Some new Star Wars casting announcements for you. No, it’s no Billy Dee Williams.
Lupita Nyong’o has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years A Slave was thoroughly deserved so this is great news.
Also announced as cast is Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit television series Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth. She can next be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
“I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,” says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.”
Star Wars: Episode VII is set for release on December 18th 2015, with returning stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) joined by Adam Driver (Girls), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Domhnall Gleeson (Dredd), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Daisy Ridley (Silent Witness), and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist).
Originally published June 2, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
