Basically, unexpected cameos have been a staple of the Mandoverse since the first episode of The Mandalorian. Sometimes they are familiar faces from the Star Wars universe who stop by again after years of absence. However, it is not uncommon for the stars to come from a completely different place.
If you think we’ve seen everything after Lizzo and Jack Black, you’re wrong. The 4th episode of the spin-off series Skeleton Crew is waiting for you Icon of French cinema that probably no one had on their radar when it came to casting the next big Star Wars series: Mathieu Kassovitz.
Mathieu Kassovitz in the Star Wars universe: In Skeleton Crew episode 4 he plays General Strix
You saw him in front of the camera in The Fabulous World of Amélie and The Deputy, and he was behind it in Hate and The Purple Rivers. Mathieu Kassovitz is an actor, director, screenwriter, editor and producer – and a big name not only in France. He is also well positioned internationally.
As a director, he is producing the horror thriller Gothika with Halle Berry and the sci-fi actioner Babylon AD with Vin Diesel. As an actor, he appeared on the big screen under the direction of Hollywood greats such as Steven Spielberg (Munich) and Steven Soderbergh (Haywire). Now he is conquering the galaxy far, far away.
Kassovitz plays in the fourth episode of Skeleton Crew General Strixleader of the Troika clan on the war-torn planet At Achrann. Strix is the father of the young warrior Hayna (Hala Finley), who befriends Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), and appears as an extremely ambivalent figure.
Sometimes menacing, sometimes warm: General Strix is above all another sinister adult whom the children at the center of the story encounter on their search for their home planet. In contrast, Jod Na Nawood (Jude Law) suddenly seems like the model surrogate father, even if he steals Wim’s credits.
Although Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, the creative minds behind the series, said before launch that Skeleton Crew doesn’t thrive on surprise character cameos, the series at least maintains the Mandoverse tradition of appearances by actors you’re guaranteed not to star in Wars universe would have expected.
When does Skeleton Crew continue with episode 5 on Disney+?
We will find out whether we will see Kassovitz again as General Strix by December 25, 2024 at the latest, when the 5th episode of Skeleton Crew is released on Disney+. After that, three more chapters of the Star Wars series await us.