When Lizzo and Jack Black showed up during Wednesday’s episode Disney+ Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, fans were nothing short of stunned.
The “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire” episode, which was written by Jon Favreau and directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, featured the “About Damn Time” songstress and the Tenacious D rocker as, respectively, The Duchess and Captain Bombardier — leaders of the far-off planet Plazir-15.
Pedro Pascal’s titular Mandalorian meets the couple on his search for the ex-crew of Bo-Katan (acted by Katee Sackhoff). But that’s not all: None other than Christopher Lloyd also dwells on Plazir-15 as the planet’s security chief Commissioner Helgait.
The three famous guest stars appeared in a scene together as they chatted over the political ramifications of droids. However, an altogether different scene featuring Lizzo bestowing a knighthood on the show’s de facto mascot — Grogu, aka Baby Yoda — gave the Twittersphere a particularly strong rush of the Force, er, endorphins.
Disney+ has yet to share how the three surprise cameos were brought out, but with their appearances, Lizzo, Black, and Lloyd have joined a long line of famous faces such as Jason Sudeikis, Taika Waititi, Timothy Olyphant, John Leguizamo, Adam Pally, Horatio Sanz, and Olyphant’s Deadwood co-star W. Earl Brown who have traveled to a galaxy so far away for the sci-fi movie series.