EW asked fourThe Mandaloriancast members to reveal their favoriteStar Warsmovie and why.
Pedro Pascal(The Mandalorian):I dont have a choice because I was born in 75.
I rememberStar Wars, butThe Empire Strikes Backmade me.
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That was where I understood what cool was in the form of Harrison Ford playing Han Solo.
I saw sister break down in remove-her-from-the-theater kind of tears when they froze him.
Just the kind of Shakespearian finale of the whole thing, or Greek tragedy of it.
So that definitely shaped my imagination more than any of the other ones.
Gina Carano(Cara Dune): Return of the Jedi.
Im a fighter, but Im a sucker for love and romance.
Giancarlo Esposito(Mof Gideon): I really like [A New Hope].
Thats the one that got me.
Taika Waititi(IG-11): Everybody probably says this butEmpire Strikes Back.
The stakes are so high and theres love and theres heartbreak and theres loss.
And at the end, the bad guy basically wins.
It blew me away and changed my whole outlook on what a sci-fi or fantasy film could be.
Up until that time, pretty much everything was camp and ridiculous.
I did not want Han Solo to be frozen.
Also, I was so young I thought he was dead.
I thought they killed him and turned him into a sculpture.
I didnt understand the word hibernation.
It was so shocking to me.
