Favreau gives ‘Star Wars’ fans 1st look at ‘The Mandalorian’

NEW YORK — Jon Favreau gave fans their first look at the “The Mandalorian” at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago on Sunday, previewing the most anticipated series yet from the galaxy far, far away.

Favreau’s eight-episode series will debut on the DisneyPlus streaming service November 12. It’s set in the aftermath of “The Return of the Jedi,” taking place five years after the Rebellion’s victory.

Favreau premiered behindthe-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 “a product of a Star Wars imagination” who was eager to plunge into the post-“Jedi” landscape.

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

On Friday, Lucasfilm debuted the trailer for the next theatrical “Star Wars” film, “The Rise of Skywalker.”

That trailer shows new heroes Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) once again getting the spotlight, as does a certain wannabe Sith lord, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).

Billy Dee Williams has been missing from the “Star Wars” galaxy since 1983’s “Return of the Jedi,” but his iconic Lando Calrissian is back in the saddle of the Millennium Falcon.