Disney Legend and former Imagineer Wing T. Chao is set to reprise his role from The Mandalorian in the upcoming six-part animated anthology series, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire.
What’s Happening:
- Former Walt Disney Imagineering executive Wing T. Chao made a cameo appearance in the season two episode of The Mandalorian, “The Jedi,” which premiered in 2020 on Disney+.
- This appearance was the fulfillment of a life-long dream for Chao, who starred in his Disney Legend Awards acceptance speech (which you can see in the video below):
- “My mother always wanted me to be a movie star. For years I’ve been hoping that Disney would make a kung-fu architect movie.”
- In “The Jedi,” Chao plays Governor Wing who tries to lead his people to safety from Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth’s rule.
- Chao will be reprising his role, this time in voice form, in the upcoming Star Wars: Tales of the Empire animated series.
- Named a Disney Legend in 2019, Chao worked for Walt Disney Imagineering for 37 years, working on a number of Disney hotels the world over, the design of the original four Disney Cruise Line ships, and oversaw the master planning for Hong Kong Disneyland.
About Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
- Tales of the Empire focuses on previously untold events in the lives of the featured characters. We’ll learn how a young Morgan Elsbeth navigates the expanding Imperial world towards a path of vengeance, while former Jedi Barriss Offee does what she must to survive a rapidly changing galaxy.
- The talented voice cast includes:
- Diana Lee Inosanto (Morgan Elsbeth)
- Meredith Salenger (Barriss Offee)
- Rya Kihlstedt (Lyn, aka Fourth Sister)
- Wing T. Chao (Wing)
- Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn)
- Jason Isaacs (Grand Inquisitor)
- Matthew Wood (General Grievous)
- Dave Filoni created the series, is supervising director and executive producer along with Athena Yvette Portillo and Carrie Beck. Josh Rimes serves as co-executive producer and Alex Spotswood is the senior producer.
- Star Wars: Tales of the Empire arrives May 4th, 2024 exclusively on Disney+.
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