Dave has been quietly visiting and interacting with all of the directors that have come on to do all of the new films. It’s been my suspicion for years and now it’s confirmed that he’s been gearing up slowly to start working in live action. He even made reference recently in an interview that Kennedy has been shepherding him through the process. Teaming up with Favreau is the perfect next step for him. They’ve been friends for over a decade. Dave showed Jon early Clone Wars footage and Jon showed him some early Iron Man footage at Skywalker Ranch back around 2007.

In their interviews about the Mandalorian they make it clear that the writing of the show is very collaborative. Jon uses Dave as a sounding board and they work out ideas for episodes together before Jon goes off to write them. And now on set, Jon is mentoring Dave on the art of live action filmmaking.

This has been a long thorough process and I’m excited to see what Dave has in store for the future.