Extended Interview: Jon Favreau
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
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4.3 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Jon Favreau, the creator of the "Star Wars" series "The Mandaloriam", and director of the new film "The Mandalorian and Grogu", talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the myth of "Star Wars", the influences on the story (including Japanese samurai films), and expanding the universe for a new audience. He also talks about working with Robert Downey Jr. on his film "Iron Man", and about cooking, the subject of his 2014 movie, "Chef".
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| 0:00.0 | From Working Title, producers of Bridget Jones and Love Actually. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm looking for this girl called Emily. |
| 0:05.3 | I'll help you find her. |
| 0:06.5 | Comes the truly feel-good British rom-com that's being called a five-star instant classic. |
| 0:12.7 | Tell me, you didn't hack the school email. |
| 0:14.6 | What message every Emily? |
| 0:16.3 | Hailed as hilarious and original. |
| 0:18.8 | Hey, Emily. |
| 0:20.4 | It's Notting Hill for a new generation. |
| 0:22.6 | I don't think I was wrong numbered. |
| 0:24.6 | Just didn't write number you, did she? |
| 0:25.6 | Finding Emily. |
| 0:27.6 | Only in Cinema's Friday. Book tickets now. |
| 0:29.6 | The Mandalorian was an instant streaming success when it debuted back in 2019. |
| 0:45.7 | After three critically acclaimed seasons, its characters have made it to the big screen this week. |
| 0:52.5 | Sunday morning's Tracy Smith recently visited with the creative force |
| 0:56.5 | behind the show and the movie, director John Favreau. So let's talk Star Wars. Clearly you love |
| 1:05.5 | Star Wars. Yes. When did this love story begin? Well, I was born in 66, so in 77, when the first Star Wars came out, I was the perfect age to get my mind blown. |
| 1:17.6 | And the movies of the 70s, you know, I was, we were a family that went to the movies. |
| 1:21.6 | And at that time, there was one set of movies for everybody. |
| 1:26.6 | And it was really a golden age of filmmaking. |
| 1:30.3 | But as a kid, none of it spoke to me the way that the movies like Star Wars did, right? |
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