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'The Mandalorian' Changes Dates for Special Tie-In to 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker'

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Disney+ has announced that the penultimate episode of The Mandalorian's first season will have an "exclusive sneak peek" at the upcoming "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" film.

"An old rival extends an invitation for The Mandalorian to make peace," reads a Disney Plus description of the seventh episode. The title of the episode has not been announced, however "The Sin"'s Deborah Chow is returning to direct from a script by showrunner Jon Favreau.

The streamer has moved up the episode up from the show's usual Friday spot to air on Wednesday, December 18 — ahead of Rise of Skywalker's Thursday afternoon Dec. 19 theatrical debut.

In the show's Dec. 27 season finale, the Mandalorian will come "face-to-face with an unexpected enemy." Someone from "Rise of Skywalker" turning up would be unexpected for us at least, eh?

Originally published on Newsarama. 

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Chris Arrant
Chris Arrant
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Newsarama Senior Editor Chris Arrant has covered comic book news for Space.com sister site Newsarama since 2003, and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News and CBR. He is the author of the book "Modern Masters: Cliff Chiang," co-authored "Art of Spider-Man Classic," and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology "Pros and (Comic) Cons." He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)

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2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • JacObi_Wan
    That's been the schedule since they announced the schedule for the show. They didn't move the episode up, it's always been slated for that Wednesday...
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  • stiggles
    Came here to say exactly that... this is nothing new, this is how the schedule has been.

    From mid-October, when it was first announced:
    https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/10/18/star-wars-the-mandalorian-release-schedule-premiere-dates/
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