Star Wars: The Mandalorian live-action TV Show Revealed!
The Jon Favreau Star Wars series has officially been given a title, a synopsis, details on production, and the first official image. The title of the series is The Mandalorian and it will release on Disney's upcoming streaming service, Disney Plus sometime during 2019. Here is the official synopsis:
I like that it mentions both Boba and Jango Fett and while we won't see them, this Mandalorian could be a legacy character to them. Sadly, this may also be a confirmation that Boba Fett is indeed dead. Some other characters that are more likely to have involvement in the series are Sabine Wren and Bo-Katan Kryze from Star Wars: Rebels. The former is a mandalorian and we know she is on a quest with Ahsoka Tano to find Ezra around this time period. But the latter, Bo-Katan was leading the planet this show derives its name from, Mandalore, last we saw it. So I think both are possible, considering and will at least connect somehow. It is also worth noting that Jon Favreau voiced the characters of Pre Vizsla in The Clone Wars and Rio Durant in Solo, both won't appear though, because they're finna dead.
The time period for me, being the New Republic era, 7 years after Return of the Jedi is great and really heightens this for me because of stories happening in this in-between period like Shattered Empire, Bloodline, Resistance, and now The Mandalorian. Someone recently compared The New Republic period in Star Wars to a reconstruction, they have to rebuild everything after the empire, everything is almost more uncertain than during the empire, and that's where you can get into this fun underworld.
So the location (at least partially) in this show is almost 100% Tatooine. That is evident from the official picture, set photos, and comparisons. Especially next to a pic on Tatooine from the cancelled Visceral game, it's uncanny. This might be in Mos Eisley or Mos Espa, and if it is, I'd like to see some callbacks like the cantina, Watto, or a podrace. Going back to the cancelled game thing, this is taking inspiration from numerous projects (See Here) including games, 1313 and Visceral's Project Ragtag. But most of all the inspiration for this is presumably George Lucas' cancelled show, Star Wars Underworld that had over 50 written scripts, before it was scrapped because of budget issues.
The budget for a Star Wars TV series in the mid-2000's could never make a level-quality show. But it can now. This television series has the highest budget of any television series of all time, ever! Couple that with the fact that they are only spreading it out over 8 or 10 episodes and you have some quality! For other production, you have Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Kathleen Kennedy producing. Then Taika Waititi (Thor:Ragnarok), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World actress, daughter of the guy who just directed the most recent Star Wars movie, She probably also directed some stuff), Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), and Rick Famuiya (Dope) are each directing episodes. Not to mention Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Resistance creator, Dave Filoni directing the first episode. You also might have Game of Thrones and Thor: The Dark World director, Alan Taylor and The Mandalorian's creator Jon Favreau direct episodes, though these two aren't confirmed.
Overall this show looks so awesome. I'm getting a western vibe, like Clint Eastwood-style and in Star Wars, most similar to Solo. I would expect a cast listing, several more images, and some sort of footage in the next few weeks or months. In the meantime, I will come back with that Thrawn: Alliances review and will be watching Star Wars: Resistance in the next few days. Very hyped for The Mandalorian, like hype in the bloodstream. Star Wars and stay connected.
Sources:
Read More: https://www.starwars.com/news/the-mandalorian-revealed
Leaks1: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2018/10/star-wars-new-rumors-production.html
Leaks2: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2018/09/star-wars-jon-favreau-set-photos.html
Star Wars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5vNA3I6uI8&feature=youtu.be
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH1L3Q4vofk
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