The Rise of Skywalkerfeatures a secret cameo fromThe Boysstar Karl Urban. The actor revealed the news in a recent interview. Director J.J. Abrams was pretty big on letting celebrityStar Warsfans have some time to shine on the big screen, even if it was for a few seconds or less. In the final installment in the Skywalker Saga, Lin-Manuel Miranda was fighting for the Resistance, while also co-writing a song with Abrams. Dhani Harrison was able to suit up as a Stormtrooper and so was actor J.D. Dillard. Even Abrams had a cameo as the voice of D-O.
Karl Urbanshows up during the Pasaana scene inThe Rise of Skywalkerand even has a small line. “I am one of those stormtroopers,” Urban admitted. He’s the one who says, “Knights of Ren,” when they arrive on the desert planet to go after Rey and the rest of the crew. Urban had this to say about how the whole thing went down.
“I had the good fortune to go and visit JJ Abrams [the film’s director] while he was shootingThe Rise of Skywalker. While I was there, he put me in astormtrooper uniformand we had a really fun day on set. It’s been one of my life-long goals to be a stormtrooper, so I can tick that off now.”
J.J. Abrams had a lot ideas that did not make it intoThe Rise of Skywalker, but he did verify that friends were able to get in on the fun. Oscar Isaac said his brother, friend, and uncle were also in the movie, though he did not mention where. IconicStar WarscomposerJohn Williams has a cameo in the Kijimi cantina scenes, where Abrams placed a lot of Williams-themed Easter Eggs for fans to locate.
Since the movie hit theaters late last year, we have been getting more information about it, along with Colin Trevorrow’s original ideas forStar Wars 9.Mark Hamill admitted that he has a voice role in The Rise of SkywalkerandThe Mandalorian. On the hit Disney+ series he played a droid bartender named EV-9D9.Star Warsfans are hoping that he will continue this tradition now that he is officially finished playing Luke Skywalker on the big screen.
As for what’s next for theStar Warsfranchise on the big screen, that is currently unclear. Taika Waititi is currently writing his movie and the three that had been previously announced were just pushed back. For now, it looks like the small screen is the major focus with season 2 ofThe Mandalorianon the way, along with highly anticipatedObi-Wan Kenobiseries. There’s also theRogue Oneprequel series and rumoredSolosequel series that will reportedly see the return of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. The interview with Karl Urban was originally conducted byDigital Spy.
