Taika Waititi Says Directing Star Wars Was a Life Highlight

While we wait for Taika Waititi to resolve what his Star Wars film goes to be and he wraps up promotion for his newest Marvel flick, we’re simply attempting to determine what’s actually occurring with his cryptic humor about his plans to shake issues up in a galaxy far, far-off. But anybody doubtful that the director isn’t taking it critically actually ought to know higher—and will try a latest video interview Waititi did with GQ the place he appeared again on his favourite previous initiatives, together with his earlier stint within the Star Wars universe.

In the video, which you can view in full beneath, the Thor: Love and Thunder director cites his work with showrunner Jon Favreau and helming the final episode of season considered one of The Mandalorian as an enormous studying expertise.  “It was a very special thing for me to do that Mandalorian episode,” Waititi mentioned. “The first day I think we were working with about 70 stormtroopers and a TIE Fighter. I have to say, one of the highlights of not only my career, but my life, was to be walking around directing Stormtroopers and also [to be] be doing that episode under the guidance of [Jon] Favreau, who became a friend and became someone who’s always been very supportive of my work.”

Looking again at directing Chapter 8: Redemption, Waititi mentioned, “It was great because it was his idea. He’d written everything. And for me just to come in as a director when I didn’t write it, [it] wasn’t my concept was really nice, just to kind of come in and go, ‘Well, this is all I can offer you. How can I help with keeping the flow of all the other episodes and and also what can I learn?’ Whenever I work, I want to learn something from someone. And I learned a lot [from] that one.”

Waititi additionally starred in The Mandalorian’s first season as bounty-hunting droid turned babysitter IG-11, which makes excellent sense when you notice who impressed his vampire character in What We Do within the Shadows. “Viago’s basically just a mixture between C-3PO and my mother,” he mentioned. “The anal vampire who can’t stand mess and wants everything to be structured and to have a regiment and has to make a chore wheel.” Check out extra pleasant Taika ideas (and Blackbeard behind the scenes goodness, for all you Our Flag Means Death followers) within the interview beneath:

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