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Various well-known faces can be seen
in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Here are
some, along with some hints as to where
you might have seen them before…
Thomas Brodie Sangster, who portrays
First Order Petty Officier Thanisson in The
Force Awakens, plays Jojen Reed in the
hit television series Game of Thrones and
Newt in the Maze Runner films. His first
major movie was Love Actually, in which
he played the stepson of Liam Neeson
(Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace).
Resistance X-wing pilot Jess Pava is
played by actress Jessica Henwick,
who also plays Nymeria Sand in the
television show Game of Thrones. Pava is
first referenced in The Weapon of a Jedi
by Jason Fry.
Actor Ken Leung, who played Miles on
the television show Lost, appears in The
Force Awakens as Admiral Statura. It was
his character who explains the science
behind Starkiller Base’s oscillator.
Members of the Kanjiklub gang
are played by actors from the 2011
Indonesian action film, The Raid:
Redemption (originally titled The Raid).
The most notable of whom is action
choregrapher Yayan Ruhian, who
portrays their leader, Tasu Leech.
LOOKING
49 FOR LUKE
Luke Skywalker sought out the First
Jedi Temple. Jedi Temples were first
seen in The Phantom Menace and the
first temple Luke visited was the Temple
of Eedit on Devaron in Jason Fry’s book SNOKE AND LEIA
Weapon of a Jedi. The planet outside There are undoubtedly many more
known space where the first Jedi Story Group member and cool things to look out for in Star
Temple is located was named Ahch-To 50Star Wars expert Pablo Wars: The Force Awakens. With
in the screenplay for The Force Awakens Hidalgo has revealed on Twitter that Leia the movie now available for home
and the island was filmed on location at and Snoke knew each other before the viewing, it’s the perfect time to look!
Skellig Michael in Ireland. events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Happy hunting! a
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