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is very much present in The Mandalorian even
if that battle is within one’s self. “What [writers]
Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have done, which
is fascinating to me, is start to blur the lines of
what is good and what is evil,” says Pedro of his
character. “They take somebody who seems like
he’s covered up in armour and is impenetrable
and can defeat anything – but they then take
him to the brink of survival repeatedly. They find
many different ways to show that vulnerability.
They break the rules, quite frankly, in terms
of what we understand Star Wars to be while
building on its original foundation of rules. It’s
fascinating to witness.”
“I love how they keep bringing up things
within the stories that harken back to other Star
Wars stories and old lore [in The Mandalorian],”
Weathers agrees.
The plot themes in The Mandalorian may
hark back to the original films but the look of the
show could not be more up-to-date, with new
technology perfectly melding with the iconic
aesthetics created for the original movies.
“Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took our
favourite moments from the older movies and
our favourite feelings that the older movies
brought with them, and they took a good
portion of the new technology available and
meshed it together,” says Carano. “I feel like
this is an awesome shout out to the older movies
and it really has that Star Wars flavour to it –
but then it takes advantage of new technology
in a really great way. Walking on this set, you
get the feeling of how it must have felt when they
were working on the original movies. There’s an
old-school vibe to it that’s incredible. Plus, the
technology is insane.”
“If you compare the technology from the
Seventies to now it's light years away. It’s Star
Wars away in years,” Weathers explains.
“When we stand there on the set, I'm amazedat how good it is and the experience is so real
as an actor. I'll give you an example. When we
were making Predator, there was no ‘Predator’
on the set. We were looking at a spot on a tree
or something in the distance that's supposed to
be coming at us. With this, if you're standing
there and you're in a boat and you're supposed
to be moving – there is a screen behind you that
shows everything moving, but then you look at
the camera and you know you're not moving.Baby Yoda has become a
phenomenon in his own right.