Jon Favreau Says Not To Expect a Skeleton Crew Tie-in to The Mandalorian Season 3 or a Mandalorian Movie

In a new profile interview with Variety concerning his upcoming star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jon Favreau looked back at his entire career, from his early days as an actor on Swingers and as a director on Elf, to his ventures in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and then setting up the look and feel of the Star Wars franchise on Disney Plus (for a while, at least).



Favreau is the creator and showrunner of The Mandalorian, the streamer's flagship show and the backbone of a sub-franchise commonly referred to as the 'MandoVerse'. So far, it spans two seasons of the main series, with one more on the way on March 1, and a season of the spin-off The Book of Boba Fett, but it's about to get much busier. A second spin-off series is hitting the platform in just a few months, centered on Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano, and a third is also coming out later this year, titled Skeleton Crew.



It was created by Spider-Man: No Way Home's Jon Watts, who also served as a director on the series (the film's scribe Christopher Ford served as a writer too), and is known to be taking the universe to a whole new direction by exploring uncharted territories and introducing new characters (four kids and a supervising adult played by Jude Law) and their adventures. Favreau has said before that the series will have direct ties into The Mandalorian season 4, which is already written, but warned Variety that the third season will not serve as an introduction to the characters, unlike what happened with Ahsoka, which got a backdoor pilot in season 2. Added Favreau:

Looking at the future, we know that the fourth season of the main series is already in the works and could potentially shoot within a few months. But beyond that, we don't have a clue of what's coming (yet another Mandalorian spin-off series is reportedly going into production soon, which may or may not be a Bo-Katan spin-off series). However, Favreau tells us not to hold our breaths for The Mandalorian hitting the big screen any time soon:

Jon Favreau also confirmed that there is a lot of synergy between his work in the Star Wars galaxy and what Kevin Feige is doing over at the Marvel camp. Both filmmakers talk on a regular basis and enjoy each other's work, which naturally results in them learning from what the other one's approach:

The timing of this quote is especially interesting given that James Gunn recently said that his approach to building a cinematic universe populated by DC characters will be informed by Star Wars' world-building approach.



Jon Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy pose together at the after party during the world premiere of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” in Hollywood on May 10, 2018.(Photo: Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)



And it isn't just Marvel that is informing Star Wars on how to operate (and vice versa, of course). The Mandalorian became the pioneer in using a new piece of technology known as the Volume, a massive LED screen where they can project in real time the backgrounds they need for each scene, as opposed to using green screens and rendering them later. Favreau said the following about how technology has influenced the show:

The Mandalorian returns on March 1. Jon Favreau received his star on the Walk of Fame on Monday, February 13. Release dates for Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew have not been set yet, but they will probably arrive during the summer and November/December, respectively.



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