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'The Mandalorian' brings Lizzo and Jack Black into the Star Wars universe

There's seemingly a new cameo every week, but this is on another level.

This week's 'Mandalorian' cameo is the most surprising yet. Credit: Lucasilm Ltd

After cameos from Ahmed Best and Zeb Orrelios, you'd be forgiven for thinking the weekly cameos in Star Wars series The Mandalorian might settle down for a bit. You'd also be wrong.

In the latest Mandalorian episode "Guns for Hire," Din Djarin and Grogu are accompanied by Bo-Katan to the planet Plazir-15. It's a somewhat peculiar place by Star Wars standards because it actually has democratically elected leadership in the form of a Duchess and her lover, Captain Bombardier.

And this is where things get silly. The Duchess is played by none other than Lizzo, though unfortunately there's no flute-playing happening here. And if that wasn't A-list enough, Bowser Jack Black plays Captain Bombardier. It's a huge week for him, I guess.

Unlike the aforementioned Best and Orrelios cameos, there isn't much here in terms of deeper Star Wars lore connections. These are seemingly new characters and it's reasonable to think we may not see them again for a while, if ever. But hopefully Disney opens up its checkbooks to get Lizzo and Black back on set because, man, what a weird and cool thing.

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  1. This was my favorite cameo, but I did really enjoy Lizzo and Jack Black in there as well.

    https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-back-to-the-future-christopher-lloyd-Vqvr9BGv1vhDi

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  2. I couldnā€™t get past the second episode. They should have ended the series after season 2. This one just feels like a lazy money grab.

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    1. itā€™s not perfect but youā€™re literally missing this show connecting all the animated and expanded universe in this season

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    2. the return of Groku really undercut the show. I donā€™t believe for a second that it was intended for the ā€œuniverseā€ story, but because Disney wants to keep selling Baby Yoda merch.

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    3. true but they arenā€™t even the main focus of the show this season

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    4. Groku is so important to the Galaxy that the imperials wanted him, but hey, let him go cruising on perilous adventures with a Mandalorian for no reason.

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    5. why because they are building what the mandalorian culture is and the rise of the new creed? If you donā€™t like the story just say that but honestly I find people like you and Disney never give things enough time to play out and Netflix is another one that doesnā€™t give series enough time to reach their potential

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  3. Getting a chance to see Katee Sackhoff in action is always AWSOME to me.
    But its undeniable, this episode was a sleeper.

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  4. And Christopher Lloyd

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  5. And much more importantly the legend that is Christopher Lloyd is now in the Star Wars Universe thanks to this episode

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    1. canā€™t believe the article didnā€™t mention Lloyd

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  6. I love star wars, i love the mandalorian, but this season feels so shallow. I know why they are doing this but, everyone knows pedro pascals just do his voices now and the leading role is passing to bo katan, but it feel like is not necessarily. I have more attachment for the bad batch right now

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  7. Yā€™all trippin it was a big W, felt like a Clone Wars live-action ep

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  8. It was the worst episode so far ļæ¼

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  9. The show just announced to the world that it wonā€™t last beyond another season. If theyā€™re THAT desperate to be ā€œrelevantā€ theyā€™re already doomed.

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  10. Pfft, Christopher Lloyd was the highlight

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    2. EXACTLY šŸ’Æ šŸ‘šŸ¾... Saw Christopher Lloyd and was like "DOC!!!?!!"

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  11. This episode was... something. I'm still confused about what I watched lol

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  12. They were fine, the problem is mando being made a sidekick, grogu not being left out for at least a season and really poor story threads where mando has been far more incompetent the he would have been in the first season.

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  13. Lizzo was in the original movies why would they mess with the storyline like that.

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  14. Jack/Lizzo scenes were straight-up cringeā€¦but hello Christopher Lloyd!! What a cool surprise!

    Personally I donā€™t hate this season, rather enjoy watching Mando & Bo-katan smolder a bit šŸ”„

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  15. Lizzos performance was amazing
    https://giphy.com/gifs/starwars-season-1-star-wars-3owzWlEznICWQsSoaA

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  16. this is why the last episode was so low budget šŸ˜‚

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  17. šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

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  18. Yeah, it was stupid.

