The Mandalorian & Grogu director, Jon Favreau, has revealed his reason for leaving out certain Star Wars characters from Lucasfilm's new blockbuster movie. The latest Star Wars film is a continuation of the journey that ran for three seasons on Disney+ in The Mandalorian, but when reformatting the intended fourth season for a movie, Favreau had to make some changes.With The Mandalorian and Ahsoka working hand in hand to build out a live-action TV universe for Star Wars (dubbed the "MandoVerse"), there was some hope that the movie might do the same on the big screen. Yet The Mandalorian & Grogu has very little connective tissue to the wider Star Wars world, outside of characters like Zeb Orrelios, the Hutt twins, and Embo.Many hoped that a character like Ahsoka Tano might make an appearance, given her role in Season 2 of the Disney+ show, or that Grand Admiral Thrawn could make his big-screen debut here, as he was intended to appear in The Mandalorian Season 4 before it was reworked. However, The Mandalorian & Grogu is now out for all to see, and neither character appears. Read full article on The Direct.