More Baby Yoda as Disney’s Mandalorian series to return in October and other Star Wars spin-offs planned

The Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian was a big hit, helped by the immense popularity of co-star ‘Baby Yoda’

The Disney creation is set to return for a second series, along with a number of other Star Wars spin-offs

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Baby Yoda, the breakout star of Disney’s The Mandalorian, will be back on the small screen in October in a new series. Photo: Disney/TNS

Published: 2:28pm, 5 Feb 2020Updated: 2:34pm, 5 Feb 2020

Disney is ramping up its Baby Yoda content with the next series of The Mandalorian set for October and potential spin-offs in the works, chief Bob Iger said.

The live-action Star Wars television show launched last year was a hit for new streaming platform Disney+, with its tiny, cute co-star taking “the world by storm,” said Iger.

Iger promised “more coming from The Mandalorian thereafter, including the possibility of infusing it with more characters.”

This could include “taking those characters in their own direction in terms of series,” he said. “The priority in the next few years is television” for Star Wars, Iger added.

The Mandalorian follows a mysterious bounty hunter played by Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones), who roams the galaxy’s lawless outer reaches looking for mercenary work.

During the first season he formed an unlikely bond with a small, adorable creature officially called “The Child,” but dubbed Baby Yoda by online fans.

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