![]() ![]() Audiences cheered when a snow-haired Wedge showed up for the final battle in The Rise of Skywalker and it helped soothe the pain of Snap Wexley’s fiery death which had occurred just moments before.įun fact for fans of the extended universe: in the recent Star Wars novels, Wedge Antilles is not only Snap’s mentor, he’s married to Snap’s mom, Norra Wexley, a badass fighter in her own right. Denis Lawson, meanwhile, is a beloved staple of the original trilogy (even if he’s actually the second actor to play Wedge Antilles.) Lawson also happens to be Ewan McGregor’s uncle. Grunberg has had roles in most Abrams projects including Felicity, Alias, Lost, Heroes, and Mission: Impossible III. Abrams which stretches back to childhood. He’s a full-fledged character! But it’s always worth pointing out Grunberg’s long history with director J.J. GREG GRUNBERG AS SNAP WEXLEY AND DENIS LAWSON AS WEDGE ANTILLES: You could definitely argue that Greg Grunberg’s Resistance fighter Snap Wexley isn’t a cameo at this point. said, 'You can just do it,' and that was a huge thrill, obviously." "I was doing his voice temporarily, and then at a certain point J.J. In the finale, you can see Aftab piloting one of the Resistance fighter ships. "He, much like all his human compatriots, is also trying to live up to the legacy of his father. and I had was he was this great admiral and leader, could he too have had a child? That's when Colonel Aftab Ackbar came about." It also keeps with a theme that runs throughout the new trilogy. I love Admiral Ackbar, I've loved him since I was a kid, and I definitely went into mourning a bit when Ackbar was killed," Terrio said. Terrio confirmed that the character is the son of Admiral Ackbar, the Rebel navy commander who first appeared in Return of the Jedi and died in a fiery cataclysm in The Last Jedi. Aftab Ackbar, the young crustacean-like alien who speaks up ("It cannot be! The Emperor is dead!") during the Resistance planning meeting. and so D-O, so that that stuck around," Terrio said.ĬHRIS TERRIO AS AFTAB ACKBAR: The Oscar-winning writer of Argo didn’t just co-write The Rise of Skywalker screenplay with Abrams, he also played a supporting character who has a rich lineage in Star Wars lore. ![]() pronounces some of those words, like 'No, thank you,' and, 'Very kind, thank you.' They're so J.J. ![]() "There's something about the way that J.J. There was no other possibility." Other actors were considered, but Terrio won the argument to keep it as-is because Abrams' anxious politeness cannot be replicated. "His voice was just in there as temp, and I was convinced after watching a few cuts with J.J.'s voice as D-O, that J.J. didn't want to leave it as his voice," screenwriter Chris Terrio told Vanity Fair. He mainly expresses annoyance and nervousness. This time, he voices the cone-headed unicycle droid D-O, who speaks with words instead of the beeps and warbles of R2-D2 and BB-8. Abrams wrote back when he was credited as Jeffrey Abrams. ABRAMS AS D-O: The filmmaker has a relatively long history of cameos, occasionally playing himself in films and TV shows, and even taking the minor role of "grocery delivery man" opposite Harrison Ford in 1991's Regarding Henry, which J.J. The inclusion of so many animated heroes is a fun treat for fans and also, we may note, the only way The Rise of Skywalker was going to have any female Jedi voices urging on Rey. ![]() The credits tell us that Olivia D’Abo is in this sequence, voicing the Jedi known as Luminara Unduli, a green-hued Mirialan alien with distinctive face tattoos, who first appeared in Attack of the Clones (played by Mary Oyaya.) D’Abo played the part in The Clone Wars. Jarrus, alas, died at the end of Rebels, sacrificing himself to save his friends. He’s approximately the same age as Luke Skywalker, so he may still be alive and out there in the galaxy. Ezra’s voice was not in this sequence, which may be reassuring to fans. “In the heart of a Jedi lies her strength,” says a deep male voice, most likely Kanan Jarrus (played by Freddie Prinze Jr.), a Jedi trainee who escaped the massacre of the order and went on to be a mentor to another young Force-sensitive boy, Ezra Bridger, in the Rebels series. (Her alien species is basically human, except for the translucent tendrils they have instead of hair.) Her character first appeared in The Phantom Menace, played by Gin Clarke, but she was voiced in the animated show by Angelique Perrin, who voiced her here. A woman’s voice says, “Rise, Rey …” Two simple words, but deep, soothing voice belongs to Adi Gallia, a Tholothian Jedi who fought alongside Kenobi in The Clone Wars series. ![]()
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