The Mandalorian gives Star Wars: Rebel’s Gazareb a big CGI cameo

This week’s episode of The Mandalorian season 3, “The Pirate,” saw the return of Caron Teva, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s New Republic Starfighter captain who first crossed paths with Din Djarin last season. But Teva wasn’t the only familiar face — as a certain purple-haired Lasat starfighter made his first live-action Star Wars appearance this week. That’s right: that tall alien commiserating with Teva at the bar was none other than Star Wars Rebels’ Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios.

If you’re not familiar with Star Wars RebelsThe 2014 animated series ‘, co-created with Dave Filoni. He also serves as the executive producer. Mandalorian, here’s the gist: Zeb is a former rebel starship pilot-turned-New Republic captain who served as a member of the Spectres, a group of resistance fighters and the protagonists of Star Wars Rebels. Steve Blum is a voice actor who is best remembered for portraying Spike Spiegel in an English dub from the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop, reprised his role as Zeb in this week’s episode for the first time since Rebels wrapped.

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MandalorianAnd Boba Fett’s Book have been sprinkling Easter eggs calling back to 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars and 2014’s Star Wars Rebels as early as the former’s second season. Mandalorian has featured the live-action debut of not only Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice-turned-Jedi-in-exile; and an offhand mention of Grand Admiral Thrawn, the namesake of Timothy’s Zahn’s trilogy of novels who made his first now-canonical appearance in Star Wars Rebels;Cad Bane is the fierce, red-eyed bounty hunter with blue skin. Star Wars: The Clone WarsThe final episode of the series aired with a live-action premiere by. Boba Fett’s Book.

Zeb’s appearance in this week’s episode can be seen as just a cool “Hey, I know that guy” moment for long-time fans of Dave Filoni’s Star Wars series. It could be an indication of things to come. Eman Esfandi (The InspectionStar Wars TV Show will feature a new character named? ). AhsokaAs Star Wars Rebels’ Ezra Bridger, one of the members of the Spectres who served alongside Zeb in the Rebel Alliance’s war against the Galactic Empire. The events of RebelsIn the end, it will have a significant place Ahsoka, and this cameo may not be the last we’ve seen of Zeb and his fellow crewmates.

If nothing else, it’s a sign that Star Wars RebelsIt will continue to play a significant role in the Star Wars Expanded Universe’s future.