'Mandalorian' director walks back on casting big actor

Bryce Dalla Howard is the director of Mandalorian and she previously had teased Samuel L. Jackson's Mace Windu resurrection.

But now in an interview with The Direct when she was asked about whether the actor would reprise his character in the upcoming Star Wars project.

"I want[s] to work with Sam Jackson" in Star Wars or not," she said, adding, "Well, I mean, I want to work with Sam Jackson, just no matter what, in any circumstance. And I also love working in Star Wars."

"I harass Dave Filoni a lot about a lot of things," the filmmaker added, pointing to efforts to bring back the megastar "is one of them; however, those conversations have not [added] up to anything:"

"And so, you know, I harass Dave Filoni a lot about a lot of things, and that's just one, but, yeah, no, that was a fun conversation, but didn't add up to anything," the director said.

On the other hand, Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, recently took a dig at the makers of the Star Wars sequel. 

“When I would complain about things – in the third one, I said, 'Luke has lost his hand, he's got the black glove, shouldn't it be about Luke struggling with turning to the dark side?' George said, 'Mark, it's for children.,” he said on the Today show.

He continued, "And that's why he would never consider killing any of the main characters. In the new ones, they pop us off one at a time.”

"But my deal is, I had my time. I'm appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters," Mark concluded.