9 details you might have missed in 'The Mandalorian' season 2 premiere
Kim Renfro
- "The Mandalorian" is the first live-action "Star Wars" TV show, which means there are plenty of opportunities for Easter eggs, callbacks, and cameos.
- We're rounding up the best of these smaller details that some viewers might not have noticed.
The rich history of "Star Wars" lore comes to life in "The Mandalorian," where the production design team and cocreators Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau delight in making references back to George Lucas' movies.
Every week, Insider will round up some of the best details, callbacks, and cameos that some fans might not have picked up on the first time around.
Let's dive into the season two premiere, "Chapter Nine." And warning: Spoilers ahead.
In the opening scene, part of the graffiti looks like a Tusken Raider, AKA one of the Sand People with whom the Mandalorian teams up with later.
As the Mandalorian and the Child entered the city, large swaths of graffiti art were shown on nearby buildings. Among the painted figures was one face that looked awfully similar to a Tusken Raider.
The presence of the street art might also tie into the next detail you might have missed: A cameo from David Choe.
Artist David Choe had a cameo as one of the fight spectators.
Choe was listed in the credits as "Ringside Spectator." He confirmed the appearance in an Instagram post in which he also revealed sketch drawings of his character's "facebonez."
Gor Koresh was played by John Leguizamo.
Actor John Leguizamo (who you might know for his roles in "Ice Age" or "Moulin Rouge!") voiced the one-eyed crook Gor Koresh, who threatens the Mandalorian in the opening scene of season two.
The R5 unit that works for Peli Motto appears to be the same one Luke and Owen Skywalker refused to buy from the Jawas in "Episode IV: A New Hope."
When the Mandalorian arrives back to the docking bay on Tatooine, he's greeted by Peli Motto (played by Amy Sedaris). She calls over an R5 droid unit, and it looks like it's the same one from the very first "Star Wars" movie.
In "Episode IV: A New Hope," Luke and Owen Skywalker almost purchase that R5 droid from the Jawas. But when they realize it has a bad motivator, they buy R2-D2 instead, which is how Luke is eventually led to Princess Leia and Obi Wan Kenobi.
W. Earl Brown plays the bartender in Mos Pelgro, which means "The Mandalorian" had its own mini reunion for "Deadwood" stars.
The bartender (who is unnamed, but identified as a Weequay species) is played by actor W. Earl Brown, who also had a role as a bartender in HBO's "Deadwood." Timothy Olyphant, the guest star who plays Marshal Cobb Vanth, also costarred in "Deadwood," which makes their shared scenes in "The Mandalorian" extra special.
Brown tweeted about joining the Disney Plus series as a guest actor and the secretive process.
"It's been almost a year to the day since I met The Child," Brown said. "In that time, I have forced myself to use restraint and not shout my news to the high heavens ... But now ['Chapter Nine'] has aired, I can speak freely — I AM IN STAR WARS!!! I AM IN STAR WARS!!! I AM IN STAR WARS!!!"
The Marshal's speeder looks like it's made out of a podracer engine — one very similar to young Anakin Skywalker's.
Fans of the "Star Wars" prequel movies likely recognized Cobb Vanth's speeder bike engine as half of a podracer.
The core design elements definitely look like Anakin Skywalker's podracer from "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," which takes place long before "The Mandalorian."
Perhaps Vanth's bike is made from scrap parts that have survived in junk piles on Tatooine for many years.
One of the Tusken Raiders was played by a deaf actor, and he helped create the Sand People's sign language.
As one person shared on Twitter after the episode aired, actor Troy Kotsur helped develop the Tusken Sign Language (TSL) for "The Mandalorian."
"I did research on the culture and environment of Tusken Raiders," Kotsur said in an interview with the Daily Moth. "My goal was to avoid ASL [American Sign Language]. I made sure it became Tusken Sign Language based on their culture and environment."
The mysterious figure shown at the end of the episode was very likely Boba Fett.
The presence of Boba Fett was heavily teased throughout this episode of "The Mandalorian."
First, Cobb Vanth turned up wearing Fett's armor. Then a sarlacc (the sand-dwelling creature who seemingly ate up Boba Fett in "Episode VI: Return of the Jedi") was mentioned when Vanth and the Mandalorian were discussing the Krayt dragon.
Even the way the Mandalorian escaped from the inside of the Krayt dragon seemed designed to show the audience how Boba Fett could have survived the sarlacc pit. So when the mystery man turned up at the end, it seemed all-but-confirmed that he was the real Boba Fett.
Which brings us to the other key point: Actor Temuera Morrison's reappearance.
The mystery man in "The Mandalorian" is played by Temuera Morrison — the same actor who played Jango Fett (the original man who was cloned to make Boba Fett).
Just in case you need a refresher on the Fett family and clones, we learned more about Boba Fett's upbringing in "Episode II: Attack of the Clones."
Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison) was a bounty hunter, who wore Mandalorian armor. He was used as the basis for the clone army, created by the Galactic Republic.
One of the clones was raised more personally by Jango as a son and named Boba Fett.
In "Attack of the Clones," Boba watched the Jedi kill his "father." Now he might be fully grown-up and played by Temuera Morrison.
Since Boba is a clone of Jango, it makes sense that he would be played by the same actor who first portrayed his "father." A little complicated, we know, but all of the clues line up to make it seem as if a much older and scarred Boba Fett is about to have a key role in "The Mandalorian."
Given the way his "father" died, as well as the humiliation suffered at the hands of Luke Skywalker and his pals, Boba is presumably very anti-Jedi and users of the Force.
Is he working with Mof Gideon to track and capture the Child? Will he follow the Mandalorian and try to reclaim his old armor? Hopefully the rest of season two answers more questions about Boba Fett.
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