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The Jon Favreau Doctrine

The ‘Mandalorian’ creator, director, and food truck impresario talks about bringing his ‘Star Wars’ streaming hit to the big screen, his complicated relationship with A.I., his thoughts on Lucasfilm, and how he’s leaning into the whole “space opera thing.”

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Favreau is a great talker and treated the crowd to a mini-dissertation on the encroaching A.I. revolution, filming with the giant “Volume” of LED screens that he pioneered, the exit of Kathleen Kennedy and new leadership at Lucasfilm, and, of course, bringing The Mandalorian from Disney+ to theaters on May 22. Photo: David Becker/Getty Images for CinemaCon
Matthew Belloni
April 17, 2026

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Walking onstage at CinemaCon today for its annual filmmaker Q&A in front of about 2,000 theater industry professionals, Jon Favreau handed me a warm Cubano sandwich from Roy Choi’s Chef Truck at the Park MGM hotel, which was inspired by his hit 2014 movie. Before I could eat it, I had to think about it for 45 minutes as I talked with the veteran filmmaker, actor, technologist, and onetime movie theater usher. Luckily, Favreau is a great talker and treated the crowd to a mini-dissertation on the encroaching A.I. revolution, filming with the giant “Volume” of LED screens that he pioneered, the exit of Kathleen Kennedy and new leadership at Lucasfilm, and, of course, bringing The Mandalorian from Disney+ to theaters on May 22 with The Mandalorian and Grogu. Some highlights from the conversation are below and you can watch or listen to the whole thing here…