendan Wayne/Lateef Crowder) needs to return. In addition,as Collider previously revealed, all the Season 4 scripts were already written before Season 3’s finale, which indicates the House of the Mouse is working behind the scenes to keep theStar Warsuniverse expanding.
Stopping the production of Season 4 ofThe Mandalorianis a massive win for the WGA strike, as the blow hits Disney where it hurts the most, their pockets. Of course, since there’s no official news on Season 4 yet, Disney can still order Lucasfilm to move forward with production with no writers on set to supervise the shootings and make last-minute changes to the scripts. That’s the pathPrime Video decided to take with Season 2 ofThe Rings of Power, for instance, a move that proved highly unpopular.As industry veterans often explain, having writers present for the whole production of a show assures its quality. So, given the lukewarm reception ofThe MandalorianSeason 3, especially compared to the show’s first season, it would be wiser for Lucasfilm to wait for the strike to be over before moving forward with any project.
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What’s Next forStar Warsand Disney+?
While the WGA strike threatens to postpone production ofThe MandalorianSeason 4, there’s still a lot of Star Wars content coming to Disney+.Ahsokais the next live-action series expected to hit Disney+ in 2023, and the WGA strike shouldn’t affect the show.Skeleton Crew, starringJude Lawas its lead star, is alsoscheduled for release this year. Nevertheless, anything beyond that remains uncertain, as without writers, Disney and Lucasfilm will have trouble producing new movies and TV shows.As we announced at the last Star Wars Celebration, there is a lot coming in the near future. Or at least there was before writers were pushed to strike afterstudios refused to negotiate fair wages.
All three seasons ofThe Mandalorianare currently available on Disney+. Check out our interview about Season 4 below:
