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Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:49 pm
by Nutso
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars ... -announced
Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant, who will be joined by veteran Star Wars actors Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian.

The role of Leia Organa will once again be played by Carrie Fisher, using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” says Abrams. “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.”

Composer John Williams, who has scored every chapter in the Star Wars saga since 1977’s A New Hope, will return to a galaxy far, far away with Episode IX.

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:10 pm
by Startrekanmore
What about the rumours about former Doctor Who lead Matt Smith being in SW IX?

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:08 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Nutso wrote:https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars ... -announced
Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant, who will be joined by veteran Star Wars actors Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian.

The role of Leia Organa will once again be played by Carrie Fisher, using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” says Abrams. “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.”

Composer John Williams, who has scored every chapter in the Star Wars saga since 1977’s A New Hope, will return to a galaxy far, far away with Episode IX.
Thanks for this, Nutso. only real surprise for me is how they brought Leia back.

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:15 pm
by Nutso
Startrekanmore wrote:What about the rumours about former Doctor Who lead Matt Smith being in SW IX?
‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Casts Matt Smith in Key Role
Sources tell Variety that “The Crown” star Matt Smith is joining “Star Wars: Episode IX,” which is currently in production in the U.K. It’s unknown at this time whether the “Doctor Who” alum will be on the side of the rebels or the evil empire.

Smith joins returning cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver, as well as newcomers Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, Dominic Monaghan, and Naomi Ackie. Billy Dee Williams is reprising his role as Lando Calrissian, and Carrie Fisher will be featured as Leia Organa in the final installment of the Skywalker saga, using previously unreleased footage shot for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Fisher died in December 2016 at the age of 60.

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:17 pm
by Nutso
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Nutso wrote:https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars ... -announced
Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant, who will be joined by veteran Star Wars actors Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian.

The role of Leia Organa will once again be played by Carrie Fisher, using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” says Abrams. “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.”

Composer John Williams, who has scored every chapter in the Star Wars saga since 1977’s A New Hope, will return to a galaxy far, far away with Episode IX.
Thanks for this, Nutso. only real surprise for me is how they brought Leia back.
You're going to watch Episode 9?

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:37 pm
by Startrekanmore
Just a nugget of knowledge: Richard E. Grant was also involved with Doctor Who ("The Curse Of Fatal Death").

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:53 pm
by Griffin
Startrekanmore wrote:Just a nugget of knowledge: Richard E. Grant was also involved with Doctor Who ("The Curse Of Fatal Death").
He was also the ninth doctor.

Re: Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:05 pm
by Captain Seafort
Well, a Ninth - I think we're up to about four of them now.