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Increasingly more, it’s turning into readily obvious that Star Wars is following Kevin Feige’s profitable MCU system. The Mandalorian, The Ebook of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka are solely just the start of this speedy enlargement into a correct cinematic universe, and if we had any doubts as to its final vacation spot, Jon Favreau has put them to relaxation that Feige’s genius is certainly at play right here.
Favreau and Feige go manner again because of their MCU affiliation, however with rumors that the superhero mastermind is taking a detour to a galaxy far, far-off, followers are entertaining the potential of their favourite science-fantasy franchise following in Marvel’s footsteps.
Now, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau has confirmed to Selection that Feige has certainly been lending his experience and expertise to the up-and-coming MandoVerse, revealing that one cinematic universe “informs” the opposite when it comes to how these Disney execs function.
“I converse to Kevin Feige frequently, and we’re at all times watching one another’s stuff. Clearly, I’ve labored within the MCU and I’m coping with individuals who labored in Star Wars for a very long time. There’s loads of overlap, and positively within the fan base. I believe one informs the opposite, that’s simply the character of storytelling, on the technological facet in addition to stylistically.”
Favreau additionally doubled down on the initiative to make Star Wars extra interconnected, in a manner that brings Marvel’s efficient storytelling fashion to thoughts. The MandoVerse is right here to shake issues up, and there’s no going again after its unbelievable success.
“There’s at all times a chance when you’ve got a set of characters and tales that folks join with that you could possibly cross-media into completely different areas. Marvel does it fairly successfully. It’s only a matter of the place our time must be spent and what the urge for food of the viewers is. With all these tales we’re telling, it positively is a full-time job simply maintaining this going with what we’re doing now. Tv has a a lot completely different rhythm and schedule than movie does.”
Does that imply future Star Wars motion pictures, of which there appears to be no signal, will share continuity with the Disney Plus reveals and vice versa? Regardless, given the reception up to now, it’s protected to say the neighborhood is way extra assured in Jon Favreau’s storytelling strategies and MCU expertise than they had been within the individuals who ran the present with the sequel trilogy.