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“Dave had done a sketch of kind of a Michelangelo/E.T. moment, and that was a source of inspiration,” Favreau explained. “Then, Doug Chiang and the whole art department started generating drawings of it, and the Legacy [Effects] people built it.”
The producers also discussed how The Mandalorian was the right show to bring Star Wars into live-action television. “It’s a shift, for sure, and something that I was interested in for a while. I really got interested in, you know, seeing if I could do it from working with George [Lucas] and listening to his stories and his experience, and from the way he taught me how to, you know, shoot animation, because we were doing it in kind of a virtual sense, as well, with our animation programs that he was creating to tell The Clone Wars,” Filoni said. “So a lot of what Jon [Favreau] was doing when I saw him shooting Jungle Book, but even more so, Lion King, was very relatable to me as far as technique and technology, from what George and I had been doing in Clone Wars. So [Lucasfilm head] Kathy Kennedy and I, we’re always looking for a good bridge for me to try to, you know, change mediums, and this was, to be honest, a very perfect fit and a great environment, and I gained a great mentor and teacher in Jon here to shepherd me through the process of live-action.”
The first season of The Mandalorian is now streaming now on Disney+. The Mandalorian Season Two premieres on Disney+ in October. The Emmy Awards ceremony broadcasts on September 20th. More live-action Star is on the way, including an Obi-Wan Kenobi Series, a Rogue One prequel, and a series from the creator of Russian Doll.
