Jon Favreau is directing this live-action TV series.
Looks TIGHT.
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Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun!
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode.
Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok).
It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for updates.
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We can also exclusively confirm that Star Wars Rebels favorites Sabine Wren,and Bo-Katan Kryze, will also be appearing in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, as well as this new Ahsoka series.
Nice. So at some point, I have to imagine Mando will be on Mandalore for a bit. I wonder if the planet's environment has recovered any by this point in time. [Reply]
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I just hope they cast Tiya Sircar and not someone else for the role of Sabine.
Holy shit! I completely forgot she was the VA for Sabine. I love her on The Good Place. The absolutely should cast her.
Is it confirmed that the Ahsoka series isn't going to be the "female-centric" series? Because right now they've got a hell of a start on a strong female cast, and I'd be completely fine watching these women kick ass together.
edit: Upon searching, no, Ahsoka spinoff is not the female-centric show. [Reply]
Originally Posted by bowener:
Holy shit! I completely forgot she was the VA for Sabine. I love her on The Good Place. The absolutely should cast her.
Is it confirmed that the Ahsoka series isn't going to be the "female-centric" series? Because right now they've got a hell of a start on a strong female cast, and I'd be completely fine watching these women kick ass together.
edit: Upon searching, no, Ahsoka spinoff is not the female-centric show.
I’m 99% certain that the Ahsoka series will be written and run by Filoni. Those are his original characters and he knows them better than anyone else. I really hope we’ll get to see Hera at some point and of course, Captain Rex.
I don’t have confirmation but it appears to me that The Mandalorian will be the jump point for the Ahsoka series since it’s been confirmed that she, Sabine and Boba Fett* will appear in Season 2.
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Spoiler!
I don’t think we’ll see Temura Morrison as the real Boba Fett but as Captain Rex, who was closest and most important person in Ahsoka’s life, after Anakin
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The female centric show runner is a Leslye Hedlund, who created and directed Russian Doll on Netflix. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
I’m 99% certain that the Ahsoka series will be written and run by Filoni. Those are his original characters and he knows them better than anyone else. I really hope we’ll get to see Hera at some point and of course, Captain Rex.
I don’t have confirmation but it appears to me that The Mandalorian will be the jump point for the Ahsoka series since it’s been confirmed that she, Sabine and Boba Fett* will appear in Season 2.
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Spoiler!
I don’t think we’ll see Temura Morrison as the real Boba Fett but as Captain Rex, who was closest and most important person in Ahsoka’s life, after Anakin
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The female centric show runner is a Leslye Hedlund, who created and directed Russian Doll on Netflix.
Good point about them being Filoni's characters. He will definitely know the headspace of each one of them and their personalities and actions will make justifiable sense with respect to their pasts. I really hope Hera and The Ghost appear.
Man, you're getting me so hyped for this series now.
Spoiler!
I agree that we will see Morrison as Rex as well, and maybe he is the face of Fett too for a scene, but something tells me BF never removes his helmet either.
Slashfilm indicates that “Justified” and “Deadwood” alum Timothy Olyphant’s role in the upcoming second season of the Disney+ “The Mandalorian” series will be that of Cobb Vanth.
Introduced in Chuck Wendig’s ‘in-canon’ “Aftermath” book series, Vanth is the self-appointed sheriff of the Tatooine-based settlement Freetown who wears a mysterious set of Mandalorian armor acquired from Jawas who scavenged the wreckage of Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge shortly after his death. This suggests that Vanth is donning the infamous green armor formerly worn by bounty hunter Boba Fett following his death in a Sarlacc Pit on Tatooine’s Dune Sea in “Return of the Jedi”. Slashfilm says their sources have confirmed Olyphant filmed scenes wearing Boba Fett’s armor.
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This lends more credence to my earlier suggestion that Morrison isn't playing Boba Fett but Captain Rex.
Slashfilm indicates that “Justified” and “Deadwood” alum Timothy Olyphant’s role in the upcoming second season of the Disney+ “The Mandalorian” series will be that of Cobb Vanth.
Introduced in Chuck Wendig’s ‘in-canon’ “Aftermath” book series, Vanth is the self-appointed sheriff of the Tatooine-based settlement Freetown who wears a mysterious set of Mandalorian armor acquired from Jawas who scavenged the wreckage of Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge shortly after his death. This suggests that Vanth is donning the infamous green armor formerly worn by bounty hunter Boba Fett following his death in a Sarlacc Pit on Tatooine’s Dune Sea in “Return of the Jedi”. Slashfilm says their sources have confirmed Olyphant filmed scenes wearing Boba Fett’s armor.
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This lends more credence to my earlier suggestion that Morrison isn't playing Boba Fett but Captain Rex.
