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Disney+'s The Mandalorian will be coming back for its second season in October. It was one of the luckier shows that were able to wrap up production in early March, ahead of shelter-in-place orders came into effect. But now we learn that a month or so after season 2 wrapped up, pre-production for season 3 has already begun. Variety claims that sources close to creator Jon Favreau can confirm that he has been "writing season 3 for a while." The art department, which is led by Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director Doug Chiang, has also reportedly started creating concepts for the third season "for the past few weeks."
Another source claimed that the production design department started working on the upcoming season on April 20 because the department requires "such a huge lead time" to explain why "the gears have started grinding really early on."