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  19. Alto i love Jack black having them both in the episode ruined it for me . They are to modern for the series,I never like Lizzo ever.
    Ughhh why!!

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  20. Uh oh ā€¦.is Disney infiltrating mandalorian ?! Woke really need to fade away

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  21. I hope they kill her off the show. She canā€™t sing but make noises.

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  22. What a šŸ’© of an episode.

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  23. Income the Lizzo comments. They'll be happy about Jack Black but not Lizzo. I guarantee it.

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    1. I guarantee I didnā€™t like either one .

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  24. https://giphy.com/gifs/natgeochannel-music-brain-games-braingames-eIxfqYj49VsaTbFKJ4

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  25. Iā€™m just here for the Jabba memes and was not disappointed.

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  26. This season kind of sucks šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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  27. Karen the Demandalorian HOA Manager, the series you never asked for but want to see. May the poor Starbucks worker persevere.

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  28. Is Lizzo playing a Hutt?

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  29. Let me guess, they'll play other members of Jabba's species?

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  30. https://media.tenor.co/_ml7uRrgfrsAAAAC/star-wars-jabba-the-hutt.gif?t=AAX4qZ2jRAQK7AuB9QaG9A&c=VjFfZmFjZWJvb2s&itemid=4912389

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  31. It was a pointless filler episode. Just watch the last 8 minutes.

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  32. This season is boring ā€¦

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  33. And Christopher loyd

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    1. only when having a panic attack!! šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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    2. sheā€™s vegan. No pizza. Only crust.

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  35. I recommend you to visit Dr akhigbe77

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  36. You know, itā€™d be nice to not have spoilers the morning an episode came out.

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    1. This is the way.

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    2. LOL that aint a spoiler thats a god send to be ready to skip some parts

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    3. how dare we have real jobs

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  37. You can either be on fb.
    Or you can have unspoiled entertainment.
    You can never have both.

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    1. Nice quote, I'll have to remember that.

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  38. Thanks for the spoiler guys, way to go

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  39. Thanks for the spoiler. The episode hasnā€™t even been out for 24 hours. Some of us work and watch it the night it comes out.

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    1. why did you read the article then?

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    2. I didnā€™t. Do you not see the title that reveals Jack Black and Lizzo are going to be in the episode tonight?

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    3. that's not really a spoiler, it just says they're in the episode. It literally spoils zero storyline šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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    4. It spoils it to me. The point of a cameo (and why theyā€™re so exciting) is to be surprised when you watch the episode.

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  40. Aaaaand ruined it. Cool.

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    1. for you to say that, it must be really bad.

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    2. I just meant the spoiler part - now that I've seen it, I think they did fine.

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  41. Isnā€™t the show PG? How they gonna have Lizzo on there? She donā€™t wear any clothes

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  42. I thought was going in to the city from Logans Run

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  43. Jack black in Star Wars!!! Alright I need to see the new episode

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  44. wait wut? i haven't watched it yet.

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  45. Itā€™s not even been a day, most folks in the northern hemisphere wait until later this evening .

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  46. Hmm I need a burner account to comment on this.

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  47. Can we not with the spoilers in the headlines???

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  48. Can we please not post spoilers, the same day an episode airs!! šŸ™

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  49. WTF Mashable, really?! The episode hasnā€™t even been out 24 hours yetā€¦.

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  50. Jack Black was great of course, Lizzo was decent, enjoyed the episode very much, though Iā€™m not really a Star Wars fan and more of a Trekker.

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  51. Personally didnā€™t like all the cameos

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  52. Whatā€™s next?ā€¦..Joe Biden as ā€œGeneral Creepousā€????šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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  53. Just adding random stars to try to keep it relevant, that seems to be the new trend

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  54. Lizzo must be playing Jabba the HutšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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  55. This season has been such a mixed bag, no wonder the ratings have been down big time.

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  56. Ya couldnā€™t waitā€¦could youā€¦

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  57. Lizzo? What, is she playing Jabba?

    First Megan The Stallion, now this.

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  58. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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  59. which one is playing jabba the hut

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  60. Jabba the hut was already killed though. Thereā€™s no room for lizzo promoting obesity in the Star Wars galaxy too.

