‘The Mandalorian’ 3×06: Who is Commissioner Helgait, Christopher Lloyd’s character?

— SPOILERS of chapter 3×06 of ‘The Mandalorian’ —

Christopher Lloyd (the mythical Doc from ‘Back to the Future’) appears in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Episode 6 as Commissioner Helgait, the man responsible for overseeing the reprogrammed battle droids on the old Separatist planet of Plazir- fifteen.

Din Djarin’s complicated history with droids set the tone for the new chapter of ‘The Mandalorian’, which revised many of the elements of the Disney+ series ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘. Not just because of the battle droids, but also because of the idea of ​​the Separatists fighting the Republic, even after the fall of the Empire.

Christopher Lloyd plays a Separatist who lived through Star Wars’ Clone Wars and apparently met Count Dooku (Christopher Lee)., but Commissioner Helgait doesn’t appear in ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’. He is a completely original character created for ‘The Mandalorian’. The same goes for the other big cameos in “Guns for Hire” like Jack Black’s Captain Bombardier and the Duchess of Lizzo.

It’s curious, to say the least, to see a Separatist character in a post-Return of the Jedi timeline, as there have been three forms of galactic government since the Clone Wars: the original Republic, the Galactic Empire, and the New Republic. There was never really a true winner of the Clone Wars, as both sides were just puppets in Palpatine’s plan to take over the galaxy, but technically speaking, the remaining leaders of the Separatist Alliance were killed by Anakinwho had already taken the name Darth Vader at that time, before Palpatine announced the formation of the Galactic Empire.

Lloyd’s character in ‘The Mandalorian’ is a reminder that there are still Separatists in the Star Wars galaxy even after the Empireyet another of the many problems the New Republic has to deal with.