Rangers of the New Republic – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:12:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png Rangers of the New Republic – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 Rangers of the New Republic to be Reworked Into The Mandalorian https://www.geekfeed.com/rangers-of-the-new-republic-to-be-reworked-into-the-mandalorian/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:12:29 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=62609 Back when it seemed like there was no problem with Gina Carano, Lucasfilm was ready to have her lead her own series called Rangers of the New Republic, and hints were already dropped in the second season of The Mandalorian. With Carano being promptly fired for her anti-vaxx views though, it looks like Lucasfilm is now going to scrap the Rangers series—but not completely.

Talking to Empire (via @TheSWU), Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has explained that development of the series didn’t get really far, and future concepts would just be brought over to the next season of Mando. She says, “We’d never written any scripts or anything on that. Some of that will figure into future episodes, I’m sure, of the next iteration of Mandalorian.”

With the character of Din Djarin not having any specific allegiance with neither the Empire nor the New Republic, it would make sense for a series to focus on the characters who know they are on the side of the Rebellion.

With Mando said to be expecting a huge time jump for its next season, some think that they will finally be entering Sequel Era territory. It would be interesting to watch the early days of the New Republic, and maybe we can have cameos from Sequel characters like pilots Snap Wexley or Jess Pava. Would it be too hard to get Oscar Isaac to make a cameo as Poe?

For now, Disney+ is prepping for the release of The Book of Boba Fett on Dec. 29.

]]> Star Wars: Has Rangers of the New Republic Been Cancelled? https://www.geekfeed.com/star-wars-has-rangers-of-the-new-republic-been-cancelled/ Fri, 21 May 2021 05:55:14 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=59591 When Lucasfilm had announced a bunch of different shows coming to Disney+ like Ahsoka and Visions, one other series that was announced was something called Rangers of the New Republic, and it would have focused on Gina Carano’s ex-rebel trooper Cara Dune. With Carano getting fired by Lucasfilm though, it looks like Rangers has been put on hold.

As pointed out by Bespin Bulletin, Variety had made a passing mention that Rangers of the New Republic was ‘not currently in active development’. While some would think that this means that the show was cancelled, it’s possible that Lucasfilm is just shelving the project for now, with the intention to revisit the idea in the future.

Besides Cara Dune, Rangers was said to focus on other alliance characters from The Mandalorian like X-Wing pilots Carson Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and Trapper Wolf (Dave Filoni). Fans were also hoping for the return of other fan-favorites like Timothy Olyphant’s Cobb Vanth as well as Bill Burr’s ex-Imperial sniper Migs Mayfeld. Maybe the show can even bring in other characters from Legends; I’m sure a lot of fans would want to follow the adventures of Rogue Squadron pilot Wedge Antilles.

Though Rangers may have been shelved, Star Wars fans still have a lot of content to look forward to. Besides Ahsoka, there’s still the upcoming Andor series plus Obi-Wan Kenobi. Let’s not also forget The Book of Boba Fett which is set to premiere on Disney+ this winter season.

For now, you can catch the first two seasons of The Mandalorian now streaming on Disney+.

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