The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau says Din’s arc in the film follows on from where Mando Season 3 ended. In a recent preview of Empire Magazine’s upcoming coverage of the next Star Wars movie, Empire Online reveals some comments from Favreau.
“The Mandalorian has changed his priorities,” director Jon Favreau tells Empire of where Djarin is at this point. “One of the last things we say [in Season 3] is, like, ‘I don’t want to go out there and just be a hired gun. I want to work for the good guys.’” That means receiving work from Sigourney Weaver’s Colonel Ward, and working with Zeb Orrelios – the fan-favourite Lasat from Star Wars Rebels, briefly seen in Mando Season 3. “Now we get to really have fun with him,” promises Favreau. “He’s such a compelling character, even if you’ve never seen Rebels, between the voice, the swagger, and the physical ability.”
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The focus though is on the title characters and their relationship,
“That central relationship, as they go off and face adventure together, that’s the underpinning of the film,” says Favreau. “Star Wars is always about progression and growth and characters evolving, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. It’s about apprenticeship, it’s about one generation teaching the next. There’s more growth that happens over the course of the film.”
The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theatres on May 22, 2026.
Let us know what you think of Favreau’s comments below as always.
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