Star Wars voice actor Sam Witwer mocked a false claim that he made an uncredited cameo in The Mandalorian's Season 2 premiere.
In response to an IGN image listing actors in the episode, actor Josh Moreno, who played the character mistaken for Witwer, remarked, "When the Star Wars fandom thinks you're [Sam Witwer] but you’re actually just villager #4." Witwer replied, "I wish IGN would, ya know, do their due diligence and research that my hair isn't blonde... But hey."
Another fan then questioned how IGN reached this conclusion in the first place, writing, "I love that someone there squinted their eyes, took one look at the tv and went 'it's close enough' and called it a day. Then again, I guess that does sum up journalism pretty well these days."
Nevertheless, Witwer called the visual comparison "a pleasure" and debunked another rumor that Mandalorian executive producer Dave Filoni -- formally the showrunner of Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- had given him Season 2 plot points. "Well, I'd love to know what those were as I don't recall that discussion. Which I guess means no spoilers for me," he lamented.
Witwer's Star Wars tenure stretches back to him voicing both Starkiller -- Darth Vader's secret apprentice -- and Emperor Palpatine in 2008's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, later re-voicing both characters in subsequent franchise games. He also voiced the Mortis deity The Son in Season 3 of The Clone Wars before receiving his most noteworthy role as Darth Maul, who survived his bisection by Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace. Maul would become a reoccurring villain across The Clone Wars run, culminating in Season 7's climactic "Seige of Mandalore" storyline, as well as a more morally dubious figure in Star Wars Rebels.
Although Witwer did not appear in The Mandalorian, the show is no stranger to casting Clone Wars actors in small roles. Matt Lanter, who provided the voice of Anakin Skywalker, made a brief appearance as a New Republic soldier in "Chapter 6: The Prisoner."
The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey, facing enemies and rallying allies as they make their way through a dangerous galaxy in the tumultuous era after the collapse of the Galactic Empire.
Created by Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers and Giancarlo Esposito. New episodes arrive Fridays on Disney+.
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