Jon Favreau Says THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Will Show Din Djarin Fully Embracing Hero Status

The galaxy has watched Din Djarin evolve from a hardened lone wolf into a genuine hero, and according to Jon Favreau, that journey is ready to reach a new stage when The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters.

What began as a gritty story about a wandering bounty hunter is becoming something much more adventurous and heartfelt, and Favreau is opening up about how the movie will push Din into a clear role as one of the good guys.

When The Mandalorian arrived, it carried a cool distinct energy. Early on, Din was a wanderer who could be tempted by the highest bidder, even if that bidder had Imperial ties. His moral compass was complicated and his loyalties were flexible, especially if it meant protecting Grogu.

As the story grew and connected more with the larger Star Wars galaxy, that grey area gradually faded. By the end of Season 3, Din Djarin had shifted into something closer to a traditional hero, and Favreau says the new film will underline that transformation.

“The Mandalorian has changed his priorities,” Jon Favreau told Empire Magazine while talking about where Din is headed in the upcoming film. “One of the last things we say [in Season 3] is, like, ‘I don’t want to go out there and just be a hired gun. I want to work for the good guys.’”

Season 3 ended with Din choosing a quiet life on Nevarro instead of settling on the restored Mandalore. He found peace and a sense of family, but Favreau says the movie is shifting the spotlight toward Din and Grogu’s connection now that Din has made his choice about who he wants to be.

“That central relationship, as they go off and face adventure together, that’s the underpinning of the film,” Favreau added. “Star Wars is always about progression and growth and characters evolving, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. It’s about apprenticeship, it’s about one generation teaching the next. There’s more growth that happens over the course of the film.”

The show’s early seasons had a dusty space western tone that gradually gave way to the kind of theatrical scale and recognizable characters that define Star Wars. As Din became more important to the wider narrative, it became harder to keep him in that morally flexible space.

After all, a man who once accepted a job from the Imperial remnant because the credits were solid is not the same man who confidently walks into a New Republic outpost and takes orders from Sigourney Weaver, whose character is confirmed to be Colonel Ward.

With the Mandalorian now carrying the responsibility of returning Star Wars to theaters for the first time in years, pushing Din into a fully heroic identity seems like a natural extension of the franchise’s direction.

It smooths out some of the fascinating tension that made him such a unique lead, but it also sets up a story that can explore what this change means for him and for Grogu as they move into the spotlight during a pivotal time for the galaxy.

Fans will see how this next chapter shapes both of them when The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in theaters on May 22 next year.