Jon Favreau on Din Djarin’s Changing Priorities in ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, New Image Released
The latest issue of _Empire Magazine_ promised a new look at next summer’s _The Mandalorian and Grogu_ , and it delivered. Alongside a new image featuring the titular characters, director Jon Favreau shared some insight into the characters’ relationship as they chart a new path with the New Republic.
When we first met Din Djarin in that iconic opening scene of _The Mandalorian_ , he was clearly a lone wolf, moving through his life, capturing bounties, and seemingly focused on his own needs.
By the end of that first episode, he meets Grogu. At the end of that first season, the two are clearly a pair, working together and bonded by the classic teacher/apprentice relationship, a staple of _Star Wars_ storytelling. In _The Mandalorian and Grogu_ , director Jon Favreau tells _Empire_ that we will see further change for Din Djarin:
> “The Mandalorian has changed his priorities… One of the last things we say [in Season 3] is, like, ‘I don’t want to go out there and just be a hired gun. I want to work for the good guys.’”
One of the “good guys” he is referring to is the New Republic’s Colonel Ward, played by Sigourney Weaver, who gives Djarin his marching orders.
Favreau hints that he’ll be joining up with Zeb Orrelios of _Rebels,_ who appeared briefly in Season 3 of _The Mandalorian._ He teases his larger role but likely will have a larger role in the upcoming film:
> “Now we get to really have fun with him, he’s such a compelling character, even if you’ve never seen _Rebels_ , between the voice, the swagger, and the physical ability.”
The focus, however, will remain on Din and Grogu and their special relationship, which served as the basis for the Disney Plus series.
> “That central relationship, as they go off and face adventure together, that’s the underpinning of the film… _Star Wars_ is always about progression and growth and characters evolving, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. It’s about apprenticeship, it’s about one generation teaching the next. There’s more growth that happens over the course of the film.”
_The Mandalorian and Grogu_ will be the first _Star Wars_ film to hit theaters since 2019’s _Rise of Skywalker_ and will be released on May 22, 2026. The latest issue of Empire Magazine is released on Thursday, November 20. Stay tuned here at _Star Wars News Net_ in case more from the upcoming film is shared.
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