‘The Mandalorian’ Scores Five Emmy’s on Creative Arts Night

The Disney+ hit Star Wars series The Mandalorian is a little over a month away from its season two premiere; However, the first season was all the buzz during night three on the third night of the Creative Arts Emmys.

The series scored five Emmy’s tonight during the event. The series won for Outstanding Visual Effects, becoming the first Emmy win for Disney+. From there, the series went on to win trophies for Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour), Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour).

The Mandalorian has been nominated for a total of fifteen nominations and still has a chance to earn more Thursday and Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony as well as Sunday’s big ceremony.

The Mandalorian is also up for Outstanding Drama Series as well as Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Taika Waitti’s role as droid IG-11 and Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for Giancarlo Esposito’s performance as Moff Gideon.

Read: Disney+ Debuts Official Trailer For ‘The Mandalorian’ Season Two

Season one of The Mandalorian is streaming now on Disney+. The series is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

Season two, which is set to debut on October 30, will see the return of Pedro Pascal as a titular bounty hunter, Gina Carano as Cara Dune, Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Emily Swallow as the Armorer, Bill Burr as Mayfeld, Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand and Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon. The series will also include some newcomers including Rosario Dawson as Jedi Ahsoka Tano, with Michael Biehn and Sasha Banks in unknown roles. There are also rumors that Jamie Lee Curtis could have a role in the series, but has yet to be confirmed.

Directors on the series include Bryce Dallas Howard (Pete’s Dragon), Peyton Reed (Ant-Man), Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Alita: Battle Angel), Carl Weathers, Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars), and Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Jungle Book). Favreau will once again showrun and executive produce alongside Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.

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