Empire Magazine’s April 2023 issue out on Feb. 16th features an epic 20-page Star Wars extravaganza including images and interviews from the creatives behind the third season of The Mandalorian, including this exclusive image of Din Djarin, Grogu and Bo-Katan Kryze.
It’s fair to say that the scope of the new season – delving further into the Mandalorian mythology Filoni helped establish in The Clone Wars – is about to get bigger. “What I love most about Season 3 is how much the world opens up in terms of Mandalore and Mandalorians,” Pedro Pascal tells Empire in the world-exclusive The Mandalorian Season 3 issue. “That means so many different facets of culture, politics, and rules and discoveries. Delicious doors are flying wide open.” Adding complications to his quest for forgiveness? Mando now wields the much-contested Darksaber, a hard-fought-after weapon with a weighted history for the Mandalorian people, and special significance for his fellow Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze.
Introduced in live-action in The Mandalorian Season 2, Bo-Katan sees actor Katee Sackhoff reprise her voice role from the animated series – and after all her years in the Star Wars galaxy, even she was surprised when she saw the territory the Season 3 scripts were taking them into. “[I was] texting Jon and Dave, ‘Are you serious?’ This is an epic season – it’s so big and so bold and so different,” she promises. And for Bo-Katan, it brings big challenges – her dynamic with Din Djarin isn’t an easy one, and her tangled history doesn’t hold easy options for the future. “We know the family that she was born into; now what’s the family that she’s going to choose? What does that look like?” questions Sackhoff. That’s the thing with Mandalorians – they always find the way.
What’s going on in this image, is Din Djarin looking for redemption? Let us know your thoughts….
Empire’s April issue is on sale Thursday, February 16th. Pre-order a copy here. Don’t miss the new season of The Mandalorian, streaming March 1st exclusively on Disney+.
