While Skeleton Crew continues to fascinate longtime fans of the Star Wars franchise, Lucasfilm continues working on its next film, The Mandalorian & Grogu. Although filming has already finished, there is still a lot of work to do in post-production, which will include new characters and, consequently, the incorporation of more actors.
Now, Lucasfilm has surprised fans with an announcement that they had kept secret: Jeremy Allen Whiteone of the most prominent actors in Hollywood today, will join the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu to give voice to Routethe son of Jabba the Hutt.
The star of The Bear y Shameless He will play a relatively unknown character. Although Rotta appeared years ago in The Clone Warshis participation was brief and showed him practically as a baby. The new film will be set approximately 30 years after those events, so we will see Rotta much more adult and with a quite talkative personality.
In the coming weeks and months, more names of actors and actresses who will join the cast are expected to be revealed, lending their voices to characters created entirely by CGI. The Mandalorian & Grogu Its world premiere is scheduled for May 22, 2026.
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