UPDATE! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Extras/Crew Members Uncovered. Resistance Fighter Added.

The Force Awakens CastOne of our users on The Cantina has done a bit of detective work and found out that a number of extras and crew members have been revealed through the casting agency website StarNow. These roles actually end up confirming a couple of minor details about the plot based on the concept art that’s been seen, so this is an interesting find.

 

 

From The Cantina:

 

SiggiSiggi Jaiyeola: 2014 / EXTRA / AVCO / POP CASTING / PIRATE

 

 

 

AmberAmber Smith: AVCO- with we got POP : Politician – Pinewood studios, London, UK

 

 

 

AncutaAncuta Breaban: 2014, Feature Film, Politician , SWVII, Walt Disney Picture, J J Abrams

 

 

 

KatyKaty Kartwheel: Major Hollywood Production directed by J.J Abrams : Stilt-Walking Robot, London, UK

 

 

 

AkosuaAkosua Duah-Boachie : Role – Extra: Apart of Main Street Crowd / Production: AVCO Film (Feature) / Director: J.J Abrams / Production Co/Venue: Foodles Production (UK) Ltd/Pinewood Studios

 

 

 

MarkMark Epstein: STAR WARS EPISODE VII : Supporting artist, Pinewood studios, UK

 

 

 

JamieJamie Chambers: (“Heavy Weapons Stormtrooper”) Star Wars VII : Heavy Storm Trooper, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

 

 

 

FranciscoFrancisco Rabelo: (worked Jun/Jul/Aug 2014) AVCO project : evil castle crew character… 4 days shoot .. Pinewood, London, UK

 

 

 

AlvinAlvin Chen: AVCO (2015) : Space Pirate; Featured Artist / BIGGEST Hollywood Sci-Fi Movie, London, UK

 

 

 

MichaelMichael Chappell: “AVCO” (LucasFilm) : Stand-in for ‘Clan Leader’, Pinewood Studios, UK

 

Special thanks to regular user MagnarTheGreat for finding this information.

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

Yet another extra uncovered this time by our Cantina member Carne:

 

Geraint

Geraint Jones – Resistance fighter star wars (extra).

 

Who is the resistance fighting for/against? Are they part of the rebels? Are the rebels still rebels in TFA? More questions than answers, but quite interesting nevertheless.

 

 

So, what does all this random data say about The Force Awakens? Quite a bit, actually. Now we know about:

 

a padawan, a female stormtrooper, a creature performer, character named Xavier, a politician, main street crowd, heavy weapons stormtrooper, evil castle crew character, space pirate, clan leader, a resistance fighter and more.

 

For our other story on the Spotlight casting agency click HERE.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

61 thoughts on “UPDATE! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Extras/Crew Members Uncovered. Resistance Fighter Added.

  • January 19, 2015 at 8:51 pm
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    Sounds cool

  • January 19, 2015 at 9:11 pm
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    There’s someone named Katy Kartwheel??

    • January 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm
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      I’d think that could be a stage name. I caught that too.

    • January 19, 2015 at 11:52 pm
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      She has a cousin called “Billy Backflip”.

      • January 20, 2015 at 2:27 am
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        And don’t forget her brother-in-law Sammy Somersault!

        • February 8, 2015 at 9:24 pm
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          Oh, you forgot her sister-in-law!
          Allison Allensburg

          • February 8, 2015 at 10:57 pm
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            And now its ruined

      • February 11, 2015 at 12:15 am
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        I actually broke out into laughter when I read, “Billy Backflip”.

        That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever read on this site.

    • January 20, 2015 at 1:38 am
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      Isn’t she a character in this season’s AHS:FS?

  • January 19, 2015 at 9:24 pm
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    Francisco Rabelo: (worked Jun/Jul/Aug 2014) AVCO project : evil castle crew character… 4 days shoot .. Pinewood, London, UK

    Wow, evil castle?

  • January 19, 2015 at 9:46 pm
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    Wow, this is a great find. Space pirates! Perhaps Han’s old buddies.

    • January 19, 2015 at 11:55 pm
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      Probably not, Alvin Chen looks very young.

    • January 20, 2015 at 1:40 am
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      Please no, not Captain Jack Sparrow!

