Jon Favreau

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]

Star Wars voice workEdit

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Pre Vizsla)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Mandalore Plot"
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Voyage of Temptation"
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duchess of Mandalore"
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Friend in Need"
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence"
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shades of Reason"
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (Rio Durant)

BibliographyEdit

• Jon Favreau joins the Mandalorian legacy
• Mysterious Manadalorians Revealed!
•  Jon Favreau to Executive Produce and Write Live-Action Star Wars Series on StarWars.com
• Live From the Red Carpet of Solo: A Star Wars Story! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
• The Mandalorian Panel - Sunday on the official Star Wars YouTube channel

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Jon Favreau on Wikipedia
• Jon Favreau at the Internet Movie Database
• Jon Favreau on voicing an all new character for Star Wars: The Clone Wars