{"id":474612,"date":"2026-02-17T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474612\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:09:08","slug":"martin-scorsese-joins-star-wars-for-mandalorian-and-grogu-voice-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474612\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Scorsese Joins ‘Star Wars’ for ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Voice Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMartin Scorsese<\/a> is venturing to a galaxy far, far away. The legendary director has a voice role in this summer\u2019s \u201cStar Wars\u201d tentpole \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA continuation of the hit Disney+ series \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d the movie follows Din Djarin (aka Mando) and Grogu (n\u00e9 the Child n\u00e9 Baby Yoda) as they navigate a galaxy that\u2019s recovering from the fall of the evil Empire. In the newest trailer, Scorsese can be heard as an Ardennian shopkeeper who Mando approaches to seek information.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt first, the four-armed, fur-covered creature seems down to drop some knowledge. \u201cFor that price, I\u2019ll tell you whatever you want,\u201d Scorsese\u2019s character says after Mando plops down a coin emblazoned with the New Republic symbol. However, when the masked bounty hunter says he\u2019s \u201clooking for a Hutt,\u201d he\u2019s quickly met with the door. \u201cClosed for the night! Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tScorsese, who famously likened blockbuster entertainment \u2014 particularly Disney\u2019s Marvel Cinematic Universe \u2014 to \u201ctheme parks,\u201d <\/a>has previously done voice work in 2004\u2019s animated adventure \u201cShark Tale\u201d as well as his own movies, including \u201cMean Streets,\u201d \u201cTaxi Driver,\u201d \u201cThe Last Temptation of Christ,\u201d \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d and \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon.\u201d Meanwhile Jon Favreau, who created \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d and directed \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu,\u201d has recruited Werner Herzog, Jack Black and other celebrities for voice cameos in what\u2019s known as the Mandoverse.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn X, the official Star Wars seemingly referenced Scorsese\u2019s prior Marvel comments (\u201cthat\u2019s not cinema,\u201d he said about the franchise in 2019) by referring to his \u201cMandalorian and Grogu\u201d scene as as \u201cabsolute cinema.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tDisney and Lucasfilm will release \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d in theaters on May 22. Pedro Pascal, who plays Din Djarin, will be joined onscreen by Sigourney Weaver as a skilled fighter pilot; Jeremy Allen White as Rotta, Jabba the Hutt\u2019s rebellious son; and Jonny Coyne as a ruthless Imperial warlord. Beloved \u201cStar Wars\u201d characters, including Babu Frik and Zeb Orrelios, will also appear in the film, which is the first \u201cStar Wars\u201d installment to hit the big screen in seven years.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Scorsese is venturing to a galaxy far, far away. The legendary director has a voice role in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,54421,206,103914],"class_list":["post-474612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-movies","tag-the-mandalorian-and-grogu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}