Samuel L. Jackson Hopes To Reprise His Role as Mace Windu in THE MANDALORIAN

Samuel L. Jackson has been campaigning to return to the role of Mace Windu in the Star Wars universe for years. The fans would love to see him come back as well, and a lot of us were hoping that he would appear in The Book of Boba Fett, but unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

Well, Jackson is still talking about wanting to jump back into Star Wars, and in a recent interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor revealed that he pitched an idea for returning to The Mandalorian to director Bryce Dallas Howard. When asked about Windu’s possible return, Jackson said:

"Definitely. There's a huge history of people with one hand returning in Star Wars... The only person I've ever said that to about coming back was Bryce Dallas Howard, 'cause I just did a movie with her. And she directs episodes of The Mandalorian, so, 'You think you might be able to hook a brother up? I mean you like me, right?' She's like, 'I love you, you're amazing!' So, 'Put me back in there... Put me in, coach, I'm ready!' You know, I'll learn to lightsaber left-handed. Come on, hook me up."

It’s not hard to imagine that Mace survived after being smashed out of the window in Revenge of the Sith. We never actually saw him die. With Jackson being so excited about wanting to return, it seems silly that the creative team at Lucasfilm wouldn’t take advantage of that and bring him back! The fans would flip the freak out! Especially if we got to see him come face to face with Boba Fett. It’s a plot thread that needs to be followed.

The Book of Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison previously talked about this, saying: "Being a young teenager, fatherless and making his own way, he's got a few chips on his shoulders. I think that we'd better let Jon Favreau know that we should have another series where I start looking for Mace."

He also said: "I owe him big time for my dad. He's done. He's done. I've got my eye on him. He's top of the list, in fact."

Hopefully, one day Lucasfilm makes this actually happen.