The Mandalorian: Luke Skywalker cameo wasn’t initially part of the plan

By Kevin Fraser

Posted 5 years ago

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

The season two finale of The Mandalorian was full of plenty of surprises, but the biggest was the appearance of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as he arrived just in time to save Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), Cara Dune (Gina Carano), and the rest from Moff Gideon's (Giancarlo Esposito) Dark Troopers and take Baby Yoda (himself) away for Jedi training.

Getting to see Luke Skywalker in his prime was quite the thrill and you would imagine that such a moment would have been planned out from the very beginning, but that doesn't seem to be the case. While speaking with the WGA, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau said that Luke Skywalker's appearance wasn't always in the cards and only came to him as writing for the season progressed.

sponsored content

The story unfolded as I wrote it. The Mandalorian inherits a great deal from existing Star Wars stories, and when I write, that context is always a consideration. It became clear that, within the established continuity, certain things were likely to transpire.

Although we know the beginning and end of Luke Skwalker's tale, there's quite a lot of unexplored territory between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. "We have a tremendous amount of freedom afforded to us because of the gap in time between the films," Favreau said. "Dave Filoni and I are in constant discussion regarding how each story choice is impacted by, and would impact, existing Star Wars material." It remains to be seen whether or not we've seen the last of Luke Skywalker on The Mandalorian, but the team definitely knows how to keep a secret, so we may never know until he's in front of us once again. "The fact that we were able to keep my involvement a secret for over a year with no leaks is nothing less than a miracle. A real triumph for spoiler-haters everywhere," said Hamill last year, shortly after the episode debuted.

Source: WGA

Tags: Baby Yoda, Dave Filoni, Disney, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Favreau, luke skywalker, Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, TV

About the Author

Kevin Fraser

News Editor

11,713 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Alien, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, read more Braveheart, The Bridge on the River Kwai, City of God, Cloud Atlas, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Edge, The Fifth Element, Galaxy Quest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Godfather Parts I & II, Goodfellas, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Magnificent Seven, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Prestige, Prisoners, Psycho, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rear Window, The Shining, Sorcerer, The Talented Mr. Ripley, There Will be Blood, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Zodiac

Likes: Drawing, cooking, watching movies, trying and failing to come up with read more more items for my likes list.

The comment section exists to allow readers to discuss the article constructively and respectfully, focused on the topic at hand.

What’s Not Allowed

Abusive language, insults, or harassment toward other users or staff.
Hate speech of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Bickering, bullying, personal attacks, or baiting others to argue
Extended off-topic debates, especially those centered on politics or religion rather than the article topic
No AI content or SPAM