The Chilean-American actor appeared on stage alongside The Mandalorian executive producer Dave Filoni in front of an estimated 12,000 fans at the Honda Centre in Anaheim for the first day of Disney’s fan convention, D23. Favreau said the new film is in production, having started filming “a few weeks ago” ahead of its May 2026 debut. This is the Way.
Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni have arrived to the stage. — Star Wars (@starwars) “We are putting Star Wars back on the big screen,” Filoni said, while Favreau described it as “an all-new adventure following these two characters”. A teaser clip shown to the audience saw the masked bounty hunter (Pascal) and Grogu, a young Yoda-like character, touch fingers, while Babu Frik also makes an appearance flying a ship with Grogu.
The announcement came after Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter announced The Incredibles 3 was in the works. Just announced at : is officially in the works at Pixar! — Pixar (@Pixar) He confirmed Brad Bird, the writer and director behind the first two films, has returned for the next adventure from the beloved animated undercover super-family. Meanwhile, Frozen director Jennifer Lee appeared to confirm there will be two more films added to that franchise.
“Coming out of Frozen 2, we still have some questions. A lot of questions actually..
. Now you see why it will take two films to answer them,” she teased. Lee shared a first look at concept art for Frozen 3, which is tipped for release.