“I haven’t got to that point where I’m, like, talking to the puppet.”
But what about when it comes to non-humans?
It turns out that working with a tiny green puppet is a different matter altogether.
Grogu and ‘The Mandalorian’ director Rick Famuyiwa.Lucasfilm Ltd.; Inset: Melinda Sue Gordon/Lucasfilm Ltd.
So exactly how does Famuyiwa direct Grogu, as opposed to human actors likePedro Pascaland Katee Sackhoff?
We asked the director/EP exactly that when he joinedEW’s weeklyStar Warspodcast,Dagobah Dispatchafter the season 3 premiere.
“It’s an interesting process,” laughs Famuyiwa.
‘The Mandalorian’ director Rick Famuyiwa.Lucasfilm Ltd.
The director is quick to give props no pun intended to the folks that built Grogu.
I really need to see a little bit more of this.'"
It still can feel a bit surreal, however.
“I don’t really talk tohim,” laughs Famuyiwa, referring to Grogu.
Let’s get into it.'"
“But then also like, ‘Oh my God, this is where we’re gonna end.
And the good guys aren’t going to [win]?
They don’t just walk away and they have to deal with that?’
There was something that, as a kid, I was like, ‘What is this?
What does this mean?’
While Empire is his pick… it just barely took the top spot.
So that’s my political answer of saying both.”
Sounds like a true politician in the finest Coruscant mold.
