Carl Weathers was asked by ET Canada to reveal what he’s most excited about on the second season of The Mandalorian, and he answered, “Well, of course, the episode I directed! [Laughs] The episode I directed, in our schedule, was episode 4.”
“It came about because I got down to my knees and begged Jon Favreau, ‘Please, please, please, let me direct an episode,'” Weathers, whose television directing credits include episodes of Sheena and Hawaii Five-0, told Breakfast Television Toronto about his extra role this season “And he said, ‘If we have a Season 2, we’ll take a look at doing that.’ And true to his word, he came through, he delivered.”
Karga returns with Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), and The Child, informally known as Baby Yoda. New faces on this season include the already revealed Cobb Vanth (Timothy Olyphant), Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), and upcoming appearances from Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and an as-yet-unnamed character played by WWE’s Sasha Banks.
“It’s so easy to give too much away. All I can tell you is if you liked Season 1, my suspicion is you’re going to like Season 2 even better,” Weathers said about season 2. “There’s so much more going on [with] some wonderful guest stars who have come in and become a part of episodes. The episodes are just larger and larger in terms of scope, the story is just as interesting — if not more so.”
New episodes of Star Wars: The Mandalorian air every Friday on Disney+, and the Weathers directed episode will air on November 20th.
