Temuera Morrison has been confirmed to be appearing in the Star Wars Mandalorian Disney Plus series. Here’s who he could be playing.
It was recently leaked and reported by multiple outlets Star Wars actor Temuera Morrison will be returning to the franchise in The Mandalorian Disney Plus series for its second season.
Morrison first appeared in the franchise in Attack of the Clones, in which he famously played Jango Fett, the father of Boba Fett and the man selected to serve as the clone template for the Republic’s clone troopers.
As Boba Fett was also a clone of Jango Fett, altered so age at a normal pace as opposed to the accelerated rate of the clone troopers, Morrison went on to voice an adult Boba Fett in his redubbed lines in The Empire Strike’s Back Special Edition.
Spoiler alert for Attack of the Clones, but Jango Fett was killed in that movie after having his head cut off by Mace Windu during the Battle of Geonosis, so that character will in all probability not appear in the show.
However, seeing as Jango served as the template for a variety of clones, which have gone on to be featured approximately in future movies and animated shows, there are several established characters he could appear as in The Mandalorian.
Boba Fett
Lets start with the obvious choice and the one he’s been linked to. The fan favorite option for Morrison to play is that of the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Famously, Fett’s last canonical appearance was in Return of the Jedi, when fell into the Sarlacc Pit during Luke Skywalker’s rescue and escape of Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt’s barge on Tatooine.
Fett was presumed dead after being eaten by the Sarlacc, However, there are numerous stories of him escaping in Star Wars Legends, and there are various fan theories stating that he possibly survived and escaped from the Sarlacc in current canon.
To further support this idea, Fett may have already appeared in The Mandalorian, albeit from his waist down.
In Season 1 Chapter 5: The Gunslinger, Mando pursuits a target on Tatooine with another young bounty hunter. The target ends up being killed and her body left in the desert, but at the end of the episode, a mysterious figure is shown walking up to her body from the waist down, and Fett’s trademarked boot spurs can be heard.
Seeing as Fett is also a famous bounty hunter, and Tatooine is the planet he was last seen on five years prior to the show, and similar boot spurs’ clanking can be heard, it appears Jon Favreau is very heavily teasing that he did escape from the Sarlacc and was back at work tracking a bounty.
Factor in all that and Morrison’s casting in the show, it appears all but official that Boba will make his return to a live action medium in Season 2.
Captain Rex
While Morrison’s announcement as part of the cast sparked a lot of excitement and conversation in the Star Wars fanbase, a few weeks earlier, it was reported Rosario Dawson will be joining the franchise, playing a live-action version of Ashoka Tano, a fan-favorite character from the Clone Wars Animated Series.
Seeing as Ashoka is making an appearance in the show, its possible she may be joined by her old friend Captain Rex, a clone based off of Jango’s template.
Ashoka and Rex helped each other survive Order 66 in The Clone Wars finale, and as seen in Star Wars Rebels, the two kept in contact and worked together following the fall of the Republic.
Rex fought alongside the Rebellion during the Battle of Endor, although what happened to him after then has yet to be revealed. It is entirely possible that he met back up with Ashoka following the fall of the Empire, so if Mando was to seek out Ashoka for help taking care of the child, it would not be out of place for Rex to be there with her.
Plus, seeing as Morrison has already appeared as multiple characters in the same movie in the past during his time in the Star Wars franchise, it’s entirely possible he could appear as both Boba and Rex in The Mandalorian.
Commander Cody/ The Clones
While Boba Fett and Captain Rex are the two most prominent choices for Morrison to play, there are a number of other Clone still around the galaxy who he could reprise his role as.
One name that comes to mind is Commander Cody, one of the highest ranking members of the Republic Army during the Clone Wars, last seen in Revenge of the Sith trying to terminate Obi-Wan Kenobi during Order 66.
Cody, along with many other clones, would go on to remain with the army as it transitioned into the Empire, and likely went on to continue serving with the Stormtroopers, as many clones did.
As we saw in the Mandalorian, despite the collapse of the Empire following Return of the Jedi, parts of the Empire are still functioning, with several Moffs and Stormtroopers still active around the Galaxy.
If Mando is seeking out a former Jedi in the form of Ashoka to help him with the child, it would make sense for Moff Gideon to dispatch a commander with experience facing force users, along with a legion of troopers, possibly one consisting of more clones.
This one is more of a long shot than Morrison appearing as Boba Fett or Captain Rex, but could be an interesting route to go for season 2 of the Mandalorian, and the potential stand off of Boba Fett, Captain Rex and Commander Cody, all men with the same face but who each walk a different path, could make for some very compelling television.
Stream The Mandalorian on Disney+. Season 2 premieres in October.