The Mandalorian to explore the origins of Star Wars' First Order

Entertainment Weekly

The Disney+ series is set to explore some of the early origins the dictatorship commanded by Supreme Leader Snoke that rose up to succeed the fallen Galactic Empire that was defeated in Return of the Jedi, showrunner Jon Favreau and director Dave Filoni tell EW. “This doesn’t turn into a good guy universe because you blew up two Death Stars,” quipped Filoni. “You get that the Rebels won and they’re trying to establish a Republic, but there’s no way that could have set in for everybody all at once. You have in a Western where you’re out on the frontier and there might be Washington and they might have some marshals, but sometimes good luck finding one.” Favreau added: “Also, what could happen in the 30 years between celebrating the defeat of the Empire and then the First Order?”