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The streamer's debut boasted the first live-action 'Star Wars' TV series, which has earned 15 Emmy nominations. Executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni explain why the show is much more than just the meme-friendly Baby Yoda.

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00:00The Mandalorian's Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are opening up about George Lucas's reaction

00:14to the series, keeping Baby Yoda a secret, and resuming production amid COVID-19. Filoni,

00:20who's considered by many fans to be Lucas's heir apparent, says the filmmaker has been

00:24very complimentary. I think he's enjoyed the show, and he said once that now he gets to watch

00:28it as a fan and watch it as a viewer. My job is to bring that knowledge forward and pass on what I've

00:33learned from him in every discipline to Jon and to the creative departments.

00:37As for Baby Yoda, Filoni says,

00:39It seemed like everyone just fell in love with this little guy that we had known from the shoot.

00:43Favreau says keeping Baby Yoda, known in the series as the child, a secret was intentional.

00:48I thought it was very important to establish that there were going to be surprises. When you're

00:51promoting a film, you're putting your best stuff out there in the marketing campaign

00:55because you want everybody to show up that Friday. Television is different. You want to be able to

00:59build. You want word of mouth to spread. You want people to tune in and know that something is going

01:04to happen that they're going to want to talk about. And when it comes to filming a potential third season

01:09amid COVID-19 restrictions, Favreau says the fact that the set is much more contained is a benefit

01:14because you can limit the number of people. We also shoot a lot outside, which is helpful too.

01:19And added,

01:19We use cinematic tools in VR much the same way we did for The Lion King and The Jungle Book.

01:24A lot of times the actors you're seeing on screen aren't actually there on set.

01:28Alright, for more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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