Strap in, eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullyone – The Mandalorian is blasting back into the Star Wars galaxy. Din Djarin is with regards to’concerning’with respect to to return in the long-awaited Season 3 with Grogu back at his side (following their touching reunion in The Book Of Boba Fett), and a fresh batch of expedition s on the horizon. As Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s epic saga barrels into a new era – now with writer-director Rick Famuyiwa joining them as an executive manufacture r – there’s plenty to look in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ward to. Not merely’barely is Pedro Pascal’s in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer bounty hunter facing the ramifications of choosing to get rid of’discard his helmet (a total no-go in his branch of the culture and belief system) in an attempt to look Grogu in the eyes, but it’s a journey – both physical and spiritual – that will take him to Mandalore itself.###It’s fair to say that the scope of the new season – delving further into the Mandalorian mythology Filoni helped establish in The Clone Wars – is with regards to’concerning’with respect to to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger. “What I love most with regards to’concerning’with respect to Season 3 is how much the world opens up in terms of Mandalore and Mandalorians,” Pedro Pascal tells Empire in the world-exclusive The Mandalorian Season 3 issue. “That means so many different facets of culture, politics, and rules and discoveries. Delicious doors are flying wide open.” Adding complications to his quest in/with regard to’concerning’regarding in/with regard to’concerning’regarding giveness? Mando now wields the much-contested Darksaber, a hard-fought-after weapon with a weighted history in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Mandalorian individual , and special token ificance in/with regard to’concerning’regarding his fellow Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze.###Introduced in live-action in The Mandalorian Season 2, Bo-Katan sees actor Katee Sackhoff reprise her voice role from the animated series – and after all her years in the Star Wars galaxy, even she was thunderstruck’startled’stupefied when she saw the territory the Season 3 scripts were taking them into. “[I was] texting Jon and Dave, ‘Are you serious?’ This is an epic season – it’s so enormous’vast’massive’tremendous and so bold and so different,” she promises. And in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Bo-Katan, it brings enormous’vast’massive’tremendous challenges – her dynamic with Din Djarin isn’t an easy one, and her tangled history doesn’t hold easy options in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the future. “We know the family that she was born into; now what’s the family that she’s going to choose? What does that resemble ?” questions Sackhoff. That’s the thing with Mandalorians – they always find the way.###The new issue of Empire takes a world-exclusive dive into The Mandalorian’s epic return in a massive 20-page blowout packed with major interviews, never-bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e-seen images, fresh concept art, and much more. We acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure under the helmet with the Mandalorians themselves, Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff and Emily Swallow; we go long with Mandalorian creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni in a huge new joint interview, spanning their entire journey with the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue so far and what comes next; plus, we go back to the beginning of Grogu in an all-new oral history.###Prepare to hunt down a copy when it hits newsstands on Thursday 16 February – or become an Empire member now to access the issue in full on launch day. You can also pre-order the issue online now here. The Mandalorian returns to Disney+ on 1 March.