Mark Hamill's unexpected appearance as Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian stands as one of the most astonishing moments in Star Wars history. At Star Wars Celebration, Rosario Dawson shared with us the thrilling surprise she experienced when Hamill appeared on the set of The Book of Boba Fett, a moment she had no prior knowledge of.
It's well-known that Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau cleverly used Jedi Master Plo Koon as a decoy to keep Luke's cameo under wraps. In our conversation, they also recounted the amusing tale of how Dawson was caught completely off guard, a surprise that ranks among the biggest of her career due to an accidental oversight in communication.
"I was like... I don't know... but people disappear and then they come back, so maybe it's possible?" Dawson recounted. "And then Mark Hamill was on set and surprised me and it was a whole thing. He even said, 'Plo Koon? That wouldn't even make sense!' and I'm like, 'I know it didn't make sense, but I still had to think it made sense because I got the script and everything!'"
Favreau and Filoni expressed their regret for not informing her sooner, admitting, "That was bad on us!"
"I think we assumed you'd gotten told the right information," Filoni added with a laugh. "We were in it so much.""There were two secrets we knew we had to keep on the show," Favreau explained. "One was Grogu's reveal at the end of the first episode, and the other one was Luke Skywalker at the end of season two. We were biting our nails all the way through, and we somehow miraculously made it cleanly to both of those because everything else leaked. But, unfortunately, we didn't fill in our partner here."
Dawson took it in stride, humorously noting, "I love it, they know I can't be trusted."
