Sigourney Weaver says her Mandalorian and Grogu character Colonel Ward is "the same generation as Princess Leia," and "it's really cool" to join the "ensemble" of Star Wars women

Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward in The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Sigourney Weaver is already a sci-fi legend, but she's finally joining the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Weaver plays Colonel Ward, a New Republic officer who tasks Din Djarin and his little green son Grogu with tracking down Imperial warlords who are resisting the end of the Empire.