Author: BROOKS BARNES / Source: New York Times
LOS ANGELES — Disney has turned to one of its favorite filmmakers, Jon Favreau, to produce and write a live-action “Star Wars” television series for its upcoming streaming service.
Lucasfilm, the Disney-owned “Star Wars” studio, has long used television to expand its galactic storytelling, but all of its previous efforts have been animated. That includes “Star Wars Rebels,” which began in 2014 and runs on the Disney XD cable network.
Disney and Lucasfilm offered no additional details about the untitled project in its announcement on Thursday, although Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, noted in a statement that Mr. Favreau…
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