    • January 20, 2015 at 12:11 pm
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      Space pirates….. Handooooo!!!!

      • January 20, 2015 at 6:31 pm
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        Red kawakiian jester monkey.

  • January 19, 2015 at 9:50 pm
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    Evil castle FTW!

  • January 19, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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    Politician…. NOOOOOOOOO!

    :p

    However in JJ I trust.

    • January 19, 2015 at 11:19 pm
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      Maybe it’ll be similar to that meeting at Starfleet headquarters during Star Trek Into Darkness. Minus the surprise attack.

      Or plus. ;P

    • February 8, 2015 at 9:10 pm
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      You realize that Leia was a politician, right? Tarkin, Mothma, all politicians. One of Vader’s first lines in the OT was talking about the Senate.

    • February 9, 2015 at 5:52 pm
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      Tarkin, Leia, Lando and Mon Mothma were also politicians.

      Oh, and The EMPEROR. Remember that guy? 😛

  • January 19, 2015 at 10:12 pm
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    I can see politicians working as long as it’s just a quick scene that doesn’t drag the pace of the film down. These actresses seem to have a Mon Mothma vibe… maybe the rebels did successfully create a new republic?

  • January 19, 2015 at 10:18 pm
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    In before people circlejerking about “politicians” hinting at Episode I style boringness.

    I’m pretty sure Lucasfilm/Disney isn’t stupid enough to repeat the mistakes of the prequels. Put down your goddamn pitchforks, kids.

    • January 20, 2015 at 4:29 am
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      so they add a stupid little jar jar robot?

      • January 20, 2015 at 3:29 pm
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        I would say that’s more like an R2 unit than a Gungan..

  • January 19, 2015 at 10:23 pm
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    The droid stilts costume sounds AWESOME! If it looks good I’ll find a way to procure a screen accurate one for Halloween.

    • February 8, 2015 at 8:53 pm
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      I’m guessing the stilt droid is IG-88 from ESB.

  • January 19, 2015 at 10:36 pm
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    Just finished reading JW Rinzler’s THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. I wish I had a similar book called THE MAKING OF THE FORCE AWAKENS right now.

  • January 19, 2015 at 10:38 pm
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    What was removed?

    -Stilt-Walking Robot

    • January 20, 2015 at 1:50 am
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      One of the names – Viral’s call, not mine.

      Technically speaking, you didn’t miss anything that was already discussed in that last paragraph.

  • January 19, 2015 at 11:12 pm
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    I’m excited at the idea of politics being in The Force Awakens because I want to see how Disney handles those scenes.

    How will the politicians be portrayed? Will we feel engaged? Will the scenes be dramatic or boring? Etc.

    • January 20, 2015 at 4:31 am
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      what is all this hate towards politics? A great deal of Star Wars was in the political area. I can’t help it if some of you fans can only understand explosions and killing scenes.

      • January 20, 2015 at 3:34 pm
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        As the poster stated, it was how the politics were dealt with within the structure of the film, not just the fact that politics were involved..

        • January 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm
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          ….and TRADE NEGOTIATIONS!!!!

      • January 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm
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        If your in Canada/US watch CPAC/C-SPAN for a few hours. There’s no need to make a scifi movie about it.

        Also, I’m pretty sure if you did a poll most movie goers would not pay to go see a political film.

  • January 19, 2015 at 11:35 pm
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    Well LeIA is technically a politician so a scene with her….before the whole Rose puppet thing I had heard Lupita was a politician too.

  • January 20, 2015 at 12:04 am
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    Does this basically confirm Coruscant?

    • January 20, 2015 at 1:19 am
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      I’m sure Coruscant will be in the film, or in one of the ST films atleast.

      (*spoiler alert* for those who care)

      For whatever it’s worth: In that concept art leaked last week, it looks like Van Sydow is sitting in a coruscant sort of room… though it could be any type of industrial setting. But the way he’s dressed leads me to believe it could potentially be coruscant possibly.