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  61. Lol are they going to be from the Hutt family? They could both play fat worms

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  62. šŸ†’šŸ†’šŸ†’ thanks for ruining the surprise šŸ‘

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  63. Can someone with an ai art generator app create Jaba the lizzo with sexy princess jack black, please?

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  64. And it's sucks like no other mandalorian episode

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  65. Is Lizzo going to be a Hutt?

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  66. Lizzo must be playing a part in the hutt family.

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  67. Is Lizzo in a Jabba costume?

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  68. Shameless plug for The Mandalorian ThisIsTheWayPosting a new LGBTQ+ friendly group thatā€™s proudly ā€œwokeā€ šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸš€

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  69. Is lizo playing java the hut ?

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  70. Is Lizzo making a cameo as a planet?

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  71. Really??? Whoooooly sht not gonna watch this sht again

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    1. I clapped because I know who that is.

      Veeeeeery cool.

      https://giphy.com/gifs/m2jesUKLvQ1t6

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  73. https://media.tenor.co/fpHso8IiDfAAAAAC/skullyboys-nft.gif?t=AAX4mCNolcMIWofq0wcxQg&c=VjFfZmFjZWJvb2s&itemid=23345451

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    1. Got your pizza right here šŸ¤£
      https://giphy.com/gifs/absurdnoise-absurdnoise-80s-movies-1980s-9PbtHUS6spuwg

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  74. Don't forget Doc Brown!!!

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  75. and Christopher Lloyd too.

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  76. https://media.tenor.co/TJmjIrHq8LIAAAAC/dude-what-kind-of-sick-joke-is-that-kyle-broflovski.gif?t=AAX4wtBWm3EKSkSFaQTdNQ&c=VjFfZmFjZWJvb2s&itemid=21551262

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  77. šŸ¤” šŸ¤” šŸ¤”

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  78. Lizzo played the best jabba the hut ever !!!

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  79. Jack Black? Yes.

    Rikishi? No.

    https://giphy.com/gifs/wwe-wrestling-bTvvmkqZkyEkSqOkev

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  80. Saw itā€¦ loved itā€¦

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  81. I thought they all did a fantastic job in this episode

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  82. Wow this show really went downhill.

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    1. Disney has a habit of that lately.

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  83. Christopher Lloyd as well!

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  84. I need MORE JACK BLACK

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  85. When is Ed Sheeran appearing?

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    1. "You cant arrest me i was in game of thrones!!!"

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    2. he's 1 of the mandalorians already lol. You will never know would you haha like Prince Harry and William in statwars as stormtroopers

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  86. I absolutely loved lizzo, Jack black, and Christopher Lloyd! Great guests, lots of fun. Yā€™all I swear Star Wars fans donā€™t even like Star Wars by these comments šŸ¤”

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    1. that is objectively untrue

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    2. oof you really got me there, guess Iā€™ll just enjoy it without you then lol

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    3. I'm indifferent to Lizzo. I actually didn't recognize her in the episode. (As background, the only Lizzo song I even know is "Good As Hell".) I could tell from her performance that she wasn't an experienced actor, but that's all I knew about her until I checked YouTube and found out she was in the episode.

      Having said all that, she didn't ruin the episode or anything. She was okay. She was really secondary to Jack Black and the awesome Christopher Lloyd.

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    4. It was a cameo. Of course she didn't "need" to be there. Jack Black, Christopher Lloyd, and Tom Holland's brother didn't "need" to be in there, either.

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    5. nobody wants anything to do with Lizzo

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    6. I have to agree. Some people're acting like it was some kind of trainwreck, but I just don't see it. It wasn't perfect. I didn't like how they handled the Dark Saber, and I feel like Din and Grogu are getting less and less to do, but I thought it was a really good episode.

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    7. thatā€™s fair. I also thought the dark saber was a bit of a cop out, but I did really enjoy the good cop/bad cop law and order style of the episode. And the fight between Bo katan and axe woves was great. Overall a good time šŸ¤™

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    8. Yeah, that's my assessment, too. Not perfect, but a good time. šŸ™‚

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  87. I'm on vaca and watched din this morning...but bruh...I wouldn't even be home from work yet to watch it otherwise. Take it easy on the spoiler.s

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  88. Spoilers aside, I liked this episode a lot. Not my favorite of the season, but this is the first time I really felt like the cameos added something. I thought Black and Lloyd both did a great job. Lizzo was fine, but you could tell she's not really an actress by trade.

