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Jon Favreau on Mandalorian and Grogu, California Tax Incentive
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Jon Favreau on Mandalorian and Grogu, California Tax Incentive

Variety·Marc Malkin·18 days ago
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It’s been almost 50 years since the first “ Star Wars ” was released. And it’s taken that long for a movie in the beloved franchise — “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ” — to be shot in Los Angeles. “I’d like to thank the California Film Commission for allowing us to have a tax incentive here and allowing us to be the first ‘Star Wars’ film to be made entirely in Los Angeles,” “Mandalorian” writer and director Jon Favreau said to applause while introducing the movie at its world premiere Thursday night at the TCL Theatre in Hollywood. Favreau also thanked his father for introducing him to “Star Wars” after taking him to see the original movie when he was just 10 years old. “That movie changed my life with that first shot,” he said, adding: “I sat by my dad’s side 49 years ago watching ‘Star Wars’ for the first time and tonight, I’m getting to sit next to my dad and watch this movie.…

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