Star Wars News | Morrison Responds to Boba Fat | Favreau Update | Kenobi and Uncle Owen

Star Wars News | Morrison Responds to Boba Fat | Favreau Update | Kenobi and Uncle Owen

Following the success of The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau has been a constant presence in the world of Star Wars, standing alongside Dave Filoni as the creatives that most fans consider responsible for most of what comes to the small screen. According to a report at Puck, Favreau was originally only signed on for that first season of The Mandalorian, and after it exploded in popularity, he was able to leverage that to get an "insane" deal with Lucasfilm to stay on board. No details were offered, as the contract only came up in the larger context of analyzing Disney's streaming model.

The piece notes that Disney tends to be fairly tight-fisted when it comes to compensating their creatives. They have long had a reputation for paying less than other studios, and relying on the fact that they're Disney, so everyone wants to work with them, or on their properties. That mindset is only strenghtened by acquiring Star Wars and Marvel in the last decade or so.

According to the article, "Sure, there are exceptions. Favreau originally signed on to do just one season of The Mandalorian, so when it became Disney+'s signature series, he extracted an insane deal to continue, with all kinds of bonuses and incentives for writing or directing individual episodes. But I'm betting even Favreau doesn't get a cut of the show's merchandise revenue, meaning Disney likely doesn't share the windfall from my kid's many Baby Yoda T-shirts and PJs with the guy who, along with Filoni, actually created the character."

Puck is working on assumptions for that last part, and a rep for Favreau declined to comment for their story, but it's almost certainly true. George Lucas built his personal fortune by retaining control of the Star Wars merchandise during the original trilogy, but that's a trick that's unlikely to work again. Hollywood has admired Lucas's brilliance, and the short-sightedness of everyone else who could have had a cut of that cash, for decades.

Temuera Morrison first appeared in Star Wars back in 2002 when he played Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones. While his character was killed by Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) in the film, fans spent years campaigning for Morrison to return to the franchise as Boba Fett, a clone of Jango. Folks finally got their wish during the second season of Star Wars: The Mandalorian when Morrison appeared on the series, and his exciting return led to the spin-off, The Book of Boba Fett. The show's finale dropped on Disney+ earlier this month, and Morrison just took to Instagram to call out someone who referred to him as "Boba Fat."

"Someone called me Boba Fat so I thought I'd do something about it 😂 Thanks my trainer and bro @jenkuosungoff," Morrison captioned the post.

Marvel Studios is only a few weeks away from its grand return to the entertainment spotlight with Oscar Isaac's Moon Knight, the MCU's sixth Disney+ show in Phase 4. Isaac will embody the mysterious and enigmatic Marc Spector in a unique story about a man with multiple personalities living in his head, all as he learns how to handle his newfound superpowers from an Egyptian deity.

Isaac is no stranger to major projects like those in the MCU after playing the titular villain of X-Men: Apocalypse and the key supporting role of Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Now, he's throwing himself fully into one of Marvel Studios' newest entities as he embodies one of the first heroes to help expand on the franchise's supernatural story.

Andrew Garfield isn’t donning the iconic Spider-Man suit again any time soon. At least that’s what the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actor told senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin on Sunday at the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

“No plans, that’s the truth,” Garfield said at Variety On the Carpet presented by DIRECTV. “Everyone’s gonna call me a liar for the rest of my life. I’m the boy who cried wolf.”

Garfield was nominated this year for best male actor in a leading role for his musical turn in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” Miranda, who opened the show alongside fellow “Hamilton” stars Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs, recalled Garfield crying wolf when Miranda asked him on set in 2020 whether he was going to play Peter Parker.