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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…

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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.

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.

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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.

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 founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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