The Mandalorian Panel Recap
The Mandalorian’s writer and executive producer Jon Favreau, and director Dave Filoni took the Celebration stage today to give us a first look at the highly anticipated first ever Star Wars live action TV series. Actors Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano and Carl Weathers were the special guests, and the attendees were treated with a special sizzle reel, that was not streamed for the rest of the world. Read on for our live tweeting from the event.
Kathy Kennedy comes out with Favreau and Filoni #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/9UB4UhiXdW
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau met at Skywalker Ranch in 2007/2008 and here we are 10+ years later. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Favreau saying the interesting aspect of this era they chose, a post-Return of the Jedi galaxy is a chaotic mix because it is post Empire, pre-New Republic. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Sounds like Favreau came to Lucasfilm with #TheMandalorian idea contrary to what Alan Horn previously said that the idea started at LFL. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Favreau introduced Pascal, Carano, and Carl Weathers! Check out their costumes! #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/18czC8i0at
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Mando is looking pretty epic in the shadows. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/EGqNKYpRxy
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Pedro Pascal: #TheMandalorian has a questionable moral character, but he’s a badass – they’ve created an incredible iconic character. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/oH9JT9AXmT
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Gina Carano’s character – Cara Doon (spelling?) is a loner who learns how to re-integrate herself into society. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/M36M4gC3Fr
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Carl Weathers character’s name is Greef (spelling?) runs a guild of bounty hunters, who stumbles upon #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/wvGH3KLflv
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Just saw footage, standing ovation! This might be a series but it is as big as a #StarWars movie! #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Tons of new locations, aliens, ships, weapons, character, but also familiar places, looking like Tatooine! And Favreau said fans from the beginning of Star Wars will also have things to be happy about. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Filoni got the 501st to come be stormtroopers in #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/vfs9OWntbt
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Razor Crest is the name of #TheMandalorian’s ship. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Effects are quite old school in execution, while state of the art. Some shots literally filmed in the basement at ILM. Very cool. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Jon Favreau pitched the show to Kathleen Kennedy, it was his idea. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Sneak peak pic.twitter.com/M1Qwz9MthN
— James Baney (@Mirahtrunks) April 14, 2019
George Lucas spent time at the set. Filoni calls himself George’s padawan to this day. George was proud of Dave and his transition to live action. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Carl Weathers and Gina Carano did many of their own stunts. Favreau jokingly expressed stress and concern. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Old west, samurai movies, Caravan of Courage are inspirations and Pascal said Mando is a lot of Clint Eastwood. #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Posters for giveaways! #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/hoaZcyXbxG
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Stream over! We are getting real footage! #StarWars #TheMandalorian #StarWarsCelebration
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
Standing ovation! We just watched several minutes of footage, this is a huge production, tons of Easter Eggs. Kowakian monkey lizards, gonks, 4-Lom, IG-88 mowing people down, and freakin @billburr is in this show! This is going to be INCREDIBLE. #StarWars #TheMandalorian
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 14, 2019
You can watch the full panel below:
Set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order, the series follows a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
The first episode of the series will debut with the launch of DIsney’s new streaming service Disney+ on November 12. The series features an all-star cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, and Nick Nolte.
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