Lizzo Featured in Surprise Character Posters for 'The Mandalorian;' Singer Grateful for First Acting Gig

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New character posters for Lizzo's The Duchess and Jack Black's Captain Bombardier have surfaced mere hours after their surprise cameos in the most recent episode of "The Mandalorian."

Mando (Pedro Pascal) and Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) visited the opulent Outer Rim planet known as Plazir-15 with Grogu (a.k.a. Baby Yoda) in the episode titled Guns for Hire, which debuted on Wednesday.

In the episode, the Duchess grew quite fond of the lovable Grogu, who used his Force abilities to help her win an interstellar lawn game akin to bocce ball.

Lizzo shared her official character poster and three additional behind-the-scenes images, the first of which depicted Lloyd saluting to her.

She also posted a photo of an unidentified creature from the episode, as well as a photo of herself and Black gazing down at the camera. She said that as a child, her father introduced me to Star Wars as a rite of passage. As such, when shw was cast as The Dutchess, she cried all day.

She also said she wishes her dad is here to see this.

Her father passed away in 2009 when she was just 20 years old.

She expressed her gratitude to everyone in the Universe. She is happy to be now a part of the ongoing narrative of the stars.

Black also shared two more photos of himself and Lizzo on Instagram on Wednesday with the caption expressing his joy.

The episode was penned by "The Mandalorian" creator Jon Favreau and directed by actress/filmmaker Bryce Dallas Howard. Mando, Bo-Katan, and Grogu traveled to Plazir-15 in search of Bo-Katan's former army, who are now mercenaries.

They are diverted by The Duchess and Captain Bombardier, the planet's overlords, who want bounty hunters to neutralize a large number of Imperialist and Separatist droids. The Mandalorian Twitter also released additional images of The Duchess, her spouse Captain Bombardier, and another new character, Christopher Lloyd's Commissioner Helgait, Plazir-15's security chief.

The episode was the sixth of "The Mandalorian's" eight-episode season, with the seventh and final episode premiering on April 12 and April 19, respectively. Disney has not yet renewed The Mandalorian for a fourth season, but this may be announced this weekend at Star Wars Celebration London. The episode marked Lizzo's latest foray into acting, following her voice work in UglyDoll and her portrayal of Liz in the 2019 film Hustlers.

She will also provide the voice of Happy Little Elf Doll in the season 34 finale of The Simpsons, which will broadcast on Fox on Sunday, May 21.

Jack Black recently portrayed Joseph Stalin in "History of the World: Part II" on Hulu and voiced Po in "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight."

In the highly anticipated "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," he portrayed by Bowser.

He will also reprise his role as Po in Kung Fu Panda 4, and he voices Claptrap in the highly anticipated Borderlands video game adaptation.

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