The Rise of Skywalkercontains a number of Easter Eggs and cameos, but we’re about to dive into some very special voice cameos. SomeStar Warsfans may have missed said cameos, so we have them all compiled below. While the final installment in the Skywalker Saga wasn’t well-received by critics, fans seem to be enjoying it a little more, especially since it’s packed to the brim with fan service. With that being said, there are some pretty impressive voice cameos that diehard fans will be pumped on. There areSPOILERSforThe Rise of Skywalkerbelow, so read ahead at your own risk.
TowardsThe Rise of Skywalker’s conclusion, Rey is battlingEmperor Palpatinewith Ben Solo. The Emperor quickly gains the upper hand after the two characters appear in the same place, allowing the villain to leach off of their Force energy. After Solo has been tossed down the pit, Rey is on the ground, seemingly defeated, which makes her look to the stars to see her friends getting defeated by the Final Order. It’s at this point that Rey starts to hear the voices of Jedi past.
Rey is coached to get back on her feet to take on Palpatine by the voices of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor, Alec Guinness), Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson), Yoda (Frank Oz), Olivia d’Abo as Luminara Unduli, Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) fromThe Clone Warsanimated series and Kanan Jarrus (Freddie Prinze Jr.) fromRebels. However, these aren’t the onlyStar Wars cameosthat can be heard. Sat Witwer is also listed, though it isn’t clear who he is playing as of this writing. Finally, there is one more voice that gets the final word.
When Rey hears, “bring balance to the Force,” it’s none other than Anakin Skywalker, voiced by Hayden Christensen.Star Warsfans were hoping that Christensen would have some kind of role inThe Rise of Skywalkerand while it’s only his voice, it’s still a big deal for hardcoreStar Warsfans. Christensen has been asked about coming back for the sequel trilogy since before it was officially announced, and the same can be said for Ewan McGregor and Samuel L. Jackson. Thankfully, they were all able to at the very least lend their voices to thefinal installment in the Star Wars trilogy.
This just scratches the surface of the cameos inThe Rise of Skywalker. There are many more, but will get to that in another article. For now, it’s good to know that J.J. Abrams went in and got some deep cuts from theStar Warsofficial canon to give fans some cool Jedi Easter Eggs to hunt down. While it seems that fans are even more divided than before, there are still some fun aspects which everybody can get behind. you’re able to head over to theStarWars.com websitefor tickets and showtime info.
