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Tony McVey, the same sculptor who originally created the Salacious Crumb puppet, returned to design the new puppet for The Mandalorian cameo. Not only does the Easter egg emphasize the rise and fall of the Empire between Return of the Jedi and The Mandalorian, but Favreau also pays homage to George Lucas’ original vision of Salacious Crumb by implementing the same low-tech method of puppetry used within Return of the Jedi. But it does speak to the way the whole hierarchy gets upended in times of chaos.” Possibly the most dynamic aspect of Salacious Crumb’s cameo then is the fact that The Mandalorian takes two things Crumb formerly enjoyed, watching someone else in pain and eating, and taunts him with it to emphasize the drastic shift of power. Favreau addresses this concept in Disney Gallery when he states, “ Well, that's what happens after the Empire's gone and after Jabba's gone, that guy's not gonna have a good - I mean, it's probably not the same guy.

When considering that Crumb himself and his entire species were bottom-feeders capitalizing off of the criminal enterprises of the Empire, Crumb’s short cameo is then symbolic for the fall of the Empire. When Crumb is first seen in Return of the Jedi, he thrives as one of Jabba’s minions under a mutually beneficial system: if he can make Jabba the Hutt laugh on a daily basis, he can eat for free. “ So then they made him have sad sounds, like 'aahhh!' And I'm like, 'Is that better… he’s depressed that his friend is being eaten?’” While it would have been in keeping with the species’ dark sense of humor and vicious personality to have the Kowakian laughing at his friend, since Crumb clearly enjoyed Jabba’s cruelty and laughed when Jabba fed his enemies to his pet rancor Pateesa, having the Kowakian watch his friend being cooked and realizing he may be next created a more dynamic message about the cycle of power after the fall of the Empire. Because eating them wasn't too mean,” said Filoni during the round table discussion. “ Originally he was laughing at the one being cooked and people thought that was too mean. In Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, Filoni explains the original thought process regarding Salacious Crumb’s cameo, stating how it would’ve been humorous to have a live Kowakian laughing at the one being roasted.

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While it is assumed that Crumb died when Jabba’s sail barge Khetanna crashed at the beginning of Return of the Jedi during Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) escape, the Easter egg featuring Crumb, or a member of his species, within The Mandalorian has dark implications for allies of the Empire after its collapse. Similar to Crumb, many Kowakian monkey-lizards served as pets to members of the underworld. Known for his malicious and hysterical laugh, Salacious Crumb (Mark Dodson) is first introduced within Return of the Jedi as Jabba the Hutt’s court jester during his prime as a crime boss and ally of the Empire. The Mandalorian takes place between Return of the Jediand Star Wars: The Force Awakens, after Darth Sidious’ (Ian McDiarmid) Galactic Empire has fallen and before the First Order has risen to power.