Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Mandalorian premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on its United States launch day, the 12th of November 2019. The second season premiered on the 30th of October 2020 and the third season premiered on the 1st of March 2023.
Visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic developed the StageCraft technology for the series in partnership with video game developer Epic Games to create a new system based on Unreal Engine. This system uses large LED video screens to render digital environments in real-time for actors to perform in front of.
The Child's real name is revealed to be Grogu in Chapter 13: The Jedi after being colloquially called Baby Yoda by viewers during earlier episodes. Pedro Pascal stars as Din Djarin who becomes the guardian of this infant of the same species as Yoda.
According to Nielsen, The Mandalorians first season amassed 5.42 billion minutes of viewing time during its seven-week run. It topped at 1.15 billion minutes during the week its finale premiered and added 800 million more minutes the following week.
Lucasfilm said Gina Carano was no longer employed by the company after she made a social media post comparing being a Republican in the United States to the treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust. Lucasfilm stated the post was abhorrent and unacceptable despite having warned her repeatedly about previous posts.