The Mandalorian introduced Star Wars fans to an infant member of Yoda’s species referred to simply as The Child, whom fans quickly dubbed Baby Yoda. While the creative team on the series managed to keep Baby Yoda’s existence hidden until the first season premiered on Disney+, the secrecy surrounding the character created some confusion for a cast member of season two.
Tasked with reuniting Baby Yoda with his own species at the end of the first season, Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin begins the second season searching for other Mandalorians to help him in his mission. The bounty hunter’s journey leads him to a town located on the outer rim of Tatooine called Mos Pelgo, where another Mandalorian is rumored to be operating. Upon arriving at the settlement, Djarin enters the local cantina and meets a Weequay bartender who introduces him to Cobb Vanth, the town marshall who came into the possession of Mandalorian armor.
The role of the bartender was portrayed by W. Earl Brown, who recounted his experience working on The Mandalorian in a series of posts on his official Twitter account. As Brown explained, he began working on The Mandalorian on the same the day series was premiering on Disney+, meaning he knew little about the show aside from the fact that his scene involved Boba Fett’s armor and that he would be working with Pascal, Timothy Olyphant (with whom he’d previously worked on Deadwood), and a third actor playing “The Child.”
When it came time to begin filming the cantina scene, Brown recalled being amused by the Baby Yoda figure brought in by the prop department while still wondering why he hadn’t met the actor portraying “The Child” yet. Of course, Brown began to realize that the child was actually Baby Yoda once Pascal entered the scene with the puppet in tow, adding that there were multiple puppets and an EFX globe on hand to bring the infant to life in post.
Brown returned home after work asking his wife if she knew about Baby Yoda. As it turns out, Brown’s wife works in The Walt Disney Company’s streaming division as a communications executive. Despite being aware of the inner-workings at Disney, she didn’t say a word about Baby Yoda to Brown even while listening to him excitedly discuss Star Wars for days after landing his role in The Mandalorian. Brown also noted that it was difficult keeping his story a secret for a year, adding that he only told a few close friends and family about his experience after swearing them to secrecy. The entire Twitter thread is worth reading to experience the utter delight Brown experienced at first learning he’d be part of Star Wars, then that he’d be on Tatooine, and then, finally, meeting The Child.
Brown isn’t the only actor to share his experience working on The Mandalorian now that the second season has premiered. Deaf actor Troy Kotsur recently discussed how he developed the new sign language used by Din Djarin and the Tusken Raiders to communicate with each other.
Of course, there is still plenty of secrecy surrounding the second season of The Mandalorian, particularly when it comes to Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon. On the villain’s primary goal in the second season, Esposito merely stated that Gideon will continue his pursuit of Baby Yoda.
The Mandalorian is now available on Disney+.
Source: W. Earl Brown/Twitter
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