Tuesday afternoon, The Television Academy unveiled the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards, which will air September 20 on ABC. After only one season, The Mandalorian is one of the award show's frontrunners with 15 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.
Star Wars Resistance, which ended its two-season run on January 26, picked up its second-straight Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Program. This marks the show's fourth nomination since it premiered two years ago and could be its second win after it took home Best Animated Series on Television at the 2019 Saturn Awards.
Below is the full list of nominations for The Mandalorian:
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Taika Waititi in The Mandalorian, "Chapter 8: Redemption."
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, "Chapter 8: Redemption"
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 1" — Andrew L. Jones, Production Designer; Jeff Wisniewski, Art Director; and Amanda Serino, Set Decorator
Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" — Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS, Director of Photography; and Baz Idoine, Director of Photography
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 3: The Sin" — Joseph Porro, Costume Designer; Julie Robar, Costume Supervisor; Gigi Melton, Assistant Costume Designer; and Lauren Silvestri, Assistant Costume Designer
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 2: The Child" by Andrew S. Eisen, Editor; The Mandalorian, "Chapter 4: Sanctuary," by Dana E. Glauberman (ACE, Editor) and Dylan Firshein (Additional Editor); and The Mandalorian, "Chapter 8: Redemption" by Jeff Seibenick, Editor.
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) for Ludwig Göransson, Composer, in The Mandalorian, "Chapter 8: Redemption"
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 1" by David Acord, Co-Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer; Matthew Wood, Co-Supervising Sound Editor; Bonnie Wild, Sound Effects Editor; James Spencer, Dialogue Editor; Richard Quinn, ADR Editor; Richard Gould, Foley Editor; Stephanie McNally, Music Editor; Ryan Rubin, Music Editor; Ronni Brown, Foley Artist; and Jana Vance, Foley Artist.
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 2: The Child" by Shawn Holden, Production Mixer; Bonnie Wild, Re-Recording Mixer; and Chris Fogel, Scoring Mixer
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for The Mandalorian, "Chapter 2: The Child" by Richard Bluff, VFX Supervisor; Jason Porter, VFX Supervisor; Abbigail Keller, VFX Producer; Hayden Jones, VFX Supervisor; Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor; Roy Cancino, Special Effects Supervisor; John Rosengrant, Supervisor; Enrico Damm, Environment Supervisor; and Landis Fields, Virtual Production Visualization Supervisor
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie for Ryan Watson, Stunt Coordinator
Cast and crew for both The Mandalorian and Star Wars Resistance took to social media to express their excitement:
For those eagerly awaiting the fun of awards season, the Emmy nominations represent some sense of normalcy as the future of Hollywood remains uncertain due to COVID-19. Despite both the Golden Globes and the Oscars postponing their presentations by months, the Emmy Awards will carry on with a virtual show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, providing us with a much-needed distraction.
At this time, it's unknown how winners will accept their awards, but, for now, we'll cross our fingers that Baby Yoda accepts an award via Zoom.