Favreau serves as executive producer and showrunner for the series, Directors for the first season included Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), who helm the first episode, plus Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates) and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), who have also provided the voice for bounty hunter IG-88 in the series.
Favreau also credits executive producer Dave Filoni’s creative input, who keeps Favreau on track as someone who was was “closely mentored by Lucas while helming seven seasons” of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The Mandalorian is executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson.
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, The Mandalorian creator and executive producer Jon Favreau offered a first look at the highly-anticipated second season of the Disney+ Star Wars series.