  • January 20, 2015 at 12:55 am
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    evil castle mmmm.. sounds to me that a certain mr skywalker could be needing saved coz a certain mr hamill was in Ireland for that shoot, not saying he has turned to the darkside but probably just lost his way and needs han, finn and rey to get him back to save the galaxy or maybe am way off

  • January 20, 2015 at 1:16 am
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    I think the “sinister castle” is the prison seen in The Clone Wars. The halls looked a lot like the concept art showing “octogon doorways.”

  • January 20, 2015 at 1:46 am
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    In the EU Vader have a castle in Mustafar.

    • January 20, 2015 at 1:53 am
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      I thought it was on Vjun.

  • January 20, 2015 at 3:20 am
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    ‘These roles actually end up confirming a couple of minor details about the plot’

    I’m not sure how these roles confirm much of anything. Any or all of these characters could have 3 seconds of screen time or have their scene cut altogether. Many of them could simply be background fluff in a Mos Eisley cantina, or a Coruscant bar type scene.

  • January 20, 2015 at 4:02 am
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    I don’t think they meant “a droid that uses stilts” – I think they meant a person using stilts under a droid costume (The way you would make a very tall droid using practical filming – as apposed to CGI)

  • January 20, 2015 at 8:33 pm
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    Stilts WTF ?!

  • January 29, 2015 at 8:54 pm
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    I hope the extras labeled as Politicians doesn’t mean were are getting a rehash of episode 1.

  • February 2, 2015 at 11:26 am
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    Don’t worry, this doesn’t have the story writer of Episode 4 or 5, so I think we’re safe. JJ Abrams took over the story, the guy who made those Star Trek reboots, so this will be grrrrrreat!

  • February 8, 2015 at 8:59 pm
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    the resistance fighter
    hope they go the way i wanted them to go , people dont want the empire , the republic or the jedi messing in their lives anymore and just want to go their own way and do their own thing.

  • February 8, 2015 at 9:17 pm
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    Haven’t I read that the production codename “pirates” were in reference to Rebel fighters? I’m pretty sure I remember seeing that in the last month or two, so my guess is that anyone listed as a pirate is going to be seen at a Rebel base

  • February 8, 2015 at 10:33 pm
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    Old news again?

    What about the new rumours of Solo on the Rebel show?

    Or was that covered already?

    • February 8, 2015 at 11:50 pm
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      Actually, I already reported on that one – check the update for the recent Rebels article.

      • February 9, 2015 at 5:56 pm
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        okay reread that site

        Should be a cool episode if done right 🙂

  • February 9, 2015 at 1:17 am
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    Does Politicians = long scenes of trade negotiations, political debates, meetings between Empire officials and Rebel leaders. I hope not.

    I don’t mind a few short scenes, but hoping for Jedi mysticism, more about the force, space action scenes, non- political drama, some lightsaber dueling

  • February 9, 2015 at 1:23 am
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    Evil castle character – loads of jedi ,hopefully !

  • February 9, 2015 at 3:39 am
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    Rey will wind up being a Solo, which is technically a Skywalker since Solo rubbed dirty parts with Leia.

  • February 9, 2015 at 3:44 am
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    But I’m with you about Gleeson being Luke’s son. That’s what I thought when I first saw the casting. I’m holding out hope that the basic framework of the EU is still intact with Rey being Jaina and Gleeson being Ben, even with the rest of the EU demoted to Legends.

  • February 9, 2015 at 4:05 am
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    Shame we haven’t found out who is playing the spirits of Plagueis & Sidious…. who are Luke’s tormentors at the inner door of Darth __________’s tomb.

    • February 9, 2015 at 5:53 pm
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      Gonna need a source for that.

  • February 9, 2015 at 9:33 pm
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    Okay from the rumors lately here are my thoughts on these roles:

    Politicians: The NR and the Empire need to negotiate a peace treaty right? So they need politicians to do this as well as get assasinated for some WAR!!

    Pirates: Rey, Finn, and Poe have to get off of Tatooine somehow right? Why not hire some pirates?

    Resistance Fighters: To fight for a resistance DUH

  • February 10, 2015 at 2:41 am
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    I read a new rumor…
    J.J. wants to release star wars 7 sooner
    Because of fear of more leaks and spoilers
    …he wants a summer release!

    • February 10, 2015 at 9:54 am
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      It’s false. The movie is locked for a December 18th release.

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