Jon Favreau Hints That Salacious B. Crumb Could Return in The Mandalorian

Star Wars legend Salacious B. Crumb may have survived the explosion that destroyed Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, according to The Mandalorian co-creator Jon Favreau. 

The Kowakian Monkey-Lizard Salacious B. Crumb first appeared in George Lucas’ 1983 sci-fi movie as Jabba the Hutt’s personal pet and unofficial court jester. His cruel cackle, and assumedly razor sharp wit, secured him a comfortable life perched on the Hutt crime lord’s throne, and made him an unlikely, if somewhat niche favourite for many fans of the franchise.

Sadly, Crumb’s luck seemed to run out later in the movie, when the botched execution of Luke Skywalker resulted in the dramatic explosion of Jabba’s barge, and Salacious along with it.

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However, in an interview with Fade to Black Podcast’s Clarisse Loughrey, Favreau noted that other characters from the Star Wars pantheon who had seemingly perished in the explosion have since cameoed in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and that Crumb could similarly have survived.

“I mean we had Max Rebo, right?” explained Favreau. “Max Rebo, many people thought that he met the end of his days in the sail barge right? But we never really saw, and then Bib Fortuna too, wasn’t Bib Fortuna on the sail barge? I think he was, and then he showed up at the end of Season 2 [of The Mandalorian]”.

Speaking specifically of Crumb’s prospects of surviving the barge explosion, Favreau commented “never say never,” thus technically leaving the door ajar for a future cameo from the tiny jester.

In the meantime Favreau points out that Crumb’s fellow Kowakian Monkey-Lizard’s – one of which can be seen hanging out in a tree in The Mandalorian Season 3 trailer – are now flourishing on the planet Nevarro.

“If that’s not a metaphor for renewal, that you go from getting served as snacks and now they’re flourishing in trees,” said Favreau. “I mean it’s a little thing that we laugh about but it’s important. It says more than sometimes dialogue could when you see that, and what that means of what’s happened to that planet because of the heroic acts of our lead characters.”

Favreau recently let on that Season 4 of The Mandalorian had already been written, and that the third season – which began airing on Disney+ on March 1 – was part of “a middle chapter of a much larger story.” In other words, there’s still plenty of time for everyone’s favourite Kowakian Monkey-Lizard to make an appearance.

Be sure to check out IGN’s review of season 3 episode 1 of The Mandalorian, along with our guide of how and when you can catch upcoming episodes.