Sigourney Weaver is already a sci-fi legend, but she’s finally joining the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Weaver plays Colonel Ward, a New Republic officer who tasks Din Djarin and his little green son Grogu with tracking down Imperial warlords who are resisting the end of the Empire.
In the galaxy far, far away, Ward joins a line-up of strong Star Wars women like Leia, while, in our own world, Weaver joins a collection of actors like Carrie Fisher and Rogue One’s Felicity Jones. “I’ve always loved the variety of characters and worlds in Star Wars, and I do feel part of an incredible pantheon of strong women,” says Weaver. “Felicity in Rogue, and certainly Carrie as Princess Leia. But, I don’t think there are as many as there are men, so I think it’s really cool that I get to join this ensemble.”
Ward hires Din Djarin to go after the mysterious Commander Coin, with help from the Hutt Twins in exchange for rescuing their nephew, Rotta the Hutt (returning from The Clone Wars movie, now all grown up). This makes Mando, who doesn’t wish to work for gangsters, uncomfortable. So, why is Ward accepting the situation? “Because I think she hopes that the Republic is going to get more out of it, and, unfortunately, they have to go through the Hutts to get the information they need,” Weaver explains. “Because the Hutts will deliver an even more valuable bad guy to them, and sometimes you have to have strange bedfellows in war.”
But, while Weaver might be sending Mando and Grogu out on the main mission, that doesn’t mean she’s taking a backseat to the action. “I couldn’t believe that I was flying an X-wing and in a squadron,” she says of an action sequence featuring Ward taking to the skies. “And, in fact, it was very exciting to be in the machine itself and learn how to manipulate it. But, it’s really incredible, then, to experience the movie, and those great shots where the squadron flies overhead of the audience, and know that you’re the lead pilot. It transfers to the screen so beautifully, and in a classic Star Wars way. So, it’s all part of this big climax at the end, and so I was thrilled. I mean, it’s like the job that keeps on giving.”
The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in theaters this May 22. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.
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