Overview
- Carano returns to MMA on Saturday in a Netflix-streamed bout, a media push that has renewed questions about whether she could rejoin Star Wars.
- The 2024 wrongful-termination lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm, funded by Elon Musk, ended in a private 2025 settlement with terms undisclosed.
- Carano says she recently spoke on Zoom with The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and Lucasfilm creative leader Dave Filoni to touch base about Cara Dune.
- Lucasfilm has announced no offer or casting for Carano, and the once-planned Rangers of the New Republic remains shelved as the Mando-era shifts to The Mandalorian and Grogu in 2026 and a second Ahsoka season.
- Lucasfilm fired Carano in February 2021 over social posts the company called “abhorrent and unacceptable,” including a Holocaust comparison and comments seen as mocking pronoun use, which left fans divided about her future in the franchise.