It seems a return to Star Wars could be in the cards for Gina Carano following what she said was a “really nice” conversation with Lucasfilm.
The MMA fighter-turned-actor spoke about her controversial past and return to the spotlight during a recent interview with sports journalist Ariel Helwani. The conversation saw her talk about her upcoming fight with Ronda Rousey and the events that led to her being fired from the galaxy far, far away.
Carano joined Star Wars as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian Season 1 and stuck around for Season 2 before abruptly leaving the show in 2021. Lucasfilm had chosen to remove her from the spinoff story’s plot following social media posts that saw her comparing the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi Germany to being a modern-day Republican.
Her actions were enough to spawn a #FireGinaCarano campaign before she was quickly fired, with Lucasfilm saying, at the time, that there were “no plans” for her to be employed in the future. The Star Wars company added that “her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” Carano eventually responded with a lawsuit funded in part by Elon Musk in 2024. A settlement was later reached in 2025.
