Pedro Pascal assures us that the third season of ‘The Mandalorian’ will be “satisfying”

During the 2022 D23 Expo, many new features from the “Star Wars” universe were presented, including the first trailer for “Tales of the Jedi”, the signature of Lee Jung-jae (“The Squid Game”) in “The Squid Game “. Acolyte ‘and the presentations of’ Andor ‘and the third season of’ The Mandalorian ‘. At the conclusion of the Lucasfilm panel, part of the cast of these two series approached the press and we were able to ask Pedro Pascal and Rick Famuyiwa about the future of Din Djarin and the lovely Grogu. “It started with a guy with a gun and grew through his journey to present so much more”explains the director, “The big challenge was putting all this together”. Will they be able to do it right? Pascal has no difficulty and us “guarantees” which will be the new episodes “satisfying” for fans.

One of the most anticipated series of the season and which will arrive this September 21 on Disney + is “Andor”, the prequel to “Rogue One”. Like the film, this new project is once again played by Diego Luna, who already considers it as such “He was able to connect with such a grateful audience that ‘Star Wars’ was given a chance to be a little darker, to pay homage to the genesis.”. It is true that “Rogue One” was a more grown-up and belligerent bet than the rest of the installments of the franchise, but the actor believes that the George Lucas universe can and should still expand in many directions: “The audience of ‘Star Wars’ varies from my father’s generation to that of my son, there are many generations, that’s why we can’t generalize, we can’t say’ the audience of ‘Star Wars'”, there is an audience, also, that he does not know ‘Star Wars’ and that he will know through this series or what is done today. “ He also believes that with “Andor” “we have the opportunity to be different, but not just the opportunity, but the obligation to be different”.

And to begin to differentiate itself, ‘Andor’ didn’t use Stagecraft technology (which we’ve already talked about here) and opted for more traditional shooting on built sets. Did the cast lose a little more CGI? “As an actor there is nothing like exposing yourself to something that is happening and here they take it to the extreme”Luna tells us “When you are piloting, the ship is moving and what you see is pretty much what it will end up being in the project; the blasters make noise, you can hear the click during filming, a kick … as an actor you appreciate it and I have a lot of fun because it’s like playing to belong to the world of ‘Star Wars’ “.

The Empire gains importance

Genevieve O’Reilly is also no stranger to the saga and in “Andor” she once again reprises the role of Mon Mothma that she had previously played in “Revenge of the Sith”, “Rogue One” and “Star Wars Rebels”. About how and where we will now meet her character, she explained it to us “‘Andor’ starts 5 years before ‘Rogue One’, but we’re in a very different place from where we’ve seen the characters before. In ‘Star Wars’ politics has always been a fundamental part, It has always been Empire vs. Rebellion, but when ‘Andor’ starts there is no rebellion, we have to find it. ”

And it is that for the first time the imperial characters have an invisible weight in one of these productions and it is one of the aspects that stands out most Adria Arjona, who plays Bix Caleen, making a comparison with ‘The Wizard of Oz’: “What I like most about the series is that you can see the people ‘behind the scenes’, even with the Imperials, you can see what happens when they get home, who they are and what their weaknesses are and it’s very cool. “. Andor will debut September 21 on Disney +.