The second season of Disney+’s global mega hit the The Mandalorian isn’t due to debut until October, but creator and show runner Jon Favreau says they have already begun pre-production on season 3. They finished season 2 just before the full cascade of the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic took effect.

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According to Variety: Sources close to the production have confirmed that creator Jon Favreau has been “writing season 3 for a while,” and that the art department, led by Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director Doug Chiang, has been creating concepts for Season 3 “for the past few weeks.”

“We’ve just started pre-production and are looking into further adventures for the Mandalorian in Season 3,” revealed one source. In addition, another source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that the production design department began working on season 3 on April 20, pointing to the fact the department requires “such a huge lead time” to explain why “the gears have started grinding really early on.”

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Rosario Dawson had joined Season 2 in a guest starring role as Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice and one of the central characters in the popular animated show Star Wars: The Clone Wars.