Jon Favreau Might've Revealed Who Taika Waititi is Playing in 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian'

Star Wars: The Mandalorian will be a major staple for the upcoming Disney+ streaming service, and a handful of directors are slated to work on the 10-episode first season.

Jon Favreau, who will serve as the upcoming show's producer and writer, has already tapped Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow and Taika Waititi to direct different episodes of the show.

Waititi, who directed Thor: Ragnarok, is not only on board as a director. The filmmaker will use his voice acting prowess to do double duty for the upcoming series. And if Favreau's most recent Instagram post is any indication, Waititi will provide his voice to bring IG-88 to life.

Favreau posted a photo to the social media platform showing the Marvel director in a voiceover booth in front of a screen with a droid that we're pretty sure is IG-88.

Fans are in full support of the director voicing the droid, which made its first appearance in The Empire Strikes Back as one of Darth Vader's bounty hunters searching for the Millennium Falcon.

It will be interesting to see if Waititi voices IG-88 for just one episode (perhaps the one he directs) or if he will voice the droid for the entire series. There's really no telling at this point, as information about the series has been scarce.

What we know thus far is that The Mandalorian takes place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, as it follows a Mandalorian gunfighter, "in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic."

The Mandalorian is set to premiere sometime later this year with the release of Dinsey+.