    The plot was fine, but I wish Bo had to do something a little more challenging to claim the saber.

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    1. When I said "spoilers aside", I was referring to how everyone else was saying that the headline contained spoilers. Did you really think that Bo Katan claiming the saber was a spoiler, though? I could see describing *how* she claimed it as a spoiler, but it's been obvious since season 2 that she was going to claim it. All the same, I apologize if that was a spoiler.

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    2. Spoilers aside..."The plot was fine, but I wish Bo had to do something a little more challenging to claim the saber." SMDH

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    3. yup. It didn't feel earned

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    4. at the end of episode 2i was confused why she hasn't kept it. I guess that was just to move the plot along this way instead.

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    5. If you think about it Bo has already won the saber back. When Din was captured by that creature on Mandalore the creature took the saber and then Bo defeated the creature.

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    6. Okay, that's weird, I finally watched the last episode and Din said the same thing I said practically word for word about Bo and the dark saber. LOL

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  89. It hasn't even been out 24hrs... can you atleast put "*spoilers*" in front of these? Jeez...

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  90. Weā€™re waiting for Mickey and Goofy cameos!

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  91. how are you gonna sleep on Christopher Lloyd in that headline?!

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  92. Which Bantha will Lizzo be playing?

    Asking for a friend.

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  93. Did they forget about Christopher Lloyd????

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  94. Didn't Lizzo already put Han Solo in frozen Carbonite?

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  95. wow seeing Jack Black the way he is now (aged) the last time I saw him on any kind of TV or monitor was when he did that skit or w.e with Lord of the Rings longgg ago, but yea wowzers or even Orange County lol

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    1. What is funny? I am trying to understand your reference.

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    2. my bad HA! I meant to say whatever - my bad sometimes my stupidity gets the best of me!

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    3. had to look up that skot, that was 2002. He has done mostly voice work of late, aside from Jumanji in 2017 and 2019 a lot of his acting work has been niche films released on one streaming service or network but he has never been really out of things entirely.

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  96. SPOILER ALERT, for GOD'S sake...not everyone watches at midnight...

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  97. Lizzo? Jaba the huts sister? Pretty accurate

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  98. is lizo playing jave the hut? no costume needed

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  99. Didn't Lizzo already freeze Han Solo in Carbonite?

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  100. Not a fan of the stunt casting. It takes me out of the show. Lloyd was great because he was playing the part but Black and Lizzo were a distraction. A better director would have helped.

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  101. Just when the show couldnā€™t get any worse šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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  102. Some parts were truly cringeworthy. Lizzo can't act her way out of a g-string.

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  103. Are they going to have that giant Lizzo thing play Jabba the Hutt? ļæ¼

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  104. ā€¦.. and the show just lost me. The first sign a shows in trouble is filling episodes with has-beens and never-weres. I give it two more seasons TOPS before itā€™s through.

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    1. just which one do you believe a has been and which a never were. They're both fairly internationally famous. Jack Black is in several Disney movies aa an actor or voice actor and Lizzo is due to be in the finale of the Simpson's which via Fox acquisition is now owned by Disney. Why would they not make use of their contracted actors and get them visibility when a role comes up, especially when almost anyone could have done those roles as written?

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  105. Why dose Disney ruin everything? Like the first two seasons of the show were rendered pointless because Disney couldnā€™t think of any better ideas. So they just dusted off the Grogu puppet and said at least we can sell toys. And now they are just throwing in random celebrityā€™s. Like if they would just put some effort into the story they wouldnā€™t be getting laughed at. ļæ¼I have seen better writing from internet fan-fic šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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    1. Don't forget Charo, Carol Channing, and Jimmy Walker! DY-NO-MITE!

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    2. itā€™s the new love boat! A buddy of mine said it and itā€™s true! Waiting for Don Rickles and Burt Reynolds to make cameos now šŸ˜‚

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  106. They could have done better. These little mini side stories are getting cringy.

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  107. Saw the episode, lizzo and Black did a fine job, held their own.

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  108. They did a good job for you hating on everything people

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  109. Now it's happening to this show now. Way to ruin it Disney!! Budweiser is definitely not the way....

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