The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau explains how the movie and TV’s Ahsoka Season 2 are working at a different level of storytelling. Far as we know, both the movie and Season 2 of Ahsoka take place in a similar time period. However, speaking with SFX, The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau explains that whilst his movie is the ‘ground level’ angle, Ahsoka Season 2 will tell a ‘higher level’ story.
“Anybody who saw the sequels knows that there’s a First Order coming in, like, 20 years from where we are now in the storyline,” he commented. “And then Ahsoka season 2 is coming out – which I’ve seen all of – and that’s definitely more dealing with the larger [picture], a higher level. That’s about the officers and we’re the enlisted men – this is more of a ground-level experience of what’s going on. You’re seeing the backdrop – which, by the way, is what the first Star Wars started off as.”
“If you look at the fall of empires, historically, a lot of the power brokers become warlords,” Favreau shared, “and anybody with a standing army had power in the ancient world. We see that repeat itself in history. I guess what the Shadow Council alluded to is that they’re starting to actually connect. It’s not just insulated warlords anymore, and there’s a larger scheme afoot. There’s something going on and Thrawn is sort of the missing link that we began to allude to at the end of [The Mandalorian] season 3.”
RELATED: The Mandalorian And Grogu Runtime – BTS Promo Plus Worrying Box Office Projections
“Dave has grabbed the baton now with the Ahsoka show, and that’s going to be taking the next step,” Favreau said. “There’s a lot in that man’s head and I know that he takes how it all connects very seriously. Now Dave is in his new position, he’s been figuring out where things are moving forward after this. He’s got a lot of responsibility there.”
May 22 is the day The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theatres. Ahsoka Season 2 does not yet have a release window, but we expect it to arrive before the end of the year with filming now wrapped.
What do you think about Jon Favreau’s comments about the differences between The Mandalorian and Grogu and Ahsoka Season 2? Thoughts below.
FOR FANBOYS, BY FANBOYS
Have you checked out LRM Online’s official podcasts and videos on The Genreverse Podcast Network? Available on YouTube and all your favorite podcast apps, This multimedia empire includes The Daily CoG, Breaking Geek Radio: The Podcast, GeekScholars Movie News, Anime-Versal Review Podcast, and our Star Wars dedicated podcast The Cantina. Check it out by listening on all your favorite podcast apps, or watching on YouTube!
Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Google Play
