Sasha Banks appears in new episode of Star Wars: The Mandalorian season 2

A new episode of the second season of The Mandalorian was released by Disney today and fans picked up a familiar face featured in it.

Sasha Banks’ character makes her first appearance in the episode. Her performance on the show is credited under her real-name of Mercedes Varnado. Since the episode has been released, she has been posting about it on social media.

Can’t stop screaming, crying and smiling #Thankful ❤️ @themandalorian pic.twitter.com/vbz3vCHcfR

— $asha Banks (@SashaBanksWWE) November 13, 2020

Mercedes, you did it! ????

— $asha Banks (@SashaBanksWWE) November 13, 2020

She’s out of this world ? ? #TheMandalorian https://t.co/cyjfhJIdmq

— $asha Banks (@SashaBanksWWE) November 13, 2020

The former WWE Raw and Women’s Champion plays a character named Koska Reeves, who is one of the two Mandalorian warriors working for Bo-Katan Kryze.

Koska is a member of the Nite Owls, which is a band of female Mandalorian warriors led by Bo-Katan, who later became part of the Mandalore resistance.

Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, Carl Weathers, Peyton Reed and Robert Rodriguez are the directors of the new season, which had its first episode released on October 30th.

LOOK AT SASHA BANKS #TheMandalorian pic.twitter.com/9j5XrGMlCi

— Tina Bobina Ho. (@Queenofallerass) November 13, 2020

Look at her holding that blaster rifle pic.twitter.com/MniF4R8rHi

— Sasha Banks/Koska Reeves Simp Lord (@TheNextBlGThing) November 13, 2020

Like??!!!!!!?????!!!!!!

We’re very, very lucky to be living in the same age as Sasha Banks. pic.twitter.com/wIFbsaSgsi

— Danny (@dajosc11) November 13, 2020

You can watch the entire trailer by clicking on the player below (Banks appears around the 46-second mark):