Jon Favreau Scrapped The Mandalorian Season 4 Scripts Featuring Thrawn to 'Start From Scratch' for The Mandalorian and Grogu

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau was forced to ditch his plans for a fourth season of the hit Disney+ series when Lucasfilm decided to make The Mandalorian and Grogu instead. Speaking to SFX magazine, Favreau revealed that his now-scrapped scripts would have featured iconic Star Wars villain Grand Admiral Thrawn, following his live-action introduction in the first season of Ahsoka. Indeed, the next chapter of the Mandalorian TV show would also have set up Ahsoka's upcoming second season — and presumably have laid down more of the story planned to ultimately draw this era of the franchise together in Dave Filoni's planned team-up movie. Exactly what is going to happen to this story now remains unclear, as there's been no word yet from Lucasfilm on whether The Mandalorian will ever return to Disney+ for another season — or whether the character's leap to the big screen will be permanent. Regardless, fans should not expect to sit down in theaters next month and see the same story play out. "You can't just take those scripts and turn them into a movie," Favreau said (via GamesRadar+). "There were a lot of characters, it assumed you'd watched the whole show, and it was teeing up what