Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cast
Meet the Cast
Rey (Daisy Ridley)
"Who are you?" Maz Kanata asks Rey in the trailer. "I'm no one," Rey quietly replies. The exchange isn't actually in the movie—a little editing magic from the boys in marketing—but it pretty mu...
Finn (John Boyega)
Star Wars has a long, proud tradition of bad guys—or, at least, disinterested neutrals—who see the light and sign on for Team Hero. But we've never seen anyone as deep in the system as Finn. Fi...
Kylo Ren (Adam Driver)
The Big, Bad…Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?If you want to see this film really zig where the rest of the Star Wars saga zags, look no further than the skinny guy in the mask. We say "skinny" instead o...
Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac)
Who's Poe? We Just Love Oscar.There's Rey, there's Finn…and then there's this less-than-pleasant fellow. Though part of the new trio replacing Luke, Han, and Leia, Poe has less meat on his bones,...
Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
Bad Boy…or Baddest Boy?Some people call him the space cowboy. Some call him the gangster of love. But most of us just call him Han: the galaxy's most notorious pirate, hero of the Galactic Republ...
Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong'o)
The Sociable GuruYoda has been dead for a long time when The Force Awakens opens, and we need someone to pick up the slack. But it can't be the same someone or everyone will notice that it's just Y...
Leia (Carrie Fisher)
In Charge…and Charging AheadShe was a princess when we first met her, but she was always so much more than that. She was an imperial senator, a rebel operative, a steely-eyed adult in a world of...
BB-8
They See Me Rollin'When the film first came out, some fans noticed that BB-8 tends to act a little too much like R2-D2—and once you get around his nifty beach-ball physique, there's not a whole l...
Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)
A Man's Best Friend Is His WookieeChewie was always intended as a surrogate dog. Well, the best, coolest dog you could ever ask for, who just happens to be able to shoot a bowcaster and co-pilot a...
C-3PO and R2-D2 (Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker)
Laurel and Hardy…Except This Time, Hardy Is ComatoseWhat can you say about these two that hasn't already been said? They're one of the great duos in all of cinema—the tall, thin guy and his sho...
General Hux and Captain Phasma (Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie)
Gruesome Twosome(We're lumping these two together because they don't get a lot of screen time here, though we're hoping to see more of them in future entries.)There are two kinds of bad guys in the...
Snoke (Andy Serkis)
Looks Like Voldemort's CuzRemember those creepy old men we talked about in Kylo Ren's section? The latest model just shipped.Supreme Leader Snoke apparently stepped in to fill the void left by the...