“The Boba Fett character is really an early version of Darth Vader,” Lucas recounted in The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The Mandalorians emerged out of George Lucas’ development process for The Empire Strikes Back. Without that passion, which prompted the creation of numerous comics and novels, it’s unlikely that Favreau and Dave Filoni, the writer, director, and producer who shepherded most of Lucasfilm’s post-Prequel Trilogy animated series, would have a new direction for Star Wars to go in. The Mandalorians played a pivotal role in the universe from its earliest days, but over the years, dedicated fans, cosplayers, and writers worked to broaden the culture from its origins in the Expanded Universe to a key fixture of the mega-franchise. The reveal was an electrifying one for fans with a long-lasting relationship to Star Wars. Months earlier, the director had revealed the first details of The Mandalorian on Instagram: The series would follow “a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic,” he wrote. But before the sizzle reel rolled, the Iron Man director pointed out into the darkened auditorium: “We’ve got the Mandalorian Mercs here.” The crowd was already going wild, but now it was roaring.
On the final day of the 2019 Star Wars Celebration, Jon Favreau took the stage to present the first-ever footage of the first-ever live-action Star Wars TV series, The Mandalorian.
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