Taika Waititi Wants Fans To Petition For IG-11 To Come Back In ‘The Mandalorian’
Taika Waititiis one of the busiest people in Hollywood right now, but he would drop it all for IG-11. Well, maybe not all of it, but he would definitely rush to reprise his role as the dangerous assassin droid inThe Mandalorian. But nothing is ever over inStar Wars, as we all know, and Waititi believes the power of fan petitions could bring IG-11 back to the Disney+ series. Because, Waititi says, “he was the hero.“Spoilers for the final episode ofThe Mandalorianbelow.
IG-11 may be gone, but he’s not forgotten, especially byJojo Rabbitdirector and star Taika Waititi, who leant his voice and his filmmaking prowess to the first season of the acclaimedStar Warslive-action seriesThe Mandalorian. One of a series of dangerous assassin droids largely outlawed by the galaxy, IG-11 appeared in three episodes of the first season, making his final appearance in the season finale “Chapter 8: The Reckoning,” Which Waititi directed.
But alas, the droid heroically sacrificed himself so that the Mandalorian, Baby Yoda, and Cara Dune could escape from Moff Gideon. But could that be the last that we see of IG-11? Not if Waititi has anything to say about it, he toldThe Wrap:
“I feel we just need to start a petition because I think that character, really, he held up the entire season, didn’t he? From episode one all the way through, he was the hero.”
Waititi is being his usual facetious self here (we all know the real hero ofThe Mandalorianwas Baby Yoda), but his passion for his character is clear. Could that be enough to bring IG-11 back for the second season ofThe Mandalorian? Probably not, especially since the filmmaker is about the be the busiest he’s ever been. The filmmaker just finished shootingNext Goal, a sports dramedy starring Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss, and is set to make a highly anticipated return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe withThor: Love and Thunder,which he begins shooting in August, he told The Wrap.
Meanwhile, we can expect (a probably IG-11-less)The Mandalorianseason 2 on Disney+this fall.
