Christopher Lloyd to appear in The Mandalorian‘s third season
The Disney Plus Star Wars series is getting an injection of sci-fi royalty for its new season
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The Mandalorian has never shied away from guest stars; this is the show that features appearances, just in the first two episodes, from Brian Posehn, Taika Waititi, Nick Nolte, Werner Herzog, and more. (It’s also the series that inspired our former colleague Katie Rife to note that the existence of Space Bill Burr implies the existence of Space Boston.)
With that in mind, the series has lined up another member of sci-fi movie royalty for its upcoming third season, with Deadline revealing today that Christopher Lloyd has signed on to appear in a guest star role. No word yet on what part he’ll be playing; given that Lloyd is currently 83, a voice role (a la Nolte and Waititi) seems the most likely role, but hey: It’s not like he wasn’t game to show up and kick ass in Nobody last year, right?
In addition to his big, obvious roles—Taxi, Back To The Future, Angels In The Outfield—Lloyd has been an electrifying guest star on any number of shows over the years. Memorable appearances in recent years include A.P. Bio, Twelve Monkeys, and Fringe, which often relied on both the veneer of crankiness he was capable of projecting even as a much younger man, as well as his gifts for comic timing, menace, and warmth.
It’s been a year and a half since The Mandalorian released new episodes on Disney+—although its spin-off series, The Book Of Boba Fett, often felt like it was stuck servicing the story of its parent show when it debuted in late 2021. So far, Disney hasn’t announced when the official third season of the series—which stars Pedro Pascal as the galaxy’s most heavily armed baby sitter—can be expected to drop on the streaming service, but when it does, it will apparently be with Lloyd appearing in one of its episodes.
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Has there ever been time travel in anything Star Wars?
Of course there has! In those CG cartoons there’s a time travel subplot.
Han and Chewie performed a slingshot maneuver around the sun in 11 parsecs.
Where?Well, Ezra pulls Ahsoka a few years into the future from some interdimensional “Woods Between the Worlds” thing
World between Worlds and yeah.
And the really stupid Lego Christmas/Life Day special on Disney+. Which is probably not canon
It’s still my half-joking theory that Grogu will use the World Between Worlds to eventually travel far back into the past and become Yoda. I don’t want it to happen but it seems like something that COULD happen.
That’s not time travel.
Well, *someone* went back in time and killed Biggs Darklighter in the womb.
That would be stupid
Not too stupid for Filoni
The whole thing is set “long ago in a galaxy far far away”. How are we seeing the story if not for time travel? Obviously Doc Brown took his camcorder, went back in time and followed around Luke, et al.
All of Star Wars canon is in the Journal of the Whills, written in another galaxy millenia from the time of the stories.
No flux capacitors, no time travel. So there will be now! Or then. Or soon. Or later. Or already.
When asked if he would become a series regular, Lloyd had this to say:
PERFERCT! THEN THATS THE WAY IT SHALL BE!
Fun fact: Lloyd messed up one of his lines in the Klingon language, which then forced the official language to have much more complicated construction rules.
This makes Lloyd one of the few actors to appear in both Trek and Wars.I know there’s also Simon Pegg, and George Takei did a voice role in a Clone Wars episode.
This is one actor who’s “screen presence” just doesn’t work for me. It’s nothing personal, he’s just too much a ham. I hated him as Uncle Fester but not enough to ruin my enjoyment. Even when he was on taxi he annoyed me. He and JJ from Good Times. oh. And Jim J Bullock from Too Close for Comfort fame.
Damn! I haven’t been this publicly hated since that Anita Bryant concert. 🙂
Or.
It takes great courage to be this publicly wrong.
What does a yellow light mean?
SLOW DOWN!
What does a yellow lightsaber mean?
Piss play?
Slow down.
Sloooooooooowwwwww Dowwwwwwwwwwnnnnn.Funniest Taxi scen ever? Or is it when Louie comes down out of the cage for the very first time and is 4’11” or whatever.
No, it’s when Jim tries drugs for the first time. Acting.
What does the yellow light mean?Slow down.What… does… the… yellow… light… mean?Slow down!Whattt… doesss…theee… yellowww…lighttt… meannn.?SLOW DOWN!!!
Whaaaaat…. doessss… thheeee… yellllooowwww… lighttttttt… meannnn?
Slow down.
Say that your opinion doesn’t matter without saying that your opinion doesn’t matter.
*whose
You’re a monster.
He’s basically the doc in every role he’s played since. I still love him though.
Dude straight up just leanin’ into the look of his Dennis The Menace character.
So he’s …legit … the Man Delorean…?
Whydon’t you have a thousand stars??
Lloyd has been appearing in a couple indie films. Unfortunately a relative was watching it at the time and I noticed ol’ Lloyd at the last second. I’m very surprised he is still acting.
You’re not doing yourself any favors reminding us that Katie’s gone.
(Barsanti deletes reference to Caroline Siede from “Great Job, Internet!” post)
“Uh, Amanda Lorian? Ah, why can’t I find Amanda Lorian?!
“Maybe your standards are too high!”
Great Scott! I didn’t realize he showed up on Fringe. I dropped off that show after the first season.
Why?! It gets 100x better after season 1. You’ll never get a better X-Files fix. Unless you hated X-Files. Can’t help anyone that confused.
Christopher Lloyd’s worst role was as Rick.