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- Sigourney Weaver “fell in love” with the Star Wars universe earlier than accepting a job in The Mandalorian & Grogu
- Throughout her quick time on set, Weaver encountered “every kind of various creatures”
- Weaver seems as Colonel Ward within the upcoming movie, set to debut in Might 2026
Sigourney Weaver is providing a glimpse into her time on The Mandalorian & Grogu set.
Whereas talking at New York Comedian-Con’s Alien and Past panel on Oct. 10, the actress opened up about attending to know The Mandalorian and the Star Wars universe earlier than accepting a job on the franchise’s latest film. Weaver, 76, seems as Colonel Ward within the upcoming 2026 movie The Mandalorian & Grogu.
Weaver mentioned The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau reached out to her concerning the function. As a “nice admirer” of the 58-year-old director, Weaver took his suggestion to observe the present and rapidly discovered issues to like about it.
“I used to be, after all, amazed by it and fell in love with it, and Pedro [Pascal] and Grogu,” Weaver mentioned. Pascal, 50, performs bounty hunter Din Djarin, who finds and finally ends up caring for Grogu, additionally colloquially often known as Child Yoda.
“Additionally I really like how the Star Wars universe has — it isn’t making an attempt to repay every film with the entire backlog of films. It is now particular person tales set in the identical universe,” the Alien star famous. Weaver then shared that The Mandalorian & Grogu is ready on the “outer ring” of that universe, and can decide up after the third season of The Mandalorian Disney+ collection.
An official synopsis of the movie says that “the evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords stay scattered all through the galaxy. Because the fledgling New Republic works to guard every part the Rebel fought for, they’ve enlisted the assistance of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his younger apprentice Grogu.”
The film’s trailer, lately launched by Disney and Lucasfilm on Sept. 22, sees Weaver briefly seem as Colonel Ward, a frontrunner of the New Republic’s Adelphi Rangers and a former pilot for the Insurgent Alliance.
“I used to be solely on the set for a couple of days, however I used to be surrounded by every kind of various creatures,” Weaver recalled. “I bought a drink from somebody with a really completely different sort of head.”
Weaver added that she’s the “luckiest lady on the planet” as a result of she bought to spend high quality time with Pascal and Grogu on set.
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The Mandalorian & Grogu solid additionally consists of Jeremy Allen White and Jonny Coyne. Favreau, who helmed the cinematic installment, co-wrote the upcoming movie with Dave Filoni.
“I’ve liked telling tales set within the wealthy world that George Lucas created,” Favreau mentioned in an announcement. “The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the large display is extraordinarily thrilling.”
The Mandalorian & Grogu is ready to debut in theaters on Might 22, 2026.
