It has been confirmed that a special "sneak peek" of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be packaged alongside Episode 7 of The Mandalorian

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According to a press release from Disney, the penultimate episode of the Star Wars spinoff series will be released on Wednesday, December 18 , instead of its usual Friday premiere slot, and will allow this exclusive look at Episode IX to air ahead of the release of Rise of Skywalker, which hits theaters on Friday, December 20.Disney+ has also shared a one-line plot synopsis for Episode 7, which alludes to the appearance of Giancarlo Esposito's character Moff Gideon , a soldier of the fallen Empire who has achieved a position of power in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor."An old rival extends an invitation for The Mandalorian to make peace," the plot outline details.Deborah Chow, who helmed the third chapter of The Mandalorian , has directed this episode from a script written by Jon Favreau, though it is not yet known whether the episode will have any significant connection to the forthcoming final installment of the Skywalker saga.Chow recently opened up about the lessons that she learned on the set of the franchise's first live-action TV show , as she explained how the knowledge she acquired from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will help her to prepare for her directorial role on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series "One of the biggest benefits is that I just spent the last year in the Star Wars universe and I had great mentors, coming in under Jon and Dave," she said."Absorbing that, I feel, was the best training I could have had to take on the next one. So much of it [is] just feeling it and understanding it, on an instinctual level, to know what's right and what's wrong with it. And there's so much knowledge – every prop, every costume is important. Every detail really matters."Aside from the Obi-Wan Kenobi series and The Mandalorian , a 12-episode final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and a series based on Rogue One character Cassian Andor are also in the works for Disney+.

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