Jon Favreau Talks Boba Fett Crossover, Season 3 – The Hollywood Reporter

The internet’s favorite father-son pairing is back. The Mandalorian yields For its third season Wednesday, masked warrior Dean Jarin (Pedro Pascal) and baby Grogu embark on a new journey together – this time, to his home planet of Mandalore, where Dean hopes to be forgiven for his transgressions.

Last year, Dean and Grogu made a surprise appearance in crossover episodes Boba Fett book, where major developments occurred for the duo. When offered the choice of dedicating himself to his Jedi training or returning to life with his father, Grogu chose to reunite with Dean. While some audience members may have missed out on those key moments if they skipped Boba FettAnd Mandalorian Creator and showrunner Jon Favreau said the decision to move came from the “storytelling freedom” that comes with Mando’s multilingual verse.

“We have characters who are in both sets of stories, so we can take a chance Boba Fett book To verify the whereabouts of these characters,” Favreau said Hollywood Reporter At the Hollywood series premiere on Tuesday night. “I knew I didn’t want to put in too much screen time indoors The Mandalorian To a period of time when there was not much progression in character. both of them [Din and Grogu] They were kind of stuck, in terms of character progression, until they were reunited. So, my feeling was that it would allow me to do both of those things and free me up now two years later to get a whole new context for these two characters to have a relationship and move forward.”

In addition to playing the title role The MandalorianPascal is currently taking the internet by storm, starring in HBO’s Simultaneous The last of us, the Apocalypse collection series based on the video game of the same name. As shown in a sketch during a recent party he hosted Saturday Night LivePascal’s fans across social media have dedicated themselves to creating “fancam” edits of the actor’s work. However, when Mandalorian His cast At first, Favreau said they didn’t quite anticipate the budding star the veteran actor would become.

“We just hired him because we were such fans of his work [in] Narcos And game of thronesFavreau said. “He’s been in it for a while, and what we really liked about him is that he was a journeyman actor who always did a great role. He really picked great projects to be a part of, he always stood out. We knew he could bring humanity to a character that was otherwise a mask, Someone we knew you wouldn’t see his face, and if you did, it must mean something. He had to give a lot in a few moments.”

Favreau said he wasn’t surprised The last of us and his position-Mandalorian The projects “all add up.”

The director said: People began to associate his name with his performance and his face. Of course, now that he’s doing talk shows, people get to know the person as well as the characters. So, he’s having a moment, and I’m glad we’re able to be a part of that.”

Season 3 marks two years since the series last premiered in 2020, and the cast is ready for the story to finally continue.

“It’s about time,” said Giancarlo Esposito, who plays the villain Moff Gideon. “We have all this time to imagine and we have this great wonder and expectation about what could happen. The moment has finally come where you will see it.”

In addition to appearing as High Magistrate Greef Karga on the series, Carl Weathers returns as a director on the show, helming the fourth episode of the season. With high expectations for the third season, Weathers said the creative team’s top priority is catering to fans.

“The gauntlet was thrown in season one, and we had to top it in season two,” the actor and director explained. “And here we are in Season 3, again, we have to top off Season 2. Jon Favreau isn’t going to let things down. I have a feeling we’re going to get there.”

And in a franchise that seeks to keep spoilers tightly under wraps, executive producer and series director Rick Famuyiwa shared his surprise when star Wars Fan theories finally paid off on the show.

“They are so excited,” Famuyiwa said of the fanbase. “I’m one of those fans, so I can’t complain. I love seeing it, especially the level of forensic detective work that goes into every little photo or piece that gets revealed. Our fans find ways to dive in and find theories I never knew existed. But then, A lot of them said, “Oh, wow, they were kind of on the money. How did they know that?'”

Decorated fans joined her star Wars The cast, cast, and crew celebrated the Season 3 premiere at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theater, treating fans to not one, but two new episodes.

“I can’t wait for you to see what happens, what you do to me,” Pascale told the audience, referring to co-star Katie Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze on the series.

new episodes of The Mandalorian Released on Disney+ every Wednesday.