This will not quite be the title character’s first comics appearance: He and “Baby Yoda” appeared on a variant cover for Darth Vader #20 (see “First Cover Appearances Are Flying Under the Radar”).
The Mandalorian launched on Disney+ in 2019, and the second season was the first Disney+ show to make it into Neilson’s top 10 (see “‘The Mandalorian’ Cracks Nielsen Top 10”). A spinoff, The Book of Boba Fett, premiered in December 2021 (see “‘Book of Boba Fett’ Trailer”).