TV SERIES · 2019–2023 · USA
The Mandalorian
- Created by
- Jon Favreau
- Network
- Disney+
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 24
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd., Golem Creations, Fairview Entertainment
40 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.
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15 Facts From Behind the Scenes of The Mandalorian
- #018
The Mandalorian is also portrayed by stunt doubles Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder and Barry Lowin, and Pedro Pascal recorded the character's dialogue later with Jon Favreau and Filoni.
- #020
The Walt Disney Company's then-CEO Bob Chapek said Gina Carano was fired because her posts did not align with Disney's values, which he described as "universal" and not political.
- #022
The Mandalorian was filmed at Manhattan Beach Studios in California.
- #023
Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taika Waititi also directed episodes of The Mandalorian's first season.
- #024
Jon Favreau did not direct during The Mandalorian's first season because of his commitment to The Lion King, but he directed on the second season along with returning directors Filoni, Howard and Famuyiwa and new directors Peyton Reed, co-star Carl Weathers and Robert Rodriguez.
- #026
For The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau sought to apply virtual technology to live-action photography and to develop a video wall system.
- #027
ILM worked with video game developer Epic Games to build a system called StageCraft, which uses Epic's Unreal Engine and large LED video screens to render digital environments in real time for actors on The Mandalorian.
- #029
The Mandalorian used virtual photography developed for The Lion King during pre-production to plan filming and decide which environments would be needed on set.
- #030
ILM created the digital environments for The Mandalorian and added them to StageCraft for live-action photography with the actors; some were based on location photography in Iceland and Chile.
- #031
Jon Favreau said of The Mandalorian's approach that the actors were not brought on location, but rather the location was brought to the actors.
- #032
The Mandalorian filmed on a 21-foot-tall, 75-foot-diameter set at Manhattan Beach Studios surrounded by a 360-degree semicircular LED video wall and ceiling, where digital environments were rendered in real-time on a video wall.
- #033
The Mandalorian's production added physical elements to the volume to match the digital backgrounds, including dirt on the floor that corresponded to dirt shown on the video wall. Interior sets such as an Imperial agents' office were also built, with the walls and ceiling displayed on the video wall around a physical table.
- #034
Several physical sections of the Razor Crest, the Mandalorian's ship, could be placed inside the volume; the front half of the ship was physically built while the back half was rendered digitally.
- #035
Environments in The Mandalorian could be manipulated in StageCraft while on set, letting filmmakers request changes that were rendered on the video wall the same day, and the production could switch between environments within half an hour or faster when physical elements did not need to be changed.
- #036
A primary advantage of the video wall technology on The Mandalorian was realistic lighting, with the wall supplying ambient light and accurate reflections on the actors, which mattered especially for the Mandalorian's reflective armor. Because the reflections were already correct on set, the visual effects team did not have to remove green reflections and add matching ones in post-production as with a green screen.
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