Star Wars actor Carl Weathers has teased the continued evolution of his character, Greef Karga, all through The Mandalorian season 3. A former agent of the Bounty Hunter’s Guild stationed on the Outer Rim world of Nevarro, Karga was initially supposed to be portrayed as a Weequay, the identical species as Star Wars: The Clone Wars fan-favorite Hondo Ohnaka, however Jon Favreau didn’t want to cover Weather’s efficiency behind a masks. After casting out Moff Gideon’s Imperial Remnant in the course of the occasions of The Mandalorian season 2, Karga grew to become High Magistrate and turned his consideration to cleansing up Nevarro’s felony presence and remodeling town right into a extra respectable place for its residents.
With The Mandalorian season 3 presently deliberate to reach on Disney+ in March, Weathers spoke with Gambit forward of the hit present’s extremely anticipated return. Promising followers will uncover new “aspects of Greef’s character”, the veteran actor has additionally teased his character adopting a extra flamboyant look as Nevarro continues to prosper underneath his management. Check out his feedback beneath:
Over the years, the Star Wars franchise has created many iconic areas which have every gone on to grow to be virtually as nicely referred to as the characters themselves. While Favreau and Dave Filoni would come with some already established worlds all through The Mandalorian seasons 1 and a couple of, comparable to Luke Skywalker’s homeworld of Tatooine, Nevarro was a wholly new location that had not beforehand been talked about in Star Wars lore. A volcanic planet modeled off the hard-packed lava flows of Kailua-Kona in Hawaii, Nevarro would grow to be an necessary recurring locale within the ongoing story of Din Djarin’s travels.
Initially serving as an indicator for the broader, disorganized state of the galaxy following the collapse of the Galactic Empire, Nevarro’s first depiction was that of a grimy and dysfunctional society suffering from crime and corruption. As The Mandalorian has progressed, nevertheless, Nevarro has slowly flourished underneath Greef Karga’s management, and every subsequent return to the planet has seen it evolve even additional. In a manner, Nevarro’s evolution mirrored Din Djarin’s personal internal journey, as his as soon as begrudging guardianship of Grogu became real affection. As Din Djarin more and more grew to become a extra rounded character, so too did Nevarro grow to be a extra hospitable place for its citizenry.
Thanks to the lately launched The Mandalorian season 3 trailer, Nevarro is now identified to not be the one acquainted location destined to return within the subsequent chapter of the present. After being glimpsed in flashbacks in the course of the Obi-Wan Kenobi collection, it appears the collection additionally destined to return to the previous Imperial capital of Coruscant. Meanwhile, Djarin makes it clear that it’s his intention to go to the decimated Mandalorian homeworld of Mandalore with a purpose to atone for the transgression of eradicating his helmet. As for Grogu, it additionally appears that extra Order 66 flashbacks are on the way in which to offer much more of his backstory. With worlds aplenty to go to, The Mandalorian season 3 guarantees to be an action-packed return to the Star Wars universe when it arrives on March 1.