- "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
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 and starred Gina Carano as the character Cara Dune. 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 Star Wars: 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]
Development
- "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
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 Star Wars: The Mandalorian were in development.[5] Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced that Rangers of the New Republic and Star Wars: Ahsoka were among those series during a Disney Investor Day presentation on December 10 of that year. She stated that they and "future stories" would be take place in The Mandalorian's timeline[4]—which is set around 9 ABY[3]—and "culminate in a climactic story event."[4]
On February 10, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that actress Gina Carano[6]—who had played Marshal of the New Republic Cara Dune in The Mandalorian[7]—was originally slated to be revealed as the star of a spinoff series during the 2020 Disney Investor Day presentation. 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.[6] 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 star Carano as 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 receive compensation for Rangers of the New Republic's cancelation.[9] On August 7, 2025, Disney, Lucasfilm, and Carano announced that they had reached a settlement over the lawsuit.[10]
Credits
| Cast | Uncredited cast | Crew | Uncredited crew | Special thanks |
Appearances
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| Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
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Events
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Sentient species
Sources
Disney Investor Day 2020 on the Walt Disney Company's official website (backup link)- Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
- This Week! in Star Wars Exciting Lucasfilm Announcements, A New Story From The High Republic, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 200
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 201
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition,
"A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must all be set in 9 ABY as well. As 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Disney Investor Day 2020 on the Walt Disney Company's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Disney's Bob Iger Considering 'Mandalorian' Spinoff Shows by Couch, Aaron on The Hollywood Reporter (February 4, 2020) (backup link archived on February 6, 2023)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'The Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano Fired Amid Social Media Controversy by Parker, Ryan; Couch, Aaron on The Hollywood Reporter (February 10, 2021) (backup link archived on December 20, 2023)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
- ↑ '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) (backup link archived on May 21, 2021)
- ↑ Gina Carano Sues Disney Over 'Mandalorian' Firing in Lawsuit Funded by Elon Musk by Winston Cho on The Hollywood Reporter (February 6, 2023) (backup link archived on February 6, 2024)
- ↑ Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over 'Mandalorian' Firing by Katcy Stephan on Variety (August 7, 2025) (backup link archived on August 8, 2025)
