Gina Carano was as soon as one of many largest new names within the galaxy far, distant, changing into a well-liked addition to the Star Wars franchise as a part of The Mandalorian’s glorious first season(accessible streaming with a Disney+ subscription). She was written out after the top of Season 2, nonetheless, when she was lower from the franchise by Lucasfiilm in response to controversial social media posts. Now, greater than 4 years later and within the wake of her lawsuit in opposition to Disney and Lucasfilm being resolved, she’s coming again to TV.
Gina Carano’s Lawsuit
In 2024, Carano filed a lawsuit in opposition to Disney and Lucasfilm that claimed wrongful termination and discrimination, alleging that she was unfairly lower from The Mandalorian. On the time, she was on the lookout for punitive damages in addition to for Lucasfilm to carry her again as Cara Dune, with Elon Musk serving to the actress carry her case.
The lawsuit was settled by Disney and Carano again in August of 2025 forward of what would have been the trial date in September. Particulars in regards to the settlement weren’t revealed, however an announcement from a Disney spokesperson (through Deadline) mentioned that Lucasfilm and the Walt Disney Firm have been “happy to announce that we’ve got reached an settlement with Gina Carano to resolve the problems in her pending lawsuit in opposition to the businesses,” including “we stay up for figuring out alternatives to work along with Ms. Carano within the close to future.”
Solely time will inform if that final remark leads to Gina Carano reprising her function as Cara Dune, however her new TV function isn’t one which takes her again to the galaxy far, distant.
Gina Carano’s New TV Function
Carano is about to star in a brand new collection set in Las Vegas known as Logan Reign, based on Deadline. She’ll play a vigilante crime fighter, who has the comparatively innocuous job of a authorized assistant in Vegas through the day. The venture is being developed by the movie and tv manufacturing firm Straightwire Leisure Group, in a partnership with Get Out producers Yvette Yates Redick and Shaun Redick as Logan Reign producers.
On the time of writing, there doesn’t appear to be a community or a streaming platform connected to Logan Reign, however Carano informed Deadline that she’s been “craving to carry to life” Logan Reign, then went on:
I’m bringing each ounce of who I’m as an actress and what I’ve discovered on this trade to this function and at this second I’ve lots to present. Returning to Las Vegas, which is its personal implausible character in itself, and in addition Las Vegas being the place I grew up goes to be exhilarating, and I’ll really feel very a lot at dwelling filming there. Lights, digicam, motion, artwork, grit — Vegas has all of it. I’m giddy on the potentialities.
Logan Reign isn’t Carano’s first gig for the reason that finish of her time on The Mandalorian, as she starred within the movie Western known as Terror on the Prairie in 2022 after which My Son Hunter later that 12 months. It stays to be seen what the timeline shall be for Logan Reign or the place it can find yourself if it does get off the bottom. As for whether or not Carano will return to a Disney venture, Star Wars followers should wait and see. She has not been introduced as a part of any of the thus-far upcoming Star Wars films and TV reveals on the time of writing.