Though he is best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise, Mark Hamill has had a very prolific voice acting career over the years, appearing in many beloved cartoons from “Batman: The Animated Series,” to “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” This is to say, we shouldn’t really be that surprised to know that Hamill managed to sneak in a voice acting cameo in season 1 of “The Mandalorian.”
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The cameo was revealed during the 8-part behind-the-scenes documentary series “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” which is a terrible title for a pretty good documentary. If you want to see more of Baby Yoda, including the earlier, way uglier concept art for what would become the biggest pop culture icon of 2019, you should check out the show.
In the last episode, released this Friday, showrunner Jon Favreau gives us a look at the familiar Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine from “A New Hope” which was recreated for the fifth episode of “The Mandalorian.” If you looked closely, the cantina is now filled with droids, including one bartender droid voiced by an uncredited Mark Hamill himself. Sadly, he doesn’t get many lines, only telling the Mandalorian “Unfortunately, the bounty guild no longer operates on Tatooine” as the titular character looks for work.
As if Mark Hamill having cameo in “The Mandalorian” wasn’t cool enough, Favreau revealed the droid’s name to be EV-9D9, saying it was the same droid that was last seen in “Return of the Jedi” serving Jabba the Hutt as a maintenance droid in his palace, and also torturing other droids in his palace.
According to Favreau, after Jabba was killed and the Empire was defeated, the no-nonsense droid was able to cross the sands of Tatooine and find a second career as a bartender. It’s a tiny yet significant cameo, as it shows just how much things changed on Tatooine since the original “Star Wars” trilogy when droids were not even allowed to step into the bar. Now, the bigger question is whether the droid ever encounters Rey after “Rise of Skywalker” and asks for her last name.