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SPOILERS: Star Wars: The Force Awakens includes a Prequel Trilogy cameo

December 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue on at your own peril…

SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Force Awakens concept art for BB-8, Leia, Stormtroopers, Jakku and more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has brought back several members of the Original Trilogy, with Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) all reprising their roles from the Original Trilogy.

SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Star Wars: The Force Awakens here and here

Well, we can now add a Prequel Trilogy cast member to the list, with James Arnold Taylor – a.k.a. the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – revealing that Ewan McGregor voices the legendary Jedi Knight during the flashback/vision scene on Takodana.

@maxreborules it was me originally but they replaced me with some guy named Ewan McSomething… 😜

— James Arnold Taylor (@JATactor) December 19, 2015

So, it looks like we can add Ewan McGregor to the list of cameos that includes the likes of Daniel Craig as a Stormtrooper and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as a First Order officer.

SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Star Wars coverage here

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out now and sees J.J. Abrams directing returning stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), in addition to Adam Driver (Girls), Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year), Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Daisy Ridley (Silent Witness), Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Ken Leung (Lost), Miltos Yerolemou (Game of Thrones), Max von Sydow (The Exorcist), Jessica Henwick (Spirit Warriors), Christina Chong (24: Live Another Day), Simon Pegg (Star Trek) and newcomers Crystal Clarke and Pip Andersen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=ymcu7eigVyg

Originally published December 20, 2015. Updated March 2, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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