The Mandalorian and Grogu‘s Sigourney Weaver has revealed her new Star Wars character’s necessary connection to Insurgent historical past.
Sigourney Weaver stars as New Republic Colonel Ward, a personality created solely for The Mandalorian and Grogu. Although little has been revealed about Colonel Ward up to now, the trailers for Star Wars’ upcoming film reveal that she’ll be in shut contact with each Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu as she orders them on a harmful mission to assist “stop one other warfare.”
Although Star Wars audiences might be launched to Ward for the primary time in The Mandalorian and Grogu, her character is not some fresh-faced no person. Described in Empire‘s Might 2026 subject as a “navy chief, crack pilot,” Ward has a detailed connection to among the Revolt’s — and Star Wars’ — most necessary icons, together with the late Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia. “We go approach again,” Weaver stated of Ward’s reference to Leia.
Based on co-president of Lucasfilm Dave Filoni, Ward is a part of a significant group of fearless feminine Insurgent leaders that features Leia, Star Wars: The Final Jedi‘s Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern), Star Wars Rebels’ and Ahsoka‘s Hera Syndulla (Vanessa Marshall/Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and Andor’s Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly). Per Filoni, these girls “actually went by way of it” through the Age of Revolt and have been instrumental in defeating and dismantling the Empire.
“To be enjoying somebody who’s from that point, and from that historical past, who would have been a cohort of those guys, is a good honor,” Weaver stated about her function in The Mandalorian and Grogu. Her half in Star Wars’ story, similar to Leia’s, faucets right into a narrative theme the actress is all too conversant in. “The ’70s, all of the unrest, preventing towards the [Vietnam] warfare. Individuals had that sense of unity. It clicks into an entire factor for George Lucas, and I am the identical technology.”
Whereas it is unlikely Princess Leia will make an look in The Mandalorian and Grogu — although in Star Wars, something is feasible — Mon Mothma and Hera Syndulla definitely might. The Mandalorian and Grogu takes place after The Mandalorian season 3, through the New Republic period, as harmful Imperial Remnants lurk within the shadows ready to strike. Each Mon and Hera appeared in Ahsoka season 1, the second season of which is predicted to premiere this 12 months and is carefully narratively linked to The Mandalorian’s three-season run.
Although director Jon Favreau initially wrote a full fourth season of The Mandalorian, Din Djarin and Grogu are actually headed to the large display screen for Star Wars’ first theatrical launch since 2019’s divisive sequel trilogy conclusion, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Becoming a member of Weaver, Pascal, and Child Yoda for this grand journey are Jeremy Allen White as Jabba the Hutt’s son, Rotta, and Steve Blum as Star Wars Rebels favourite Garazeb Orrelios. The vast majority of the forged remains to be tightly beneath wraps.
The Mandalorian and Grogu may mark a brand new period for Star Wars, however as Sigourney Weaver’s Colonel Ward proves, this franchise is as interconnected because it’s ever been.
The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in theaters on Might 22, 2026.