the mandalorian season 3 episode 1 reunites us with din djarin and grogu after a long break but there is another star wars character that fans thought might make an appearance before we go any further a warning that there are spoilers ahead for the season 3 premiere in the episode mando returns to nevarro with baby yoda and there they discover the planet has changed drastically since they last visited their old friend greef karga is now a high magistrate and is running a peaceful society until trouble arrives in the form of some pirates the group are particularly unhappy with karga since they say he built the saloonturnedschool with his cut from profits from their boss pirate king gorian shard star wars fans familiar with the clone wars though all had one character spring to mind when the pirates showed up hondo ohnakathe charismatic pirate king hondo pops up regularly in the clone wars and has both helped and hindered the likes of ahsoka tano obiwan kenobi and anakin skywalker in his relentless quest for profit he also appears in rebels which saw him aid ezra bridger and his friends against the empire in fact hondos presence in canon continues all the way through the era of the sequel trilogy image credit disneylucasfilmmy delusional ass thought its gonna be hondo when the droid told greef karga its pirates laments one fan though another is more certain hondos coming im sure of it not me constantly thinking were going to see liveaction hondo whenever they bring up pirates says another viewer while this person is similarly optimistic they wouldnt tease us with pirates if they werent about to give us a liveaction hondo rightman i really thought we were about to get hondo ohnaka in live action whenever pirates are mentioned in star wars my mind goes straight to the goat says another person it remains to be seen if hondo will make the jump to liveaction or not though considering ahsoka tano bokatan kryze cad bane and soon ezra bridger have all made it to the liveaction shows it seems likely that well see him someday the mandalorian continues on disney plus weekly and you can keep up to date with our the mandalorian season 3 release schedule for more on the new episodes see our exclusive interview with jon favreau which touched on grogus jedi journey breaking the internet and if season 4 will be the end as well as what pedro pascal had to say about mando and grogus bond and the epic third season todays best disney dealsdisney monthly799mthviewat disneydisney yearly7990yearviewat disney