Katee Sackhoff and Emily Swallow, who play The Mandalorian's cast. As such, they have become quite familiar with both the secrecy surrounding Star Wars projects and the questions that they're often asked about them - something they have since reflected on.

On Sackhoff's podcast, The Sackhoff Show, Swallow discussing her audition experience for The Mandalorian inspires a conversation about the overall secrecy that has always been attached to The Mandalorian. Sackhoff begins by saying that she often has to tell people, "I can't tell you," but that "oftentimes, I don't know." Sackhoff continues, "So it legitimately makes it easy to tell people I don't know, because I don't know, and they don't believe me."

Swallow reinforces this by assuring Sackhoff that "I experience that regularly. I mean, even now!" She then shares her thoughts about people often assuming that Star Wars projects, particularly The Mandalorian, are always ongoing, and that the actors are always clued in to what's happening - although that usually isn't the truth. As an example, Swallow brings up The Mandalorian season 4:

So they'll ask me, "Are you gonna be in season 4?" I love it though, sometimes, when people are like, "Are you gonna be in season 3?" They're just not caught up. They'll ask me, and I say, "That's a good question." And then they're like, "Yeah, and?" And I'm like, "That's a good question. Good question."

What The Secrecy Around The Mandalorian Means For Star Wars

They Go To Great Lengths To Protect Their Stories

It's not overly surprising to hear just how secretive Star Wars is about its projects, especially with ones as big as The Mandalorian, but it is still quite fascinating to hear just how high up that secrecy goes. The fact that not even the actors know what's going on half the time proves just how careful Lucasfilm intends to be with each new project. This was exemplified with Fennec Shand actor Ming-Na Wen sharing that she thought production on The Book of Boba Fett was actually for The Mandalorian season 3, and now, Swallow and Sackhoff are further proving it.

Is The Mandalorian Season 4 Really Still A Possibility?

Hope Could Still Be Alive For A New Season

Din Grogu and Din Djarin at their cabin on Nevarro in The Mandalorian season 3 finale

Of course, while the point of Swallow and Sackhoff's conversation here is to prove that they truly don't know anything about where The Mandalorian is headed right now, the mere fact that season 4 was brought up seems to confirm that Star Wars hasn't completely shut down the possibility of pursuing another season. It's been assumed that the The Mandalorian and Grogu movie is an adaptation of season 4 that would thus be replacing it, but that may not be the case. It seems as if hope for The Mandalorian season 4 can indeed stay alive.

Source: The Sackhoff Show

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The Mandalorian
Release Date
2019 - 2023-00-00
Network
Disney+
Showrunner
Jon Favreau
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Released on November 12, 2019 The Mandalorian follows a lone gunfighter navigating the galaxy's outer reaches after the Galactic Empire's fall. As a skilled bounty hunter, he operates in a lawless universe, undertaking various missions on the fringes of the New Republic’s territories.

Directors
Taika Waititi, Lee Isaac Chung
Writers
Jon Favreau
Franchise(s)
Star Wars
Seasons
3
Story By
Jon Favreau
Streaming Service(s)
Dis