It’s hard to believe that we’re only 15 days away from the series premiere of The Mandalorian on Disney+. Set directly after the fall of Emperor Palpatine’s Galactic Empire, the first-ever live-action Star Wars television series will follow the titular bounty hunter — Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal as he makes a living on the edges of the known galaxy.
With the show set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, there’s bound to be some crossover. According to the New York Times, there’s a “dramatic Star Wars-universe spoiler” that happens in the first episode.
Naturally, the site didn’t reveal any particulars, but we can always speculate. Could Pascal’s Mandalorian be related somehow to Boba Fett? Is a character once thought dead actually alive? We only have to wait two weeks to find out.
Elsewhere, The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau recently spoke at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit, where he talked about some of the advice he got from George Lucas himself:
"[With] Star Wars, part of that responsibility is remembering that part of your audience is a whole generation that’s coming of age and, through stories, we express our values to the next generation. And so one of the things he said was not to lose sight that is the main audience for stories."
Lucas explained to Favreau that Hollywood westerns helped a whole generation of children learn about right and wrong. Now, that same responsibility should fall to Star Wars. “You’re trying to teach life lessons through the themes and the conflicts that arise among these characters,” Favreau said.
Disney is dropping $100 million on this show, which naturally puts pressure on Favreau and company to succeed. But Favreau is keeping things in perspective. “I don’t feel the pressure except to the audience that’s seeing what I’m making and I feel that pressure every time.”
"And I think — much like the chefs I learned from when I was training to play that role — there’s a certain stripe of personality that are attracted to telling stories, which is you want to do something, but the experience isn’t complete until the people that eat the meal/watch the show/watch the movie, reacts to it."
There will be plenty of reactions to The Mandalorian when it drops on Disney+ on November 12.
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