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Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in many films such as Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Replacements (2000), Daredevil (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), I Love You, Man (2009), People Like Us (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Chef (2014). As a filmmaker, Favreau has been significantly involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed, produced, and appeared as Happy Hogan in the films Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010). He also served as an executive producer or appeared as the character in the films The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). He has also directed the films Elf (2003), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Chef (2014), The Jungle Book (2016), The Lion King (2019), and The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026). Favreau has also been known for his work on the Star Wars franchise with Dave Filoni, creating the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), which Filoni helped develop, with both serving as executive producers. Alongside Filoni, he serves as an executive producer on all of the show's spin-off series, including The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Skeleton Crew. He produces films under his production company banner, Fairview Entertainment, and also presents the variety series Dinner for Five and the cooking series The Chef Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Favreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jon Favreau
Writer
for Writer in Star Wars: Episode VIII - Trial of Sacrifice
Suggested by matthewsimmons1
The New Republic is once again being corrupted but this time by Imperial sympathizers and not Sith. Despite the conflict erupting on Corellia a year ago, Qi’ra, leader of the Resistance takes the group to a galactic level, challenging the New Republic. Leia’s legacy has been smeared and she is no longer in the government. As she plans to retire with Han, she is pulled back in to help with the resistance when she learns of The New Republic’s harsh methods. Meanwhile, her son Ben slips further to the dark side. Over the past year his relationship with Kai has grown and the two are now secretly expecting a child. Haunted by his actions and being called by Lumiya, he learns that he will soon have to make a choice. Still training his sister, the two investigate a rumored old secret base with a star destroyer with world destroying capabilities. Everyone reunites on the star destroyer at the end of the film as it heads to Coruscant. Alema Rar is leading the team on the ship as it’s Lumiya’s plan for her to die and she is secretly working with the New Republic to eliminate this new Sith group. Ben makes the sacrifice by killing his father, turning him fully to the dark side. He takes on the new name Darth Caedus and joins his master Lumiya. Luke tries to pull Alema back to the light but it doesn’t work and he has to take her out. Leia feels Han’s death but she carries out her mission and destroys the star destroyer in a sacrifice that causes her to lose her life in the process.
