THE MANDALORIAN Actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee On Landing His Dream Role In The STAR WARS Show

THE MANDALORIAN Actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee On Landing His Dream Role In The STAR WARS Show

The latest episode of The Mandalorian featured an appearance from Kim's Convenience star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as an X-Wing pilot, and the actor has now revealed why landing the role meant so much to him...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 08, 2020 06:11 AM EST
Filed Under: The Mandalorian

This week's episode of The Mandalorian saw Din Djarin and The Child encounter a pair of Rebel X-Wing pilots while ferrying "Frog Lady" (anyone catch her name?) to her home planet. One was played by Dave Filoni, and the other was Kim's Convenience actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee.

During an interview with CBC, the life-long Star Wars fan revealed how he landed the role of Carson Teva, and explained why being a part of the galaxy far, far away means so much to him.

Lee is an old friend of director Deborah Chow, who said she planned to write a part for him when they met back in 2018. When he was told he'd be playing a new republic pilot who crosses paths with the titular bounty hunter, he was understandably very excited - but he wasn't prepared for what happened when he arrived on set.

The wardrobe department wanted a photo of Lee in costume before his character's X-Wing uniform was ready, so they handed him a prop from the original Star Wars film, and he shed a tear once he realized who the helmet belonged to.

"I look at it because I know the pattern. I said, 'Is that Bigg's helmet?' And they said, 'Yeah, how do you know?' Because I'm a nerd. Because this is one of the first movies I remember seeing with my dad, with my sister — and I was not expecting to hold, let alone wear a piece of my history on my head."

"I was five years old again," he added. "I got transported to that galaxy far, far away, [I've spent] my entire life watching the movies. To finally be there, to be sitting there, didn't want to leave."

We're not sure if Lee will get the chance to reprise the role of Teva on The Mandalorian, but we certainly hope to see him again at some point.

A brief description for "Chapter 11" has also been released, and it looks like this will be the episode that sees Mando take a little boat trip (we were way off last week!)

"The Mandalorian braves high seas and meets unexpected allies."

Have you been enjoying season 2 of The Mandalorian so far? Let us know in the comments.

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/8/2020, 6:27 AM
Mister Kim!!!
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 11/8/2020, 6:34 AM
Such a nerd....I love it.
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 11/8/2020, 6:38 AM
Carson and Wolf have the best aim of anyone in Star Wars. I swear they didn't miss a single shot on those spiders.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 11/8/2020, 6:43 AM
@InfinitePunches - for real
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/8/2020, 6:46 AM
@InfinitePunches - impeccable aim
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 11/8/2020, 6:53 AM
this is another thing this show absolutely nails, it gives the usual background characters some spotlight. I mean, most X-Wings pilots (if not all of them really besides Luke and Poe) are just grunts to build up numbers, but those two in the episode already seem like they could be supporting characters if the writers wanted it.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/8/2020, 7:01 AM
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 11/8/2020, 7:02 PM
@SuperCat - I've been on this site nigh on 7 years now, and you're still the best gifer around. Not eve close lol
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/9/2020, 6:00 PM
@Dredd97 - thanks! You’re a vet like me. LOL.
Repian
Repian - 11/8/2020, 7:07 AM
I would love to see Ron Perlman on an episode of The Mandalorian. He may be a great alien in the Star Wars universe.
FearTheLiving
FearTheLiving - 11/8/2020, 7:55 AM
Kim's Convenience is such a good show and he's great on it. Was nice to see him pop up in this.
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