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.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
No kidding. The whole episode was filled with references overt and not so overt to the original movie series.
Episode One was a Love Letter to the Original Trilogy.
This series is how every Post-Return of the Jedi TV and Film property should have been approached and treated.
I don't think it'll be too long before people just purposely blow off VII-IX entirely, although Solo and Rogue One definitely fit the narrative. [Reply]
Originally Posted by listopencil:
I had to go to an Easter egg site to see who that was walking off alone in the desert of Tatooine at the end of the episode. Interesting.
Spoiler!
The implication is that it's Boba Fett but there's also the strong possibility that it's Captain Rex from The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels.
The one I saw said that it was the same actor who played Jengo Fett, and since Jengo is an unaltered clone of Boba that it would most likely be Boba.
Spoiler!
All of the clones look exactly like Jango and since Rex was still alive at the end of Return of the Jedi, my money's on him, especially since his Rebel cohorts, Ahsoka and Sabine, are to appear this season.
If he had the white beard, as he does in ROTJ, it would have been a dead giveaway. Lucasfilm still hasn't commented on which character Morrison is playing, so Rex is definitely in play, especially with Ahsoka and Sabine showing up this season.
My guess is that Captain Rex leads Din to Sabine's homeworld, which was covered in snow during Rebels, which matches what we've seen in the trailers.
I'm only speculating: No inside info, as I told my friends at the Mouse House that I wanted to go in fresh this season back in August. I'd already heard too much.
Rex has had facial hair for 40 years. He isn't shaving it off. Filoni isn't shaving it off.
Rex would have no reason to be on Tattooine, let alone deep in the Dune Sea, watching either this specific tribe of Sand People or the villagers of Freetown, or the guy(s) who currently had/have/has Boba Fett's armor.
Plus from a storytelling standpoint it just would be really bad. Every bit of connective tissue in the episode points to Boba Fett: the location, the armor, Cobb Vanth, all of it. Having it turn out to be Rex or some other clone would be the worst kind of 'gotcha' swerve.
What I see is (at least) a 3-way conflict developing between Din, Boba and Gideon, who I assume we'll see next week. If Boba doesn't straight up recover his armor, steal the child and take it to Gideon, maybe with the help of Fennec Shand.
None of this precludes Rex appearing later somewhere else. Nothing says Morrison can only play one role...
