12 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Know Were In Star Wars

Star Wars has always been able to attract the great and the good. Even before the saga was a surefire hit, the first film managed to nab respected thespian Alec Guinness to play Obi-Wan Kenobi (despite the actor’s infamous indifference towards the material).

Christian Bone

Published: Jun 2, 2016 10:01 pm

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4) John Ratzenberger

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Cheers star John Ratzenberger is nowadays most known for his many voice roles for Pixar – those guys love him so much that Ratzenberger has had at least a cameo part in every single one of their films (most notably as the voice of Hamm in the Toy Story trilogy).

Another franchise the actor has cameoed in though, in case you haven’t guessed yet, is Star Wars. Before his later fame, Ratzenberger appeared in The Empire Strikes Back as Major Bren Derlin – a member of the Rebel Alliance based on Hoth. He hasn’t appeared in any other film, but the character has been extensively embellished in the expanded universe.

Although, who knows, maybe he’s appeared in every other Star Wars movie as well and we just haven’t noticed yet?

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Christian Bone

Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'