'The Mandalorian' Season 4: Release Date, Who's Returning and Everything We Know

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season 3 was released a year later, creator Jon Favreau confirmed that a fourth installment in the series was a go. And not only that, but he's «written it already,» he has since revealed.With Chapters 17 through 24 that made up season 3 officially behind us, what's next for the titular bounty hunter played by Pedro Pascal and his newly adopted son, Din Grogu?

That all certainly remains a mystery, but here's everything ET knows about the future of and what's to come in season 4. After the season kicked off with Din Djarin in search of the Living Waters and Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) simmering over her failed plans to reclaim Mandalore, the final few episodes brought the story back around to where things started. «This entire season has been about building up to something bigger and I think that for the fans that have been watching weekly, I think they can sense that episodes seven and eight are the payoff,» Sackhoff told ET.

And in the final chapters, a mostly absent Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) returns in an attempt to prevent the Mandorlians from returning and reclaiming their rightful place on Mandalore.

And while Gideon and Bo-Katan engage in battle, Djarin and Grogu discover that Gideon has harnessed Dr. Pershing's technology and started cloning himself with hopes of creating his own Force-sensitive army.During the fiery battle that ensues, Bo-Katan loses the Darksaber for good after Gideon destroys it.