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"Today, I'm excited to share with you that Jon and Dave are concurrently developing two new spinoff series exclusively for Disney+: one, The Rangers of the New Republic, and the other featuring fan-favorite Ahsoka Tano."
―Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announces Rangers of the New Republic during Disney Investor Day 2020[4]

Rangers of the New Republic was a planned live-action television series. It was announced on December 10, 2020, and would have been executive produced by Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau. As of November 2021, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that the series was canceled, saying that no scripts had been written and that concepts would be absorbed into future episodes of the "next iteration" of The Mandalorian.

Official description[]

Set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, this new live-action series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will intersect with future stories and culminate into a climactic story event.[1]

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"Set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, these interconnected shows, along with future stories, will excite new audiences, embrace our most passionate fans, and will culminate in a climactic story event."
―Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announces Rangers of the New Republic during Disney Investor Day 2020[4]
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Kathleen Kennedy announces Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka at Disney Investor Day 2020.

In February of 2020, Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted in an earnings call that spinoff series featuring characters from The Mandalorian were in development.[5] It was announced that Rangers of the New Republic was one of those series by Lucasfilm Ltd. President Kathleen Kennedy during a Disney Investor Day presentation on December 10. Kennedy said that the series, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and future stories would be interconnected and "culminate in a climactic story event."[1] On December 21, in an interview with Good Morning America, Jon Favreau confirmed that the series would take place after the film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[6] This was corroborated by StarWars.com, meaning the show would have taken place around 9 ABY.[3]

On February 10, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that actress Gina Carano was originally slated to be revealed as the star of a Mandalorian spinoff series during the 2020 Disney Investor Day presentation. The report posited that the project was Rangers of the New Republic. On the same day, Lucasfilm denounced "abhorrent" social media posts by Carano in a public statement and confirmed that Carano was not currently employed by the company, nor would she be employed in any future projects.[7] On May 20, in an interview with Dave Filoni, Variety reported that the series was no longer in active development.[8] In an interview with Kathleen Kennedy in the January 2022 issue of Empire, it was confirmed that Rangers had indeed been intended to be a starring vehicle for Carano as The Mandalorian character Cara Dune and that the series was canceled. Kennedy added that scripts were never written for the series, and concepts and ideas from it would be incorporated into future episodes of The Mandalorian.[2] On February 6, 2024, Carano filed a lawsuit for discrimination and wrongful termination against Disney and Lucasfilm, seeking to be recast in Star Wars and recieve compensation for her promised role in Rangers of the New Republic.[9]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 StarWars Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Travis, Ben. "Inside Star Wars' new TV empire". Empire Nugent, John, no. 396, H Bauer Publishing, January 2022. ISSN 0957-4948.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" and "Chapter 16: The Rescue" to 9 ABY. The events of Chapters 1–16 must therefore also take place in 9 ABY, and the events of Chapters 17–24 must take place around that year as well. As StarWars Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link) states that Rangers of the New Republic is set in the same time period as The Mandalorian, it must therefore also have been planned to be set around 9 ABY.
  4. 4.0 4.1 DisneyCompany-favicon Disney Investor Day 2020 on The Walt Disney Company official website (backup link)
  5. Disney's Bob Iger Considering 'Mandalorian' Spinoff Shows by Couch, Aaron on The Hollywood Reporter (February 4, 2020) (archived from the original on February 6, 2023)
  6. YouTube Jon Favreau talks about the season 2 finale of 'The Mandalorian' on the Good Morning America YouTube channel (backup link)
  7. 'The Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano Fired Amid Social Media Controversy by Parker, Ryan; Couch, Aaron on The Hollywood Reporter (February 10, 2021) (archived from the original on December 20, 2023)
  8. 'The Mandalorian' EP Dave Filoni's 'New' Job at Lucasfilm Isn't Actually New, but Fans on Twitter Got Excited Anyway by Vary, Adam B. on Variety (May 20, 2021) (archived from the original on May 21, 2021)
  9. Gina Carano Sues Disney Over 'Mandalorian' Firing in Lawsuit Funded by Elon Musk by Winston Cho on The Hollywood Reporter (February 6, 2023) (archived from the original on February 6, 2024)



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