The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White has joined the Star Wars universe, as he is set to look in The Mandalorian & Grogu… as Jabba the Hutt’s son.
You ever see a little bit of casting information and assume “…what?” That is precisely what occurred to me this morning after I noticed that, as reported by Selection, Jeremy Allen White, finest identified for his function as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto on The Bear, will probably be enjoying Rotta the Hutt, Jabba the Hutt’s son, in The Mandalorian & Grogu. Proper off the bat this simply looks like an extremely humorous casting to me – you are telling me Disney goes to fork over a buttload of money to get somebody like White, once you’re simply going to cowl him in prosthetics, and have him converse a bunch of gibberish? Get that bag, white, however it’s a shocking alternative, although maybe one reflective of how there all the time needs to be huge names in each function lately.
Proper now there aren’t actually any plot particulars identified about The Mandalorian & Grogu (sure, it is nonetheless known as that), in order identified by Selection, White portraying Rotta the Hutt is principally the very first thing that even roughly tells us what might occur. Presumably the titular Mandalorian will get in some hassle with Rotta someplace alongside the road, however previous that’s anybody’s guess.
The Mandalorian & Grogu was first introduced firstly of this yr, with White’s casting being the second main addition this yr. Again in August it was introduced that the enduring Sigourney Weaver had joined the movie in an undisclosed function, which nonetheless is not identified on the time of writing. Presently The Mandalorian & Grogu is ready to reach in cinemas Could 22, 2026, an entire yr and a half away, and it will be the primary new movie within the franchise since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We’ll simply have to attend and see if a galaxy far, distant can nonetheless pull audiences in!
