The Mandalorian and Grogu are embarking on a new adventure — to movie theaters.
Directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian & Grogu will go into production in 2024.
“I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,” said Favreau. “The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.”
“Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into Star Wars two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect fit for the big screen,” added Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.
The Mandalorian & Grogu will lead Lucasfilm’s ongoing feature-development slate, including films helmed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold, and Dave Filoni, who is also currently developing Ahsoka Season 2, among those in the works.
This is the Way.
As much as I love Dinn and Grogu, I am hesitant about modern Star Wars feature films.
I guess I’ll have to wait and see
Now that Dave Filoni is at the helm as chief creative officer for Lucasfilm, I feel a lot better about new movies. As long as they don’t bring back Jar Jar Abrams.
Good to see that Favreau is directing, not Filoni.
I like Filoni’s world-building - imho he “gets” the Star Wars universe in a way that other writers don’t… but I absolutely cannot stand his writing and directing. I remember watching his episode of Mando, the one where Ashoka fights in a Japanese-esque village, and the dialog was so awful I immediately googled to see who was making that awful ep and sure-enough it was him. I want him commanding the ship but not steering it.
He’s got a good sense of vision and a nice stable of continuous characters to carry forwards the franchise, but I can’t stand any of the shows he makes. Somehow they manage to be both tedious with infodumps of backstory while at the same time they make it feel like you’re missing most of the background because you didn’t watch a zillion episodes of his TV shows.
And while his capturing of the Star Wars “feel” is better than most, it’s still very prequel-y compared to others.
With him at the helm, even with good directors like Favreau involved, it will likely feel like the recent MCU films - okay-ish movies bogged down with too much CGI and too much continuity from previous entries that weren’t good-enough to deserve a follow-up.
Dave Filoni does seem to have a more unified version for where things should go. I’m looking forward to seeing where it may go, but I just don’t want to get my hopes up so I’m not let down.
Fingers crossed that it isn’t mainly about setting up future movies and can put a wrap on the character’s journeys. It won’t surprise me if Grogu is in the rebuilt Jedi order movie with Rey. I’m also curious about Mangold’s film, but the most recent Indiana Jones movie has tempered my expectations a bit as well. When is Andor season 2 out?
Is that a space explosion? TIL that Grogu doesn’t need an atmosphere to breathe.
Yeah, no thank you.
