Jon Favreau has invited Star Wars alumni Phil Tippett to work on The Mandalorian’s second season.
Among the variety of praises Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian has received, the highest have been for the visuals on the Disney Plus show. Star Wars fans were blown away by the visual language that Jon Favreau brought to The Mandalorian, which gracefully mimicked the aesthetics of the original Star Wars trilogy. In fact, Phil Tippett, one of the most accomplished effects gurus from the early Star Wars days praised Jon Favreau for nailing the classic Star Wars look in The Mandalorian.
Phil Tippett was one of the first employees hired by George Lucas for Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company responsible for Star Wars. One of his biggest accomplishments in the galaxy far, far away included creating the stop-motion holochess sequence in A New Hope.
Phil Tippett took to Twitter to praise Jon Favreau for his work on The Mandalorian, as well as asking the accomplished director if there was room for him to work on the upcoming second season. Now, The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau has invited the Star Wars alum to work on his contribution to Star Wars.
Thank you! I’m a huge fan. We’re on set now talking about how exciting it would be to see your work on the Mandalorian.
— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 20, 2020
One of the most prominent forces in visual effects, Phil Tippett has worked on films beyond Star Wars, which include Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Robocop, and The Twilight Saga. If he is to join Jon Favreau with The Mandalorian, this would make for a perfect Star Wars reunion. Hopefully when The Mandalorian’s second season drops, we’ll be seeing Phil Tippett’s name alongside Jon Favreau’s.
Are you excited to see Phil Tippett work alongside Jon Favreau on The Mandalorian’s second season?
Here is the official synopsis for The Mandalorian:
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, and Nick Nolte. The Star Wars series was written by Jon Favreau, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist is also on board as a co-executive producer.
Dave Filoni directed the first episode of The Mandalorian and additional episodes were helmed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard, Dope director Rick Famuyiwa, and Jessica Jones director Deborah Chow.
The Mandalorian is now available exclusively on Disney Plus. The second season is expected to hit the streaming service in October.
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