Everything You Should Watch Before ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3

It has been a while since we have seen a new season of The Mandalorian, with season two ending in 2020. Even though Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu have turned up elsewhere on Disney Plus, you can’t help but miss the fan-favorite characters. Season three of The Mandalorian has finally begun, and it is set to continue until around the middle of April. 

All of the usual characters are set to return, with Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), the Armorer, and Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) all making appearances. The trailers for the season have focused on Mandalore and the Siege of Mandalore, so it might be worth going through everything you should probably watch to get the full context of where this season might go. Here’s everything you should watch before the third season of The Mandalorian. 

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

There might not be anything in Star Wars: The Clone Wars that will connect directly to season three of The Mandalorian. But, if you want background knowledge of Mandalorian culture, or more information on the history of the Darksaber and the pre-Empire wielder of the weapon, Pre Vizsla, as well as more stories surrounding Bo-Katan, you will want to watch The Clone Wars. Funnily enough, Pre Vizsla was voiced by Jon Favreau, the creator of The Mandalorian.

The Clone Wars ran for seven seasons, and it is an animated series that follows numerous individuals throughout the Clone Wars, with a particular focus on Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka Tano. You may be pressed for time, and therefore you might not want to watch every episode, even though the series is amazing. All the episodes with stories related to Mandalore are listed below.

• Season 2, Episode 12, “The Mandalore Plot”
• Season 2, Episode 13, “Voyage of Temptation”
• Season 2, Episode 14, “Duchess of Mandalore”
• Season 3, Episode 5, “Corruption”
• Season 3, Episode 6, “The Academy”
• Season 4, Episode 14, “A Friend in Need”
• Season 5, Episode 14, “Eminence”
• Season 5, Episode 15, “Shades of Reason”
• Season 5, Episode 16, “The Lawless”
• Season 7, Episode 7, “Dangerous Debt”
• Season 7, Episode 8, “Together Again”
• Season 7, Episode 9, “Old Friends Not Forgotten”
• Season 7, Episode 10, “The Phantom Apprentice”
• Season 7, Episode 11, “Shattered”
• Season 7, Episode 12, “Victory and Death”

Star Wars Rebels

You will also want to watch the other popular Star Wars animated series, Star Wars Rebels. This series follows a group of rebels made up of Ezra Bridger, Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Zeb Orrelios, and Sabine Wren. Sabine was born in Mandalore, and she becomes one of the people who wield the Darksaber in Star Wars Rebels.

If anything, it might be more important to watch this rather than The Clone Wars because the events of Rebels lead almost directly into Bo-Katan’s appearance in The Mandalorian. Because Sabine appears in almost every episode, you might be better off watching the entire series, especially as it only ran for four seasons. If you do just want to see the events that either involve the Darksaber or Mandalore you will want to focus your attention on seasons three and four.