Jeremy Allen White to Voice Jabba the Hutt’s Son in The Mandalorian & Grogu

When contemplating actors to play the son of notorious Star Wars gangster Jabba the Hutt, why not look to one in all right now’s buzziest actors? Variety reports that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White has been forged because the voice of Jabba Jr. (okay, the character’s really named Rotta the Hutt) in 2026’s The Mandalorian & Grogu.

The upcoming movie, directed by Jon Favreau and written by Favreau and Dave Filoni, is a continuation of The Mandalorian: Pedro Pascal stars as Din Djarin, who spent three seasons of the Disney+ sequence bounty-hunting earlier than settling down for a quiet life along with his smol adopted son Grogu (aka Child Yoda). Nevertheless, nothing’s ever that simple in a galaxy far far-off, and the movie’s placement within the Star Wars timeline — a number of years after Return of the Jedi — implies that there’s an influence vacuum left behind following the death-by-strangulation of Jabba, making a state of affairs through which Rotta the Hutt may thrive. Sigourney Weaver can also be set to play a task within the movie.

The Emmy-winning White, along with the upcoming fourth season of The Bear, can also be set to star in Scott Cooper’s upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic, presently titled Ship Me from Nowhere. (Fingers crossed he doesn’t face the identical vocal points Austin Butler confronted after playing Elvis. Although it might be enjoyable to seek out out what the Boss would sound like if he spoke Huttese.)

The Mandalorian & Grogu is presently scheduled to premiere on Might twenty second, 2026. To recollect precisely how Season 3 of The Mandalorian ended, take a look at our finale review, and in addition take a second to recollect the time Lizzo and Jack Black cameo’ed on the show.