'Star Wars': 17 actors you didn't realize appeared in George Lucas's space saga

Yahoo Movies UK Staff

4 May 2023 at 11:00 am

Keira Knightley in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'

Dominic West in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'

Joel Edgerton in 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'

Sofia Copolla in 'Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace'

Richard Armitage in 'Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace'

Rose Byrne in 'Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones'

Peter Serafinowicz in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'

Julian Glover in 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'

Celia Imrie in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'

John Ratzenberger in 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'

Ralph Brown in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'

Bai Ling in 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'

Tony Cox in 'Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'

Deep Roy in 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'

Michael Sheard in 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'

Christopher Malcolm in 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'

When George Lucas was casting for Star Wars, he auditioned nearly every up-and-coming actor in Hollywood. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Kurt Russell, Sissy Spacek all passed through his audition room before he eventually chose Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and a carpenter named Harrison Ford. Those actors went on to achieve superstardom thanks to Lucas, but they weren’t the only future stars featured in the Star Wars films during the pre-Disney era.

Here are some thespians who made under-the-radar journeys to that galaxy far, far away.

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