Rosario Dawson Surprised by Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker Return on 'The Mandalorian' Set - Star Wars Celebration

Mark Hamill's surprise appearance as Luke Skywalker in *The Mandalorian* stands out as one of the most astonishing moments in Star Wars lore. Rosario Dawson shared with us at Star Wars Celebration that she was completely in the dark about Hamill's cameo until he unexpectedly appeared on the set of *The Book of Boba Fett*.

It's well-known that Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau employed a clever tactic by using Jedi Master Plo Koon as a decoy to keep Luke's cameo under wraps. In our conversation, they also recounted the amusing tale of how Dawson was caught completely off guard, largely because she was inadvertently left out of the loop.

To protect this monumental secret, the scripts that involved Luke Skywalker had him substituted with Plo Koon. Dawson, like others, was subject to this anti-leak measure. She recalled her confusion upon reading about Plo Koon's supposed arrival in the script for *The Book of Boba Fett*, a scenario that baffled her as much as it would any Star Wars fan familiar with Plo Koon's demise in *Revenge of the Sith*.

"I was like... I don't know... but people disappear and then they come back, so maybe it's possible?" Dawson remarked. "And then Mark Hamill was on set and surprised me and it was a whole thing. He even said, 'Plo Koon? That wouldn't even make sense!' and I'm like, 'I know it didn't make sense, but I still had to think it made sense because I got the script and everything!' "

Favreau and Filoni expressed their regret for not informing her sooner, with Favreau admitting, "That was bad on us!"

Filoni added with a chuckle, "I think we assumed you'd gotten told the right information. We were in it so much."

Favreau elaborated on the secrecy surrounding the show, stating, "There were two secrets we knew we had to keep on the show. One was Grogu's reveal at the end of the first episode, and the other one was Luke Skywalker at the end of season two. We were biting our nails all the way through, and we somehow miraculously made it cleanly to both of those because everything else leaked. But, unfortunately, we didn't fill in our partner here."

Dawson took it in stride, joking, "I love it, they know I can't be trusted."