17 famous actors you forgot were in Star Wars
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Keira Knightley in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
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Celia Imrie in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
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Dominic West in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
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Richard Armitage in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
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Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
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Sofia Copolla in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
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Ralph Brown in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
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Rose Byrne in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
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Joel Edgerton in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
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Bai Ling in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
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Jack Purvis in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
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Julian Glover in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
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Michael Sheard in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
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Deep Roy in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
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Christopher Malcolm in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
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John Ratzenberger in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
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Tony Cox in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
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 plumped for Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and a carpenter named Harrison Ford. Those starlets went on to achieve superstardom thanks to Lucas, but they weren’t the only icons to feature in the Star Wars films.
Here’s some thespians you never realised journeyed to that galaxy far, far away.
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