The Mandalorian director, and the genius behind the consistently entertaining Thor: Ragnarok Taika Waititi has been discussing his work and thoughts on The Mandalorian, and it appears that pleasingly the tone of the series is steering closely to the original trilogy. He’s thrilled to be a part of the series. and is a fan of the man at the helm, fellow Marvel director Jon Favreau. “Favreau’s a genius and so smart and so good at what he does.” And he’s clearly a fan of the material “The scripts are really great. It was really fun doing something in the Star Wars universe.”
Speaking at a TCA panel for the What We Do In the Shadows TV series he discussed the show.
“Star Wars is very different to Marvel style. They know that the tone of the first films really should be kind of adhered to. That’s what the fans like and you can’t really disrespect it I guess is a nicer way of saying can’t put too many jokes in. There’s a bit, definitely my tone is in there, the dialogue and stuff like that.”
And he had some thoughts regarding the legacy and legend of Boba Fett.
“For most kids growing up with those films, [Boba Fett] was one of the most favorite characters, even though he’s barely in the films. Just the idea of bounty hunters, the helmets are so cool. Just getting to see characters like that and getting to shoot with them is pretty cool.”