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Watch: The Latest ‘Star Wars: Mandalorian’ Trailer

We’re about two weeks away from the launch of the much-heralded Disney+ streaming service, and the premiere of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which takes place five years after the events of Star…

The Mandalorian
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We're about two weeks away from the launch of the much-heralded Disney+ streaming service, and the premiere of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which takes place five years after the events of Star Wars: Return of The Jedi.

In a brand new trailer for the show, the first thing we see are a bunch of Stormtroopers helmets (are their heads still in them?) on spikes. "Is the world more peaceful since the Revolution?" a voice asks. "It is a shame that your people suffered."

The voice continues, "But bounty hunting is a complicated profession." We see the title character fighting an enemy, and then carbon freezing him, a la Han Solo at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.

"They said you were coming," the same voice says. "Would you agree?" The voice comes from a character played by a somewhat surprising casting choice: Werner Herzog, a legendary writer, director and actor of mostly arthouse films (like 1979's Nosferatu the Vampyre ) documentaries (2005's harrowing Grizzly Man) and even opera.

The title character is played by Pedro Pascal -- who had the eye-popping role of Oberyn Martell in Game Of Thrones  -- as well as Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed in the Rocky films), Taika Waititi (director of Thor: Ragnarok, he also played Korg in that film and the subsequent Avengers films) and Nick Nolte.

Disney+ launches on November 12, which is when The Mandalorian premieres. Watch the trailer below.

Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.