‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Adds Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox

He’s travelled in time before, appeared in the other big franchise with ‘Star’ in its title and had a role in ‘Taxi’, but where Christopher Lloyd is going next, they don’t need roads. Mostly because they have spaceships. The ‘Back to the Future’ icon is joining the cast of ‘The Mandalorian’.

While The Hollywood Reporter brings word of Lloyd appearing in Season 3, no details have been revealed as to who he’ll be playing in what is being described as a guest-starring role, which probably means an episode or two rather than several. There has been fan speculation that he could be part of the Mandalorian order to which Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin belongs.

Yet Lloyd has the range to play literally anyone in the 'Star Wars' universe – everything from a scheming villain to a loveable goof.

In his long career, he’s had several iconic roles beyond that of Dr. Emmett Brown in the ‘Future’ trilogy. Lloyd scored plenty of fans playing Reverend Jim Ignatowski in hit sitcom ‘Taxi’ during the 1970s and ‘80s. He was Klingon Commander Kruge in ‘Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,’ Judge Doom in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and Uncle Fester in the live action ‘Addams Family’ movies.

More recently, he appeared as a gun-toting grandpa in ‘Nobody’ and a grumpy grandpa in ‘The Tender Bar’.

Christopher Lloyd in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.'

‘The Mandalorian’ is in production on its third season, and continues the story of Djarin, the bounty hunter and warrior who ends up protecting Grogu (aka the meme-factory that is Baby Yoda), a child Jedi with a powerful connection to the force.

Debuting in 2019 as a flagship show for streaming service Disney+, it has grown into a pop culture sensation (powered partly by the popularity of Grogu) and created a whole new corner of the ever-expanding galaxy far, far away.

Created by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the series has spun off last year’s ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ (which hasn’t seen quite the same level of success) and the incoming likes of ‘Ahsoka’ (starring Rosario Dawson as the Jedi character originating in animated shows who appeared in ‘Mandalorian’ Season 2).

In addition to Pascal, the cast for the series also includes Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito and Amy Sedaris. Favreau and Filoni have also shown a knack for casting recognizable genre faces – the likes of Michael Biehn, Katee Sackhoff and Timothy Olyphant have all shown up, while the show has dipped fully into ‘Star Wars’ history with the character of Luke Skywalker (brought to life via a combination of CG, voice AI and stand-ins).

Disney+ has yet to announce a date for the return of the series, though all ‘Star Wars’ fans’ eyes are currently on the next show to launch on the service, ‘Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi’, which touches down on May 25. That one stars Ewan McGregor, who returns as the venerable troubled Jedi Knight. Great Scott!

'The Mandalorian' season one poster. Courtesy of Disney+.