Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White is joining the upcoming “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” according to media reports.
The star of “The Bear” will play Rotta the Hutt, son of Jabba the Hutt, alongside “Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver. Series creator Jon Favreau will direct the film, which is set to hit theaters on Memorial Day weekend in 2026.
“The Mandalorian” became the flagship show of Disney+ upon its launch in 2019, and has produced two subsequent seasons. The film is set five years after the events of “Return of the Jedi” and follows a bounty hunter in the lawless outer reaches of the recently fallen Galactic Empire.