Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue on at your own peril…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Originally published December 20, 2015. Updated March 2, 2020.
