Sigourney Weaver reportedly plays New Republic Colonel Bishop in The Mandalorian & Grogu, with a limited role. Jon Favreau bridirected remotely due to COVID-19, with others picking up the slack.
At its best, the Star Wars franchise is a genre mashup. At one extreme is the spaghetti western, outlaw genre embodied by Han Solo, about conflicted antiheroes who pursue power through dark means.