The Star Wars universe has officially shifted its focus from lithe, white, British girls to scruffy, Spanish-speaking hunks. Less than a week since the announcement Diego Luna would lead a Star Wars series based on whoever he played in Rogue One, Variety is reporting that the star of Disney+’s other Star Wars series will be Pedro Pascal. The Game of Thrones standout will reportedly play the lead in The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau’s streaming series in which “we follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.” And then, at last, we will learn of the guy who has a costume similar to Boba Fett’s when he’s not even Boba Fett, who was already weirdly glamorized despite doing next to nothing. Finally.
