Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni discuss the possibility of another appearance from the Jar Jar Binks actor.
Step aside, Din Djarin.
He also had a cameo inAttack of the Clonesas a different character named Achk Med-Beq (get it?
Ahmed Best as Jedi Kelleran Beq on ‘The Mandalorian’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
), a patron of the Outlander Club on Coruscant, and seeming relation to Kelleran.
So whenMandalorianexecutive producersDave FiloniandJon Favreaustopped by EW’sDagobah Dispatchpodcast, we asked if there were future plans in store.
“It’s always a possibility,” Filoni says.
Ahmed Best in ‘Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
“We love Ahmed, and he did such a great job.
It was a real thrill for us to get him involved.”
And it seems Best was involved from pretty early on in the process.
Ahmed Best.Joe Pugliese for EW
“We talked with him about it,” Filoni says.
“We come up with these ideas and we think: Who might work with it?
It’s like, ‘What do you think of this?
We want you to be this person.
What are your thoughts on it?’
“So he’s been involved withStar Warsall the way through and definitely had formulated this character.
And we love to draw from all ofStar Wars, and even things that aren’t canon.
If they feel right, we’ll pull ‘em in.
And now that character exists squarely inStar Warscanon.”
I want to learn more about that character.”
Filoni notes that Best’s time onThe Mandalorianmay have induced a case of deja vu.
“And I think for him it was a real flashback.
I think he really paused and took it in.”
As for theMandalorianexec producers, they love bringing in those blasts from the past.
“And he worked with [George Lucas], which is very special.
It’s fun to have these people still included.
Like inObi-Wan Kenobi, with [Hayden Christensen].
How great was that?
It lives on, andStar Warskeeps continuing in the best possible way.
Let’s hope Best’s Kelleran Beq continues on in much the same way.
