Since the announcement that Disney was developing a new Star Wars trilogy, there hasn’t been a week in which a casting rumour has appeared online.
Well this week is no different, and the latest name linked to Star Wars: Episode VII is national treasure and recent Oscar nominee Judi Dench (Skyfall, Philomena), with the Full of Sith podcast claiming she’s set to play Mon Mothma, one of few females in the Star Wars universe and leader of the Rebel Alliance.
Of course, any Star Wars casting reports should be taken with an incredibly large pinch of salt, and this one is almost certainly just speculation, but with filming just around the corner we shouldn’t have too long to wait before these rumours come to an end and we start getting some actual news…
Originally published January 21, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
