'The Mandalorian' Footage Description: Sorry, Boba Fett, There's A New Bounty Hunter In Town

The first bit of footage shown at the panel opens with a black screen and a faint beeping sound in the background. Fade to a figure walking in a stark snowy landscape filled with fog, remote tracker in hand. The figure pauses for a second before placing his tracker in his belt, and the camera pulls out to reveal the figure to be the Mandalorian, carrying a rifle and walking toward some isolated village as the fog evaporates. The doors of a grimy, dark building open and the Mandalorian steps inside. Aliens within the building, which seems to be a bar of sorts, look on in trepidation, aware that he looking for someone. From above the village, a ship flies toward it.

The clip then cuts to a bunch of behind-the-scenes footage, with flashes of different characters, aliens, the Mandalorian, a crashed TIE fighter, and Scout troopers.

"This series takes place about five years after Return of the Jedi," executive producer and showrunner Jon Favreau says in the clip. "This is a character you've never met before in a period of time that you've never seen."

The aesthetic is grimy, almost steampunk as befitting the seedy underbelly of the outer reaches that this show explores. In one shot, the Mandalorian is standing next to a big laser cannon at a small space station dock. Other shots have the Mandlorian walking out of his ship, the Razorcrest, in a close-up of his dark, shiny armor, and even riding a Dewback at one point.

Concept art also appeared here and there, showing the Mandalorian facing off with aliens, including a Twi'lek, but more on that in the upcoming description of the rest of the footage. Another shot of a run-through with directors on set reveals plenty of new aliens and astromech droids, Jawas, new planets, new races, and ships. A new starship looks like a black and gold X-wing with closed S-foils. Another shot of concept art reveals aliens marching into a forest ahead of a big battle. A Sandcrawler appears in concept art. George Lucas was also quickly spotted on set, and Carl Weathers stand in costume among a group of characters in an open, gloomy landscape, looking like a shot from Seven Samurai. But thankfully, that's not all we saw.

The end of the panel concluded with an extended sequence of The Mandalorian finding a new bounty and what will likely be the first teaser trailer released sometime down the road. Keep reading for the detailed description of that footage.

Mando walks through a village that looks similar to ones we've seen on Tatooine and Jakku. Tents, people in dusty clothes, and a Kowakian monkey-lizard is being roasted on a fire as another one in a cage watches in terror. The Mando walks slowly with an intimidating swagger, always seemingly ready for a confrontation, observing everything around him.

He reaches a darker alley and walks up to a door and knocks. A droid eye like the one that greets C-3PO and R2-D2 at Jabba's palace door in Return of the Jedi comes out to greet him, speaks the same droid language, scans the data card Greef gave to Mando, and lets him in. He's met by a hospitable Gonk droid who makes his signature sound as he guides the Mando to another door. He's preparing for something bad to happen at any minute, always on his guard.

Inside is a group of dirty Stormtroopers with armor from the original trilogy. Suddenly Werner Herzog appears and says, "Greef said you were coming." Mando asks, "What else did he say?" Herzog replies, "He said you were the best in the parsec."

Suddenly, another blast door opens on the side, the Mando jumps up with his blaster drawn and the Stormtroopers turn and draw on him in return. It's an Imperial officer played by Omid Abtahi (who voiced a character in Clone Wars and was likely brought in by Dave Filoni for that very reason). The officer is wearing sunglasses and is sorry to have made such a sudden interruption. Herzog says, "Please excuse his lack of decorum, his enthusiasm outweighs his discretion."

Mando is asked to lower his blaster, but he won't do it until the Stormtroopers lower their blasters too. One Stormtrooper remarks, "We have you outnumbered four to one," and the Mando quickly and cockily says, "I like those odds."

Herzog gets back to business, "He also said you were expensive. Very expensive." This is the perfect role for Herzog to play. And now he gets down to the job as the Mandalorian sits back down, still not trusting anyone in that room.

The job's payment is a small, thin brick of beskar, or Mandalorian iron. It's rare and coveted, and Herzog knows it will entice the Mando. They want the asset alive, but Herzog says if he can only bring them back terminated then they will accept that but for a lower fee. That doesn't please the Imperial officer, but Herzog knows this job is complicated.

There's no puck for this job though. Only a tracker that contains their last known whereabouts and the last four digits of their identification number. They're a 50-year old target, so tracking them down has apparently been difficult. But with the information he's given to the Mando, Herzog is confident he can pull it off.

As the Mando leaves, he says the beskar belongs back in the hands of the Mandalorian people. He says it would be good to restore the order of things after a period of such disarray. He seems to be hinting at the Mandalorians coming back to glory after the Empire was in control for so long.

This show looks better than I ever anticipated. It doesn't feel like a cheap Star Wars show. It feels like a series that easily and seamlessly takes place in the worn Star Wars universe of the original trilogy. It has the feel of a sci-fi western, right down to the dusty setting and the gritty look. The Mandalorian is truly a badass who blows Boba Fett out of the water. Sabine Wren has become a more prominent Mandalorian in recent years, which is awesome, but this character will become the new face of Mandalorian warriors and the fans who love them. I can't wait to see it when it hits Disney+ on November 12, 2019.