Jon Favreau

"For generations, my ancestors fought proudly as warriors against the Jedi. Now, that woman tarnishes the very name Mandalorian. Defend her, if you will."

―Jon Favreau as Pre Vizsla —

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Jon Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and director who provided the voice of the Mandalorian Pre Vizsla in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and of the Ardennian pilot Rio Durant in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

A longtime Star Wars fan, his appearance in The Clone Wars was due to running into Dave Filoni at ILM and Skywalker Sound while Favreau was working on post-production for Iron Man.

Before Solo's release, director Ron Howard revealed that Favreau would have a voice role in the film, as a "very cool & important" alien character.^[1] Favreau later revealed an image of his character on Twitter.^[2]

On March 8th, 2018, it was revealed that Favreau would write and executive produce the upcoming live-action Star Wars television series,^[3] The Mandalorian.^[4] On May 10th, 2018, in an interview with Anthony Carboni on the premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Favreau revealed that he was halfway done with writing a season of the series.^[5]