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Favreau gives BԪַStar WarsBԪַ fans 1st look at BԪַThe MandalorianBԪַ

Series will debut on the Disney-Plus streaming service on November 12
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This photo taken Feb. 3, 2018, shows Jon Favreau arrives at the 70th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Favreau teased. The Mandalorian at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago on Sunday, April 14, 2019, giving fans their first look at the most anticipated series yet from the galaxy far, far away. Favreau eight-episode series is to debut on the Disney-Plus streaming service on November 12. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Favreau gave fans their first look at the BԪַThe MandalorianBԪַ at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago on Sunday, previewing the most anticipated series yet from the galaxy far, far away.

FavreauBԪַs eight-episode series will debut on the Disney-Plus streaming service on November 12. ItBԪַs set in the aftermath of BԪַThe Return of the Jedi,BԪַ taking place five years after the RebellionBԪַs victory.

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Favreau premiered behind-the-scenes clips and some finished footage to attendees.

The series stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a lone gunfighter the actor compared to a Western or samurai hero. It co-stars Gina Carano as a character named Cara Dune and Carl Weathers as a bounty hunter named Greef. Werner Hergog and Giancarlo Esposito also co-star.

Favreau called himself BԪַa product of a Star Wars imaginationBԪַ who was eager to plunge into the post-BԪַJediBԪַ landscape.

BԪַYou have vestiges of the Empire. You have only the strong surviving. You have chaos taking over the galaxy,BԪַ Favreau said.

On Friday, Lucasfilm debuted the trailer for next theatrical BԪַStar WarsBԪַ film, BԪַThe Rise of Skywalker.BԪַ

The Associated Press

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