With The Rings of Power currently breaking records and amassing a significant following on Amazon Prime – powered in part by stunning ILM VFX – you may not know that Rings star Ismael Cruz Córdova has previously been a part of the GFFA.
Córdova played Qin, the Twi’lek captive who was the rescue target in the sixth episode of the debut season of The Mandalorian, Chapter 6: The Prisoner, but don’t fret – under that mountain of prosthetics you can be forgiven for not realising.
Before fantasy Córdova was in a sci-fi series, playing the Star Wars character Qin – designated prisoner X-Six-Nine-Eleven and an old enemy of Din Djarin – in a galaxy far, far away. Before all you Star Wars die-hards start kicking yourself for not realising Córdova’s identity, it is understandable if you didn’t recognise the actor from his time in the beloved franchise.
There is no getting around the fact that the hefty amount of prosthetics and makeup the star had to wear for his appearances in The Mandalorian was pretty intense. Qin is a Twi’lek, an alien species with pale purple skin, no eyebrows, and some pretty extreme-looking appendages coming out the top of their heads.
The actor had a complete transformation to fit the bill of the striking alien species and is, let’s face it, pretty unrecognisable as a result.
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