Artnewspress: The Mandalorian Season 3 premiered recently, and it is an exciting start to what is sure to be an awesome new season in the franchise! One thing I was curious about is how it would address the absence of Gina Carano’s Cara Dune, and they jumped right in to reveal what she’s up to.
Dune was last seen acting as the Marshall of Navarro, working alongside Carl Weathers’ Greef Karga. When Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) arrives on Navarro in the premiere episode, Karga tells Djarin that the New Republic recruited Dune for a special forces unit, and she left the planet. So, Karga offered Djarin her job, which he turned down because he’s got stuff to do. But, this means that Cara Dune is still alive and well in the Star Wars universe. Now, there is a chance that the character could return, but if she does, she will be played by a different actress. Dave Filoni previously teased the character could show up by the end of Season 3 saying:
“It’s a big galaxy and we have many characters in it. Many characters are fighting for their screen time, we’ll just have to see as the season unfolds what the adventures are, but it’s a great character, someone who was vital to Din Djarin’s beginnings; we’ll see if he has evolved beyond that. Now season 3 is mainly dealing with Mandalorians and the Mandalorian saga, the Mandalorian tale. (There’s) different characters he’s met since Bo-Katan, (who) take a lot more prominence which makes sense where his arc is going, the story of him and Grogu specifically.”
It’ll be interesting to see if Cara Dune does return to the series, and if she does, I wonder who will be cast to replace Gina Carano.
