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From StarWars.com ...

Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced
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Returning and new cast members will join together for the
final installment of the Skywalker Saga.

Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming at London's
Pinewood Studios on August 1, 2018. J.J. Abrams returns
to direct the final installment of the Skywalker saga.
Abrams co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Terrio.

Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver,
John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson,
Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd.
Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie, Richard E.
Grant, and Keri Russell, who will be joined by veteran Star
Wars actors Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee
Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian.

The role of Leia Organa will once again be played by Carrie
Fisher, using previously unreleased footage shot for Star
Wars: The Force Awakens. "We desperately loved Carrie
Fisher," says Abrams. "Finding a truly satisfying conclusion
to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never
going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and
blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to
honor Carrie's legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by
using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII."

Composer John Williams, who has scored every chapter in the
Star Wars saga since 1977's A New Hope, will return to a
galaxy far, far away with Episode IX.

Star Wars: Episode IX will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy,
J.J. Abrams, and Michelle Rejwan, and executive produced by
Callum Greene and Jason McGatlin. The crew includes Dan
Mindel (Director of Photography), Rick Carter and Kevin
Jenkins (Co-Production Designers), Michael Kaplan (Costume
Designer), Neal Scanlan (Creature and Droid FX), Maryann
Brandon and Stefan Grube (Editors), Roger Guyett (VFX
Supervisor), Tommy Gormley (1st AD), and Victoria Mahoney
(2nd Unit Director).

Release is scheduled for December 2019.

<https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-ix-cast-announced>

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