33 Facts About Kuiil

Kuiil is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise who first appeared in the first season of the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian.

An alien of the Ugnaught species, Kuiil is a former indentured servant of the Galactic Empire living in solitude when he encounters the show's title character and assists him in seeking and protecting a young alien known as "The Child".

Kuiil is portrayed as wise, patient, and hard-working, with a high level of mechanical skills and a gruff but ultimately kind-hearted personality.

The voice of Kuiil was performed by Nick Nolte, who completed his recordings for all the character's dialogue in a single afternoon.

Kuiil's performance was done by Misty Rosas, who during filming wore an animatronic face mask created by Legacy Effects.

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Kuiil's face was brought to life through animatronics and puppetry, with its electronics and wires concealed in the backpack and pockets of Kuiil's costume.

Kuiil has been received positively by reviewers and fans alike.

At one point in the show, Kuiil says he worked in the gene farms of a cloning facility during his time with the Empire.

Kuiil appeared in three episodes in the first season of The Mandalorian, making his first appearance in the series debut episode "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian", where he is shown living on a moisture farm on the planet Arvala-7, working as a vapor farmer.

Kuiil offers to help the bounty hunter travel to the compound where the asset is being kept, with the hope that once the bounty has been collected, peace will be restored to Arvala-7.

Kuiil teaches the Mandalorian how to ride one of the captured blurrgs so he can travel to the compound.

Kuiil helps the Mandalorian avert a crisis with a group of alien scavengers called Jawas.

Kuiil helps foster a deal in which the Jawas will return the parts if the Mandalorian collects for them an egg from a dangerous nearby creature called a mudhorn, which the Mandalorian does.

Kuiil assigns IG-11 to protect the Child, and agrees to accompany the Mandalorian to help protect the Child from imperial slavery, under the condition that he bring along IG-11 and his blurrgs.

At the Mandalorian's request, Kuiil agrees to take the Child back to the Razor Crest on his blurrg while the Mandalorian, Cara, and Greef attempt to eliminate the Imperials.

When Imperial leader Moff Gideon later traps the Mandalorian and his party, the bounty hunter contacts Kuiil and urges him hurry back to the ship and lock it down for the Child's protection, but two Imperial Scout Troopers on speeder bikes intercept the message and rush to stop Kuiil.

Kuiil is extremely hard-working, with a high level of mechanical skills, and craftsmanship.

Kuiil is very intelligent, offering wisdom and guidance to visitors on Arvala-7.

Kuiil is a teacher, as he shows when he teaches the Mandalorian how to ride a blurrg, and teaches IG-11 how to walk and operate again following his reprogramming.

Kuiil'spatience is further demonstrated by his willingness to spend multiple days helping the Mandalorian repair his ship.

Kuiil was created as an original character for The Mandalorian, a live-action Star Wars television series that debuted on the Disney+ streaming service on November 12,2019.

The first footage of Kuiil was shown in a trailer for The Mandalorian released on November 6,2019, less than a week before the show debuted.

Kuiil's face was brought to life through the use of animatronics and puppetry, with a head mask that was created by Legacy Effects, a shop of prosthetic makeup experts started by Stan Winston.

The electronics from the face mask's animatronics were concealed inside a backpack Kuiil wears throughout the show, and concealed wires ran along the back of Rosas' neck from the backpack into the mask.

Kuiil's eyes are not part of the mask, and instead, Rosas' actual eyes with contacts are visible.

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Some reviewers have noted that Kuiil's mask appears to have been designed to resemble Nick Nolte's face.

Kuiil often holds the Child during his scenes in "Chapter 7: The Reckoning", which is a puppet prop filled with animatronics.

One full day of filming the episode focused upon Kuiil riding the blurrg, a process Rosas described as "intense" due to the amount of time she spent on the fake creature and the speeds at which it was made to appear to run.

The droid was a dangerous assassin before Kuiil reprogrammed him, but thanks to the Ugnaught's parenting, he becomes a protector and helper instead.

Additionally, Leo Holman of Comic Book Resources said the character of Kuiil raises questions about the Galactic Empire that have never before been considered in Star Wars.

Kuiil has been received positively by reviewers and fans alike.

Forbes writer Erik Kain liked that Kuiil was not abandoned after his initial episodes and instead returned to play a major part in the final episodes of the season.

When Kuiil was killed in "Chapter 7: The Reckoning", the episode ended on a shot of his unconscious body.