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24 Emmy nominations for season 2 of Star Wars: The Mandalorian! That’s nine more than season 1. We’ll break it all down here… Punch it!
(Correction: The episode and this blog post originally forgot to flag Timothy Olyphant’s nomination. It’s corrected here, and will be noted in tomorrow’s show!)
Here’s a breakdown of how the nominations compare to last year:
2020: 1 Major, 14 Creative
2021: 5 Major, 19 Creative Arts
Major:
Lost Outstanding Drama Series, nominated again
New category nominations for:
—Supporting Actor (Giancarlo Esposito)
—Directing (Chapter 9, Favreau)
—Writing (Chapter 13, Filoni)
—Writing (Chapter 16, Favreau)
Creative Arts, by 2020 wins:
Won Production Design, nominated again
Won Cinematography, nominated again (2 episodes in 2021 vs. 1 in 2020)
Won Sound Editing, nominated again
Won Sound Mixing, nominated again
Won Special Visual Effects, nominated again
Won Music Composition, nominated again
Won Stunt Coordination, nominated again
Creative Arts, by 2020 losses:
Lost Costumes, nominated again
Lost Picture Editing, nominated again (4 episodes in 2021 vs. 3 in 2020)
Lost Prosthetic Makeup, nominated again
Lost Guest Actor, nominated again (2 in 2021 vs. 1 in 2020)
Lost Character Voice-over, not nominated again
Creative Arts, new category nominations for:
Outstanding Casting
Period And/Or Character Hairstyling
Stunt Performance
And by episode:
The Jedi
1. Production Design
2. Cinematography
3. Costumes
4. Picture Editing
5. Prosthetic Makeup
6. Sound Editing
7. Sound Mixing
8. Writing
The Rescue
1. Picture Editing
2. Period And/Or Character Hairstyling
3. Music Composition
4. Stunt Performance
5. Writing
The Believer
1. Cinematography
2. Picture Editing
The Marshal
1. Directing
2. Guest Actor
The Heiress
1. Picture Editing
The Siege:
1. Guest Actor